Island Review, January 2018

Island Vol. 23, No. 1

▪ Bridal Fair ▪ Winterfeast at Tryon Palace ▪ Hands On Fishing School ▪ Coastal Cleanup ▪ Penguin Plunge ▪ At the Aquarium ▪ Chamber Connection ▪ Property Watch ▪ Emerald Tidings ▪ Book Bag ▪ Events Calendar ▪ Mayors’ Notes

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55 Features Coasting .................................................................................................................................................................8 Book Bag ..............................................................................................................................................................12 Coastal Federation – Statewide Cleanup Project Begins .....................................................................................21 British Seamen Rest in Morehead City.................................................................................................................28 Carteret County Radio ..........................................................................................................................................31 Zip Zip – Zipper Celebrates 100th Year ................................................................................................................38

Departments County Perspective ..............................................................................................................................................14 Chamber Connection............................................................................................................................................16 Tide Tables ...........................................................................................................................................................17 Coastal Currents Events Calendar .......................................................................................................................20 Money Matters ......................................................................................................................................................23 Bulletin Board .......................................................................................................................................................32 Staying Busy – Emerald Isle.................................................................................................................................32 At the Aquarium ....................................................................................................................................................34 Rental Signs .........................................................................................................................................................42 Shorelines.............................................................................................................................................................45 Tourism Barometer ...............................................................................................................................................48 Health & Wellness ................................................................................................................................................48 Property Watch .....................................................................................................................................................55 Crossword Puzzle.................................................................................................................................................62 Staying Busy – Swansboro...................................................................................................................................63 Horoscopes ..........................................................................................................................................................66 Best Buys .............................................................................................................................................................67 Ask SCORE ..........................................................................................................................................................69 Advertiser Index....................................................................................................................................................69

Townships ATLANTIC BEACH Mayor’s Notes .............................................................................................................................................44 EMERALD ISLE Mayor’s Notes .............................................................................................................................................22 Emerald Tidings ...........................................................................................................................................24 PINE KNOLL SHORES Mayor’s Notes .............................................................................................................................................53 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.

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Aquarium Offers Free Admission The NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores will offer free admission on Monday, Jan. 15, in honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

Traditionally, the aquarium offers free admission twice a year.

Those who would like to pay it forward are invited to bring nonperishable goods to contribute to the on-site food drive that day. The drive helps restock area food pantries after the busy holiday season. Participation in the food drive is not necessary for free admission. To learn more, call 252-247-4003 or visit www. ncaquariums.com.

Tryon Palace Holds WinterFeast As the campus looks forward to a new year, Tryon Palace swings back the doors to the NC History Center for a deep winter fundraiser. WinterFeast celebrates some of those things we love most about the season, comfort foods and oyster roasts.

Join chefs from around New Bern for a hearty down home buffet of steamed oysters, shrimp and grits, chowders and other seasonal favorites. This is a great chance to sample the fare of a wide variety of the area’s eateries and support the supportive Tryon Palace Foundation in a relaxed, casual setting.

WinterFeast is held at the NC History Center from 5:30-8:30pm on Friday, Jan. 26. This indoor/outdoor event gives guests the freedom to stay warm and toasty amidst the restaurant booths or socialize outside on Bate Commons at the oyster tables with picturesque views of the Trent River.

Tickets are $45-$50 and include admission, food and soft drinks. A cash bar is available for beer and wine. Tickets may be purchased online at www.tryonpalace.org/foundation, by phone at 252-639-3500 or at the Tryon Palace ticket desk.

Bridal Fair Celebrates Milestone For more than 25 years the Crystal Coast Bridal Fair has been linking brides with vendors as they make plans for their big day.

And the folks at Pam’s Specialized Catering, which plan the event annually, are busy preparing for the 2018 event.

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Each year confectioners from around the region come together for a weekend dedicated to chocolate. The annual Carolina Chocolate Festival takes over the Crystal Coast Civic Center Feb. 3-4 with vendors offering all things chocolate. Expect goodies in all varieties, including a chocolate fountain, chocolatecovered fruit, cakes, truffles, tortes, bars, ice cream and cocoa beans.

Sample and shop at a variety of vendors all with one common denominator – chocolate.

The festival gives folks the opportunity to get hands on through everything from baking competitions to chocolate pudding eating contests to the popular Chocolate Spa. The festival kicks off with the Cocoa 5K Fun Run, planned for 8am on the campus of Carteret Community College on Saturday, Feb. 3. Participants may register onsite prior to the race or in advance by visiting the website. Don’t miss out on a chance to win a few prizes along the way. Be on the lookout for Chocolate Festival Candy Bars, a handful of which will be stuffed with Carteret County’s very own Golden Tickets.

