Island Review, December 2017

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Monthly News Magazine for Bogue Banks Property Owners & Residents

Vol. 22, No. 12

▪ Holiday Gift Guide ▪ Holiday Events ▪ Chowder, Cheer & Art ▪ Christmas in Beaufort ▪ Penguin Plunge ▪ At the Aquarium ▪ Chamber Connection ▪ Property Watch ▪ Emerald Tidings ▪ Book Bag ▪ Events Calendar ▪ Mayors’ Notes

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Contents 45 38 Published by: NCCOAST www.nccoast.com 252-247-7442 Fax 247-1856 Mail: 201 N. 17th St. Morehead City, NC 28557 SUBSCRIPTION or CHANGE OF ADDRESS: roze@nccoast.com Publisher: Allyson Sproul Director of Operations: Kim LaChance Managing Editor: Amanda Dagnino Sales: Jamie Bailey 252-241-9485 (jbailey@nccoast.com) Ashly Willis 252-342-2334 (awillis@nccoast.com); Graphics: Morgan Davis, Billy France, Roze Taitingfong Production Director: Rudy J. Taitague Mail Center: Skip Hicks Pressman: Allen Henry Folder: Destiny Fulcher Bindery: Rudy D. Taitague Distribution Manager: Kenneth Rhue Pre-Press: Kyle Dixon

The Island Review is published monthly

by NCCOAST, Morehead City. It is direct mailed to property owners in Emerald Isle, Pine Knoll Shores, Indian Beach and Atlantic Beach who reside in North Carolina and is distributed freely in public boxes along Bogue Banks, in town halls, advertiser locations, the Chamber of Commerce and county visitor’s centers.

The Island Review will not knowingly accept advertising judged to be misleading or in violation of the law. All parties advertised herein are subject to the Fair Housing Act and the claims represented are the sole responsibility of the advertiser. Though every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of all advertising and copy contained herein, the publisher may not be held responsible for typographical errors. NCCOAST reserves the right to refuse any advertising or editorial deemed inappropriate. Articles contained herein remain the sole responsibility of the writer. The Island Review, NCCOAST and any employees, agents or representatives of same, may not be held responsible for any actions or consequences derived as a result of following advice or instructions contained herein. As always, consult your attorney or accountant for relevant tax, investment and/or legal information.

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67 Features Coasting..................................................................................................................................................................8 Book Bag...............................................................................................................................................................12 Dreaming of a White Christmas … in Vermont......................................................................................................21 ‘Torpedo Junction’ Comes Alive for Young Readers..............................................................................................31 American-Made Teddy Bears: ‘Best in the Universe’.............................................................................................38 HOLIDAY SHOPPING GUIDE...............................................................................................................................45 Holiday Events..................................................................................................................................................52 Army Had World War II Camp at Davis Shore.......................................................................................................56 Fort Macon Was Important World War II Garrison................................................................................................66

Departments County Perspective...............................................................................................................................................14 Chamber Connection.............................................................................................................................................16 Tide Tables............................................................................................................................................................17 Coastal Currents Events Calendar........................................................................................................................20 The Onlooker.........................................................................................................................................................23 Bulletin Board........................................................................................................................................................32 Staying Busy – Emerald Isle..................................................................................................................................32 At the Aquarium.....................................................................................................................................................34 Rental Signs..........................................................................................................................................................42 Tourism Barometer................................................................................................................................................62 Staying Busy – Swansboro....................................................................................................................................63 Property Watch......................................................................................................................................................67 Health & Wellness.................................................................................................................................................70 Horoscopes...........................................................................................................................................................74 Best Buys..............................................................................................................................................................75 Advertiser Index.....................................................................................................................................................77

Townships ATLANTIC BEACH Mayor’s Notes..............................................................................................................................................44 EMERALD ISLE Mayor’s Notes..............................................................................................................................................22 Emerald Tidings............................................................................................................................................24 PINE KNOLL SHORES Mayor’s Notes..............................................................................................................................................58 Club News....................................................................................................................................................60

Thanks to our Contributors: Eddie Barber, Trace Cooper, Sarah Cutillo, Shannon Kemp, Ken Jones, Tom Kies, Pam Minnick, NC Coastal Federation, Stewart Pickett, Michelle Powers, Rudi Rudolph, Frank Rush, Mike Wagoner, Julia Batten Wax & Clare Winslow.

Ad & Editorial Deadline For JANUARY 2018 Issue: Thursday, December 1

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Holiday Candlelight in Beaufort Beaufort is the place to celebrate the holiday season on Saturday, Dec. 9. With a daytime ArtWalk and an evening Candlelight Tour, the picturesque waterfront village pulls out all the stops to ring in this festive season.

Galleries throughout town throw back their doors to welcome guests with demonstrations and refreshments from 2-5pm. Maps of participating galleries are available at the Beaufort Historic Site and throughout town. The event is free and open to everyone.

From 5-8pm, the Beaufort Historical Association hosts its annual Christmas Candlelight Tour. The tour showcases Beaufort’s holiday hospitality and provides a rare glimpse into private historic homes, several inns, bed & breakfasts as well as churches, all elegantly decorated for the season. These private homes represent a wide variety of Beaufort’s unique architectural styles from different periods of the town’s history.

Tickets are $16 and can be purchased by calling 252-728-5225 or visiting Turner Street, or visit www.beauforthistoricsite.org.

Chowder & Holiday Cheer A full range of holiday plans are already underway for downtown Morehead City to celebrate our favorite time of year.

On Saturday, Dec. 2, children can have Breakfast with Santa at Floyd’s 1921 Restaurant. There will be three seating times at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30am. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for children.

Reservations are required and can be made by calling 252-7271921.

Stroll downtown Morehead City and enjoy samples of Chowder or Cheer from more than 40 participating establishments. On Saturday, Dec. 2, the 8th annual Chowder & Cheer Crawl takes place from 1-5pm, giving guests a chance to vote for their favorite chowder, soup, chili or gumbo.

In addition to downtown eateries, restaurants that aren’t located right in the downtown district will be serving samples at downtown shops and art galleries. Various restaurants and businesses will also offer Cheer, which can be a sweet or a beverage. Winners of the 2017 event will be announced at the Morehead City Christmas Parade on Saturday, Dec. 9.

At 5pm on Saturday, Dec. 2, join Santa and Mrs. Claus at Jaycee Park and enjoy Christmas carols with DJ Raymond Rigsbee. Then at 5:30pm, the colorful Christmas Flotilla will cruise down the Morehead waterfront. The flotilla begins at Jaycee Park and proceeds down the Morehead City waterfront, so bring the family, bundle up and enjoy the evening.

The Morehead City Community Tree will be lit at 6pm. Located at Jaycee Park this year, the festivities will be led by Morehead City Mayor Jerry Jones.

Don’t forget to return to downtown Morehead on Saturday, Dec. 9, for the annual Christmas parade, which winds its way down Arendell Street. The parade starts at 11am.

For more information, tickets, or entry forms, visit www. downtownmoreheadcity.com.

Flotilla Sets Sail Dec. 2 Get ready for a little coastal holiday charm. The Crystal Coast Christmas Flotilla, featuring boats, yachts, kayaks and commercial vessels decorated for the season, sails the season into high gear on Saturday, Dec. 2. The decorated boats can be seen starting at 5:30pm on the Morehead City waterfront and about 6:15pm on the Beaufort waterfront.

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awarded. All decorated boats are judged and prizes for excellence and creativity are awarded at the Awards Party after the Flotilla in the Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center located across the street from the NC Maritime Museum.

Down East Decoy Fests Celebrating the heritage and craftsmanship of the region, Down East is host to two events kicking off the month of December. The annual Core Sound Decoy Festival and Waterfowl Weekend, both held the first weekend of the month, are the perfect events to learn more about the rural region of Carteret County and check out the local artisans.

There is no shortage of talent, food or excitement at the Decoy Festival, held at the island’s only school, Harkers Island Elementary. The festival runs from 9am-5pm on Saturday, Dec. 2 and from 10am-4pm on Sunday, Dec. 3. The event features silent and live auctions, raffle tickets, competitions and the reason for the event, about 100 vendors and exhibitors. Youth day will be held on Sunday and all youth will receive free entry and can enjoy door prizes, kids decoy painting and competitions, archery and youth loon calling contests. The annual festival is sponsored by the Core Sound Decoy Carvers Guild and more information can be found on its website at www.decoyguild.com.

At the end of the island, the fun continues with Waterfowl Weekend at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center. The museum opens its doors for two days of demonstrations, including boat building, decoy carving, quilting and retriever demonstrations, live music, storytelling, artists and exhibitors, educational displays and programs, competitions and Core Sound seafood. For more information about Waterfowl Weekend, call 252-728-1500.

Start the Year with a Plunge Daring enough to brave the cold? Take a plunge in the Atlantic Ocean for a good cause. The annual Penguin Plunge begins at 1pm on Monday, Jan. 1 at the Atlantic Beach Circle. Water temperature is generally in the 50s – a perfect way to get the blood flowing for the year ahead.

This year, funds raised will be donated to Austin Veterinary Outreach & Rescue. Whether part of the rookery or as a spectator, drop by the Circle and kick off the new year in style. For more information, visit www.penguin-plunge.org.

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The Tree in the Courtyard

By Jeff Gottesfeld and Peter McCarty

The subtitle of this children’s book is “Looking through Anne Frank’s Window.” Anyone who is familiar with “The Diary of Anne Frank” will find this book to be a fascinating addition to the story of her death at the hands of the Nazis during World War II. In the courtyard where Anne and her family hid before their capture was a horse chestnut tree. The tree died in 2010 and saplings are now planted at a number of memorial sites in New York, Washington, DC, and Boston.

This book is told from the point of view of the tree. The chestnut tells of watching Anne write through an attic window and how it could not understand why the girl never came outside. Then there was the summer morning when men in gray uniforms herded the girl and her family into black cars.

Anne Frank wrote in her diary, “The two of us looked out at the blue sky, the bare chestnut tree glistening with dew.” Jeff Gottesfeld has written a wonderful story and the illustrations

by Peter McCarty provide a valuable enhancement to the tale.

Follow the Moon Home

By Philippe Cousteau, Deborah Hopkinson and Meilo So

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This new picture book for children is set at the South Carolina coast. It is, “The tale of one idea, twenty kids, and a hundred sea turtles.” Viv, a new girl, learns about the nesting of loggerhead turtles on the beach through a summer school project. The children in her class set out to have the cottage lights close to the nests turned off so the baby turtles don’t become confused and can follow the moon to the ocean.

This book is educational and the illustrations are great. The Cousteau name is well known. Deborah Hopkinson, co-author, is an award winning children’s author, Meilo So is a gifted illustrator. This book is an excellent guide for parents and students who wish to be involved in ecological projects, as well as a valuable resource for those wishing to protect loggerhead turtles.

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Tom Kies, President Carteret County Chamber of Commerce

Senior Center Celebrates 20th Annniversary According to estimates, nearly 22,000 of the 68,000 year-round citizens of Carteret County are over the age of 55. The Crystal Coast has become a destination for retirees from all over the country and for good reason. We have sterling quality of life, there’s access to outstanding health care, and the availability of resources for seniors is excellent. One of those resources is the Leon Mann Jr. Enrichment Center.

Mary Kurek, assistant director at the center, supplied us with the following information about the 20th anniversary of the Senior Center: This year, Oct. 11 was proclaimed by the Carteret County Commissioners as Leon Mann Jr. Enrichment Day in the county.

The Dept. of Aging Services staff held an open house to celebrate and share with the public the many services and activities held at the facility that has been designated a Senior Center of Excellence for the past seven years.

Here are a few facts about Aging Services that you may not know: Approximately 300 people a day aged 50 years or older enjoy the activities and services provided at the Senior Center.

The center is home to SHIIP, the Medicare counseling services program, currently taking appointments for open enrollment through Dec. 7.

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also feeds approximately 60 at the Senior Center Monday-Friday.

A transportation program allows seniors without transportation to be able to participate at the center. (Some eligibility requirements may apply.)

Fitness programs are available for any level of ability and a fitness room is available Monday-Friday.

The Senior Center is available to any Carteret County resident age 50 and above at no cost.

More than 80 volunteers help deliver meals, teach classes and assist with events.

The weekly calendar of events includes offerings in arts and crafts, fitness, wellness education, and enjoyable hobbies, like cards and other table games. The facility includes a billiard room and library, as well.

The Friends of Aging of Carteret County is the nonprofit organization founded by Aging Services staff and operated by a volunteer board to assist with needs of at-risk elderly. The organization produces an annual Senior Life Fair each spring, and two major fundraisers a year: The Golden Oldies Dinner Dance in September and a Spaghetti Dinner in Feb/March.

For a current newsletter, calendar of events, and menu, please visit: www.carteretcountync.gov/168/Aging-Services. Call 252247-2626 for details on any programs or to seek referrals to other aging-related resources.

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The Need for Speed The Brookings Institution, a Washington, DC think-tank, did a study finding that between 2009 and 2015 private employment grew almost twice as fast in the larger metropolitan areas of North Carolina (those with 500,000 or more people) compared with smaller metro areas. It also found that income grew 50 percent more in the larger areas.

The Brookings study advocates for government policies that foster manufacturing jobs, expand work-based training programs such as apprenticeships, provide more support for community college, and improve internet access in rural areas.

In the 2017 Carteret County Chamber of Commerce Legislative Agenda, there is a line item that advocates for improved high-speed broadband access. Broadband availability improves quality of life by raising property values and attracting a dynamic workforce. It is important for home- based industries, agriculture and advanced manufacturing. The chamber requests that the General Assembly explore all options to level the playing field so that Eastern North Carolina can compete with outer areas of the state that have greater broadband coverage.

“Digital divide” describes the disparity between geographic areas regarding access to information and communications technologies.

The gap will continue to grow without investment in broadband development. Businesses that rely on broadband, in particular, gigabit fiber, will have no choice but to invest in locations with it.

Educational and health care systems in non-broadband locations will fall behind those with broadband.

Corporate site selectors expect high speed broadband. For

Tom Kies, President Carteret County Chamber of Commerce

communities, it is a critical piece of infrastructure for attracting capital investment.

Economic development aside, with the advent of all things internet, including the creep of ‘smart homes,’ it won’t be long before gigabit fiber speeds are needed for your residential use.

This past April, Verizon announced that it was ready to roll out near-gigabit speeds to more than 8 million potential customers in eight East Coast markets. How fast is that? Verizon promises downloads as fast as 940 megabits per second and uploads at 880 megabits. To put it simply, you can download an epic Hollywood blockbuster in seconds.

Verizon isn’t the only company pushing for higher speed internet.

Cable providers are starting to embrace an industry standard known as DOCSIS 3.1. That’s shorthand for Data over Cable Service Interface Specification, a method for delivering fiber-like speeds over existing cable lines.

But the ability to access gigabit fiber or DOCSIS 3.1 is dependent upon where you call home. If your cable or internet company refuses to provide a region with this badly needed utility, it will not only just remain the status-quo, but opportunities will fade.

Video conferencing, cloud access, home devices, information and entertainment downloading-these aren’t things of the future.

What we have in the county simply isn’t adequate, especially when our population swells by 100,000 people during the tourist season and the broadband ‘pipeline’ becomes overtaxed and slows to a crawl.

The chamber is currently working with county stakeholders to research options to attract new economic opportunities.

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tide tables DECEMBER 2017

High AM 1 F 5:13 2 Sa 6:03 3 Su 6:54 4 M 7:45 5 Tu 8:36 6 W 9:30 7 Th 10:25 8 F 11:23 9 Sa ----- 10 Su 1:06 11 M 2:13 12 Tu 3:15 13 W 4:10 14 Th 4:59 15 F 5:43 16 Sa 6:23 17 Su 7:01 18 M 7:37 19 Tu 8:13 20 W 8:49 21 Th 9:26 22 F 10:03 23 Sa 10:43 24 Su 11:26 25 M 12:02 26 Tu 12:57 27 W 1:55 28 Th 2:54 29 F 3:52 30 Sa 4:49 31 Su 5:43

Tide Low Tide PM AM PM 5:31 11:37 11:34 6:22 ----- 12:30 7:14 12:23 1:22 8:06 1:13 2:14 9:00 2:05 3:07 9:56 2:59 4:01 10:56 3:55 4:57 11:59 4:56 5:55 12:24 6:01 6:54 1:27 7:11 7:53 2:30 8:23 8:50 3:29 9:30 9:43 4:24 10:30 10:30 5:13 11:23 11:13 5:57 12:09 11:53 6:38 ----- 12:51 7:16 12:31 1:30 7:54 1:08 2:07 8:31 1:44 2:44 9:08 2:21 3:20 9:47 2:58 3:57 10:28 3:37 4:35 11:13 4:20 5:14 ----- 5:07 5:56 12:15 6:01 6:41 1:08 7:02 7:31 2:07 8:08 8:24 3:07 9:14 9:18 4:07 10:17 10:13 5:05 11:17 11:08 6:02 ----- 12:13

DST FOR MOREHEAD CITY, NC 34º 43’ Latitude 76º 42’ Longitude Tidal Time Difference Between Morehead City &: HIGH

LOW

Atlantic Beach -:41 -:39 Atlantic Beach Bridge +:22 +:34 Beaufort Inlet -:19 -:17 Bogue Inlet -:13 -:13 Cape Lookout -:43 -:49 Core Creek Bridge +1:00 +1:19 Drum Inlet -:29 -:31 Duke Marine Lab +:16 +:12 Ft. Macon USCG -:09 -:10 Harkers Island +1.26 +2:06 Harkers Island Bridge +1:42 +2:04 Hatteras Inlet -:18 -:15 Newport River +:44 +1:02 New River Inlet -:10 -:11

JANUARY 2018 High Tide AM PM 1 M 6:38 2 Tu 7:31 3 W 8:23 4 Th 9:16 5 F 10:09 6 Sa 11:03 7 Su 11:58 8 M 12:40 9 Tu 1:43 10 W 2:45 11 Th 3:42 12 F 4:33 13 Sa 5:19 14 Su 6:01 15 M 6:40 16 Tu 7:17 17 W 7:53 18 Th 8:28 19 F 9:03 20 Sa 9:39 21 Su 10:16 22 M 10:57 23 Tu 11:42 24 W 12:21 25 Th 1:20 26 F 2:23 27 Sa 3:27 28 Su 4:29 29 M 5:28 30 Tu 6:24 31 W 7:17

6:57 7:52 8:46 9:42 10:39 11:38 ----- 12:56 1:57 2:57 3:54 4:46 5:33 6:15 6:54 7:32 8:08 8:45 9:21 10:00 10:42 11:29 ----- 12:34 1:33 2:38 3:44 4:48 5:47 6:44 7:38

Low Tide AM PM 12:03 12:57 1:51 2:46 3:43 4:41 5:43 6:49 7:58 9:06 10:08 11:02 11:49 ----- 12:07 12:46 1:24 2:01 2:38 3:17 3:58 4:43 5:34 6:33 7:39 8:50 9:58 11:01 11:59 ----- 12:46

1:08 2:01 2:53 3:45 4:37 5:30 6:23 7:18 8:13 9:06 9:57 10:43 11:27 12:31 1:10 1:46 2:21 2:55 3:29 4:03 4:39 5:18 6:01 6:51 7:46 8:46 9:48 10:50 11:49 12:53 1:43

DST FOR MOREHEAD CITY, NC 34º 43’ Latitude 76º 42’ Longitude Tidal Time Difference Between Morehead City &: HIGH

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Atlantic Beach -:41 -:39 Atlantic Beach Bridge +:22 +:34 Beaufort Inlet -:19 -:17 Bogue Inlet -:13 -:13 Cape Lookout -:43 -:49 Core Creek Bridge +1:00 +1:19 Drum Inlet -:29 -:31 Duke Marine Lab +:16 +:12 Ft. Macon USCG -:09 -:10 Harkers Island +1.26 +2:06 Harkers Island Bridge +1:42 +2:04 Hatteras Inlet -:18 -:15 Newport River +:44 +1:02 New River Inlet -:10 -:11

Editor’s note: Tide prediction information is compiled from an outside source. For the most accurate daily tidal information, please consult your local news or The Weather Channel. This is intended for informational use solely as a guide, not as official navigational tools. By your use of the information on this page, you agree to hold harmless and indemnify NCCOAST against all typographical errors and any litigation arising from your use of these tables.

