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SWAN Quarterly PUBLISHER INGRID LEMME
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“Summer ends and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night.” ~ Hal Borland ( Submitted by Judi Raburn of Ponzer)
DEAR READER
Hyde Away Cafe
“A great place to eat, if you can find it.” We hear that Kent Jarvis (Gwen Newman’s brother) is moving back home and plans to open this mobile café in Swan Quarter. For now it is sitting in the parking lot across from Pat’s Gas Station. Bon Appetite!
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Boat of the Quarter The “Patty Lee” with Capt. Vernon Sadler
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Labor day weekend is here and so is the fall issue of the Swan Quarterly, full of people and stories I’ve come across during my f r e q u e n t visits ‘home’ in Hyde. I like to thank Ms. Margie Brooks for some input and photos. I sadly note that our editor-inchief passed away 19 month ago and I publish without a final edit and I would like to keep it this way for a while, out of respect for my late husband Sunny Lemme. - It’s a
strong issue, with 28 pages all about the county that I love. I hope that you may purchase a copy of Alva Harris’ book Buzzard’s Myth, it sure is worth the read. If you like, you may also buy a copy of this issue of the Swan Quarterly in print, as well or view it in print at Ms. Emily’s V i l l a g e Consignment, Crafts, Custom Shop in Swan Mats/Framing Q u a r t e r. W i s h i n g y a ’ l l a wonderful fall. ~ Love, Ingrid
The Boat of the Quarter is the Patty Lee, painted in oil in a moment of grace by renown artist Mark Hierholzer, of Hyde County. Swanquarterart LLC 804-784-5357 www.swanquarterart.com
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ABOUT THE BABY BLACK BEAR COVER PHOTO BY JESSICA SWINDELL This baby black bear decided he was going to hang out in a tree in our back yard (Wysocking Wildlife Sanctuary) while waiting for mommy to come back. His mother had torn the door to our shed off that night to eat our stock pile of corn, when we saw the baby bear in the tree, we went back to take some pictures of him, only to realize we had scared his mother off. We snapped a few quick shots while he inquisitively checked us out as well, but we did not stick around long enough for mother's return.
ABOUT WYSOCKING WILDLIFE SANCTUARY Preserve Today for a Better Tomorrow! Wysocking Wildlife Sanctuary originated in thought around 1980, as a simple haven for wildlife. It was conceived from the passion for observation and
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The current idea is to enhance a large variety of wild species by setting up diverse perpetual ecosystems. Creating and maintaining these habitats for the native wild is our goal. General Information:
conservation of the fleeting habitat of our mother earth. The first location acquired, about 450 acres, was to provide a resting point for the perilous trip migratory birds have to ensue every year. The land was tactfully located in the Great Atlantic Fly-Way and boasted around 120 acres of flood controlled impoundments for use by the migratory waterfowl. Several more acquisitions would be made throughout the years to bring the sanctuary to an astounding 7500+ acres of land. Our sanctuary characteristics are vast waters, forests, swamps, prairies, heavy brush, marshes, and even mountains.
We are currently operating in three counties each with unique locations for wildlife preservation. Our goals are tailored habitat creation, preservation, and migratory sanctuary. With our locations mainly on the eastern coast of North Carolina, U.S.A., we are striving to make a positive impact on wildlife. We operate a no hunting sanctuary and implement projects in an ecologically friendly approach. Within our borders you should expect to find, North American black bear, deer, fox, bobcat, otter, minx, raccoon, alligator, ducks, swan, geese and many other species. If you like to know more please call phone 252-925-1200/252-925-4546 wysockingwildlifesanctuary@yahoo.com
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FAMILY OF THE QUARTER “THE SWINDELL SEVEN”
spring of 2006. They will be celebrating six years of marriage in September 2012. Happy Anniversary! The Swindell's, residents of
In July of 2012, Jay, Jessica, and their four children welcomed a fifth child, a son, which they named Sebastian. Jay and Jessica now have three gorgeous sons and two beautiful daughters. Jay and Jessica started off as high school sweethearts and started a family in the
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Gull Rock, live and take care of
Wysocking Wildlife Sanctuary. Not only caring for the wildlife and the land they roam, but also teaching their children the importance of caring for the earth and respecting the wildlife. Their children have had the privilege of helping take care of healing, fostering, and releasing various wildlife, such as water foul, baby deer, possums, turtles, rabbits, squirrels, and various birds, just to name a few.