The event runs from 9am-6pm on Saturday and 10am-3pm on Sunday. Tickets can be purchased in advance by visiting carolinachocolatefestival.com.

Catch More Fish Ready for a great fishing year? Tickets are on sale now for the Fisherman’s Post Hands On Saltwater Fishing School, set to take over the Crystal Coast Civic Center on Saturday, Feb. 24.

Staffed by more than 15 area captains who will share their experience and insights on inshore, near shore, surf and offshore fishing. Topics include techniques, equipment, strategy, locations, terminal tackle, electronics and more. Main seminars and rigging stations continue concurrently throughout the day with anglers being able to choose sessions that most interest them.

The cost is $100 prior to Feb. 16 and $110 afterwards. Tickets include a T-shirt, breakfast, snacks, a chicken/barbecue lunch, rigging materials and a goodie bag. To register, call 910-452-6378 or visit fishermanspost.com.

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The Lying Game

By Ruth Ware Ruth Ware is one of the most popular mystery writers today.

Her “In a Dark, Dark Wood” and “The Woman in Cabin Ten” have both been well received. “The Lying Game” is the third to have made the best seller list. She is from England and her settings reflect her love for the landscape of her home country.

Issa is a lawyer working for the civil service in London. She receives a message from her long ago school-mate, Kate.

The message is cryptic, “I need you.” She and her two other school chums all hurry to the coast, near the English Channel, to find the meaning of Kate’s message. Issa, Thea, and Fatima, arrive to find that bones have been found in the edge of the water. The bond between the four girls is tight and their long-held secret is pulse-quickening.

While at the boarding school called Salten, the four girls initiated a game where they told lies to the other girls.

The game had rules which each girl strictly followed. The rules were: tell a lie, stick to your story, and never, ever get caught. Their biggest lie was the cover-up of a death. The washed-up bones now threaten to expose their deceit and jeopardize their futures.

Ruth Ware is a gifted suspense novelist. Readers are led on a chase across the water, the reach, to figure out what really happened those years ago. An old mill, Kate’s home, is the primary setting, itself a chilling location for any good story. There are plenty of twists and surprises to make this an excellent read. Also, the descriptive flow of sentences adds to the wonder of this story.

This reviewer did find it a bit tiring to hear Issa speak so often of her baby daughter, Theya. Outside of this the flow of the book is excellent. Most readers will, however, pull for Issa as she struggles to help her friends while caring for a baby in the midst of plenty of stress. Pushing a baby carriage across the rugged landscape adds to the tension.

Ruth Ware is a novelist to be appreciated. Her characters are great, her language skills are excellent, and her stories are captivating. It is well worth the time to visit England with her and find out why Kate so desperately needed her friends to come to her. Perhaps readers should set aside a few consecutive hours so as not to have to put this one down.

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Making (Breaking?) New Year’s Resolutions Are you planning on making any New Year’s resolutions? Maybe to quit smoking, cut back on carbs, or work out at the gym? The most common New Year’s resolutions are: Stay fit and healthy, lose weight, enjoy life to the fullest, spend less and save more, and spend more time with family and friends.

Not to throw cold water on anyone’s intent to have a better 2018, but only 8 percent of people who make resolutions actually keep them. According to multiple sources, some of the reasons that people can’t stick to their resolutions are they set too many of them.

How did all of this start? It’s said that the ancient Babylonians were the first people to make New Year’s resolutions as long as 4,000 years ago. According to the History Channel, they were also the first to hold recorded celebrations in honor of the new year. In addition to crowning a new king or reaffirming their loyalty to the reigning king, they made promises to the gods to pay their debts and return any objects they’d borrowed. These promises were the forerunners of our present day New Year’s Resolutions.

In Rome, Julius Caesar tweaked the calendar and established January 1 as the beginning of the new year, circa 46 B.C. Named for Janus, the two-faced god whose spirit inhabited doorways and arches, January held a special meaning for the Romans. Believing that Janus symbolically looked backwards into the previous year and ahead to the future, the Romans offered sacrifices to the deity and made promises of good conduct for the coming year.

In the Medieval era, knights took the “peacock vow” at the end of the year to reaffirm their commitment to chivalry. Early Christians

believed that the first day of the new year should be spent reflecting on past mistakes and resolving to improve oneself in the new year.