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1, 5, 8, 12, 15, 19, 22, 26, 29: Behind the Scenes – Shark Snack. Visit food preparation areas, animal holding areas and labs at the NC Aquarium in Pine Knoll Shores, and get an overhead view of the Living Shipwreck while the aquarists feed the sharks. Age 5 and up, $20. Details: 252247-4003 or www.ncacquariums.com.

2-3: “Noel, Noel.” 7pm. The Craven Community Chorus presents “Noel, Noel” featuring Vivaldi’s “Gloria” under the direction of Philip Evancho.

The second half of the program will included traditional and not so traditional Christmas songs. Accompaniment provided by Cheryl Kite and the Trent River Orchestra. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at Bank of the Arts, Kitchen on Trent, Fuller’s Music and Harris Teeter in New Bern. Additional performances are planned for 3pm on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 2-3. Details: 252-670-0230.

Core Sound Decoy Festival. 9am-5pm, Saturday and 10am-4pm, Sunday. The annual Core Sound Decoy Festival, held at Harkers Island Elementary School, will feature silent and live auctions, approximately 100 vendors and exhibitors, raffle tickets to win prizes and several competitions for adults and youth. Youth Day will be held on Sunday and all youth will receive free entry and can enjoy door prizes, kids decoy painting and competitions, archery and youth loon calling contests. Details: 252838-8818.

Waterfowl Weekend. 9am-5pm, Saturday and 10am-4pm, Sunday.

The Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center opens its doors for two days of demonstrations, local music, decoy carvers and exhibitors, educational exhibits, competitions, arts and crafts and plenty of food. Associated special events include a live auction full of hunting collectibles at 5pm, Saturday and at 8am on Sunday the Core Sound Community Church will provide a service followed by a Core Sound breakfast.

Details: 252-728-1500.

2, 9, 16, 25, 30: Behind the Scenes: Aquarium Close Encounters. 2-3:30pm. Visit labs and holding areas, and feed the animals in this thorough behind-the-scenes adventure that includes an overhead view of the Living Shipwreck. Age 8 and up, $20. Details: 252-247-4003 or www. ncaquariums.com.

4, 11, 18, 25: Succulent Seafood. 2-4pm on select Mondays. Visit the area’s top eateries to find out how expert chefs choose, prepare and serve fresh local 20

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seafood with a flourish. Sessions of this NC Aquarium program include a test taste. Age 12 and up, $18. Details: 252247-4003 or www.ncacquariums.com.

4 & 11: Story Time & Pre-K Play. 9-10am.

Parents and tots 5 and under enjoy open play in the Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation gymnasium. Parents must accompany children. Free. Details: 252354-6350.

Mon. 4: Flags of the Confederacy. 10am.

Meet in the Visitor Center at Fort Macon to learn about flags of the Confederacy.

Details: 252-726-3775.

6, 13, 20: Civil War Musket Firing Demonstration. 10am. Learn about a Civil War era musket’s history, loading procedures and firing at Fort Macon.

Meet in the Fort. Details: 252-726-3775.

Wed. 6: Brown Bag Gam – North Carolina’s Coast in 1718. Noon. Pack a lunch and join the staff at the NC Maritime Museum and explore the year 1718, the year Blackbeard lost his ship near Beaufort and ultimately his life. Free.

No reservation required. Details: www. ncmaritimemuseumbeaufort.com, 252728-7317.

Thur. 7: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony.

11am. Tryon Palace commemorates the 76th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor with a ceremony at the NC History Center. Free. Details: tryonpalace.org or 252-639-3500.

8-10: Gingerbread House Festival. In its fifth year, this event at the Crystal Coast Civic Center raises funds for the Crystal Coast Hospice House and includes a gingerbread house competition in three categories, including age 8 and under.

All skill levels are welcome. Not a baker?

Swing by from 11am-5pm each day to view the tempting treats or on Sunday, Dec. 10, stop in for cookies and cocoa with Santa from 2:30-4pm. Details: 252808-2244, www.cchhnc.org.

9-10: Introduction to Wooden Boat Building.

9am-4:30pm. In this two-day hands on course, students explore the art of boat building from start to finish. Begin with the design and lofting of boats and move on to the setup, steam bending and different methods of creating the back bone of small boats. Course fee is $135. Must be 16 to participate. Details: ncmaritimemuseumbeaufort.com.

Mon. 11: Bird Hike. 9am. Meet in the Visitor Center at Fort Macon and take a leisurely

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hike to identify birds native to the area.

Fort Macon has an amazing mix of shore birds and songbirds, and there is always something new to see. Details: 252-7263775.

Tue. 12: Behind the Scenes – Conservation Lab. 2pm. Get an up close look at the conservation lab at Tryon Palace on this behind-the-scenes tour. Cost is $6 for adults, $3 for Children. Details: tryonpalace.org or 252-639-3500 Wed. 13: Merry Time for Tots – Shark Tales.

10-11am. Children and their caregivers are invited to join the NC Maritime Museum to learn about sharks, starting with their teeth and ending with their tails.

Ages 2-5, free. Details: 252-728-7318 or www.ncmaritimemuseumbeaufort.com.

NC Symphony – Holiday Pops. 7pm. A North Carolina tradition, the symphony’s holiday show brings all the joy and excitement of the season straight to the Riverfront Convention Center in New Bern. Enjoy yuletide favorites, orchestral masterworks, the ever-popular Christmas carol singalong and more. Cost is $47. Details: 877-627-6724 or www. ncsymphony.org.

Fri. 15: American Red Cross Blood Drive.

2-7pm. Carteret County chapter of the American Red Cross is holding a blood drive at the Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation Community Center. Details: 252-354-6350.

Thur. 21: Natural Side of Fort Macon Hike.

10am. Meet in the Visitor Center for a leisurely hike exploring the natural side of Fort Macon. Hike will cover both trail and beach. Details: 252-726-3775.

27-29: Holiday Camp. The NC Aquarium is offering one-day holiday camp programs for grades 2-6. Camp runs from 8:30am-2:30pm with different age groups per day. Cost is $40 per camper.

Advance registration and deposit are required. Details: 252-247-4003 or www. ncaquariums.com.

Sun. 31: New Year’s Eve Cannon Blast. Live music begins at 6pm at Fort Macon State Park, Atlantic Beach, and cannons will be fired at 7pm during this New Year’s celebration. Lawn chairs and blankets are welcome as well as picnics. Details: 252-726-3775.

Dreaming of a White Christmas … in Vermont?

Christmas movie season is in full swing, with holiday films showing on multiple channels. This is the 63rd year for an alltime favorite, “White Christmas,” produced in 1954 by Paramount Pictures.

Vermont is the backdrop for most of this classic movie, and Danny Kaye can’t wait to get there on the train, muttering to his musical partner Bing Crosby: “Must be beautiful this time of year in Vermont. Do us a lot of good, all that snow and the fir trees and the clean, fresh air. Great change of pace! Just what we need!”

Soon, the train’s conductor appears on screen and announces: “Pine Tree! Coming into Pine Tree!”

Every year, the movie prompts inquiries from “throngs of people” who want to visit Pine Tree, Vermont, at Christmas and experience “the small town nestled in the mountains, surrounded by forests with glittering snow,” wrote Molly Walsh of the Burlington (Vermont.) Free Press. Her article was published on Christmas Eve of 2014.

These prospective visitors also want to book their vacation rooms at the Columbia Inn, the ski lodge in the film, so they can sit by a roaring fire and get all cozy, comfy and nostalgic.

Sadly, people are out of luck on both counts – the town and the inn are nonexistent. Or, as Walsh put it: “Pine Tree is … a village trapped inside a snow globe. No one can go there, but the town manages to capture attention quite effectively by sitting on the mantlepiece of the imagination.”

“All those viewings of ‘White Christmas’ and the Vermont it portrays could have an enduring impact on the Vermont brand and tourism,” she wrote. (That may be a huge understatement of the value.)

The film “probably has had some impact on the mentality that Vermont is a nice place to spend the holidays,” according to Gregory Gerdel, an official with the Vermont tourism department.

He was quoted in Walsh’s article. (A mega-huge understatement.)

Walsh concluded: “Perhaps the happy ending of ‘White Christmas’ helps waft a sugar-cookie-good aroma over Vermont.

The movie ends in classic Hollywood style. Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney find true love. Everyone gets to dance and sing in red velvet costumes. Huge snowflakes fall on Pine Tree.”

“You can still celebrate Christmas in ‘real Vermont,’” wrote

Christina Tree, a regular contributor to Yankee, a New England magazine. For an article published in November 2015, she visited Grafton and Woodstock.

“Arriving in Grafton (population 650) during snow season is like entering a Christmas card,” Tree wrote.

“Serious cross-country skiers know Grafton.

The 30-kilometer trail network is meticulously groomed.

Trails meander off from the warming hut, out over meadows, and up into the woods on Bear Hill, where there’s plenty more back-country skiing and great venues for tubing, ice skating and snowshoeing.

“The village is dressed sumptuously for the season, decked with 250 wreaths and 3,000 yards of roping. The Grafton Village Cheese factory produces some of Vermont’s best prize-winning cheddars.

Visitors are welcome to learn how 6,000 to 10,000 gallons of buttery milk from Jersey cows are processed daily, from cutting the curd to waxing the wheels and blocks of cheese,” Tree wrote.

Woodstock is larger, with a population of about 3,050, and the centerpiece of Christmas celebration season there is the Woodstock Wassail Weekend, Dec. 8-10. “Wassail is a spiced ale, a drink with which medieval homeowners rewarded the carolers who serenaded them. It’s a great name for this entire yeasty weekend,” Tree wrote.

“The big spectacle is Saturday afternoon’s parade of more than 50 horses and costumed riders and passengers waving from wagons, surreys and sulkies, all circling the green, where a top-hatted Father Christmas presides over the lighting of the Yule log and the gigantic Memory Tree, while costumed carolers lead the singing.”

“Throughout the holiday season, the Woodstock Rotary Club’s Christmas star, with its 100 bulbs, beams down from Mount Tom on what remains, especially when the cold and snow settle in, a little Vermont town.”

Mike Wagoner

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mayor’s notes

Mayor Eddie Barber

A Busy December in Emerald Isle December is such a wonderful and happy month. It is just a great time to be with family and friends. I think December is one of my favorite months of the year. I just enjoy the festive spirit. There are many wonderful opportunities in our town and community in December.

On the first Saturday in December, Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation will host the 6th annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair in the Emerald Isle Community Center gymnasium. The date will be on Saturday, Dec. 2 from 8am to 4pm. The fair will feature all handmade or hand-authenticated items from local artisans. With over 30 vendors, you are sure to find just the right gift for everyone on your Christmas list. The Croatan High School Band will be on site with concessions. This promises to be a great way to buy that special gift.

Our ever popular Santa and a Movie will take place on Friday, Dec. 8 at 6pm. Children of all ages join Santa for a Christmas story after enjoying milk and cookies and watching a short Christmas movie classic. Santa’s helper, Isabel the Elf, will be joining us this year for some fun. Kids are encouraged to wear their most comfy Christmas pajamas. Please bring a blanket for your family to sit on during the movie. This popular event will take place at our gymnasium. The admission

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fee is one unwrapped gift per child. You must pre-register

by Thursday, Dec. 7. Space fills up fast.

The Emerald Isle Supper Club will meet on Thursday, Dec. 7 from 6:30-8pm at the Town Board Meeting Room. Please bring a potluck dish of your choice to share. All Emerald Isle residents and guests are welcome to take a break and enjoy a fun evening. For this month, guests are also asked to bring a Toy for Tots.

The 5th annual Crystal Coast Hospice House Gingerbread Festival will be held at the Crystal Coast Civic Center Dec. 8-10. This event is for Christmas lovers, gingerbread enthusiasts, master sculptors, kids, youth and adults and candy connoisseurs of all ages. Enter your edible masterpiece in the competition to benefit SECU Crystal Coast Hospice House and, of course, for a chance to win great prizes and revel in that “gingerbread feeling.” Visit the Crystal Coast Hospice House Gingerbread Festival website www. crystalcoasthospicehouse.org/gingerbread-festival-2017 for a complete schedule of events.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very Merry Christmas. May you experience the love, joy and peace of this Holy Season.

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the onlooker

Mike Wagoner

“Southern Living’ Magazine Sparkles with Bragg’s Essays It’s been more than 30 years now since the premiere of the movie “Dirty Dancing,” a love story starring Patrick Swayze in the role of Johnny Castle.

A favorite scene appears near the end of the film, when the chirpy-voiced, pantywaist grandson Neil Kellerman (played by actor Lonny Price) is singing “Kellerman’s Anthem” to bring down the curtain on another season of family resort vacationing in the North Carolina mountains.

At Kellerman’s we come together singing all as one; We have shared another season’s talent, play and fun.

Join hands and hearts and voices, Voices, hearts and hands….

Johnny had been unjustly fired as Kellerman’s dance instructor and left the premises. But just in the nick of time to save the movie, he returns to the main lodge, bursts in…and escorts his dance partner Frances “Baby” Houseman (Jennifer Grey) up on stage. On cue, the house band goes silent. Johnny asserts himself with this line: “Sorry about the disruption, folks, but I always do the last dance of the season.”

It’s a matter of prestige. Always doing the last dance is somewhat akin to always writing the last editorial page of a big-circulation magazine. Ever since January 2011, writer Rick Bragg has owned that privilege with Southern Living magazine.

Bragg’s “Southern Journal” essays appear each month – always entertaining, priceless commentary about southern and smalltown living.

At the time the deal was offered, Bragg told management: “I don’t think I’m Southern Living material. I don’t really care what it takes to build the perfect fountain or make the perfect chiffon cake.” Years later, he acknowledged: “It’s worked out really well.”

Bragg, 58, is not a glamour boy like Patrick Swayze was.

Bragg’s a round-in-the-middle and a rough-around-the-edges guy, but it’s part of his persona. Imagine growing up in a place named Possum Trot, a tiny, unincorporated village in rural northeastern Alabama.

Bragg is a talented, gifted writer and has the hardware to back it up. While working as a reporter for the New York Times, he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for feature writing.

Recognition is all fine and dandy, but Bragg insists the “best thing that happened to me in 1996 was the contract for my first book, “All Over But The Shoutin’,” which allowed Bragg to brag on his mother, who “picked cotton, scrubbed floors and took in

washing and ironing … and went 18 years without a new dress,” so her three sons (Sam, Rick and Mark) could have school clothes.

His contributions to Southern Living are archived inside www. southernliving.com. Among the titles of his essays are: “Elements of Groveling” (good information when one “misses” Valentine’s Day); “The Porch: The soul of a house lies just up the front steps;” “The Fine Art of Piddling;” and “The Gift of Loafering” (less active than piddling).

The topic of Bragg’s column in a recent issue of Southern Living (October 2017) is “The Best of Who We Are.” He says that you know you are southern when “you can taste it in the food, feel it in your heart and hear it in the language of your kin.”

Kelly Kazek contributed an article on Bragg in 2013 for publication in the “Alabama Encyclopedia.” Bragg told Kazek that he is trying to be a better human being but doubts that he will make it through the “front door” to heaven, based on his sinladen track record. He said he has hope there’s a side door or a back door he can slide in undetected to reach the Promised Land.

“Every Southern author has his or her own style,” wrote Kyle Mooty of The Eufala (Ala.) Tribune. “Rick Bragg can put words on paper that can make you laugh and cry within moments of each other, a couple of sentences apart.”

Mooty said Bragg reminds him a lot of the late Lewis Grizzard, a southern newspaper columnist and author from Georgia, who died in 1994 at age 47, following his fourth heart surgery.

Grizzard wrote 20 books during his lifetime, and his titles offer a glimpse of Grizzard’s special brand of humor: “Elvis Is Dead and I Don’t Feel So Good Myself,” “They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat” and “If Love Were Oil, I’d Be About a Quart Low.” In his essay on “Porches,” Bragg wrote: “I don’t see people on porches much anymore. I guess they just stopped building them after air conditioning and television. I see people sitting around on patios, but it is not the same. But people seem to like them. As the late writer Lewis Grizzard once wrote, it is hard to get drunk and fall off a backyard.”

Speaking of alcohol, Grizzard also wrote: “The only way that I could figure they could improve upon Coca-Cola, one of life’s most delightful elixirs, which studies prove will heal the sick and occasionally raise the dead, is to put rum or bourbon in it.”

Happy happy-hour reading to all.

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~Emerald Tidings~ Looking Back on 2017

The entire Town of Emerald Isle organization continued to work hard during FY 2016-2017 to keep Emerald Isle the great place that it is, and to make it even better in the future for our residents, property owners, businesses, and visitors!

The town strives to provide quality services to sustain a high quality of life and to maintain a small-town, family beach atmosphere in Emerald Isle. Our services and community improvements are designed to make Emerald Isle an even better place for our residents to enjoy their lives, and are also strategically implemented to maintain and enhance Emerald Isle’s desirability as a tourism destination, retirement location, and investment option. Our challenge is to accomplish all of this in the most cost-effective manner, and we continue to place a high priority on the maintenance of the lowest possible tax rates and strategic grant funding opportunities. We also strive to be a friendly, respectful, and inclusive community - Nice Matters! The town’s leadership thoughtfully considers the input of all who live here, recreate here, make their livelihoods here, and invest here. Emerald Isle is a special place to so many people, and it takes everyone’s input and contributions to achieve the Town’s goals!

The mayor, board of commissioners, planning board members, advisory committees, town manager, town staff, and many concerned citizens remain committed to the continued success of Emerald Isle. We are proud of our collective accomplishments – for you – during the past year, and look forward to another productive year in FY 2017-2018!

Highlights of the past fiscal year (July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017) included the following:

Town’s Efforts Preserve Public’s Right to Use the Beach

The town has worked diligently since 2011 to defend the public’s right to use the beach in Emerald Isle, and all of North Carolina, and the town’s efforts paid off during the past year with the successful conclusion of the Nies v. Emerald Isle case. This case threatened the public’s historical use of the flat, sandy beach between the base of the dunes and the water, and could have resulted in significant negative consequences for everyone who enjoys the beach in North Carolina.

Fortunately, with the December 2016 refusal of the NC Supreme Court and the October 2017 refusal of the United States Supreme Court to further consider the Nies case, the November 2015 decision of the NC Court of Appeals in favor of the town is now the definitive case law on the public’s right to use the beach in North Carolina. The town worked hard with numerous partners on this critical issue over the past year (and past several years), and is pleased that the public’s historical right to use the beach remains intact!

Town Preserves Last Large Tract of Land for Future Park Development

The town worked hard, and secured commitments for more than $2.5 million of federal and state grant funding toward the total $3 million land acquisition cost for the last large tract of undeveloped land available in Emerald Isle. The nearly 30-acre Surfside Realty tract is located directly north of the town government complex, and has been acquired in the interim by the town’s partner, The Conservation Fund of North Carolina. The Conservation Fund will formally convey the land to the town sometime in 2018 when grant funds are released.

The town intends to preserve 20 acres in its natural state, and will soon construct new nature trails for the public to enjoy. Nearly 10 acres will be reserved for the future development of active recreation facilities, and the new park will ultimately be integrated with the existing Community Center and Blue Heron Park via a new pedestrian bridge over Archers Creek. The town is pleased to secure significant grant funds for this long-term investment in the environment and the youth of Emerald Isle. The new park will be named McLean-Spell Park, in honor of two of the original developers of Emerald Isle. Enjoy!