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Man of the Quarter Ray Stotesberry
Ray Stotesberry is a respected member of the Swan Quarter Volunteer Fire Department and a Safety Officer. Next May it will be 10 years that he is married to the love of his life, Michelle Stotesberry. He is the owner of Ray's Trucking and Main Street Lawn Care. He does his work with great pride. S e p t e m b e r 1 7 t h i s h i s b i r t h d ay !
Happy Birthday Ray!
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Official public information page for Hyde County, updated regularly with news, weather alerts, and other county-related business. CLICK HERE
Couple
Couple of the Quarter: Kelly Madden & Thomas Newman are pleased to announced their marriage on June 18, 2012 in Corolla, North Carolina
Not Forgotten
Business
O. E. Spencer.
Business of the Quarter: The Swan The stone was given by Quarter Equipment Ester B. Williams in Company at their new 1978 location on NC Highway 45.
...On the Board Walk ... SAVE THE DATE!
DON’T MISS!
For Hyde County’s annual Mattamuskeet Decoy & Waterfowl Festival, Jan 19-20 2013 at Mattamuskeet High School!
The Annual ‘Rose Bay Fish Fry’ coming up on Hyde County NC Animal Friends Labor Day Monday! Yorkie/Jack Russell mix
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Author of the Quarter: Alva Harris for his book Buzzard’s Myth, Adventures of a Free Spirit from Egg to Infinity wwwbuzzardsmyth.com
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puppy, 8 weeks old. Hyde Co NC. Contact Kelly Norton Pellegrino. Ms. Kelly lives in Engelhard, NC.
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Artist of the Quarter Mike Helsabeck “It’s safe to say no one predicted Mike Helsabeck would become the most talked about artist in North Carolina.” is says on Mike’s website. Well, he is definitely the most talked about artist on ‘The Swan Quarter’ ferry. Ten reproductions of Mik’e water colors and oils are exhibited on the new ferry where Mike Helsabeck works during the season and that gives him and the people that are on the way to Ocracoke Island a lot to talk about .
Mike Helsabeck, who created all the ‘Mattamuskeet Decoy & Waterfowl Festival’ posters and the new logo, is indeed an accomplished artist. Since 2003 when he first picked up a paintbrush, Helsabeck has accomplished more than most artists do in a lifetime. In addition to being selected the featured artist of the NC Wildlife Resources Commission an unprecedented three consecutive years, Helsabeck has also been chosen NC Duck’s Unlimited’s Artist of the Year four of the last six years and in 2009 and 2010 honored as the featured artist for HVWA, NC’s oldest waterfowl conservation organization. His wildlife works have helped to raise money for The NC Wildlife Habitat Fund, The National Wild Turkey Federation, Safari Clubs International, and Quail Unlimited and his paintings have been featured by the outdoor retail giant Bass Pro Shops. Add to that the television appearances, features in magazines and newspapers from all over the state and being selected to paint the GMA’s 100th anniversary painting of Greensboro, and you can see why some in the art world are already comparing him to fellow Lexingtonian Bob Timberlake. www.SwanQuarterly.net Swan Quarterly Fall Issue 2012
DUCKS & DIVORCE
Mike Helsabeck, who created all the ‘Mattamuskeet Decoy & Waterfowl Festival’ posters and the new logo, is indeed an accomplished artist. He moved to Swan Quarter, Hyde County after a divorce.
Ten of his paintings are on display on the newest Ocracoke Ferry ‘The Swan Quarter’.
is certainly going to be a collectable. Only 100 Artist Proofs were printed and each comes hand remarqued by the artist.