According to the World Lifestyle website, here are the 10 of the most popular (and outrageous) New Year’s resolutions: Workout – not so outrageous, but when faced with going to the gym every day, potentially daunting.

Eat Healthy – can you really throw away the cookies and reach for the kale chips instead?

Travel More – who doesn’t want to do this? Life experiences and memories that will last a lifetime.

Use Less Technology – wow, cutting back on your smartphone, streaming less Netflix, reading a book instead of going on Facebook?

This one could be tough.

Meet New People – for some people, this is easier than for others.

Doesn’t hurt to say hello, however, when in the line at Dunkin’ Donuts?

Plastic Surgery – seems extreme to me, but a whole lot of people take advantage of it.

Ice Swimming – every year I say I’m going to take the Polar Plunge in Atlantic Beach, and every year, I chicken out.

Cancel Cable Subscription – streaming has made this more and more of a possibility.

More Binge-Watching – yes, there are actually people who make this resolution. You’d think they’d want to watch less.

Build an AI System – well, maybe if you’re Mark Zuckerberg.

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North Tower to Perform at Crystal Ball The Carteret County Chamber of Commerce is happy to announce that North Tower will perform at the 2018 Crystal Ball taking place on Saturday, Feb. 17, starting at 6pm at the DoubleTree by Hilton Atlantic Beach Oceanfront Hotel, 2717 W. Fort Macon Road, Atlantic Beach.

This year’s theme is “Celebrating Business” and instead of blacktie optional, the dinner-dance will be cocktail attire. This year, in addition to the annual awards, the gavel will be officially handed over to the new chair of the Chamber Board of Directors, Millie Chalk of Duke Energy, by the outgoing chair, Tina Purifoy of Carteret County.

North Tower has been one of the south’s great party bands for over 35 years, providing the best in oldies, beach, top 40 and funk. Sizzling brass, super vocals, and a wide-ranging

repertoire will have the crowd on its feet and dancing.

Tickets are $50 per person and sponsorships are available. Go to www.ncccoastchamber.com for more information.

In addition to the festivities, the chamber will present a brief program, marking the handing of the gavel from Tina to Millie.

Several awards will be presented by the chamber, including the Citizen of the Year and Small Business Person of the Year.

“This event is open to the public,” said Tom Kies, president of the Carteret County Chamber of Commerce. You don’t have to be a chamber member to be part of the fun. We invite everyone to come, have a good time, and help us celebrate business here on the Crystal Coast.”

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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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Mon. 1: First Hike. 10am. Meet in the parking

lot at Fort Macon State Park for a leisurely hike along the inlet beach to learn about the natural and cultural history of the area.

Includes a short nature hike on the Yarrow’s Loop Trail or a 3.2 mile hike along the Elliott Coues Trail. Details: 252-726-3775.

Flags of Fort Macon. 10am. Meet in the Visitor Center at Fort Macon to learn about flags of the Confederacy. Details: 252-7263775.

Penguin Plunge. 1pm. Ring in the New Year with a chilly dip in the ocean to help raise money for area nonprofits. This year’s beneficiary is the Austin Veterinary Outreach & Rescue. Details: www.penguinplunge.org.

New Year’s Day Kite Fly. Noon. Get in a little practice for the annual Carolina Kite Festival by joining local enthusiasts at the Atlantic Beach Circle. Free. Details: 252247-7011.

2, 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30: 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: 252-247-4003 or www. ncacquariums.com.

3, 10, 17, 24, 31: 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.

Thur. 4: Brown Bag Gam – The History of Whale Hunting. Noon. Pack a lunch and join the staff at the NC Maritime Museum and learn about US Lifesaving Service operations in North Carolina and Carteret County. Free.

No reservation required. Details: www. ncmaritimemuseumbeaufort.com, 252-5047740.

Sat. 5: Stargazing & Astronomy. 6pm. Meet at the bathhouse at Fort Macon State Park to view space through a telescope and learn more about the universe. Details: 252-7263775.

6, 13, 20, 27: 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.

Mon. 8: Bird Hike. 9am. Meet in the Visitor Center at Fort Macon and take a leisurely hike to identify birds native to the area.

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something new to see. Details: 252-7263775.

Fri. 12: Southern Baja and the Sea of Cortez – Whale Watchers Paradise. 7pm. Join Natural Science Curator Keith Rittmaster at the NC Maritime Museum as he highlights a recent excursion he took to the Sea of Cortez. No advance reservation necessary. Details: www.ncmaritimemuseumbeaufort.com, 252-504-7740.