Islander Drive Property Acquired, Positioned for Development

With the assistance of Carteret County, who provided a $450,000 contribution, the town acquired the abandoned go-kart track and bumper boat facility on Islander Drive for nearly $630,000 in June 2017. This 1.8-acre tract had been abandoned and unsightly for more than a decade, and the Town immediately cleaned-up the site and restored it to a vacant tract of 24

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land. The property will soon be marketed for sale, and the board of commissioners will ultimately select a quality developer and project for the site. The town’s goal is to promote quality development in the Islander Drive area that is consistent with current zoning and the town’s family beach image and small-town atmosphere.

Town Brings Back the Beach Music Festival

After a 17-year hiatus, the town brought back the Emerald Isle Beach Music Festival in late August 2016. The festival was held on the beach strand at the Western Ocean Regional Access, and drew a crowd of approximately 9,000 people to Emerald Isle for a beautiful day filled with great beach music and lots of fun! The festival was funded by contributions, sponsorships, and event fees.

The September 2017 festival drew a slightly larger crowd, and the town looks forward to future annual beach music festivals on the beach!

New Storm Pump Station

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Ridge subdivision in spring 2017, and the new pump station conveys storm water to the town’s environmentally-friendly system in Emerald Isle Woods Park. The new pump station, along with eight other pump stations along the Coast Guard Road corridor, effectively removes storm water and ground water from various neighborhoods and conveys it to Emerald Isle Woods Park, where it is filtered through a series of upland areas, natural wetlands, and ponds before ultimately infiltrating into the ground or discharging to Bogue Sound.

New Bicycle Path Constructed on Bogue Inlet Drive

The town completed a new ¼-mile segment of the popular bicycle path along Bogue Inlet Drive in May 2017, providing a safe bicycle and pedestrian link from the NC 58 bicycle path to Bogue Inlet Pier. The project also included the realignment and resurfacing of Bogue Inlet Drive, along with new street lighting.

The pier is a popular destination, and the town was pleased to add this new segment, which was partially funded by race proceeds generated by the annual Emerald Isle Marathon races and the fundraising efforts of the town’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee.

Pedestrian Walkway Constructed to Enhance Safety

Upon the recommendation of, and a 50% funding contribution from the town’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, the town constructed a new pedestrian walkway over the dunes adjacent to the vehicle access ramp at The Point in September 2016. The new walkway provides a safe separation for vehicles and pedestrians accessing The Point, and includes a seating area atop the dunes. Check out the beautiful sunsets at The Point sometime!

Emerald Isle Continues to Enjoy Low Property Tax Rate

Reflecting the board of commissioners’ top priority, the town continues to maintain a very low property tax rate. The General Fund tax rate (15.5 cents – 14 cents for general services and 1.5 cents for beach nourishment) has remained constant for the past several years, and continues to be the 2nd lowest property tax rate of the 21 oceanfront municipalities in North Carolina. The town’s elected officials and staff continually strive to provide the highest quality services at the lowest possible cost to our customers, and seek to secure outside funding sources whenever possible.

in the future.

Due to the seasonal nature of Emerald Isle’s population (the town’s permanent population increases from nearly 4,000 to 40,000 during peak summer season), Emerald Isle would be harmed by any sales tax distribution formula changes that are weighted more toward permanent population estimates.

Essentially, the use of the permanent population estimates does not provide proper “credit” to Emerald Isle for the economic contributions of our seasonal residents and visitors, and also ignores the significant seasonal service demands that are funded by the town’s sales tax revenues.

New Land Use Plan Maintains Emphasis on Image

After more than a year of hard work by a citizen committee, a tremendous amount of public input, and thoughtful review, the board of commissioners adopted the town’s new Comprehensive Land Use Plan in February 2017. The new plan, which represents an update to the town’s 2004 plan, places the highest priority on the town’s family beach image and small-town atmosphere, and strategically targets limited areas of Emerald Isle for future quality development.

Emerald Isle includes more than 3,200 acres of land area, with the vast majority of Emerald Isle already developed or reserved for residential use. Less than 200 acres (approximately 6% of the total land area) is available for commercial and mixed-use development, and much of this land area is already developed.

In line with community input and priorities, the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and the town’s development regulations limit building heights to 40-feet (up to 50-feet is permitted with special approval), include significant storm water management requirements, and include requirements for natural area preservation and landscaping. The plan also prioritizes beach nourishment, water quality, and recreational amenities. After all, the main reason we’re all here is to enjoy this beautiful natural environment!

Quality Development Projects Completed

The town continues to maintain a solid financial position, and continues to operate with a fiscally conservative approach that is respectful of our property taxpayers. The town ended FY 16-17 with a total General Fund balance of nearly $2.2 million, which is consistent with historical levels, and was also able to retire outstanding debt earlier than required. The town also ended FY 16-17 with more than $2.5 million in reserve for future beach nourishment efforts (that will be supplemented with reserved room occupancy tax revenues held by Carteret County and hopefully future State funding).

There were several new development projects completed over the past year+ in Emerald Isle, and each of the projects has contributed to a stronger town economy and improved community aesthetics.

The new Transportation Impact building, which also houses the new Caribsea restaurant, is located on Crew Drive, and includes an attractive design. The landmark Bogue Inlet Pier completed a total reconstruction of the pier house and made other improvements to the pier structure, along with the opening of the Surf’s Up oceanfront restaurant. Another Emerald Isle landmark, The Islander, completed a renovation of its older building and added 20 new units, resulting in an even nicer oceanfront complex. The Emerald Isle Post Office completed a significant exterior renovation, and now includes an attractive coastal look. Many other Emerald Isle businesses completed smaller renovation and interior improvement projects.

The town appreciates these significant efforts by our local businesses, and was pleased to help support these improvements.

Town Continues to Defend Sales Tax

New Publix Grocery Store Approved

Town Maintains Solid Financial Position

A new proposal approved by the NC Senate in 2017, but thankfully not considered by the NC House, would have negatively impacted the town’s sales tax revenues and potentially could have resulted in a town property tax rate increase. The town continued to work with our State legislators and other local governments over the past year to oppose these harmful sales tax changes, and will remain vigilant on this issue 26

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After grocery stores considered 3 different locations on NC 58 in Emerald Isle in recent years (all within approximately ½ mile of each other), the developer moved forward with a location near the corner of Mallard Drive and NC 58. The town approved construction plans for a new Publix grocery store in November 2016, and construction has been underway for much of the past year. The new grocery store plans to open in spring 2018.

As part of the project, the developer is making significant road improvements to Crew Drive and Mallard Drive, with slightly wider streets, new asphalt, new curb and gutter and storm water management features, new sidewalks, and landscaping.

These streets will remain public streets. The developer is also financing the construction of a new roundabout at the NC 58/Mallard Drive intersection. The new roundabout was selected by the town instead of a new traffic signal for this location, and will serve as a pilot project to enable the town to gauge the effectiveness of roundabouts. NCDOT has recommended new roundabouts at the town’s 4 signalized intersections in the future, and if the pilot project is successful, the town will likely consent to the other recommended roundabouts. If the pilot project is not successful, the town will pursue other solutions to achieve incremental improvements in traffic flow in Emerald Isle. The new roundabout will enable traffic to flow continuously in this area, and also includes safer pedestrian crossing features.

NC 58/Bogue Inlet Improvements in State Plan

The new state transportation plan released this year includes planned intersection improvements at the NC 58 / Bogue Inlet Drive intersection, and this project will include either a mini-roundabout, signal improvements, and/or turn lane improvements, pending additional review by the Town and NCDOT in the coming years. The project will also include new curb and gutter in the “downtown” area of Emerald Isle, along with other aesthetic improvements. The project has been included in the State plan, but is not likely to be constructed for at least a few years.

NCDOT previously recommended the installation of roundabouts at the town’s 4 signalized intersections (Coast Guard Road, Emerald Plantation Shopping Center, Mangrove Drive, and Bogue Inlet Drive), and the town has expressed its willingness to consider roundabouts at these locations – along with other alternative intersection improvements (signal improvements and/or turn lane improvements). Upon completion of the pilot project roundabout associated with the new Publix, the town and NCDOT will evaluate its effectiveness and determine specific improvements for the other intersections in the coming years.

It is important to note that the town, based on significant public input over the years, formally opposes the widening of NC 58 and the Emerald Isle bridge to 4 or 5 lanes. Thus, any future traffic flow improvements will consist of smaller, incremental improvements designed to enable traffic to flow more efficiently and safely along NC 58 in Emerald Isle. Roundabouts, traffic signal improvements, and/or turn lane improvements are essentially the only other options that can be implemented, and NCDOT has recommended the roundabouts due to the fact that they allow traffic to flow continuously and because of their safety record. The town and NCDOT will be carefully considering all of these options in the coming years.

New Text Message Alert System Implemented

As part of the town’s continuing efforts to keep our residents and property owners well-informed, the town implemented

a new text message alert system in summer 2017. The text message alerts are particularly helpful for emergency and public safety issues, and you can sign up simply by texting keyword EMERALD to 797979 or by visiting the town’s website at www. emeraldisle-nc.org.

Emerald Isle EMS to Become Part of Town Government

The town announced plans in April 2017 to transition Emerald Isle EMS, Inc. into a department of the town government in early 2018, and town officials continue work on this transition. The separate, nonprofit Emerald Isle EMS, Inc. has been contracted by the town to provide emergency medical services since 2001, includes a fully-paid staff supplemented by volunteers, responds from a town-owned EMS station, and operates with an annual budget of nearly $600,000. EMS is funded primarily by town tax revenues ($390,000) and service fees ($180,000). The town is fortunate to be served by a dedicated group of employees and volunteers, and looks forward to continued high quality service in the future!

Grant Funding Aids Emerald Isle Fire Dept.

The Emerald Isle Fire Dept. was awarded two significant federal grants during the past year. EIFD utilized more than $145,000 of Federal grant funds for the purchase of new selfcontained breathing apparatus, and has also been awarded more than $300,000 to fund the salaries and benefits of 3 new firefighters for the next three years. These additional grant funds will improve fire response efforts and enhance firefighter safety. The town is fortunate to be served by a professional and dedicated group of fire personnel!

New Police Department Leadership Appointed

Tony Reese, who previously served as the town’s assistant police chief, was named the town’s new police chief in January 2017 following the retirement of Chief Jeff Waters in October 2016. Chief Reese continues to place a high priority on community relationships and public outreach, and Emerald Isle is fortunate to enjoy a relatively low crime rate. Chief Reese promoted Bill Bailey, a long-serving veteran of the EIPD, to (Continued on page 28) ISLAND REVIEW • December 2017

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Assistant Police Chief, and together they manage a committed and quality group of law enforcement officers in the EIPD!

Police Department Programs Creating Positive Results The EIPD continued its excellent programs during the past year, and these programs are paying off in the form of reduced crime, positive community relationships, and a greater sense of community. The popular Police Educating the Public (PEP), Coffee with a Cop, Neighborhood Watch, Golf With a Cop, Ice Cream Ticket, R U OK?, and the new Internet Exchange Lot all continue to make a positive difference in our community.

Deck Safety Program Expanded

Town staff continued to support the Emerald Isle vacation rental agencies as needed for the deck inspection program implemented in 2015, and worked with Emerald Isle condominium complexes to implement a similar program for condominiums over the past year. The town continues to promote deck safety, and encourages all Emerald Isle property owners to regularly inspect deck supports, railings, deck boards, and fasteners to make sure they are withstanding the corrosive forces present in our area.

Coyote Trapping Program Established

The Emerald Isle Police Dept. worked with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission and licensed coyote trappers between December 2016 and February 2017 to remove 14 coyotes from Emerald Isle. Coyotes were trapped on participating private properties and on select town-owned properties. The town, along with many other communities in our area and all across North Carolina, continues to receive concerns about coyotes, and will conduct an additional coyote trapping program between December 2017 and February 2018.

Planning for the Next Beach Nourishment Project

Overall, the ocean beach remains in reasonably good condition, however, normal beach erosion and the migration of the dunes seaward (which is a good thing!) have narrowed the flat beach in some areas. In an effort to be proactive, and also recognizing the long lead time, the town has been working and continues to work toward a significant beach nourishment project in the next 1 – 2 years.

Recognizing that the beach is the town’s most important asset, the town remains committed to beach nourishment in the future and continues to invest significant resources in this program. Carteret County is expected to receive a long-term permit for future beach nourishment activities in Emerald Isle in 2018, and both the town and the county have been reserving funds for future beach nourishment activities for the past several years. The town will also be seeking state funding for future nourishment via the state’s new Coastal Storm Damage Mitigation Fund created by the NC General Assembly in 2017.

Overall, the town is positioned well for future beach nourishment, with an overall goal to complete these projects as infrequently as possible, but to always be ready to nourish the beach when needed, where needed, and as needed in the future

The Point Remains Stable

The town also continues to closely monitor the condition of The Point. It has now been more than 12 years since the town relocated the main ebb channel in Bogue Inlet away from homes on Bogue Court and Inlet Court. Prior to 2005, the channel threatened the entire neighborhood at The Point, and the town relocated the main channel approximately 3,300 feet west, while 28

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also using the dredged sand for oceanfront beach nourishment.

The sand spit at The Point remains stable, and continues to be a prime spot for sunbathers, walkers, and fishermen. The main ebb channel is now approximately 1,300 feet west of Emerald Isle, and the town is in early planning stages for another relocation of the main channel. The town expects to move the main channel back to the center of the inlet complex sometime in the next 3-5 years, again in conjunction with oceanfront nourishment.

Town Leads Efforts to Maintain Bogue Inlet

The town worked closely with the US Army Corps of Engineers and the US Coast Guard in April, May, and June to coordinate necessary navigation maintenance dredging and navigation aid adjustments to maintain a safe and reliable navigation channel in Bogue Inlet this past summer. These efforts were funded by previous state-local funding partnerships, without which it would have been impossible to maintain the channel.

The town again led a new effort during summer 2017 to secure additional State and local funding for navigation dredging in Bogue Inlet. The new partnership between the state, Onslow local governments, and Carteret local governments yielded a total of $300,000 for future navigation dredging in Bogue Inlet.

These funds are expected to be sufficient to cover dredging activities during FY 17-18 only, and additional strategies will be explored for future dredging needs.

Special Events Continue To Be Successful

The town continues to improve our established special events, in a deliberate effort to create a greater sense of community and also to attract new and repeat visitors to Emerald Isle during the spring and fall seasons.

The town, in partnership with Bogue Inlet Pier, continued its July 4 fireworks tradition over the ocean with a beautiful celebration of our nation’s independence. The Emerald Isle Beach Music Festival was held in September. The 11th annual Day4Kids was held in September and continues to offer great family fun, at no cost to the families who attend this great annual event. The 13th annual Emerald Isle Christmas Parade was held in November and continues to be a big hit for our residents, second homeowners and the surrounding area.

The town’s signature annual event, the St. Patrick’s Festival, celebrated its 26th anniversary in March 2017, and continues to be a great kickoff to the warm weather season in Emerald Isle. The annual Emerald Isle Marathon, Half-Marathon, and 5K races continue to be very popular, and the March 2017 (4th annual) races raised more than $50,000 for future bike and pedestrian improvements and autism support. The 3rd annual Bike the Banks/Crystal Coast Lighthouse Challenge rides were held in May 2017, and continue to attract a mix of serious and recreational bicyclists to Emerald Isle.

The town extends its deepest appreciation to all of the community volunteers, especially the Emerald Isle Business Association, for their help and support on these events!

Other Notable Items:

The town produced a new promotional video to highlight everything that is special about Emerald Isle! Check it out at www.emeraldisle-nc.org!

The Town replaced existing beach access walkways at Georgia Street, Hubert Street and Sea Crest during FY 1617. The town maintains more than 60 public beach access walkways, and our goal is to replace 3 aging beach access walkways each year.

‘Torpedo Junction’ Comes Alive for Young Readers A 13-year-old girl helps save Hatteras Island and North Carolina’s Outer Banks from destruction by German saboteurs during the midst of World War II. She is the rambunctious Taffy Willis, lead character in an award-winning juvenile novel, “Taffy of Torpedo Junction.”

This year is the 60-year anniversary of the book, which was written by North Carolina native Nell Wise Wechter in 1957. It is an adventure story that takes place in and around the community of Buxton in Dare County in 1942, as the World War II Battle of the Atlantic is raging off the Coast of North Carolina.

Taffy, with red hair and a pony named Sailor, lives in a shack by the shore with her grandfather, Gramp Morgan, a commercial fisherman. (Her parents had died when Taffy was 3, as their fishing boat capsized in a rogue February storm, and all aboard were lost at sea.)

Wechter begins her novel with a direct message to readers: “This story is based on many events that actually happened, and the line between fact and fiction is rather thin at times. Taffy and her island friends exemplify the daring courage of all the teenage youngsters who lived in the Outer Banks of North Carolina during the dark days of World War II.” Torpedo Junction is nonfiction … it is “a long strip of treacherous shoals off Cape Hatteras, so named because of the number of ships that were torpedoed there,” Wechter wrote.

Outer Banks historian and author Ben Dixon MacNeill reported that 108 allied ships were sunk off Cape Hatteras alone by the German U-boats in World War II. He said the death toll was 1,056, including men, women and children, as passenger vessels were not immune to attacks by the Germans.

Many bodies, MacNeill said, were forever lost in the “Graveyard of the Atlantic.”

A key development in Wechter’s story is the “arrival” of a boxer puppy that miraculously makes it to shore after a U-boat had sunk a Greek oil tanker. Taffy is there to rescue the young dog and nurse it back to health. She named it Brandy, and the dog is “secretly trained” by a US Coast Guardsman to protect and defend Taffy. (Hint: This is a bit of foreshadowing.)

Taffy is fiercely loyal and loving toward her eccentric grandfather who tends to “disremember” things.

When her friend Lorrie remarks, “Your Gramp is a funny old cudgermudgeon, isn’t he?” Lorrie barks back, “that’s not so … he’s the dearest Gramp in the world.”

Still, she plays him to stretch the house rules, and one dark night on the beach, she is restrained by an unidentified assailant. Brandy to the rescue, pinning the man, a German saboteur, to the sand until the Coast Guard commander, Big Jens, arrives to cart the intruder off to the brig.

This triggers Big Jens to figure out what is really going on inside the Snyder mansion and entrap the German spies who had infiltrated the island and were signaling Coast Guard movements to the U-boats off shore. The Coast Guard confiscates boxes of dynamite and saves the day. Brandy the dog receives a war medal.

Irene Nolan had interviewed the author’s daughter, Marcia Wechter Kass, for an article in The Island Breeze, a Hatteras newspaper, in 1996, and wrote: “Carol White Dillon was without a doubt the inspiration for Taffy. Carol was 13 years old when World War II broke out off the coast of North Carolina in 1942.”

Ed Beckley of the Outer Banks Sentinel in Nags Head interviewed Dillon in 2008, and she shared that her seventh grade teacher was Nell Wise Wechter, who “had a brilliant mind” and was a strict grammarian.

Dillon’s parents, Estus and Maude White, rented rooms in their house. One of the boarders was that same teacher, Nell Wise Wechter.

So, it was through this “double exposure” to Carol White – at the home and in the schoolhouse – that “the author came to know the spirit of the little girl who would become her novel’s hero,” Beckley concluded.

“I was a tomboy,” Dillon said. She rode her pony, Ivy, bareback, and was usually accompanied by her hound dog, Boozie. “I had fiery red hair and green eyes and freckles” (so that part holds true to the book). “I was just as strong as a boy. I didn’t like girly things.”

Dillon remembers hearing the explosions that rattled and shattered school windows and explosions that s h o o k her bed at night, Beckley wrote. She remembers seeing burning ships on the horizon and oil on the beach.

She tells the story of a man, believed to be a German infiltrator, who would come into the Buxton post office, where her mother was the postmaster. “He would bring in wood boxes, which was unusual, and he would insure them. My mother would ask him what was in the box, and he’d say, ‘books.’

“I don’t know what got her suspicious, but she called the FBI. Agents came and opened the boxes and found detailed maps from Maine to Florida, including depth charts for all the little canals and waterways. They secretly followed him to New York where they arrested him and rings of German spies.