Mike has been working with Brad Gurganus (who is the President of the Hyde County Waterfowl Association) for Gurganus Guide Services since 2009. www.gurganusguideservice.com
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‘Wigeons at Mattamuskeet‘ is the 2011-2012 NC Ducks Unlimited Print of the Year. This reproduction is of Helsabeck's first oil painting and
Mike, who works on the Ocracoke Ferry, had been selected as the 2011-2012 NC Ducks Unlimited Artist of the Year.
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‘Ladies of Hyde’ exploring Montauk Last month I got company from Ms. Gwen, a lovely woman I had met at a lunch place called Martelles Feed House in Engelhard, Hyde County, NC. My friend Debbie Tuma and I had taken a trip to visit Ocracoke Island, the Hatteras Lighthouse and Tyrrell and Hyde County on North Carolina’s coast last June. Ms. Gwen travels periodically up and down the coast to help her husband ( a commercial fisherman from Swan Quarter, NC ) who is fishing also somewhere of Jones Beach. Gwen had heard a lot about Long Island’s East End and Montauk, and some day she wanted to come and visit. Gwen and her sister Susan from Virginia, who grew up in Hyde County, arrived on a lovely Sunday afternoon and that was all they had, one afternoon. So what does one see on one afternoon in Montauk? We met at Gurney’s ( my place of work ) and after we had admired their amazing beach front location I drove them through town and up to the harbor. We took photos at the large shark hanging at the Viking Fleet office, walked around at Gosmans docks and admired the pretty things at Homeport, and then we took Westlake Drive and later Montauk Hwy to the East to Deep Hollow Ranch, stopped at the overlook and then we were on the way to Montauk Lighthouse. Ms. Gwen got really excited as Montauk Lighthouse came in sight and she barely could wait until we got out of the car and she was able to take photos. She had told me that she has a little Montauk Lighthouse figurine at home in her house since forever and some day she was gonna see it all for herself. The moment had come.
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Now for all who are visiting the Montauk Lighthouse for the 1st time, yes it is a good idea to park at the lighthouse parking lot, take photos and then see it all from the top, but one will get even better views from Camp Hero. By the way, your parking ticket will grant you access to Camp Hero state park as well and this is where we went. We passed the WWII radar tower and parked somewhere above these amazing bluffs and walked to the left and there it was, a picture that brought tears to Ms. Gwen’s eyes. The views from the bluffs here are what vacation photos are made of, don’t you agree? Gwen and Susan couldn’t get enough, they must have taken dozens of photos and one that Gwen is gonna put right next to her little Montauk Lighthouse at home. Hyde County where the land is all flat, the people are kind and I will visit her some time this fall.
we stopped at Ditch (a famous surfer beach) and even got a parking spot since it was close to dinnertime. We were hungry as well and took a slow ride back through the crazy traffic in town and we went for dinner at Gurney’s Sea Grille where John Lomitola and his crew made the 2 girls from Carolina feel real special, because they are. Could it be that one really forgets how beautiful Montauk is when one lives here year round? I came to Montauk almost 25 years ago and can say that I remember summers without traffic jams. Traffic jams or not ~ I Love Swan Quarter ~ ! By Ingrid Lemme
Note: The story appeared first in the August issue of the Montauk Sun
http://www.montauksun.com/ MontaukPageFlip/august/#p=50 Ingrid Lemme, the publisher of the Swan Quarterly works at Gurney’s Inn Resort & Spa in Montauk, a famous Sea Water Spa and beach resort on the East End of Long Island, New York and travels just like Ms. Gwen up and down the coast several times a year. She writes a monthly column for the Montauk Sun.