Friday Free Flicks. 7pm. At Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation on the second Friday of each month. Movies are family oriented. Popcorn and a drink are $1. Bring chairs or blankets. No outside beverages or snacks are allowed. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Details: 252-3546350.

Sat. 13: Crystal Coast Bridal Fair. 10am-3pm.

Meet more than 50 of the area’s top wedding professionals, speak with vendors intimately about services and products offered without the pressure of purchasing.

The bridal fair is held annually at the Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City.

Contact: Pam Kaiser 252-240-3256.

Dennis Warner Performs. 7:30pm. The musician and entertainer will visit Joslyn Hall, on the campus of Carteret Community College. Sponsored by the Down East Folk Arts Society. General admission is $16; members, $13; and students, $10. Doors open at 6:30pm. Details: 252-646-4657 or www.downeastfolkarts.org.

Mon. 15: Free Aquarium Admission. 9am-5pm.

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. enjoy free admission at the NC Aquarium in Pine Knoll Shores. For those who want to repay the good deed, a food drive will be held to help restock area food pantries. Details: 252247-4003 or www.ncaquariums.com.

Wed. 17: Antiques and Collectibles Club.

11:15am. The club meets for a Dutchtreat lunch and program at Fat Fellas BBQ and Grille, Newport. This month, the group will visit Shepardsville Antiques and Restorations following lunch for a program on the authenticity of early furnishes for wood furniture.

18-19: Coastal Culture & Waterfowl Watching Trip. Observe the migration of wintering waterfowl at wildlife refuges and Cape Lookout National Seashore with the NC Maritime Museum. Space is limited on this overnight trip. Cost is $80. Hotel reservations and meals not included.

Details: www.ncmaritimemuseumbeaufort. com, 252-504-7740.

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of Carteret Community College, this annual event offers two viewing times and two options for participation. Watch just the movie, or opt to include dinner catered

by Floyd’s 1921 to make a night of it. The movie alone is free, although donations are suggested. Dinner and movie is $30 and includes a cash bar. This month’s film is “Lila, Lila” from Germany. Details: 252-2226262.

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.

19-21, 26-28: “Hello Dolly!” The Carteret Community Theatre brings this classic musical to the Morehead City stage.

Evening shows begin at 7:30pm on Friday and Saturday and Sunday matinees begin at 2pm. Details: carteretcommunitytheatre. com.

Fri. 19: Clam Chowder Cook-Off. 6pm. This annual event is held at the watercraft center at the NC Maritime Museum, Beaufort. Cost is $35 for members, $40 for nonmembers.

Details: www.ncmaritimemuseumbeaufort. com, 252-504-7740.

Tue. 23: BHA Annual Membership Meeting. 6pm.

The Beaufort Historical Association will meet for a potluck dinner and membership meeting at Eure Building at Ann Street United Methodist Church, Beaufort. Details: 252-728-5225.

Fri. 26: Winterfeast. 5:30-8:30pm. WinterFeast is coming to Tryon Palace with a bounty of oysters, brews and comfort foods. Join the chefs from some of your favorite New Bern restaurants for a down home buffet of steamed oysters, shrimp and grits, sandwiches, hearty soups and more.

Tickets are $45 prior to Jan. 1, $50 after.

Details: tryonpalace.org or 252-639-3500.

27-28: 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: www.the watercraftcenter.com, 252-504-7740.

Sat. 27: MacDaddy’s Winter Festival. 10am5pm. This family event brings together vendors and a host of family oriented activities to MacDaddy’s in Cape Carteret for a day of fun. Details: mymacdaddys. com.

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Statewide Cleanup Project Begins This month, the NC Coastal Federation will begin its fifth year of the Lost Fishing Gear Recovery Project and will host a volunteer cleanup on Jan. 20 at Hoop Pole Creek Nature Trail.

The Lost Fishing Gear Recovery Project is a collaboration to clean up lost crab pots from coastal waters. Commercial watermen will collect and remove lost crab pots in select coastal areas up and down the coast. The project targets the removal of lost crab pots because they litter the sounds, create navigational hazards and can trap unsuspecting fish.

Past events have proven successful with a total of 4,304 crab pots being removed during the 2017 statewide cleanup, including 1,219 pots in the central coastal region.

The Lost Fishing Gear Recovery Project takes place from midJanuary to early February when crab pots must be out of the water due to fishing regulations. Commercial watermen are able to predict where lost pots may end up and can be found based on shifting currents and tides.