“The man’s name was Hans Haas … and my mother got a commendation from President Franklin Roosevelt.”

About the author: Nell Wise Wechter was born at Stumpy Point in Dare County in 1913, the daughter of a fisherman. Stumpy Point is a remote and rural community on the edge of the Pamlico Sound, surrounded by the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.

Her first novel, “Romance of Juniper,” appeared in 1937. In 1943, Nell Wise married Robert Wechter of Madison, Wis., a US Coast Guard officer, who was stationed on the Outer Banks during World War II. They had one child, daughter Marcia.

Nell Wise Wechter served 31 years as a North Carolina public school teacher, retiring in 1964. She died in 1989 at age 85.

Dennis Rogers, a former columnist at The News & Observer called Nell Wise Wechter “the charm, grit and lore of the Outer Banks in one woman. Her heart and speech never strayed from the waters of her youth near the fishing village of Stumpy Point,” he wrote.

Daughter Marcia Wechter Kass said her mother “was an Outer Banker through and through.”

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All activities take place at the Community Center in Emerald Isle, unless otherwise noted. The Community Center’s hours are: Mon-Fri, 8am-9pm, Sat, 9am-4pm, closed Sunday. Call (252) 354-6350 for more info. Be sure to visit our website www. emeraldisle-nc.org/eiprd.

Adult Programs

•AA: Saturdays at 8pm meets at town hall.

•Art Club: Meets every Wed, 12:00-4pm at town hall.

•Community Woodworkers’ Club: 1st Thurs at 7pm at town hall.

•Emerald Isle Stamp (Philately) Club: 2nd& 4th Thurs at 7pm at town hall.

•Quilters Group: 3rd Wed of each month from 1-4pm at town hall.

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•Open-Play Indoor Soccer: Mon & Thurs 6-7pm, 12 and under; 7:30-9pm, age 13 & up; Wed. 6-7:30pm, 13-16; 7:30-9pm, 17 & up.

•Open-Play Basketball: Tue 6-7:30pm, age 15 & under; 7:30-9pm, age 16 & up; Sat 9-11am, age 15 & under; 11am-4pm, age 16 & up.

•Open Indoor Volleyball: Wed & Fri 6-7:30pm, age 15 & under, 7:30- 9pm, age 16 & up.

Fitness

The Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation offers a variety of fitness classes~ Fees: Members $1/class, non-members $5/class (unless otherwise noted).

Mon, Thu, Fri 8am-STEP; Mon & Wed 10:30am & 6:30pm-Small Group Strength Training ($10); Mon & Wed 4:15-5:15pm-Pilates; Mon &Tues 5:30pm-TABATA; Tues. 8am-DANCE FUSION; Tues 9am-BODY SCULPT/ Kickboxing; Tues.

4:15pm-STRONG by Zumba; Wed 8am-ZUMBA; Wed 5:30pm-POUND; Fri 9:15am- H.I.I.T: High Intensity Interval Training; Sat 9am-ADULT S.A.F.E.= SelfDefense, Awareness, Fitness & Empowerment ($5 non-members-$2 members)

Yoga Program Schedule

Taught by certified Yoga instructors on staff, these classes focus on basic Yoga postures & asana for the beginner; Fees: $2 members & $7 non-members (unless otherwise noted) •Yoga: Tuesdays10am & Thursdays 9am •Gentle Yoga: Fridays 10:30am & Saturdays 10:15am •Yoga as Therapy: Instructed by a physical therapist, this class incorporates core strengthening, spinal stability, stretching, balance and gentle yoga poses. The emphasis is on correct alignment and individual modification. Appropriate for all levels. Mon & Wed @ 9:15am-($5 members, $10 non-members.)

Special Events and Information

Confidence + This interactive program focusing on delivery skills such as posture, movement, facial expressions, gestures, voice, pause and eye communication will be offered at the Emerald Isle Recreation Community Center. Classes for teens, preteens, and 3-5th graders. Session will take place from 5:30-9pm on Dec. 11.

Cost is $125 per class -15% military discount. Contact Anne Savarese for more information: Anne@composurecommunications.com or 540-809-6456.

Saturday, Dec. 2: 6th Annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair. 8am-4pm. Held in the gymnasium featuring all handmade or hand-authenticated items from local artisans and crafters.

Friday, Dec. 8: Santa and a Movie. 6pm. Children of all ages join Santa for a Christmas story after enjoying milk and cookies and watching a short Christmas movie classic! Kids are encouraged to wear their most comfy Christmas pajamas!

Please bring a blanket for your family to sit on during the movie. Admission fee is one unwrapped gift per child. You MUST pre-register.

Friday, Dec. 15: Blood Drive. 2-7pm. Held at Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation Community Center Tuesday, Dec. 19: PEP Program. 10-11am. The PEP program, or Police Educating the Public, a series of one-hour classes presented on the third Tuesday of every month in the town board meeting room to increase public awareness, as well as, provide education and tips on how you can prevent yourself from becoming vulnerable to these issues. Topic: Neighborhood Watch Annual Awareness Thursday, Dec. 21: Coffee with a Cop @ 4J’s. 9-10am. Join your neighbors and police officers for coffee and conversation! No agendas or speeches, just a chance to ask questions, voice concerns, and get to know the officers in your neighborhood!

Monday, Dec. 25: Christmas Holiday. Community Center is closed.

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at the AQUARIUM Holidays Ahead Keep a lookout for St. Nick and his elves at the Aquarium during the holiday season. The aquarium is closed on Christmas Day. Otherwise, the aquarium and the gift shop are open 9am-5pm every day – including Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day. Here are some happenings to consider when making your holiday plans for your family: Whispered wishes among the fishes bring holiday magic to the Aquarium’s Santa by the Sea on Saturday, Dec. 9. Participants will purchase event tickets in addition to Aquarium admission fee or Aquarium membership. Event tickets will be sold from 9am-4:30pm, on the day of event, and on-site only. Tickets are required only for children participating in the event. Adults are not required to pay event ticket, regular admission or membership gives them entry to observe event activities. If an

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adult would like to participate in the activities, an event ticket is required. Tickets include a take-home photo of each child 12 and under with Santa, plus crafts and other seasonal fun. For an additional fee, hop on sleds and slide downhill in a snowfilled sledding area. The event ends at 5:30pm.

Have you seen Santa scuba dive? Santa and his elves love to swim among the sharks and schools of fishes in the Living Shipwreck exhibit during the holiday season. Look for them from Dec. 10-24. Dive programs are free with admission or membership.

Winter Camps If you have a youngster out of school on winter break, the Aquarium’s holiday camps keep kids active and learning with outdoor activities, animal encounters, discovery labs and behind-the-scenes action. Dec. 28 is for kids in first and second grades; Dec. 29 for third and fourth grades and Dec. 30 for fifth and sixth grades. Camps run 8:30am-2:30pm. Space is limited and advance registration is required; $40 per camper, $36 for members.

Toddle In Toddler Time is a great way to keep the tots in touch with the natural world even when it’s cold outside. Parents and young children can enjoy stories, songs, crafts, puppets and occasional animal encounters (if applicable to the theme) every

Wednesday morning, 9:30-10:15am and 10:30-11:15am. The program runs every week through March, except for Nov. 22; Dec. 20; Dec. 27.

Activities each week feature different animals to illustrate concepts appropriate for the age level, such as shape recognition, colors, letters and counting. December’s featured creatures include octopus and frogs; January’s stars include stingrays, diamondback terrapins, screech owls and North American river otters. The program runs through March and is free with admission or membership. No registration is required.

Check the schedule for daily programs free with admission, including dive presentations, animal feedings and creature features. On weekends, the aquarium’s trio of river otters – Pungo, Neuse and Eno – take the spotlight for morning programs on these fun-loving mammals.

For more fun, see what’s beyond the exhibits in behind-thescenes tours, available five days a week. Behind-the-scenes tours require additional fees and advance registration – see the website to register.

Go Global with Aquarium Outreach The aquarium outreach team travels year-round across North Carolina visiting students of all ages. From the sea to the mountains, they spread the message of appreciation and conservation for our North Carolina aquatic habitats with

preschools, classrooms, libraries, senior communities and civic groups along the way.

Now, outreach has a new way to connect. Offering distance learning!

With a computer, a web cam, and an internet connection, students can speak to a live instructor and see an animal ambassador up close. With distance learning we can go anywhere, giving strength to the message that conservation is a world-wide effort.

As the holiday season draws near, consider giving the gift of distance learning to a special group in your life. For details on how your group can connect with the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher, you can call 910-772-0509 or email ncaff.outreach@ncaquariums.com.

Give Memory-Making Experiences No need to stress about holiday shopping. Give a gift that will offer incredible experiences and a lifetime of fun memories.

A range of annual aquarium membership options, including individual and family packages, are available. Members receive free regular admission to all three North Carolina Aquariums and Jennette’s Pier, along with discounts on aquarium programs, events and in the gift shop.

The NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores is 5 miles west of Atlantic Beach at 1 Roosevelt Blvd., Pine Knoll Shores, NC 28512. Hours are 9am-5pm daily. For more information, see www.ncaquariums.com/pineknoll-shores or call 252-247-4003.

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American-Made Teddy Bears ‘Best in the Universe’ The original Vermont Teddy Bear celebrated its 36th birthday this year. It’s an incredible story with a “made in America” moral.

The saga began in 1981 during a father-son moment.

While playing with his young son, John Sortino, 30, noticed that the teddy bears who lived in the toy chest all wore tags identifying them as foreignmade.

The light bulb flashed on for Sortino, and he vowed “to bring this American tradition back to its roots by handcrafting bears right here” in Shelburne, Vermont.

(At the time, Sortino was working a combination of part-time jobs as “a scrimshaw artist, a United Parcel Service driver and as an adult staff member with the Boy Scouts of America.”)

Using his wife’s sewing machine, Sortino set up a crude “cut, stuff and sew” operation in the family’s garage. Sortino sold his bears from a peddler’s cart at an open-air market in Burlington, the largest city in the state.

Sortino sold 200 bears that first year, and the Vermont Teddy Bear Company was born.

A full-fledged factory opened in 1985 in Shelburne. Then, as now, each bear is made up of 20 parts and 14 layers of fur.

Stuffing material is 100 % recycled fibers.

Early on, a visitor to the community agreed to buy a quantity of Vermont Teddy Bears, gifts for family and friends, if Sortino would ship them. Bingo. Another light bulb.

The young company would become a pioneer in mail order, and then Internet sales with an annual distribution growing to more than 500,000 teddy bears a year.

To reach a national audience, Sortino put all his eggs in the “talk radio” basket, relying on advertising messages broadcast on more than 500 radio stations in all 50 states.

Early on, well-known radio personalities, such as Don Imus, Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern, enthusiastically endorsed the teddies. Their listeners responded by placing orders left and right.

By 1993, sales reached $17 million. Repeat customers qualify as “pre-fur’d” members and get a discount. Each Vermont Teddy Bear comes with free, full coverage health care for the bear’s entire lifetime. The company says: “If anything ever happens to your bear, send it back to us, and we will nurse him or her back to health at our ‘Bear Hospital.’”

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it is here, it will be very well taken care of. Our staff will assess the injury, perform the surgery and help with physical therapy to get him or her back into perfectly chubby shape as soon as possible.”

The company started a “Big Hero, Little Hero Program” in 2002. The purpose is to donate bears to first responder units across the country and “send bear hugs to children when they need them most” in times of crisis. More than 15,000 bears are currently “in service.”

The Vermont Teddy Bear Company factory has become a tourism destination. Every year, about 150,000 people visit to watch how a teddy bear is made from scratch and to shop in the Bear Shop.

The company provides about 165 full-time jobs.

Employees become members of the Bear Crew, pledging to “earn the confidence and trust of our customers with friendly, reliable service and the best bears in the universe – bears that come alive with personality and bring people together in a totally fun way.”

The company’s “political bears” are whimsical treasures, with the most popular so far being Bernie Bear, named for US Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who challenged for the Democrat party’s presidential nomination in 2016. Other characters in the product line have included Mike Hugabee, Bearah Palin and Marco Rubeario (described as young and bearismatic).

At the heart of the Vermont Teddy Bear Company is its commitment to be good corporate citizens, and it’s a personal goal of CEO Bill Shouldice to give every 4-year-old child in Vermont his or her very own Vermont Teddy Bear, free of charge.

Abby Temeles, brand manager, said: “Our teddy bears … help dry tears, give you courage and are a friend that is always there for you when you need one most.”

Shouldice added: “We hope this project will bring joy and happiness to children all over Vermont. Sometimes it can be tough out there – making new friends, starting school and riding the bus – so we want to give children a friend with whom they can explore this big, wide world.”

This is an All-American company that makes you feel all cuddly inside. Could this year be a Beary Christmas for your family?

Mike Wagoner

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December’s Whisper December on Bogue Banks is the season that whispers hush, hush as all of creation prepares for its winter nap.

Two owls throaty whoo-whoo break the pre-dawn silence in an ethereal call and response in the tall pine trees just beyond my soundside porch. Oysters fattened in Bogue Sound, Core Sound or the briny North River taste of summer’s salty essence when eaten steamed or grilled while standing near a fire with our generations gathered round. Sunsets come mighty early in December as we await the shortest day, winter’s solstice, and the holy feast days to come.

We ride the length of the island in search of the most extravagant, joyous Christmas lights and Salter Path never disappoints. We ramble even further following the ribbon of road that meanders through the down east communities where Core Sound Crab Pot Christmas trees and a multitude of exuberant displays of lights proclaim there is still joy in the world. Returning home, row upon row of beach cottages are dark sentinels in the night; their dark windows a lonesome sight in winter’s solitude.

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smaller island near the old ferry channel. No nets, crab pots or fishing gear on board today, the catch instead is a fine 6 foot tall cedar tree that will that very night be decorated with twinkling lights and perhaps an angel or a star where once a snowy white egret rested in its top branches.

The week following Christmas, one by one, porch lights come on where the lonely cottages stood, then lights shine warmly through all the windows as homeowners arrive for an after holiday beach visit. If this is already your family’s tradition then you need no invitation. After days and weeks of the cacophony of “making spirits bright” and perhaps just one too many verses of Jingle Bells or Rudolph, December’s island whispers provide the silent night your soul has been longing for, peace on earth, or at least, peace right here, right now all along the Crystal Coast.

Julia Batten Wax Broker/Owner, Emerald Isle Realty jwax@eirealty.com

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Mayor Trace Cooper

Creating ‘Great Places’ In the last issue of the Island Review I wrote about “place making.” Place making is a concept in which places – be they a building, a neighborhood, or an entire town – are created or revitalized in a manner that makes them special. The idea is to create places that are interesting and pleasurable, places in which people want to spend time.

One of the great “places” near us is Charleston, SC. A lot of what makes Charleston special happened during the many years when Mayor Joe Riley was in office there. Joe is a mayoral hero of mine and I was excited to attend a talk led by him a few weeks ago. Mayor Riley was focusing on place making before the term was coined. Hearing Joe talk about his town is inspiring and I’d like to share a few points he made that resonated with me and that illustrate the importance of place making.

“There is no excuse to build anything – or allow anything to be built – in your city that doesn’t add beauty.” Mayor Riley made this statement in telling a story about a new store that wanted to relocate in downtown Charleston. It supports the idea that great places are attractive. Obviously, Charleston’s buildings have a strong historical character that is lacking in a younger town like Atlantic Beach. But, a town does not have to be old to be attractive. The ongoing redevelopment of The Circle in Atlantic Beach is proof of this. Most of the buildings in the neighborhood are new – there are a few older buildings that are mixed nicely in – but they look good and are creating a consistent architectural style, a consistent look. We just passed

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new development ordinances that include design standards for all of our commercial districts to ensure that as redevelopment occurs throughout town that it is done in an attractive way.

On a similar note, Mayor Riley, noted that, in Charleston, he had a 50-Year Test for any new project. This test involved looking at a proposal and asking, “in 50 years, will people be inspired by this building?” We don’t have the same authority to control development as the historic commission in Charleston does, but I encourage all developers or home owners undertaking a project to ask themselves the 50-year question. And, with the new design standards we now have in place we finally have some tools to push developers and building owners towards better design and better buildings.

When talking about attracting tourists to Charleston, Mayor Riley made a statement that really puts things into perspective for resort towns, “the responsibility is, first, to make your community a really good place to live. We never built something for tourists, we were working to create a great city.” Joe continued, “When travelling around the world, I learned that the cities I wanted to see were the cities where the residents really liked to live.”

This concept sums up the importance of place making. Our economy relies on tourism, but we shouldn’t focus on just being a tourist destination. We need to continue to focus on being, simply, a great place to live. If we continue to make Atlantic Beach a place where our year-round and seasonal residents love to spend time, then visitors will enjoy it as well.

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1-3: Model Train Show. The Carteret County Model Railroad Buffs and the Town of Beaufort organize this annual holiday show at the Beaufort Old Train Depot. Runs from 4-8pm on Friday; 9am-6pm on Saturday and 11am-4pm on Sunday. Admission is free. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Details: 252-7282259.

Fri. 1: Wreath Making & Wine. 6:30pm. The Town of Swansboro invites guests to a wreath making class just in time for the holiday season.

Bring wine or beer and your own munchies and enjoy fellowship at the recreation center. Cost is $40. Details: 910-326-2600.

2-3: Core Sound Decoy Festival. 9am-5pm, Saturday and 10am-4pm, Sunday. The annual Core Sound Decoy Festival, held at Harkers Island Elementary School, will feature silent and live auctions, approximately 100 vendors and exhibitors, raffle tickets to win prizes and several competitions for adults and youth. Details: 252838-8818.

Waterfowl Weekend. 9am-5pm, Saturday and 10am-4pm, Sunday.

The Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center opens its doors for two days of demonstrations, local music, decoy carvers and exhibitors, educational exhibits, competitions, arts and crafts and plenty of food. Details: 252-728-1500.

“Noel, Noel.” 7pm. The Craven Community Chorus presents “Noel, Noel” featuring Vivaldi’s “Gloria” under the direction of Philip Evancho. The second half of the program will included traditional and not so traditional Christmas songs. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at Bank of the Arts, Kitchen on Trent, Fuller’s Music and Harris Teeter in New Bern. Additional performances are planned for 3pm on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 2-3. Details: 252-670-0230.

Sat. 2: Morehead City/Beaufort Flotilla. 5:30pm. The boat parade begins in Morehead City and arrives in Beaufort about 6:15pm. Awards follow in the NC Maritime Museum’s watercraft center. Details: 252728-7318 or www.ncmaritimemuseumbeaufort.com.

Breakfast with Santa. 8:30am-11:30am. Floyd’s 1921 and the Downtown Morehead City Revitalization Association host Santa and friends during three seating times. Cost is $12, adults; $8, children.

Reservations are required. Details: 252-727-1921.

Chowder & Cheer Crawl. 1-5pm. Downtown Morehead City businesses open their doors for this special event. In addition to chowder, guests can expect live demonstrations by artists, musical performances and more. Tickets are $25. Details: 252-808-0440 or www.downtownmoreheadcity.com.

Morehead City Tree Lighting. 5-6pm. Santa and Mrs. Claus welcome friends at Jaycee Park prior to the annual Morehead City Christmas tree lighting. Enjoy carols with DJ Raymond Rigsbee. Details: 252808-0440 or www.downtownmoreheadcity.com.

Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair. 8am-6pm. Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation host its annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair in the gymnasium. The fair features all handmade or hand-authenticated items from local artisans and crafters. Details: 252-354-6350.

4, 11, 18: Holiday Décor Behind the Scenes. 9:30am. Meet at the steps of Tryon Palace for a behind the scenes tour of palace holiday decorations. Cost is $20. Details: tryonpalace.org or 252-639-3500.