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The interesting travel and lifestyle story of New York’s reporter Debbie Tuma, discovering Hyde County for the first time, in the Swan Quarterly summer 2012 issue. http:// issuu.com/innerbanks/docs/ sqly_summer_2012_med/1
On the way back to town, of course
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS: SWAN QUARTER’S ANNUAL COMMUNITY YARD SALES VILLAGE ROLLS OUT THE WELCOME MAT! On Saturday, October 6, the village of Swan Quarter will hold their annual Community Yard Sales. A rain date has been scheduled for October 13. The event, now in its sixth year, was modeled after the World’s Longest Yard Sale in Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. While this sale is not quite 300 miles long, it will nonetheless turn this rural county-seat into a shopping bonanza with over 35 families and several nonprofit organizations participating. The sale is guaranteed to offer a variety of items from appliances, automobiles, clothing for every age, collectibles, furniture, household items, linens and much more. Several years ago organizers of this Hyde County event realized that in order to make individual family yard sales successful in a www.SwanQuarterly.net
rural setting, they needed to make the sales attractive to shoppers from surrounding communities and neighboring counties. Knowing that yard sale aficionados would think it worth their while to drive extra miles if the opportunities for good buys were plentiful and the selections varied, the idea of the Community Yard Sales evolved. Organizers felt that advertising was essential to a successful sale,
venue. On one end of Main Street, visitors will find the Hyde County Hotlines Thrift Shop at 1271 Main Street. Near the Hyde County Historic 1854 Courthouse in the heart of Swan Quarter, the Village Craft, Consignment and Custom Framing Shop operated by Emily Thomas is open at 35 NC 45. Proceeds from sales at both shops benefit local nonprofit organizations and both will open early to accommodate yard sale shoppers. ( find P / F / PP on the map )
so each family makes a small contribution towards paid ads that are placed in numerous regional newspapers throughout northeast North Carolina. The contributions also helped to pay for signage that directs visitors to the various sales. In 2010, two new anchor businesses were added to the
The Yard Sales will be spread out along Main Street (NC94) and on nearby side-streets. Additional sales will be held on Quarter Road and US 264 as shown on this map. Free offstreet parking is available in several locations (look for the signs in the village). Attendees are encouraged to park their vehicle and walk to nearby sales to help with traffic congestion. A porta-potty is also centrally located and food and drink will be offered at various locations during the day.
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The Friends of Hyde County’s Historic 1854 Courthouse will be at the historic building with donated treasures and fundraiser raffle tickets for sale. They will also have brochures and history booklets about the former courthouse which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The group will also offer an early lunch beginning at 10 am of fresh BBQ sandwiches, cold drinks and water.
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The roads marked in green on the map Swan Quarter is easily accessible via US 264 from the East or the West. Visitors coming from the North can take NC 45S or NC94S to US 264. When nearing Swan Quarter, shoppers should look for and follow signage that will lead them directly to Main Street (NC94). The majority of the sales will be right on Main Street, but several will also be held on adjoining side streets and Quarter Road.
Sales begin at 7 am and will continue as long as customers are shopping. For more information call 252-926-9311 or email yardsales@embarqmail.com.
HAPPY TREASURE HUNTING IN HYDE COUNTY!
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LADY OF THE QUARTER KRIS CAHOON NOBLE HYDE PLANNER AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Kris Cahoon Noble was named Hyde County’s Planner and Economic Development Director at the July 16th regular meeting of the Hyde County Board of Commissioners. Noble has worked with Hyde County since 2008, most recently as the Grant Administrator within the Office of Planning and Economic Development. As Grant Administrator, Noble has coordinated special projects in drainage, water, wastewater, and construction of municipal and community facilities. She currently serves on the North Carolina Catch Board and the Coastal Resources Advisory www.SwanQuarterly.net
Council. A native of Swan Quarter, Kris is the daughter of Lyle and Claudia Cahoon. She resides in Swan Quarter with her two daughters, Bell and Cora Blaine. She attended East Carolina University where she received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management and a Master’s of Business Administration. Noble is also a graduate of the North Carolina Rural Center’s Rural Economic Development Institute (REDI) and the UNC School of Government’s Community Development Academy.
Noble will be responsible for planning and economic development in one of North Carolina’s most rural counties with a principal goal of developing commerce within the county by providing infrastructure and creating jobs while encouraging feasible, hazard resilient development. She is responsible for attracting new business and nurturing small and start-up business while implementing and maintaining economic development programs concerned with retaining existing business and industry. Crediting the Hyde County news and information page for the text above. www.hydecountync.gov
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LADY OF THE QUARTER
MS. KRIS CAHOON NOBLE HYDE COUNTY PLANNER AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Photo of Ms. Kris ( standing up) at a presentation for the proposed Hyde County Arts Center (Arts Initiative Project conducted by the Friends of Hyde County's Historic 1854 Courthouse) at the Swan Quarter Volunteer Fire Department
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SWAN QUARTER’S SOUTHERN VISITOR
Folks who don’t live in our rural setting often ask “what do we do for excitement around here?” Many of the exciting things (at least to many of us) that we see and do involves the abundant wildlife that habitats with us. It is not unusual to see deer, bears, foxes, wolves, and many species of birds and waterfowl at different times of the year. On a recent Saturday morning in July, Norma Earl Cahoon was out in her yard ‘talking to her flowers’ as she says, when she spotted a most unwelcome visitor in her yard – an alligator! He was in the backyard sunning on the river rocks that surround her house, up near the house’s foundation. She quickly got Mr. Hiatt outside and called her neighbor Margie Brooks to
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come and look! Margie came running with camera in hand and was able to document the morning’s excitement. A call was placed to Robert Wayne with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission who was already en route to
Swan Quarter from Engelhard. Soon Robert and Mark Cagle arrived and set about the task of capturing and relocating Mr. Gator. They assured the gathered crowd, who by then also included Emily Thomas and Patsy Jo Newman, that they had done this before and knew exactly what to do. Then they proceeded to do just that! Once Mr. Gator was garroted using two catch poles (one
around its body and the other around its mouth), his mouth and feet were taped and he was measured and found to be 50” long. Patsy Jo even petted him once he was secure! Neighbor Grace Spencer arrived in time to find him resting in the back of truck where he was transported to a less populated part of the county. He’d wore out his welcome in Swan Quarter! Norma has since researched the subject of alligators and found that they are around 9” in length when born and grow about one foot per year after that, so she thinks Mr. Gator was at least 3 years old. Experts say that this area is about as far north as they travel each summer and they usually return to warmer waters in the South in the winter. So ok, city-folks, how many of you have had such an exciting experience on a Saturday morning? Photos by M. Brooks
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Left to right: Mark Cagle & Robert Wayne both with the NC Wildlife Commission
We’d love to hear from others in Hyde County with a story and pictures of their close encounters with nature. Email us if you have something to share to IngridHLemme@gmail.com
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DAZZLING
DRAGONFLIES
usually live about one month; during this time, they hunt mosquitoes, as well as other small insects. Because they lay eggs in or near water, dragonflies prefer still or flowing water with convenient perches. You’ve probably seen large green dragonflies hovering around water or perched on rushes – they are male Eastern Pondhawks; the females are rich cobalt blue. Another common dragonfly is the golden-tailed Seaside Dragonlet. While you’re swatting the mosquitoes, be sure to enjoy their handsome aerial predators!
Editor’s Note: When I asked Anne Blythe about her passion for dragonflies, she answered: “I enjoy nature study and I'm helping my mom and brother catalog the dragonflies of Hyde County. My mother has friend is Forsyth County who are very active in the North Carolina Butterfly Society. Last spring they visited, told us that Hyde County was underdocumented and asked us to help. Our house is surrounded by a large flower garden that is full of plants that my mom chose because they attract hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, etc. We spend a lot of time outdoors, have a nice camera, and my mother used to be a biologist at Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge, so all of this is a nice match for our family.”