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8-10: Gingerbread House Festival. In its fifth year, this event at the Crystal Coast Civic Center raises funds for the Crystal Coast Hospice House and includes a gingerbread house competition in three categories, including age 8 and under. All skill levels are welcome. Not a baker? Swing by from 11am-5pm each day to view the tempting treats or on Sunday, Dec. 10, stop in for cookies and cocoa with Santa from 2:30-4pm. Details: 252-808-2244, www. cchhnc.org.

Fri. 8: Santa and a Movie. 6pm. Children of all ages are welcome to join Santa at the Emerald Isle Recreation Center for a story and a short Christmas classic. Kids are encouraged to come in their pajamas and may bring a blanket to cozy up with. Admission is one unwrapped gift per child. Preregistration is required. Details: 252354-6350.

9 & 16: Candlelight Celebration. 4:30-9:30pm. Visit Christmas past through a variety of vignettes during this annual tradition at Tryon Palace, New Bern. It’s 1773 in the Governor’s Palace, 1814 in the Stanly House, 1835 in the Dixon House and 1950 at the Commission House – all lavishly decorated for the holiday and illuminated by the magical glow of candlelight. Cost is $25 per adult; $15 for children. Details: www.tryonpalace.org or 252-6393500.

Sat. 9: Morehead City Christmas Parade. 11am. The sights and sounds of the holidays parade down Arendell Street in downtown Morehead City.

Beaufort Holiday Art Walk. 1-5pm. Enjoy a festive day in historic Beaufort, celebrating the season with a variety of receptions and open houses at a variety of downtown locations. Regional artists will be showcased. Maps are available at participating locations at the Beaufort Historic Site. Details: 252-728-5225 or www.beauforthistoricsite.org.

Historic Beaufort Candlelight Homes Tour. 5-8pm. Tour private homes in Beaufort and ride on the double-decker bus with carolers from local churches. Homeowners open their doors so the public can delight in their festive décor. Details: 252-728-5225.

Wed. 13: NC Symphony – Holiday Pops. 7pm. A North Carolina tradition, the symphony’s holiday show brings all the joy and excitement of the season straight to the Riverfront Convention Center in New Bern. Enjoy yuletide favorites, orchestral masterworks, the everpopular Christmas carol singalong and more. Cost is $47. Details: 877-627-6724 or www.ncsymphony.org.

Sat. 16: PKS Christmas Parade. 10am. Decorate your bike or golf cart, get a group to sing carols or play music, or make your own float.

Everyone is encouraged to participate in the parade starting at Garner Park in Pine Knoll Shores.

SantaFest. Celebrate the holidays and the joys of the season with Swansboro Parks and Recreation. Loads of activities for children, adults and families come together for this special one-day event, including a children’s candy hunt, gingerbread house building, Santa’s Workshop and a Riverview Reindeer Run 5K. Details: 910326-2600.

Reindeer Run 5K/Merry Mile. 8am. Ugly sweaters are encouraged for this festive run in downtown Swansboro. Top three overall finishers earn bragging rights. Cost to enter is $30 for 5K and $5 for the Merry Mile fun run/walk. Details: 910-326-2600.

Tue. 26: Handel’s Messiah Sing-a-long. 5pm. St. Francis of the Sea Episcopal Church, Salter Path, welcomes guests for its annual singa-long in its live acoustic sanctuary. Early registration is $16 before Dec. 22, $22 after. Details: www.stfrancisbythesea.org or 252-2402388.

27-29: Holiday Camp. The NC Aquarium is offering one-day holiday camp programs for grades 2-6. Camp runs from 8:30am-2:30pm with different age groups per day. Cost is $40 per camper.

Advance registration and deposit are required. Details: 252-2474003 or www.ncaquariums.com.

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Army Had Little Known World War II Camp at Davis Shore When an Army camp with mean and angry guard dogs moves into your neighborhood, it can be a bit scary to a 6-year-old. Ed Pond of Davis in Down East Carteret County remembers it clearly, as events unfolded almost immediately after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941.

Contributing to a history project of the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center on Harkers Island, Pond told about the World War II Army camp. Especially “troublesome,” he said, was a steel tower with “a box car size metal framework at its top which slowly rotated around and around.”

“Most Davis Shoremen of that time suspected that the Army was looking for German submarines (U-boats). Many people on this section of the North Carolina coast had seen torpedoed ships burning just beyond Core Banks.”

“Some of the Army soldiers … stationed at the Davis Shore Army Camp would whisper from time to time that some of their fellow soldiers had spotted a ‘German sub’ in Core Sound,” Pond said.

“The soldiers, lacking local knowledge, didn’t realize that Core Sound in its maximum depth was only about eight feet deep, and any sub in Core Sound would have required wheels. So, while our locals smiled and dismissed the prospects of a German sub in the sound, they could guess that the Army camp had something to do with submarines … and trying to catch German spies.”

(Everyone was sensitive to the posters that were displayed in post offices and other government buildings showing Uncle Sam pointing his finger, with the words: “Loose Lips Could Sink Ships.” Coastal North Carolinians heeded that advice to “hush” around strangers.)

Pond wrote about seeing machine gun nests at each corner of the camp property. “Thick, impenetrable barbed wire entanglements completely surrounded (even out into the sound) the perimeter of the Army camp.”

As for the dogs, Pond said: “They were German shepherds, which some of our people thought couldn’t be trusted because they obviously would be sympathetic to the Germans.” Others were great danes and mixed breeds, but all the dogs were “big, loud and mean.”

“Those early World War II years were a time when the Davis Shore families felt they could be patriotically generous and extend a helping hand in the war’s effort. And while the first soldiers coming to set up the Army Camp were supposed to live in their tents, the Davis Shore families would not let that happen,” Pond said, “especially in the spring and summer of 1942, when the salt marsh mosquitoes were the worst ever recalled.”

“Many Davis Shore families adopted a soldier or even two and invited those soldier boys to actually come and live in their houses and eat at their family tables, and the women did the laundry for their live-in soldiers.”

“Those soldiers enjoyed their stays in Davis Shore. Probably a dozen or more of the soldiers married local girls from Davis Shore, Marshallberg and Harkers Island.”

Pond added an epilogue to his essay. He was living in Atlanta in 1991 and met retired Air Force Col. Hugh Moore at a social gathering. In conversation, Pond mentioned he was soon to retire as a general manager with BellSouth and looking forward to returning to his “boyhood home on the coast of North Carolina.”

“He and I were floored to realize that we both were connected to Davis Shore,” Pond said.

As a young officer with the Army Air Corps in 1941 and fresh out of college, Lt. Moore was tapped to head up a small communications unit “to make evaluations for potential radar site locations that could likely become important and favorable to locate submarines” off the southeastern coast between Virginia and Florida.

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Highway Patrol flagged the vehicles down to deliver orders from Army headquarters.

Lt. Moore was directed to proceed immediately to the “most northerly favorable evaluation site that would be beneficial to radar scans of the coastal North Carolina shipping lanes and establish an Army camp.”

No contest. Lt. Moore picked Davis Shore as the perfect radar site. He reportedly met Dec. 8 or 9 with Davis Shores Mayor Stancy Davis to “lease some land for an Army camp,” Pond reported. (Davis Shore didn’t have a mayor, but Lt. Moore knew who owned the land and who deserved the respect.)

Pond said that Army Lt. Wally Hughes of Long Island, N.Y., was the Davis Shore Army camp commander at the end of World War II. “He married a Davis Shore girl, Virginia Davis, while stationed here, and Lt. Frank Hunt married Virginia’s sister, Elsie Davis.”

Later in life, Hughes wrote to Pond: “In 1945, after the Germans and Japan had surrendered, I was told to close the (Davis Shores) base and move everything to Seymour Johnson Field in Goldsboro. I have always been thankful for my assignment in Davis. The people were so hospitable and kind – some of the finest people I’ve ever met.”

He’s talking about people like Denard Davis, a mover if not a shaker in Davis Shore.

Army Comes to Embrace Denard Davis Denard Davis was the man to call if you needed your house moved in Down East Carteret County throughout much of the early- to mid-1900s.

According to an essay written by Chuck Lewis in 1980, Denard Davis would show up on moving day with a 10-man crew and his old brown and white horse named Nell. (Another source said Nell “weren’t no horse; she was a mule.”)

“It is hard to imagine that Denard Davis could move a twostory structure in one piece for miles with only a few simple tools,” Lewis said. He would bring a deadman anchor, some block and tackle, four house jacks, a few rollers, blocks and board and a homemade capstan “that looked as if it would fall apart.”

“At times, the crew of men would have to cut roads through the woods in order to move the houses,” Lewis noted.

“Ditches, trees and fences did not seem to be a problem for Denard Davis. It was slow and tedious work, but with calm and uncomplaining endurance, he moved the houses at what seemed a snail’s pace.”

In 1942, he made an enormous contribution to the United States, getting his name “in US history books because of his part during World War II and the coastline defense against German U-boat attacks,” Lewis reported.

To set the stage, orders had come down in April 1942 dictating that the Allies’ merchant marine ships would only travel off the coast of North Carolina in groups and only during the daylight hours, with naval fighting ships assigned as their “escorts.”

Vessels would anchor at night in “safe harbors,” including the Cape Lookout Bight, wrote James T. Cheatham, author

of “The Atlantic Turkey Shoot,” which was published in 1990.

(Today, he is a retired attorney living in Chapel Hill.)

Historical documents from Cape Lookout National Seashore indicate: “Cape Lookout Bight became an anchorage for convoys of vessels traveling between Charleston, SC, and the Chesapeake Bay. Submarine nets were placed across the entrance to the bight “to keep the U-boats from slipping in at night to torpedo the anchored ships,” Cheatham wrote.

Officials at Cape Lookout National Seashore confirm the presence of the nets at the bight during World War II. There’s no evidence that a U-boat was ever netted, however. (Another source indicates that nets were used in Beaufort Inlet as well.)

Near the entrance to the Cape Lookout Bight, a small Army base was set up on shore, staffed by the 193rd Field Artillery (a bunch of Yankee soldiers), sent to Cape Lookout to provide protection.

Heavier guns were expected to arrive in the coming months.

In advance, Lewis said, “concrete ammunition storage rooms and gun emplacements were built. But, when it came time to install the guns, the Army could not move the guns from the barges to the gun placements.” The guns were so heavy, they kept sinking into the sand.

The Army men “hitched Caterpillar tractors to pull the guns, but the sand would hold them fast. They put bulldozers on the front and back, but the guns would still not move. The Army men sweated, cursed and swore,” Lewis said.

Some of the local workmen told the Army officers that Denard Davis could move those guns, “and if he couldn’t, they may as well give up.”

“Of course, when Denard Davis and his crew arrived at Cape Lookout with old Nell and their simple tools, you can imagine how some of those (smarty pants) Yankee soldiers acted when they saw him. Despite the laughing and ridicule, Denard Davis and his crew went to work, and in two weeks the guns were in place and ready to protect our coast and its ships from the Germans,” Lewis said.

“Needless to say, the Army was very fond of Mr. Davis.

Later, he placed guns around Fort Macon, and the Coast Guard hired him to move and old Coast Guard station from Bogue Banks by barge to Swansboro.”

Denard Davis died in 1968, at age 81.

This is one of the favorite Down East Carteret County stories that is told frequently by local historian Rodney Kemp.

He says if Chuck Lewis wrote it, it has to be true. Lewis is one of Kemp’s local heroes. Lewis worked 30 years in the Carteret County Public School System, as a teacher, coach and assistant principal.

Kemp said Lewis was an outstanding student athlete who helped the Beaufort High School Seadogs win three straight state basketball championships from 1959-61. The team won 91 consecutive games to set a school record that still stands today.

“Chuck Lewis was one heck of a baseball and football player as well,” Kemp said. “He’s a darn good writer, too.

“Say yes.”

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mayor’s notes

Mayor Ken Jones

Thank You for Another Great Year The year 2017 was one of a kind! Busy, busy seems to sum it all up. Time is a precious commodity; the most precious thing we possess minute to minute. We never know what will happen next.

I am taking this minute to thank you all for your valuable support all year. I always appreciate your comments and input, and this year was no exception. The best part of this year was the comments I get all along about the folks that work for our town; they are the glue that holds our team together!

For years I’ve heard from you all what a great job and hard worker Sonny Cunningham is. He received his just reward from the Carteret County Chamber of Commerce; the, “Outrageous Customer Service Award.” You’re appreciated by everyone Sonny.

Thank you from all of us!

Our entire team provided customer service second to none.

From our police department, Chief Ryan Thompson received recognition by passing a NC Risk Assessment Inspection.

Our chief then went on to award Officer Jordan Seitter with her Intermediate Law Enforcement Certificate. She has done an outstanding job for our town.

Officer Nancy Montanino is enrolled in a Community Policing Program and recently worked diligently with MHC Police detectives to arrest a suspect that stole and then used checks the checks stolen from one of our citizens. I always say we have an outstanding team, and when we do, the hits just keep on coming!

Thank you all!!

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I am always honored and humbled by the people that are my friends and neighbors in our town. We are a community of volunteers; that’s what makes a community in my opinion. We work together, communicate, and make things happen together.

To celebrate this time of year we have our annual flotilla, Christmas parade and numerous parties and get-togethers.

Our first quarter 2018 Dinner with the Mayor will be held Feb. 17 in Ayden at the Skylight Inn. This location is between Greenville and Kinston. Every year I have four dinners, and our first quarter one is an ‘away game’ where we have a concentration of second home owners. Our summer one we usually shoot for a Saturday night to give weekenders a better chance to come. Our agenda is pretty much the same all four times every year. We answer questions, we eat, and then wrap up with any other questions and discussion. I always have a great time and everyone that has ever attended seems to enjoy it very much.

Folks that move here to stay year round find out just how special this town is. The reason the town is special, is because the people are special. Get involved, join a board, be part of our team by helping make your town the best place to live. We have room for every volunteer to join our town’s team.

I wish you a holy advent, a joyous Christmas, or perhaps a Happy Hanukah, and all the best to each of you for a healthy and successful 2018. One Team, One Town, One Pine Knoll Shores!

Thank you!!

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club news PKS Garden Club The program for the November meeting of the garden club was a fall beautification and cleanup of the nine town gardens that the club tends – weeding, pruning, watering and adding mulch or pine straw.

At the Oct. 11 meeting, members of the garden club traveled to Underground Farm & Learning Center in Beaufort, a family owned business dedicated to sustainable farming and growing techniques. They were welcomed by Catherine Elkins who informed members that Underground Farm had been created in Marshallberg eight years ago, having 15 farms, growing vegetables and local seafood, even Russian sturgeon. They became the demonstration garden for the Carteret Food Network by producing safe organic vegetables like radishes and parsley, using practices that omitted pesticides. She showed club members trays of micro greens, designer vegetables like arugula, kale, lettuce, cabbage and beets, whose miniature size appeals to local restaurants who purchase them to use as appetizers. Elkins took everyone on a tour of Underground Farm where we saw rows upon rows of sprouting vegetables like brussels sprouts and spinach, the newest varieties planted by the farm. She emphasized that the purpose of Underground Farm is to make local, seasonable food important without the use of chemicals.

She informed us that collards, strawberries, sweet potatoes, cabbage and melons are their best sellers.

Underground Farm has contracts with three major organizations to which they ship their fresh vegetables on a regular basis. For the average citizen, they offer their Community Supported Agriculture program. For a set price, a small package of freshly picked greens will be organized every month or so for the CSA member to enjoy the farm’s freshly picked, tasty organic vegetables. Their vegetables can also be purchased at the Curb Market or the Friendly Market in Morehead City.

At the brief business meeting prior to the trip, President Susan King welcomed back with pleasure member Barbara Miner after an absence caused by a serious illness. JoAnn Shallcross reminded members that the Garden Club of North Carolina had granted us two awards last year, and that the club is submitting for awards this year, entries for two different projects – the Arbor Day program and Litter Control program.

Jean McDanal had brought orange vests to the meeting to be worn by members as a safety precaution whenever they were toiling in the town gardens. Gini Stambaugh demonstrated a beautiful oyster plant that she had brought to the meeting whose leaves were maroon on the outside and bright green on the inside. She had grown it outside, out of the wind and in partial sun. She also had brought light but strong leather gardening gloves that members were delighted to purchase.

Garden Club meetings are held at town hall every second Wednesday of the month at 9:30am for refreshments, followed at 10 by the program of the day. Visitors and guests are always welcome to attend our meetings. For additional information, please email pksgardenclub@gmail.com.

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and Judy Matzke. Both women had recent surgeries, but mustered up enough stamina to join us for a great meeting.

First Vice President JoAnne Ferguson introduced the speaker, retired Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Rosie Noel. Noel is the first female Marine to receive a Purple Heart for combatrelated injuries. While deployed to Al Asad Air Force base in Iraq, Sgt. Noel received shrapnel wound to her jaw. The piece of shrapnel was the size of her thumb. Doctors wanted to put in a plate, wire her jaw shut, and send her to Germany then to Maryland to recover, but she refused. Everyone wanted to send her home on leave for convalescence, she said “Rosie wanted to go home to her children, but Gunnery Sgt. Noel wanted to stay with her Marines. So she stayed.

Among her other assignments in the Marines, she was an avionics instructor in Pensacola, Fla. and a drill instructor at Paris Island, SC. She returned home in 2006 and retired in 2009, after 20 years with the Marines, Noel has stayed very active with the Marines, especially female marines. Among other things, she is a member of the Woman Marines Association, NC-1, Tar Heel Chapter.

In 2017, Noel bought 7+ acres in South Carolina and turned it into a retreat for wounded warriors, especially those with PTSD, and their families to get some much-needed R & R. She named the site she created “Teufelshunde” This German word translates to “Dogs from Hell” and harkens to the name given by the Germans to the Marines as “Devil Dogs.” The site also trains service dogs.

Service dogs may be any breed, but some work out better than others. For example, Huskies are headstrong and hard to train. Staffordshire Terriers (aka Pit Bulls) make excellent service dogs. The dog that Noel had with her at the meeting is part boxer, part English bulldog. Some dogs entering the program are shelter dogs. Trainers like to work with dogs that are at least a year old, especially dogs that have had some training, for instance those who are “Canine Good Citizen” dogs. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against dog breeds.

The dogs may be trained to serve a number of different purposes. Some become bomb sniffing dogs. Some become cadaver dogs. Others help people with diabetes. Dogs can learn to tell if someone has high or low blood sugar by smelling their breath. Services dogs can help veterans with PTSD. As the club moves into the new season, most of its special interest groups are well underway. The club has three book clubs and several are welcoming new members.

Elaine Temple, who also recently had surgery, is the new chair of Cook’s Night Out. In December they gathered at the Country Club for Burger Night. The Supper Club, chaired by Susan Johnson, will have a new format this year. Instead of formal sit-down dinners in several members’ homes, the club will become a less-formal Tapas Club. Thus far, it’s been lots of fun. The Tapas Club meets on the third Sunday night of the month.

Club members are looking forward to the club’s Fashion Show on Feb. 23 at the Country Club. Paula Stadium is the chair for this event. She’s encouraging everyone to gather groups ahead of time and purchase tickets for 9 women per table.

The January meeting will feature Glenda Riggs, executive director of Caroline’s House, our local domestic violence shelter. Plan on joining the club for any of its meetings. Unless it’s a special event, meetings are held on the fourth Friday of the month.

Jan Corsello

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BAROMETER Crystal Coast Flotilla Celebrates 25th Anniversary The Crystal Coast Christmas Flotilla had humble beginnings in the early 1990s when just a few boats would cruise the Beaufort Waterfront with crews gathering at the Dock House to warm up and share the holiday spirit.

In 1993 the Morehead Beaufort Yacht Club started sponsoring the “Annual Christmas Boat Parade” with prizes donated by Beaufort retailers and restaurants. A tradition was started with free dockage for the 15 boats in the parade provided by the Beaufort Town Docks, support that still continues each year. The YP 701, a Marine Corps yard-patrol boat of the Aerial/Surface Target Department served as the judge’s platform and was open for tours during the day. The Carteret County News-Times became the media sponsor in ’93 and has helped spread the word about this popular holiday tradition ever since.