To some people in Hyde County, this has been the summer of the mosquito. To others, it has been the summer of the dragonfly. Upwards of 70 species of these abundant mosquito-eaters inhabit marshes, farm ditches, and ponds, and the shorelines of Pamlico Sound and Lake Mattamuskeet. Adults lay eggs in water or on plants near water. Once these eggs hatch, they become water-dwelling larvae known as nymphs, which stalk Text and Photos by Anne aquatic invertebrates, grow, and Blythe Davis molt. In one month to eight years, Eastern Pondhawk (male) photographed by Anne Blythe Davis depending on species and climate, the larvae emerge from the water, begin to breathe air, and within minutes become adults that start the cycle again. Fullygrown, dragonflies
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TEEN OF THE QUARTER MISS ANNE BLYTHE DAVIS The Author and Photographer Anne Blythe Davis, 14, is the daughter of Blythe and Kelly Davis of Swan Quarter. She enjoys writing and taking photographs. Her photograph entitled “A Closer Look,” won Honorable Mention in the
Youth Photographer 13-17 age group in the 2011 Wildlife in North Carolina Photo Competition sponsored by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission. The photograph is a closeup view of a feather that she took while attending a photography workshop on Mattamuskeet NWR. Anne Blythe also enjoys math and science and is a talented pianist. She is full-time student currently enrolled in Stanford University’s OnLine High School.
Credit: North Carolina Wildlife Commission
Eastern Pondhawk (female) photographed by Anne Blythe Davis
Seaside Dragonlet (female) photographed by Anne Blythe Davis
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Friends of Hyde County ’s 1854 Courthouse PO Box 54, Swan Quarter, NC 27885
Art Class Announcement Impressionist Oil Painting Workshop Series I
RESCHEDULED! The Impressionist Oil Painting Workshop - Series I has been rescheduled to facilitate additional registrations. Instead of 8 half day Saturday sessions, the workshop will be held over 4 full day Saturday sessions:
October 13 and 20 November 3 and 17
Hours: 9-5 with 1 hour lunch break
Series I – Over a total of 28 hours, progress from block studies to still life and then on to plein air landscape painting at Lake Mattamuskeet in this 8 session workshop with impressionist oil painter Mark Hierholzer [ www.swanquarterart.com ] Total Workshop tuition fee is $200 $50.00 non-refundable* deposit required by October 5 It is preferred that each student purchase their own easel, set of oil paints, and supplies so that he or she may continue painting between sessions. A list, and assistance in procuring the item, will be provided. For those unable to provide their own, setups will be provided for an additional fee of $10.00 per session. *in the event the workshop is cancelled, all deposits will be returned.
For session specific curriculum or to sign up or request more information, contact Judy McLawhorn 252-943-8991 jhmclawhorn@aol.com
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Please pass this information along to others who do not have email.
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BOOK OF THE QUARTER BUZZARD’S MYTH ADVENTURES OF A FREE SPIRIT FROM EGG TO INFINITY
with a 30-30 rifle bullet, administered by Floyd. The black, white-faced cow may have been the offspring or a maverick from the harem of the legendary Pocosin Bull. He
BY ALVA HARRIS
I never knew the ultimate fate of the Pocosin Bull. He remains only a fading memory of earlier times, in the minds of the very few people who still survive from that era. My small narration may become the only record that he ever existed and played his own small part in my life and the history of Hyde County.
From the chapter called “Adventures Equine and Bovine” I have faced what I thought was death many times during my lifetime, but never before nor since have I experienced the absolute paralyzing terror of those few moments confined in a ditch with a wild cow. We boys collected ourselves and went home. The incident became uproariously funny as we walked along, with me laughing at myself for being “ditched by a cow.” It became a lifetime joke in community lore. The next day, while I was in school, the black cow was put to rest
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pillaging local fields. The Pocosin Bull carried many rounds of lead in his hide, having been shot and wounded often by area farmers. He and his band would disappear for months before reappearing unexpectedly in some corn, soybean, or wheat field.
periodically left his less appetizing but safer habitat to lead a small band of cows into
The print book can be purchased through Alva’s site www.buzzardsmyth.com , or as eBook through Amazon.
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Photo below: “Daddy’s Bridge” in Hyde County, North Carolina, where Alva learned to swim (1940). Photo top left: Belhaven High School graduation, Alva as salutatorian (1947). Photo top right: Young Alva in Hyde County.
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Please click here if you read this online ! Non-cash donations should be taken directly to the Hyde County Animal Shelter, 9300 North Lake Road, Fairfield, NC The Hyde County Animal In order to adopt or rescue from Shelter is located this facility, Animal Control 9300 North Lake Road, Fairfield, requests a donation of $25.00 to NC 27826 and is promoting offset the costs of housing and adoption and rescue of animals rabies vaccination. at the Hyde County NC shelter.
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PLEASE NOTE: There is only one animal control officer in the entire county and that is Mr. Eakes. Therefore there are no "official" shelter hours. Please call a volunteer to coordinate your visit to the shelter or ask questions about a dog. Volunteers: Janet 252-928-8080 Kelly 252-542-0558 Animal Control Officer: J. M. Eakes 252-542-0820 Hyde County Animal Control Shelter appreciates any and all types of donations. The county has set up a way for the shelter to receive donations without the money going into the general operating fund. This money will be used for the county animals housed at the shelter. Checks should be made out to Hyde County Animal Control, and directed to the County of Hyde, Finance office, PO Box 188, Swan Quarter, NC 27885
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Both puppies 8 weeks old! Needs rescue or responsible loving adoption. Contact Kelly Norton Pellegrino at kelly.nortonpellegrino@facebook.com http://www.facebook.com/kelly.nortonpellegrino Swan Quarterly Fall Issue 2012
“FROM DIRT TO SHIRT” The Partnership for the Sounds is now carrying a specially designed t-shirt made in North Carolina entirely out of organic cotton grown in North Carolina. Bearing the PfS-exclusive slogan “deliver us from weevils” on the back, the shirts offer a unique way to support both the Partnership and sustainable North Carolina agriculture. All the cotton for the shirts was grown organically in central and eastern North Carolina, and the shirt maker, TS Designs, is located in Burlington, NC. Each shirt even has a code printed on it that allows you to trace its path “from dirt to shirt” – or all the miles it covered on its way from field to gin to thread to cloth to final product. These tees traveled less than 750 total miles before reaching the Partnership, which is a remarkably short journey for an article of commercial clothing.
agriculture and North Carolinabased business!
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These one-of-a-kind shirts cost $20, and are available exclusively at the North Carolina Estuarium, the Roanoke/Cashie River Center, and Partnership facilities in Columbia. For more information please call the Partnership for the Sounds 252-796-1000.
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2012 Down East !a" Arts & Craft Show October 27, 2012
New Location Hyde County Government City Lobby and Parking Deck Swan Quarter, North Carolina Artists and crafts people are invited to showcase their own work. Work must be original in concept, design, and creation. Applications will be accepted for review beginning September 3, 2012. Applications are selected based on originality of work and on a first come first serve basis. Booth fee is $30 for full booth space Applicants will be notified until spaces are filled through October 19,, 2012. Swan Quarter Fire Department will be selling dinner. Live music and other activities will be provided throughout the day.
2012 DOWN EAST ARTS AND CRAFT SHOW SCHEDULE 7-10 am Booth Set-Up (Artisans should provide all equipment necessary for their booth) 10am - 5pm Show is open to the public 5pm Breakdown Begins ******************************************************************************************************** 2012 ARTS & CRAFT SHOW APPLICATION NAME_____________________________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS____________________________________CITY_______________________STATE____ZIP_______ PHONE______________________________EMAIL________________________________________________ BRIEFLY DESCRIBE YOUR WORK FOR DISPLAY ___________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ Return application and booth fee to: Hyde County Arts Group c/o Elizabeth Gurganus PO Box 4 Swan Quarter, NC 27885
For information call: Elizabeth Gurganus 252-926-8461 nights 252-945-0748 days
Please make checks payable to: BCAC/Hyde Co. Craft Show
FALL IN HYDE COUNTY AND ON OCRACOKE ISLAND IS BEAUTIFUL! When you make plans to visit, you might want to check out The Official Travel & Tourism Website for Ocracoke Island, NC www.ocracokevillage.com
Photo by Debbie Tuma featuring Swan Quarterly publisher Ingrid Lemme
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