In 1995 the Crystal Coast Tourism Development Authority came aboard as co-sponsor and the name of the event became the Crystal Coast Christmas Flotilla. The East Carteret High School Chorus provided Christmas carols on the Beaufort boardwalk and the judges were in the NC

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Maritime Museum’s Watercraft Center, with the Award Party at the museum. It was in ’95 that the art by Joe Purifoy was first used on the event flyer and is still used to this day. Eastern Offset Printing came onboard as a sponsor and has provided ongoing printing services.

Starting in 1996, proceeds from the Flotilla started to support the Junior Sailing Program administered by the Friends of the NC Maritime Museum. Proceeds from the Flotilla over the past 20+ years will top $35,000 in 2017.

The Friends of the NC Maritime Museum took the lead role in organizing the Flotilla in 2003 and brought on WITN as a media sponsor with footage of past Flotillas airing on TV throughout the region ever since. The US Coast Guard continues to bring a vessel to lead the Flotilla and Tow Boat US provides on-the-water assistance.

Now in its 25th year, the Flotilla has 20-30 vessels each year, and with the support of merchants and restaurants in Carteret County, the Flotilla has established itself as a holiday tradition for many of the participating crews with vessels returning year after year. Over 50 restaurants donate food for the Viewing and Awards parties, and gift certificates for prizes. Local retailers donate goodies that are used for prizes as well, and sponsors make contributions that provide cash prizes which are awarded to the judges’ favorites.

On the first Saturday of December each year, large crowds line the waterfronts in both Morehead City and Beaufort to see boats of all types and sizes decked out in Holiday Cheer.

Both towns have all day holiday activities that are capped off with this fun, festive, family friendly event.

Karen Gould Crystal Coast Tourism Authority

staying BUSY Swansboro

December 2017 Swansboro Parks & Recreation

All activities take place at the Recreation Center (830 Main St Ext) in Swansboro, unless otherwise noted. The Recreation Center’s hours are: Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm, Sat, 8am-12pm, closed Sunday. Call (910) 326-2600 for more info. Be sure to visit our website at swansboro.recdesk.com to register for events.

Adult Programs •Weight Watchers: Tuesdays at 5:30- 7:30pm •Onslow County Senior Services Nutrition Site: Meets Mon-Fri, 9am-12pm

Special Events and Information

Dec. 1: Wreath Making & Wine. 6:30pm. Join us at Town Hall Community Room for a BYOB Wreath Making Class. You will be able to pick from two fun designs. Price is $40.

Dec. 2: Crafting and Science Fun for Youth. For age 4 and under 10-11am and age 5 and up 11am-noon. Imagination Playce is hosting two back-to-back fun sessions full of science and crafting fun. Each participant will leave with a coupon redeemable at Imagination Playce and a fun Christmas keepsake craft.

Dec. 5: Essential Oils 101: 12 Oils of Christmas That are Good for Me. 6-7pm. Learn how essential oils make a unique holiday gift while boosting immunity and soothing the occasional holiday blues with Lisa Sparr.

Dec. 6: Yuletide Yarn Art for Youth. 10-11am. Amy Wills from A Frayed Knot yarn shop will be hosting a class for youth where you will learn the basics of finger knitting and leave with a Christmas keepsake.

Dec. 7: Sugarplum Tea. 11am-noon. Swansboro Dance Studio will be decking the halls and serving up holiday fun! Join us for a tea party, dancing, and music that will sure to delight.

Dec. 9: Yuletide Yarn Art for Youth. 10-11am. Amy Wills from A Frayed Knot yarn shop will be hosting a class for youth where you will learn the basics of finger knitting and leave with a Christmas keepsake.

Dec. 11: Fellowship Night- Holiday Party. 6:30-7:30pm. Join us for fellowship and fun. This program is geared towards adults with special needs and will be held once a month as an after dinner/evening group. This month we will be having a holiday party.

Dec. 12: Invest in Your Health-Gratitude Event. 6-7pm. Join Martha Vaughn as she spreads some joy and comes together for a gratitude based event.

Dec. 16: Reindeer 5K and Merry Mile Fun Run/Walk. 5K starts at 8am, Merry Mile starts at 9:30am. Join us for a jolly jog and optional ugly sweater contest. For more info call or go online.

Dec. 16: Santa Fest. 8am-noon. Santa Fest is coming to town! Celebrate with us as we turn the recreation center into a winter wonderland filled with activities for all ages and Santa will be on site for photos and fun.

Dec. 18: Blood Drive. 2-6pm. Please give.

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Fort Macon Was Important World War II Garrison A few folks are old enough to remember when World War II’s Battle of the Atlantic was raging 75 years ago, ever so dangerously close to Cape Lookout and only a few miles off Carteret County’s Crystal Coast.

The German U-boats were wreaking havoc in 1942, firing torpedoes and sinking scores of Allied nations’ tankers and cargo ships off the US eastern seaboard in the Atlantic Ocean.

Most of the carnage occurred off the coast of North Carolina between Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout, giving rise to the term “Graveyard of the Atlantic.”

The Germans called this territory “Torpedo Alley” or “Torpedo Junction.” This period of time was also referred to by the U-boat sailors as the “Great American Turkey Shoot.”

U-boats sank at least 397 ships off America’s East Coast between January-July 1942. More than 5,000 people died. Most were civilians and merchant marines.

The historic timeline for U.S. involvement in World War II began with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The United States declared war on Japan, Germany and Italy. Franklin Roosevelt was U.S. president.

Within two weeks, U.S. Army troops began arriving in Carteret County to move in and occupy Fort Macon (Dec. 21, 1941). At the time, the fort was more than 100 years old…and showing its age.

But it was “strategically located” on the eastern tip of Bogue Banks, guarding Beaufort Inlet and the port at Morehead City.

As background, old Fort Macon opened in 1834 to guard aganst British invasion. The fort had remained eerily silent until the War Between the States. Confederate forces took control of the fivesided garrison on April 16, 1861. More than a year later, Union forces attacked the fort on April 25, 1862. The Confederates, who were severely outnumbered, surrendered the next day.

After the Civil War, the fort was mothballed for a time. The federal government donated the fort to the State of North Carolina in 1934 (on its 100-year anniversary) for development as a state park. The agreement contained a “small print” clause that if the facility was ever needed for U.S. national defense, the military could “move 66

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back in.”

And so it came to pass. From late 1941 through 1944, Fort Macon was buzzing with military activity to monitor and deter the German U-boats.

Paul Branch, a Fort Macon State Park Ranger, described the scene in a 1995 edition of Ramparts magazine, published by the Friends of Fort Macon organization: “On Dec. 21, 1941, a steady stream of noisy, dusty, olive-colored Army vehicles, crammed with men, supplies and equipment,” moved in to occupy the fort.

The whole battalion, with headquarters staff and support services included, numbered about 500 to 600 men.”

Wartime had come to Carteret County.

Branch said the Army unit sent in to reactivate Fort Macon turned out to be “bunch of Yankees” from the New York National Guard.

They were “young men from the boroughs of New York City with accents that must have seemed as out of place to Carteret County citizens as the local brogue must have sounded to them.”

The Army had to make some modifications to the fort, beginning with running in telephone lines and electrical power. Although living conditions at the fort were spartan, the soldiers who lived there had a roof over their heads instead of canvas. (Other soldiers, bless their hearts, were required to camp outside the fort in tents pitched in the sand dunes on Bogue Banks.)

It was winter as the troops were settling into Fort Macon in 1941, and early on, a group of soldiers built a fire in the fireplace of one of the casements.

“Someone found two old Civil War cannonballs, which had been recovered around the fort, and unthinkingly placed them in the fireplace to serve as andirons,” Branch said. “One of the cannonballs was a live shell, which exploded in the fire. By some miracle, no one was killed.

“The entire incident was later mentioned in Ripley’s Believe It or Not newspaper as the ‘last shot of the Civil War,’ because all the Army soldiers injured by an old Confederate cannonball were (Continued on page 77)

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ATLANTIC BEACH

Bogue Banks & area property transfers as recorded at the Carteret County Registrar of Deeds during October 2017*

903 Ann St., $215,000.

Barbara Hillman to Korey and Allison Bernauer, 104 Olga Road, $219,000.

East, $260,000.

William Stallings, Jr. to BKD, Inc., 105 Center Drive, $130,000.

Beaufort Homes, LLC to Susan and Arthur Smith, Jr., 112 Sea Grove Lane, $329,000.

EMERALD ISLE

Charles and Heidi Nelson to Dustin and Sandy Hall, 1904 Fort Macon #329, $158,000.

Farrington East, LLC to Stephen and Lorri Moore, 129 Dumpling Shore Lane, $405,000.

Lawrence and Andrea Penny to David and Jennifer Storey, 1904 Fort Macon Road #315, $165,000.

John Cheuvroont to John Mattocks, 1525 Front St., $500,000.

Turnage Investments, LLC to Eastern Outdoor Holdings, LLC, 106 Raleigh Ave., $90,000.

Rodney and Melissa Pierce to Jimmy and Hyon Grantham, 101 Bay Ridge Drive, $487,000.

PDL Beach Properties, LLC to Jessica and Thaddeus Barringer, III, 118 Sandpiper Court, $745,000.

W. Frank and Karen Daugherty to Mark Medlin, 144 Pond Drive, $765,000.

BEAUFORT

Karen Kwasigroh to Joshua and Kelly Oshita and John and Misty Lowery, 107 Elnora Jones Road, $74,000.

John Cleary to Linda Huffman, 122 Front St., $1,355,000.

Joyce Fulford, William Fulford, Jr., Terry Fulford, Diana Chadwick, Stephanie Mason, Phillip Mason, Jr. and Alex Hopkiins to Candlewood Investments, LLC, 115 Front St., $1,375,000.

CAPE CARTERET

Dennis and Rachel Del Mauro to Mt. Pleasant Construction Co., 215 Bonita St., $58,000.

Foody Bamber Properties, Inc. to Daniel Collins and Caitlyn Garner, 226 Star Hill Drive, $207,500.

Gerald and Margaret Brown to James and Cindy Siewert, 347 Osprey Point Road, $98,000.

Frank and Ann Ward to Richard Lanier, 138 Bobwhite Circle, $234,500.

Martin Nevius and Michele Beyler to Joseph and Victoria Dalia, 849 Osprey Point Road, $103,000.

Mt. Pleasant Construction Co., Inc. to Howard Mui, 308 Holly Lane, $326,000.

Erica Ruder to Jeremy Braddy and Taylor Williams, 442 Hwy 101, $124,000.

Susan and John Routt, Jr. to Margaret and Frederick Reigher, III, 110 Club Court, $525,000.

Michael Geouge and Sandra Trivett to Elizabeth Elkins, 2215 Lennoxville Road, $126,000.

CEDAR ISLAND

Michael and Barbara Basher to James and Karen Landau, 1201 Courtyard East, $127,000.

Korey and Allison Bernauer to Victoria Wallace and Bryan Johnson, Jr., 407 Meeting St., $175,000.

Helen Hocker to Lauren Goodell, 120 Cartuca Trail, $180,000.

Lester and Carole Sadler, 417 Turner St., $185,000.

Cecil and Carol Arnold to Lynn Mauze, 305 Ransom Brook Court, $214,500.

David Robert to AnnArtiqua, LLC,

Melissa Hutchinson and Nicholas Mathews to Andrew and Kimberlee Stevens, 2354 Cedar Island Road, $169,000.

Thomas and Cathy Peralto to Joy Bingaman, 105 Sandy Landing Road, $176,000.

CEDAR POINT

Roger and Marsha McDaniel to Sue Young, 107 Sea Horse Drive, $70,000.

Christopher and Beverly Durrer to Jeffrey and Ann Koonce, 169 Water Front Drive, $160,000.

James Cameron and Debbie Scariata-Cameron to Ronald and Cera Mitchell, 100 Abaco Drive

Jerri Builders, Inc. to Nicholas Johnson, 110 Sweet Grass Trail, $362,000.

Michael and Joyce Mullins to Judith Worsley, 207 Park Drive, $379,000.

Jodi Brookhart to Stephen and Angelia Cox, 1708 Emerald Drive, $400,000.

C. Allen Pate to CMH Homes, Inc., 302 Deer Trail, $75,000.

Jill Nielsen to Wayne Hobbs, 103 18th St., $400,000.

Emerald Cove Suites, LLC to Betty and John Hadricky, Jr., 200 Burlington St. #2, $85,000.

William and Terri Farrington and James and Kristi Farrington to Connie Gruber, 329 Cedar St., $425,000.

William and Donna Cuthill to Adam and Mary Thomas, 9715 Poseidon Road, $135,000.

Michael and Katherine Brafford to Coy Bairy, 101 William St., $162,000.

West End Partnership, LLC to William and Susan Roode, 10518 Coast Guard Road, $170,000.

Mary Cox to Nar and Christine Scaia, 9201 Coast Guard Road #204, $170,000.

First National Bank of Pennsylvania to Deborah Gibson, 8426 Sound Drive, $235,000.

Nancetta Butner to Lisa and John Challis, Jr., 10300 Coast Guard Road #110, $239,000.

Taylor and Alexandra Kluttz to Richard and Gail Wiley, 402 Hickory St., $255,000.

Richard and Joyce Roach to Amy and Gerard Lequin, Jr., 10300 Coast Guard Road #109, $270,000.

Danny Blackburn, II to Richard and Carolyn Lazenby, 7317 Sound Drive, $287,000.

Victoria and Anthony Monaco, Jr. to Deborah and Michael Hall, 106 Carolyn St., $290,000.

Suzanne Popkin to Lance Bryant, 8634 Sound Drive #A1, $310,000.

Phillip and Ginger Futral to Samuel and Laurie Chewning, 5407 Sunset Lane, $312,000.

Timothy and Vicki Sellner to Alan and Lee Bailey, 8630 Sound Drive #B2, $317,000.

Elizabeth Phillips to Jerry and Frances Burroughs, 8630 Sound Drive #A3, $345,000.

Deborah Locke to Donald and Mary Ann Thompson, 113 Ethel Drive, $370,000.

William and Terri Farrington to Gregory and Lynn Scott, 141 Sand Castle Drive, $445,000.

Todd Irving to Berkeley and Clarkie Perkins, 5112 Bogue Sound Drive, $495,000.

105 Tradewinds, LLC to Marga and JB Helford, 7120 Ocean Drive, $559,000.

Betty Hamilton to Todd and Adina Carver, 8601 Ocean View Drive, $650,000.

Brenda and Kevin Geraghty to Jared and Andrea Beasley, 1208 Timber Trail, $668,000.

5405 Ocean Drive House, LLC to Christine Powell, 5405 Ocean Drive, $2,175,000.

HARKERS ISLAND

Roger Nelson to Franklin Brannock and Teresa Brannock, 156 Shackleford Drive, $112,000.

Jerry and Kathy Keck to Hollis Marshall, 135 Barbee St., $125,000.

James and Rebecca Howard to James and Julia Abrams, 832 Island Road, $492,500.

INDIAN BEACH

Vester and Sherry Strickland to Jeffery and Angela White, 1530 Salter Path Road, $75,000.

Bobby and Patricia Cates to Donald Skinner and Judith Ventresca, 1530 Salter Path Road, $125,000.

Jason and Michelle Glover to Douglas Motley, 855 Salter Path Road #316, $235,000.

Eric and Lesley Messer and Terry and Rosa Messer to Vincent and Jessi Champion, 1505 Salter Path Road #224, $318,000.

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MOREHEAD CITY

Larry and Lynette Land to Malcolm and Mary Garland, 2404 Marsh Tern Lane, $66,000.

John Constantine to Ty and Tammie Carerun, 1907 Bridges St., $80,000.

Thomas Van Staagen to Phillip McLean, 4104 Plantation Road, $100,000.

Spooner’s Creek West Development, LLC to Randy Kilgore and Connie Shelton, 208 Nottingham Lane, 115,000.

Nelson Taylor, III to Amanda Edwards, 1018 Easy St., $116,500.

James and Nancy Phelps to Jana Moss, 1901 Arendell St., $152,000.

George and Peggy White to Myra Bradley, 109 Willow Pond Drive, $156,000.

Dolores Horn and Courtney Rose to Judith Heinlein, 118 Willow Pond Drive, $160,000.

Dolores Blackwood and Luann and David Neese to Cynthia and Willard Capps, Jr., 3504 Plantation Road, $160,000.

Jacquelyn Warn to Michael and Cheryl Cartledge, 104 Cedarwood Village, $190,000.

Pamela and Roy Eborn to Timothy Troball and Kathryne Capp, 260 McCabe Road, $195,000.

McTurnMc, LLC to BCAP, LLC, 105 Banks St., $195,000.

Vick and Sue King to Janet and John Lambert, Jr., 1306 Cedarwood Village, $200,000.

Jim and Anita Latham to William and Linda Gilbo, 101 Bogue Drive, $210,000.

Dean and Melissa Urquhart to William and Jennie Adkins, 2105 Joslyn Drive, $210,000.

Jimmy and Kay Campbell to James and Mary Stocks, 173 Drum Inlet, $212,500.

Ennis and Linda Pleasants to George and Lynn Champion, 101 Fairway Drive West, $240,000.

Bart and Susan Edwards to Bryan Bailey, 1400 Chip Shot Drive, $243,000.

Matthew and Collette Strieby to Virginia and Douglas Cundiff, 1806 Widgeon Drive, $252,000.

Lorie Casey to Jane Conneely, 210 Reserve Green Drive, $260,000.

Richard Bierly to Alexander and Dorothy McLennan, 213 Brandywine Place, $285,000.

Jeffrey and Sue Anderson and Loretta Jolly to Frances Rogerson, 908 East Drive, $286,000.

Nancy and I.T. Bagley, Jr. to Caleb Cunningham, III and Mary Baker, 5204 Driftwood Lane, $356,000.

David and Terri Garrison to Douglas and Sarah Bungard, 2209 Cambridge Down Drive, $364,500.

Pamela Phillips to Richard and Susan Crenshaw, 412 Hillcrest Drive, $385,000.

Larry and Robbie Terry to Lorie Casey, 417 Hillcrest Drive, $390,000.

Eric and Lori Samuelson to Judy Parrell, 1503 Courtyard West, $108,000.

Michel O’Rourke and Yvonne and Frank Huter to Lincoln Morris, 530 Hwy 70, $126,000.

Alan and Alaina Tew to James and Sarah Wasko, 215 Bow Spray Drive, $125,000.

PINE KNOLL SHORES

Phillip Nelson to Kelsey Brewer, 707 Windy Trail, $127,000.

Streamline Developers, LLC to Denise Kokinchak, 741 Cannonsgate Drive, $140,000.

Melissa and Jonthan Tripp to Jeffrey and Lisa McGrath, 478 Howard Blvd., $150,000.

Brian Sieg to Shirley and Wayne Linn, II, 108 Green Tree Lane, $150,000.

Hodges Throckmorton, Jr. and Marie Hebdon to Jason and Sherry Dudley, 222 Hickory Shores Drive, $156,000.

Grady Hunt to Foster and Shannon Nelson, 691 Mill Creek Road, $180,000.

Karen Fink to Ra’Heem and Amber Lawson, 529 Park Meadows Drive, $183,000.

Jared and Andrea Beasley to Robert and Sarah Puckett, 113 Phillips Landing Drive, $424,000.

Anthony and Ariana Montesano and Patricia Montesano to Gordon and Belinda Harris, 111 Cherry Lane, $202,000.

Lorenda Batson to Frederick and Nora Spires, 2337 Shore Drive, $475,000.

Clarket and Frances Merrell to Todd and Alicia Gibbs, 689 E. Chatham St., $215,000.

Leland and Janie Vann to Edward and Amy Suggs, 1204 Shepard St., $505,000.

Jimmie Foss, Jr. to Kenneth and Lori Smith, 419 Snow Goose Lane, $225,000.

Danny and Angela Varner and John and Evelyn Harris to Leon Capital Ventures, LLC, 3716 Symi Circle, $520,000.

William and Christine Mason to Ashley Tawney, 660 Mill Creek Road, $248,000.

Jerry and Cathy Ballard to Karen and W. Frank Daugherty, III, 104 Edwards Drive, $564,000.

NEWPORT

Michael Milton and Belinda Gillikin to Lee Collins Construction, Inc., 2539 Forest Drive, $55,000.

Steish Systems, Inc. to Humphrey Builders, LLC, 258 Pearson Circle, $55,000.

Hodges Throckmorton, Jr. and Marie Hebdon to Modular Technologies, Inc., 183 Red Barn Road, $57,500.

Angelina and Richard Franklin to Sefina Grace, LLC, 1640 Hwy 24, $91,000.

Judith Simon to Wally Courie, 2837 Easy St., $100,000.

Robert and Sarah Puckett to Joseph and Christy Lewis, 601 North Breeze Court, $309,000.

John Wilhelmsen to Linwood and Tina Futrell, 117 Buena Vista Drive, $340,000.

Terry and Sandra Temple to Jayne Lowe, 152 South Lewis St., $359,000.

Streamline Developers, LLC to Ronald and Holly Carpenter, 419 Lanyard Drive, $379,000.

Elizabeth and Stephen Steadham to Philip Offenberger and Martine Offenberger, 391 Old Swansboro Road, $535,000.

OTWAY

Ramona and Steven Robbins, Sara and Connie Gillikin, III, Jo Ann and

JoAnne Boles to Stephen and Teresa Davis, 27 Salter Path Road, $207,000.

Walter and Carolyn Rife to Laurel Properties, LLC, 147 Oakleaf Drive, $225,000.

William Wade, Jr. and Jane Gordon to Tammy and Jonathan Care, 115 Teak Court, $420,000.

Steven Prevatte to Steven and Ellen Palumbo, 545 Salter Path Road #2, $427,500.

Joyce Williams to John and Debbie Day, 301 Salter Path Road #72, $582,000.

Marks Vacation Homes, LLC to 457 Maritime, LLC, 457 Maritime Place, $1,037,500.

SALTER PATH

Aaron and Beth Lockamy to Terry and Libby Lockamy, 1010 Salter Path Road #44, $122,500.

SMYRNA

Curtis and Lori Boorse to Brenton and Tracy Sinclair, 190 Possum Trot Road, $171,500.

STELLA

Christopher and Dawn Dewey to Jerry Blithe, 251 White Oak Bluff Road, $21,500.

Karl Eisenzimmer to Anthony and Candace Martin, 201 Stella Bridgeway Drive, $195,500.

SWANSBORO

Carolyn Bates to Tim and Cynthia Cribbs, 200 Lighthouse Lane, $138,000.

Bernadette Sheldon to Mykle McClure, 106 South Winds Court, $145,000.

Marcus and Sarah Novelli to Stuart Macgregor and Jessica Renaud, 106 Kayak Court, $175,000.

Robert and Jennifer Grieve to Rand Baith, 130 White Heron Lane, $335,000. *Publisher’s Note: This data is provided as public information available to all county residents. Island Review accepts no liability for errors or omissions and has endeavored to be as accurate as possible. Price given indicates the number of tax stamps purchased at deed filing (representing $2 for $1,000 of sales price, in $500 increments) and as such, may not exactly reflect the true purchase price.

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health & wellness

Tame Stress and Improve Health Press can affect people of any age. While small amounts of stress may stimulate adrenaline responses and help people power through difficult projects or solve problems, chronic stress can impact the mind and body in harmful ways.

WebMD defines stress as any change in the environment that requires the body to react and adjust in response. The body may react to stress physically, emotionally and/or mentally. Positive stress, called eustress, can take the form of getting a new job with greater responsibilities. However, it’s the bad stress – distress – that can cause tension and other negative consequences.

Money, health and relationships are some of the common contributors to stress in the United States. Seventy-seven percent of Americans regularly experience physical symptoms caused by stress, and 73 percent experience psychological symptoms from stress. Statistics Canada indicated that, in 2014, the most recent year for which data is available, 23 percent of Canadians age 15 and older (6.7 million people) reported that most days were ‘quite a bit’ or ‘extremely’ stressful.

Stress can have many implications. When the body is stressed, muscles tense up and chronic stress can cause the muscles in the body to stay taut and tense for long periods of time, says the American Psychological Association. This may lead to tension headaches and musculoskeletal disorders.

The Mayo Clinic advises that stress can cause fatigue, changes in sex drive, stomach upset and difficulty sleeping.

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Stress also affects mood, potentially resulting in lack of motivation or focus, anxiety, sadness, and/or angry outbursts.

Healthline links chronic stress to behaviors such as overeating, not eating enough, alcohol or drug abuse, and social withdrawal.

Reducing stress is a priority for many people. Although it is not an easy undertaking, slowly removing stressors from one’s life and taking steps toward changing one’s responses to stressful situations can help. There are many stressmanagement strategies, and not every one is right for all individuals. However, the following techniques may be helpful.

Exercise: Regular physical activity can help reduce stress.

Meditation: Mindful meditation, deep breathing, yoga, and tai chi are ways to focus the brain away from stressful situations.

Socialization: Talking and spending time with friends or family can relieve stress.

Hobbies: Crafts, hobbies and other engaging activities can direct attention away from stress.

Talk therapy: Seeing a therapist may help some people work through stress and discover additional techniques to change how they respond to stress.

Situation changes: Changing a job, residence or a condition that removes a source of stress may be handy.

Many people suffer from stress, which can be very harmful if not dealt with healthily and readily.

from our readers Kindness at the Aquarium Trick or Treat Under the Sea

Halloween and the NC Aquarium go hand-in-hand for many children on the Crystal Coast! The exciting Trick or Treat Under the Sea is a special event hosted by the aquarium every year to provide a safe place for children to collect their sweet treats. Goodies are passed out by local businesses that participate, not only to advertise, but also to partake in this favorite community happening.

Over the course of two days, the event brought in around 2,700 people this year. Decorated to suite, the aquarium featured spooky inflatable tunnels, haunted pirate scenes, and a headless horseman on the nature walk.

Spider webs clung to the walls, an old witch lurked in the corner ... there was even a skeleton inside the Caribsea wreck display, sporting beach wear with a fishing pole in its bony hand! To say they did a great job with the decor would be a gross understatement!

Kindness at its Finest

My own little boy, Daniel, had his first Halloween experience this year at the NC Aquarium, and what an experience it was indeed! I would personally like to extend a monumental “Thank You” to the aquarium staff for reinforcing my faith in humanity. My deepest gratitude is especially owed to the assistant special events coordinator, Kerri. Yesterday evening, I experienced an overwhelming level of altruism that filled my heart and moved me to tears.

This is what happened...

I purchased tickets online for the event and was ready and raring to go! I rushed home from work to get Daniel into his bee costume which, by the way, I had been waiting two years for him to be able to wear. Eagerly dressing myself as well, I just knew we were in for a wonderful evening! Quickly ushering my mom and him out the front door, we made our way to Pine Knoll Shores. As we pulled into the parking lot, I couldn’t help but notice the lack of cars. The only people I could see were dressed in very fancy evening attire, although all the Halloween decorations still adorned the aquarium. Attempting to rationalize what I was seeing, I told myself that perhaps the hoards had come the night before. Not the case at all.

We tentatively entered the front door and looked around, quite confused. The security guard walked toward us and asked, “May I help you?” Bewildered, I pulled out my tickets and told him we were here for Trick or Treat Under the Sea. My heart shattered to the floor when he informed us that the event had already taken place on Thursday and Friday night, not Saturday. My facial expression must have screamed a thousand words because he asked us to stay put while this sweet man quickly ran off to gather the coordinator of the event taking place that evening.

A kind young woman approached us, introducing herself as Kerri. She gently explained that the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher was holding its Trick or Treat that night, not Pine Knoll Shores. We were at the wrong aquarium!! To say the least, I was dumbfounded. My ticket didn’t specify the location of the event, only the date, therefore I assumed it was at PKS. (Had I checked my email, I would have known that ... duh!) I noticed Kerri wracking her brain for about half a second before decidedly stating that since we were already there, she was going to make it worth our time. Again, but in much better spirits, I couldn’t believe what I was hearing! Daniel was going to have his own private Trick or Treat session!

Having a Ball at the NC Aquarium

The aquarium was actually hosting a private masquerade ball that evening, and guests were slowly trickling in. We had arrived just before the event truly kicked off. Early guests were dressed in gowns, tuxedos and fancy masks. The girls at the front desk were also dressed for the occasion and looked magnificent! It sure looked like Halloween to me! Kerri swept the three of us through the inflatable tunnel and toured Daniel through the unoccupied areas of the aquarium. Using her walkie-talkie, she strategically arranged for other staff members to be in place when Daniel entered the various exhibits. He was awestruck, shyly walking through the corridors, that is, until his bucket began filling up! Two elegantly dressed women placed beads around his little neck. Everyone he encountered filled his pumpkin bucket with goodies. Even the spooky mannequin hanging from the ceiling dispersed treats!

A Little Kindness Goes a Long Way

By the end of the tour, he could barely carry it on his own!

Tears pricked my eyes throughout the entire experience. The kindness and generosity shown to my two and a half year old bumblebee was overwhelming. Kerri was incredibly warm, not at all rushing us through, although she was busy preparing for the masquerade that evening. She even happily offered to take our picture with a few displays. Her gracious compassion absolutely floored me.

We only spent about 20 minutes or so in the aquarium that night. That was all it took to fill Daniel’s little pumpkin, and my heart with joy. This amazing group of people treated my little boy like a true VIP, making right of every wrong in the world in those few minutes. I can’t express my appreciation enough for the fine folks at the NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores.

All in all, be sure to visit these amazing people and fantastic animals at the aquarium next time you visit the Crystal Coast!

The aquarium itself is an awesome place to take your family, and the staff are there because they love what they do.

Your inner child will surely feel nurtured after encountering tenderness and joy offered by these wonderful individuals.

Thank you again, Kerri and staff, from the bottom of my heart.

You are true humanitarians!

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DECEMBER ARIES (March 21-April 20) Aries, an outburst of creativity may surprise those close to you, but this month you just may need an outlet. Channel this energy into a project you have been hoping to complete.

You are giving off serious relationship vibes and others are sure to take notice. If you have a partner, you can strengthen the bond. If not, a good match is in sight. If the ends don’t justify the means, then pause and wait for a better plan and opportunity. Remember it’s not worth the risk or effort to get yourself involved in such a situation. Later this month, you may be operating on some false information. It’s better to get the facts before going forward in the coming days. You may end up changing directions midweek.

LEO (July 23-August 23) Impatience will not serve you well as the month opens. There is no room for shortcuts, so buckle down and devote yourself to the tasks at hand, even if they take a while.

Leo, receiving compliments from others certainly provides an ego boost. But you may want something more substantial from a relationship. Even though people around you may be bearing down, you are able to think on your feet and come through the situation.

You’ll rebound stronger than ever. Remember, running yourself ragged will cause all of your energy stores to fizzle out, Leo. You need to learn to pace yourself better for the long haul.

TAURUS (April 21-May 21) Your poker face is on early this month, Taurus. Keep things close to the vest as you have a surprise to announce and don’t want to spill the beans prematurely. You may hit the employment jackpot mid-month. Those resumes you have been putting out or that promotion you were vying for will be worth the effort. Your emotions will get a much-needed boost from people around you. Just do not let all this extra energy go to your head. Channel it in productive ways. If you are feeling upset because someone is getting more attention than you, you may need to focus your thoughts elsewhere. Think of what makes you special.

VIRGO (August 24-September 22) A partnership might hit a rough patch, Virgo. But it isn’t anything serious. Commit to working things out and you will have benefitted from this experience. This week you may be tempted to put off some of your more challenging projects at work and focus on yourself. It’s OK to have some “me” time.

This is a great time for you, Virgo. You may feel like you can exercise more freedom at work or in your personal life, and overcome any obstacles that are holding you back. You are always one to lend a helping hand. But you may need to call in some favors of your own. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21) You can’t seem to sit still early this month. Get outdoors and take a hike or engage in another form of physical activity. Enjoy getting outside for some fun and fresh air. The best thing you can do to rekindle a friendship is to spend some time with this person reconnecting.

Enjoy a dinner for two or involve yourselves in another activity. Participating in some spontaneous activities might add some spice to your life, Gemini. Explore those things that you wouldn’t normally think to try. Emotions may be all over the map in the coming days.

The secret is to surround yourself with people who will guide you in the right direction.

LIBRA (September 23-October 23) Libra, an unexpected turn of events spices things up in the coming days. Enjoy this change of pace but do your best to stay grounded throughout the tumult. A huge turning point in your relationship is ahead.

Communication will help forge a deeper connection between the two of you. A situation in your life is getting testy. This is based on a misunderstanding, and things will ultimately work their way out. Take a deep breath and be patient. Think financial decisions through before acting. Patience is a friend when making important financial decisions, and it’s time to take such matters more seriously.

CANCER (June 22-July 22) A drastic shift in direction at work can catch you off guard at first, especially since you’ve been comfortable. But this challenge can provide greater opportunities. Those around you know the way to Cancer’s heart is definitely through his or her stomach. Plan an entertaining night out enjoying the newest restaurant in town. If you put things into perspective the emotional strain and tension in your world can be dramatically reduced.

Focus on the things that are working out well for you. There is a time for joking around and a time for being serious. At the end of the month, you may have to lean toward the latter.

SCORPIO (October 24-November 22) Scorpio, controlled chaos is the source of your inspiration early this month. Ruffle a few feathers, but make sure you do so in a productive and effective way. The best ways to get what you want are to share your desires with others. They may have some solutions you’ve overlooked and can be sources of inspiration. Friendships go well for you this month, so look to companions to provide the support you seek. Don’t worry about future plans just yet. But try something outside of your wheelhouse in the coming days. You have a knack for teaching yourself new skills, and you are a fast learner.

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Others may not share your joviality right now.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23-December 21 The solution to a problem you have had for awhile will come to you this month. This immediately makes you more comfy allows you to focus on recreation. It may take a little time to get used to a new relationship or job. After a few weeks or months, you can sort out what works and what needs some extra effort. Lessons come in all shapes and sizes, Sagittarius, so open your eyes to all possibilities. Don’t feel you need to make sense of every little thing. Just be aware of your surroundings. You might be seeking answers in the wrong places. Refine your parameters and look in a new direction, especially if a resolution is taking awhile.

CAPRICORN (December 22-January 20) Assignments at work take precedence early this month, Capricorn. Do your best to navigate your way through a lengthy todo list. Don’t let distractions get in your way.

Expanding your horizons comes easily when you have close friends who invite you along on all of their adventures. This could prove to be a time with lots of inspiration. There are some unexpected surprises coming your way. But don’t worry too much about them.

Simply go with the flow and everything will fall into place. If family life is taking over and tiring you out, shift your gears in another direction.

You need to recharge and let your other interests take over for awhile.

AQUARIUS (January 21-February 18) Aquarius, living in your imagination helps you drum up creative ideas, but this month you have to periodically reconnect with reality.

Shift the focus to work or family. Mending fences can take a while, but you have the opportunity for some real healing. Explore all of your options to get closer to someone. Life may seem as if you were driving on a multilane highway and then all the lanes merge into one. Veer off your usual path for a while to get away from it all. Words shared at work may have you worried toward the end of the month that you have burned a bridge. It’s not the case. Others still look to you for help and guidance and value your input.

PISCES (February 19-March 20) The road to satisfaction can’t be found on a GPS device, Pisces. You have to do some soul-searching and figure out what you want.

You are in an enviable position. Your finances are in good order, your circle of friends has expanded, and you are happy at work. If you can learn to distance yourself from the emotional side of situations and focus on the practical, it will be smooth sailing this month. It’s common to make life assessments throughout the year. Jot down some easy changes you can make for the future.

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GEAR & EVENT RENTALS

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HEALTH & BODY

Carteret Health Care: 3500 Arendell St., Morehead City, 252-808-6000, www.carteretgeneral.com.

The nearly 150-bed comprehensive medical center recently completed a $53 million expansion featuring a cancer treatment center, women’s health clinic and more with a focus on the highest level of care.

HOME SERVICES

AA Express Plumbing Service, Inc: 211-6 Atlantic Beach Causeway, Atlantic Beach, 252-2471155, aaexpressplumbing@embarqmail. com. Professional, licensed plumbing service – winterizing, water heaters, softeners and full plumbing needs. Emergency 24/7 service. Fully insured.

Clegg’s Termite & Pest Control: Morehead City, 252726-1781, New Bern, 252-636-2345, 800-7630378 or cleggs.com for an office nearest you.

Locally owned & operated by NCSU grad, former president of NC Pest Control Assoc. Servicing homes & businesses all over NC since 1960, free termite inspections.

Coastal Awnings & Hurricane Shutters: 5300 High St., Morehead City, 252-222-0707, crystalcoastawnings.com. See all your options for hurricane protection, stationary & retractable awnings. 9-5, M-F, weekends by appt. Custom awnings, Bahamas, Colonials, etc. Sales and service – our employees have a combined 40 years of experience.

Consumer Mobility Solutions: 118-A Market St., New Bern, 252-653-5350. Tired of climbing those stairs? Consumer Mobility Solutions may be the missing piece. Stair chairs, passenger lifts and cargo lifts can help make your life easier. Free consultation and free home surveys. Visit www. cmslifts.com or email Wayne at waynelamm@aol. com.

Emerald Isle Homeowner’s Services: 9106-B Coast Guard Road, Emerald Isle, 252-764-2563.

Relax and leave your keys with us! A full service “boutique” property management services company specializing in vacation rentals, VRBO and annual rentals. Discover the low, streamlined service plans.

Liftavator: 4430 Hwy 70 East, New Bern, 888634-1717, encelevators.com. Service all brands of elevators & lifts with 5-year product warranty

& 2-year service warranty. Licensed & insured.

24-hour service available. Building, installing & servicing elevators since 1985.

Pipeline Plumbing, Inc.: 910-381-4101. A local family-owned business taking care of all your plumbing needs. Licensed and fully insured with guaranteed, quality work. Services include new construction, remodeling, repairs, re-piping, water heaters (tanks and tankless), fixture replacement, additions, winterizations and more. RP2 certified with 24-hour emergency service available.

Rid-A-Pest, Inc.: 4320 Arendell St., Morehead City, 252-240-2266, serving Eastern North Carolina since 1972. Locally owned by Lee Smith, a NC State University graduate in entomology. Free estimates by phone or on-site at your location.

Voted area’s highest customer satisfaction among pest management companies. Hours: M-F 8am5pm. Weekends by appointment. Visit www. ridapest.com.

Southeastern Elevator: Located in Morehead City, Southeastern Elevator’s motto says it all, “First in safety, quality and service” when it comes to residential elevators in a variety of sizes and models. Visit southeasternhomeelevators.com or call 252-725-1235 for a quote today.

Southern Glass & Mirror: 1047 W. Corbett Ave. (Hwy 24), Swansboro, 252-354-1223, 910-3251050, 24-hr. emergency service 910-326-5283.

Prompt, professional sales, service & installation of residential & commercial windows & glass doors, screens, mirrors, custom shower doors & enclosures, insulated glass, plexiglass & lexan, in Carteret, Craven & Onslow counties.

Tideline Lawn Care: Taylor Marshall, 230 W. Shorewood Drive, Emerald Isle, 252-354-2883, 252-725-0755. Company provides seasonal lawn care services, from grass mowing and weed eating to concrete edging and blowing off paved areas on a two-week schedule.

Windows & More: 1513 Bridges St., Morehead City, www.windows-and-more.com, 252-726-8181.

Visit the showroom to see the full-sized displays of energy efficient windows and doors that can handle the conditions of the Crystal Coast.

Offering sales, installation and service of Marvin and Integrity windows and doors.

INTERIOR/EXTERIOR DECOR

ALB Decorator Fabrics: 110 Little Nine Road, Morehead City, 252-222-0787. The finest in firstquality fabrics for decorating & quilting. Open Tues.-Fri. 10-5, Sat. 10-4. Come see our selection.

Artistic Tile & Stone: 252-241-7579. Free design consultation and estimates! The area’s most unique and extensive selection of interior and exterior tile, mosaics, glass, stone and hardwood. Professional installation. Drop by M-F, 10-5, Saturday by appointment, 607 Atlantic Beach Causeway, Atlantic Beach, or visit www. artistictileandstonenc.com.

Atlantic Breeze Storm Shutters: 3906 Arendell St., Morehead City, 252-727-9040. Free estimates!

The Carolina’s only custom Bahama & Colonial manufacturer. Visit our showroom to see our complete line of storm shutters & awnings, in fiberglass & aluminum, folding accordion, roll downs- no storm bars, canvas & retractable awnings.

Beaufort Furniture/Beaufort Home: 520 Hedrick St. and 127 Middle Lane, Beaufort, feature custom designed handmade North Carolina furniture and an array of items for the home. Whether your replacing one special item or redressing an entire room, Beaufort Furniture and Beaufort Home are full of fresh ideas – beaufortfurniture.com and beauforthomestore.com.

Bowden & Carr: 211 Hwy 70 W, Havelock, 252-447-3648,bowdenandcarrfurniture.com.

The La-Z-Boy comfort studio offering a custom selection of chairs, sofas, sleepers and recliners at a reasonable price. Along with the largest La-Z-Boy studio and design center in the area,

shoppers will find all their living room and dining room needs. Family owned and operated since the 1950s.

Braswell Carpet Cleaning: 252-354-3744, whether you’re in need of carpet care, repair, stain removal or water extractions, the professionals are Braswell’s are the ones to call. Visit braswellscarpetcleaning.com.

Budget Blinds: 3078 Hwy 24, Newport, 252-2473355, cell: 252-229-6431, budgetblinds.com.

Charlie Utz gives free in-home consultations in Carteret & Craven Counties on cellular shades, plantation shutters, blinds, woven woods, draperies & more.

Family Furniture: 448 Cedar Point Blvd, Cedar Point, 252-764-9659. The area’s newest full service furniture store specializing in premium name brand furnishings, mattresses and rugs and many unique and hard to find items. Special order custom living room sofas, sectionals and chairs in thousands of fabric including Sunbrella and Crypton.

Great Windows: 252-728-3373. Quality custom made window treatments including blinds, shades & shutters. For a perfect match, professional decorators come to your home or business.

Products include: Great Windows, Hunter Douglas, Timber and Somfy motorized remote control. Fast one-week service (shutters 15 days).

Call today for a handcrafted, flawless fit, precise installation and 100-year warranty.

Guthrie Interiors: 5113-C Hwy 70, Morehead City, specializing in home furnishings and design for retail and hospitality properties. Open 10am-5pm with after hours appointments available. Call 252648-8329 or visit www.guthrieinteriors.com.

McQueen’s Interiors: Pelletier Harbor Shops, Hwy 70/Arendell St., Morehead City, 252-247-3175, mcqueensinteriors.com. 10,000 sq. ft. showroom of unique contemporary, traditional & coastal furnishings. Complete professional design services to make your home truly one-of-a-kind.

Nowell & Company: 2801-4D, Wilson, 252-2373881. Located in Wilson, about two hours from the Crystal Coast, Nowell & Company is a 15,000 sq. ft. showroom filled with upper end home furnishings and accessories. Both traditional and contemporary and complete interior design service available. Free delivery to the coast.

William’s Floor Coverings & Interiors: 5458-A Hwy 70 West, Morehead City, 252-726-4442, 252726-6154. Visit William’s full-service showroom to compare the variety of flooring options available – from wood and carpet to laminate and tile. Brands include Karastan, Capel Rugs and more.

Window, Wall & Interior Décor: 1507 Live Oak St., Beaufort, windowandwalldecor.com, 252-8380201 or 800-601-8036. Custom made draperies and valances. Beautiful and as affordable as you need them to be.

OUTDOORS & MARINE

Carolina Shores Boatlift Repair & Servicing: 252-6590567, www.carolinashoresmhc.com. Boatlift repair and service. Free initial inspection, 24 hour emergency service and service contracts available. Servicing all makes and models. Deck cleaning, custom fish cleaning stations, deck benches and more.

East Carolina Services Landscape and Pool Management: 1010 W. Fort Macon Road, Atlantic Beach, 252-240-1117, www.eastcarolinaservices. com. Fully licensed and insured landscape and pool maintenance offering hardscape design/ construction, softscapes, irrigation, night lighting, sod and more. The pool and patio store offers free water testing as well as chemicals, equipment and accessories. Now selling Grill Dome Kamado Grills and Bull Grills.

Fences Unlimited: 203 Jacob Drive, Morehead City, www.fencesunlimited.net. Custom wood, vinyl and aluminum fencing for all your landscaping

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NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores: 252-247-4003, 866-294-3477, ncaquariums.com. Facility includes 32-ft. waterfall, 50,000 gallon Queen Anne’s Revenge display, mountain trout pool, jellyfish gallery, river otter exhibit, 306,000-gallon Living Shipwreck exhibit with 3 observation windows. Open daily.

Yardworks, Inc. Landscaping & Lawn Care: 902 WB McLean Blvd., Cape Carteret, 252-393-9005, yardworkslandscapes.com. Over 20 years of experience working on the Crystal Coast. Quality service in landscaping, irrigation, lawn care, outdoor lighting, hardscapes and design.

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION

Ace Builders: Emerald Isle, 252-422-2596. greg@ acebuildersnc.com, Licensed NC General Contractor, storm damage repair, decks, porches, remodels, new construction, fully insured. Visit www.acebuildersnc.com.

Advantage Coastal Properties, Ed & Mac Nelson: CrystalCoastHomesOnline.com, office: 252-3549000, cell: 252-646-5551. Full service, low cost residential sales. Located in Emerald Isle, serving Emerald Isle and the coastal mainland. Among the top producers 4 years running! Call today and put our system to work for you!

Al Williams Properties, Real Estate & Development: 407 Atlantic Beach Causeway, 252-726-8800, 800849-1888, alwilliamsproperties.com. From sound to sea & beyond. We can serve your coastal real estate needs. Open 6 days/week, by appointment on Sunday.

Atlantic Beach Realty: 513 Atlantic Beach Causeway & Dunescape Villas, Atlantic Beach, 800-7867368. Your source for vacation rentals and sales since 1990. Family owned and operated Visit www.atlanticbeachrealty.net.

Bluewater Builders: 201 Mangrove Drive, Emerald Isle, 888-354-2128, 252-354-7610, buildwithbluewter.com. From vacation homes to primary residences, Bluewater’s expertise can make your dream of living on the Crystal Coast a customized reality.

Bluewater Real Estate: 200 Mangrove Drive, Emerald Isle, 252-354-2128, 888-258-2128; Cape Carteret 252-393-2111; Atlantic Beach 252-726-3105, 866467-3105; Beaufort 866-803-0073; bluewaternc. com. Vacation, monthly & annual rentals. Real estate sales of island & mainland properties for all of Carteret County.

Bluewater Vacation Rentals: 200 Mangrove Drive, Emerald Isle, www.bluewaternc.com. Call the owner hotline at 866-848-8080 and let them assist you in achieving your goals of maximizing rental income while protecting your investment with the Bluewater Property Management Plan.

Cannon & Gruber, REALTORS: 509 Atlantic Beach Causeway, 800-317-2866, 252-726-6600, cannongruber.com/irm. Specializing in exceptional properties on our beautiful coast for sale or rent. Let our experience work for you!

Carolyn Blackman: Broker/realtor with Bluewater Real Estate, Emerald Isle. A Carteret County native ready to assist newcomers and locals alike when buying and selling real estate along the Crystal Coast. Call 252-515-4831 or visit www. bluewaternc.com.

CENTURY 21 Coastland Realty: 7603 Emerald Drive, Emerald Isle. With 30+ years we have served the

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rental and sales needs of Emerald Isle. National name recognition. Vacation, monthly and annual rentals. Knowledgeable and service award winning sales team supported by century21.com.

Courteous local staff to meet your needs. Call us and see – you will not get a recording, only quick, professional personal service. Call 800-822-2121, 252-354-2131 or visit www.coastland.com.

C.O.D. Home Services: Coastal Carolina premier contractor – whether you’re remodeling one room, for building an entire home. Recognized in 2016 by the NC Home Builders Association, owner Mark Merrell works hand in hand with clients to make all their dreams come true. Call 252-3543635 or email colhomeservices@ymail.com.

Emerald Isle Realty: 7501 Emerald Drive, Emerald Isle, Sales: 252-354-4060, 800-304-4060, EmeraldIsleRealty.com. Awarded 2005, 2009 and 2011 Top Office Production Award for Carteret County. Our knowledgeable & professional sales staff is happy to discuss any of your concerns & help you make the correct decision when buying or selling real estate on the coast.

Emerald Isle Realty Vacation Rentals: 7501 Emerald Drive, 800-849-3315, 252-354-3315, private owner’s line 800-354-2859, EmeraldIsleRealty. com. With over 50 years in property management, maximizing the rental income on your investment property is our #1 priority. Call for a complimentary, confidential property management analysis.

Future Homes: 1075 Freedom Way, Hwy 24, Hubert (8 miles west of Swansboro), 910-5776400. Licensed general contractor with master craftsmen, modular technology, fast construction, display models.

Jim Bailey: 610 Atlantic Beach Causeway, 252241-1200. Real Estate sales with Bluewater Real Estate, Atlantic Beach. More than 30 years experience in commercial and residential real estate. Earned 2015 Rookie Top Dollar Production award. Put Jim Bailey to work for you. Visit www. bluewaternc.com.

Katrina Marshall, Real Estate Broker: Keller Williams Crystal Coast Ferguson O’Conor Realty, 5113-A US 70 West, Morehead City, serving Morehead City, Bogue Banks and the surrounding area. Over 24 years experience working with property owners in Carteret County and the Emerald Isle area.

Please call me to work for you, 252-499-0805 (office), 252-241-1081 (mobile) or kmarshall@ kw.com. Visit fergusonoconorrealty.com.

Kitch Ayre: Real Estate Broker with Bluewater, Emerald Isle & Cape Carteret, 888-354-2128, 252241-1382 cell, kitchayre@hotmail.com. Accredited Buyer’s Representative, Carteret County Assoc. of Realtors 2005 Top Producer & Sales Agent, Bluewater 2005 Top Producer. Call me for all of your real estate needs.

Landmark Homes: 252-393-2159, 800-611-7705, landmarkhomesnc.com. Diane & John Ritchie offer fully licensed & insured, commercial & quality home building services as well as renovations to make your wishes come true.

Malcolm Boartfield: Real Estate Broker with Bluewater Real Estate, 200 Mangrove Drive, Emerald Isle, 252-354-3475 (cell). Malcolm uses his 40+ years of experience in real estate sales/ marketing and technology as a tool to better serve his clients. His research skills allow him to better match properties with individuals who have come to Emerald Isle, enticed by the relaxed coastal way of life.

Realty World First Coast Realty: 407 Atlantic Beach Causeway, Atlantic Beach, with additional offices in Indian Beach and Beaufort, Realty World First Coast specializes in coastal real estate along the Crystal Coast. The right agent makes all the difference. Find yours by calling 252-2470077, 252-728-6455 or 252-247-1000, www.

realtyworldfirstcoast.com.

Spinnaker’s Reach Realty: 9918 MB Davis Court, Emerald Isle, 252-354-5555. For more than 20 years, Spinnaker’s Reach has helped families realize their dream of living on the coast. Visit www.spinnakersreach.com to see how Judy O’Neill and Matias Lagos can help you.

Sun-Surf Realty (Sales & Rentals): 7701 Emerald Drive, Emerald Isle, Sales 252-354-2958, 800849-2958, Rentals 252-354-2658, 800-553-7873, sunsurfrealty.com. Come for a Week, Stay for a Lifetime. Call to receive a Vacation Guide or email guestservices@sunsurfrealty.com for assistance in planning your island vacation. If you are ready to purchase or sell your beach home, call one of our knowledgeable sales professionals.

Syndie Earnhardt, Realtor: 252-646-3244, HomesOnTheCrystalCoast.com, real estate broker with 29+ years sales experience in vacation homes and condos, investment properties, year-round/permanent homes and vacant land. Specializing in the Crystal Coast. Buyer representation available.

Tab Premium Built Homes: 2851 Trent Road, New Bern, 252-638-8310. This Southern Living custom builder can bring your dreams to life. Custom, semi-custom and pre-priced home construction available throughout Eastern North Carolina. Visit www.tabpremiumbuilthomes.com.

Ty Gay Builders, Inc.: Decades of construction experience in custom residential and commercial projects. Whether you’re renovating or starting from scratch, Ty Gay’s team of professionals work with clients every step of the way. Visit www. tygaybuildersinc.com

SHOPS & SERVICES

Churchwell’s Jewelers: 7901 Emerald Drive, Ste. 6, Emerald Isle. Featuring nautical, equestrian and traditional jewelry. Custom design available. Call 252*354-7166 or visit churchwells.com.

Emerald Isle Books: Emerald Plantation, Emerald Isle, 252-354-5323, emeraldislebooks.com.

Great selection of books, greeting cards, kites, stationery, games, toys & puzzles for the entire family. Hardback books discounted 10%.

Lighthouse Boutique: 105 Front St., Swansboro, 910-326-6482. One-stop store for that special occasion and every day, with sizes ranging from 4 to 2X. Check out the brightest colors for spring and summer as well as handcrafted fashion and sterling silver jewelry. Be sure to look for the Onex shoe selection.

Madras and Khakis at Flipperz Retail: 311 Mangrove Drive, Emerald Isle, 252-354-7775, www. flipperznet.com. From hats to wine accessories, Madras and Khakis carries a full range of items you and your family will enjoy long after your vacation is over. Offering personalized monogramming, Scout bags, Stonewall Kitchen, unique gifts, clothing and accessories, homemade fudge and wine.

Petal Pushers, Etc.: 7803 Emerald Drive, Emerald Isle, 252-354-8787, petalpushersshop.com.

Special for rental property owners, welcome guests with fresh flowers for less than $50 a week.

Floral arrangements for all occasions, weddings and every day, gifts, handcrafted jewelry and local art. Now offering Chapel Hill Toffee.

Top it Off Boutique: 8700 Emerald Plantation, Suite 7, Emerald Isle, 252-354-7111. Experience the difference – unique gifts, jewelry, clothing, accessories, shows and much more! Whimsical and fun items for all occasions.

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‘Northerners.’”

Watching for U-boats off the coast was the primary responsibility of the soldiers at Fort Macon. Detachments were on duty all day and all night, patrolling the beach for enemy landing parties or raiders, Branch wrote.

Walt Zaenker is a contributor to the historical blog maintained by the Town of Pine Knoll Shores History Committee. He said World War II created “extra duties” for the Coast Guard base at Fort Macon, so an outpost was established at Salter Path “to perform beach patrol and man observation towers built along the beach.”

Carteret County’s esteemed historian Rodney Kemp confirmed that the military also established a communications center at Salter Path, and most of the personnel there, too, were of “Northern persuasion.”

Kemp said: “Because of the nature of their communications via Morse code, the locals referred to the soldiers as ‘dit-dots’ … as in the saying: ‘Look at that crowd of dit-dotters over yonder a-trying to feesh a crabpot without gittin’ bit.’”

“That’s how dit-dots came to be a popular term in our local dialect,” Kemp explained.

As it applies today, dit-dots are a class of people who typically spend their money here and then go home. Hence, they are more highly regarded than the infamous “dingbatters,” who are the folks who come here from “Off” and decide to stay.

Yet, over time, the dit-dots and dingbatters helped America outwit the Germans to eliminate the threat of the World War II U-boats.

British Bravery Leads to Busting the Secret Code One of the developments that turned the tide in favor of the Allies occurred late in 1942 when British security cracked the Germans’ secret code.

It was Oct. 30, 1942, when the HMS Petard, a British destroyer, found and attacked a U-boat in the Mediterranean Sea near Egypt.

A barrage of more than 200 depth charges forced the disabled U-559 to the surface.

When the Germans abandoned ship, three brave British crew members from the Petard – Lt. Tony Fasson, Able Seaman Colin Grazier and Canteen Assistant Tommy Brown – risked their lives and climbed into the U-559 control room. Brown frantically grabbed two code books. He made it out to safety, but Fasson and Grazier drowned when the U-boat abruptly sank.

The British cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, England, took it from there to break the code. Instantly, “the hunters became the hunted,” wrote Mark Grimsley for historynet.com in 2010.

Back safely onboard the Petard, Tommy Brown turned over one of the most important finds of World War II. That made him an instant hero, but a “background check” revealed that he was only 16 years old.

“Wanting to fight for his country, he had lied about his age to gain admission to the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI). This organization was charged with running recreational establishments needed by the British Armed Forces – clubs, bars, shops, supermarkets, laundries, restaurants, cafés and other facilities on most British military bases as well as the canteens on the Royal Navy ships.”

Ever so tragically, Tommy Brown died while on home leave in 1945, perishing in a house fire in South Shields in County Durham, located along the North Sea in the northeast corner of England.

Tommy Brown was trying to save the life of his youngest sister, Maureen. His life was snuffed out at age 19.

Mike Wagoner

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COD Home Services................................................. 70 Consumer Mobility Solutions..................................... 61 Dee Gee’s.................................................................. 46 Dorothy Kirtley Real Estate....................................... 59 East Carolina Services.............................................. 59 Edgewater Linen........................................................ 53 EJW Outdoors........................................................... 53 Emerald Isle Books.................................................... 12 Emerald Isle Homeowner Services........................... 15 Emerald Isle Insurance.............................................. 65 Emerald Isle Realty Sales......................................... 79 Emerald Isle Realty Vacation Rentals....................... 40 Family Furniture......................................................... 13 Fences Unlimited....................................................... 23 Future Homes............................................................ 37 Gray Dolphin.............................................................. 55 Great Windows.......................................................... 61 Guthrie Interiors......................................................... 13 Harber Marine Construction...................................... 37 Home Repairs by Darryl Marshall.............................. 73 Island Essentials........................................................ 78 Island Furniture.......................................................... 53 Jarrett Bay Boathouse............................................... 47 J Chalk Designs......................................................... 49 JR Dunn Jewelers..................................................... 47 Katrina Marshall......................................................... 63 Landmark Homes...................................................... 63 Landmark Sothebys International.............................. 11 Liftavator.................................................................... 18 Lighthouse Boutique.................................................. 54 Lovely’s Boutique...................................................... 55 Madras and Khakis at Flipperz Retail........................ 43

McQueen’s Interiors.................................................... 4 NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores ........................... 39 Nowell & Company.................................................... 36 Petal Pushers............................................................ 12 Poor Man’s Hole........................................................ 54 Pipeline Plumbing...................................................... 78 Realty World First Coast.......................................... 5, 9 Rid-A-Pest................................................................. 58 Rocky Mountain Awnings.......................................... 64 Royal Coat................................................................. 17 Salt Marsh Cottage.................................................... 55 Second Go-Round..................................................... 48 Southeastern Elevator......................................... 30, 41 Southern Glass & Mirror............................................ 78 Spinnaker’s Reach.............................................. 15, 42 Sun-Surf Martha Martin............................................. 16 Sun-Surf Realty Property Mgmt................................. 29 Sun-Surf Realty Sales............................................... 19 Tab Premium Builders............................................... 14 Taylor Furniture.......................................................... 48 Tideline Lawn Care.................................................... 12 Top if Off Boutique..................................................... 48 Town of Emerald Isle................................................. 24 Ty Gay Builders......................................................... 64 William’s Floor Coverings.......................................... 34 William’s Hardware.................................................... 59 Windows & More....................................................... 44 Window, Wall & Interior Décor................................... 23 Yana’s........................................................................ 54 Yardworks, Inc. Landscaping & Lawn Care............... 25

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