“We are excited to continue the statewide cleanup in 2018,” said Bree Tillett, coastal specialist and project coordinator for the central coast cleanup. “Both residents and visitors rely on clean water, and this project helps keep our waterways free of debris and employs

commercial watermen during a slower time of the year.”

This project began in 2014 with funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Program and NC Sea Grant to recover crab pots from northeastern North Carolina waters. The General Assembly appropriated $100,000 in both 2016 and 2017 to facilitate the statewide expansion of this project.

In conjunction with this project, the federation will host a volunteer litter cleanup on Saturday, Jan. 20, at Hoop Pole Creek Nature Trail from 10am to noon.

Volunteers will meet and park at the easternmost section of the Atlantic Station shopping center in Atlantic Beach. Sturdy shoes for walking in wet areas are also recommended, especially boots and/ or waders. Trash bags, gloves and other cleanup materials will be provided. Anyone under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. After the cleanup, volunteers are invited to enjoy lunch and refreshments.

For questions about the Lost Fishing Gear Recovery Project, visit nccoast.org/crabpotproject or contact Bree Tillett at 252-393-8185 or breet@nccoast.org. Questions about the Hoop Pole Creek cleanup should be directed to Rachel Bisesi at 252-393-8185 or rachelb@ nccoast.org. To register for the cleanup, please visit nccoast.org/ events.

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Mayor Eddie Barber

Happy New Year, Everyone Where did 2017 go? It is hard to believe that we are celebrating a new year.

I would like to begin by thanking Maripat Wright for serving as an Emerald Isle Commissioner for the past 12 years.

Maripat served faithfully and she was an outstanding commissioner. She will be missed. Thanks Maripat for a job well done. If you see Maripat around the town be sure to thank her for her 12 years of dedicated service to Emerald Isle.

Congratulations to our three commissioners who were elected in November.

They are Mark Taylor, Candace Dooley and Jim Normile. Mark and Candace will serve a four year term while Jim will serve a two year term. We are blessed to have such capable commissioners. Mark, Candace and Jim will do an outstanding job as commissioners. They will join Steve Finch and Mayor Pro-Tem Floyd Messer on our board of commissioners. All of our commissioners work hard and I

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appreciate their commitment and hard work.

All golf cart registrations expire on Jan. 1. The registration fees have been increased to $100 for 2018; however, if you attend one of our Golf Cart Safety, Rules and Regulation classes offered by the police department you will receive a discount card good for $25 off the price of your 2018 registration. The police department has scheduled the following golf cart safety classes: Saturday, January 13 @ 10 am Friday, January 19 @6 pm Friday, February 2 @ 6 pm Saturday, February 3 @ 10 am Please make every effort to attend one of these classes and receive your discount card. If you have any questions please call the police department at 252-354-2021.

In closing, I would like to thank the voters of Emerald Isle for electing me as mayor for another four year term. I am looking forward to continuing to serve as mayor, a role I feel so blessed to have. Emerald Isle is a great and wonderful town.

We have an outstanding town staff who work so diligently and a dedicated group of commissioners. It is a joy to work with them. May God bless us in 2018.

Happy New Year!

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Consumers who demonstrate an ability to pay bills on time and stay out of debt can make themselves more attractive to prospective creditors, which can ultimately save them thousands of dollars when they purchase homes and/or vehicles.

While strong credit scores take years to build, men and women looking to improve their scores can begin doing so rather quickly. Scores will not skyrocket overnight, but they will begin to improve if consumers begin taking the following steps.

Pay bills on time. Paying bills on time is one of the most effective and simplest ways for consumers to improve their credit scores. One of the credit scores lenders use to determine if they will extend credit to a given applicant is the FICO¨ score, which is generated by the Fair Isaac Corporation. According to the Fair Isaac Corp., a FICO score is broken down into five categories, some of which factor more heavily than others. An individual’s payment history accounts for 35 percent of his or her FICO score, making it the most influential of the five factors for people who have been using credit for a long time. (Note: People with a nonexistent or greatly limited credit history may have their FICO scores more influenced by other factors.) If necessary, set up automatic payments so all bills, but especially bills owed to creditors, such as credit card companies and student loan lenders, are paid on time.

Pay down balances and keep them low. Paying bills on time might not be enough to dramatically improve credit scores if consumers are still only paying the minimum amount each month while maintaining high balances. After payment history, the amount owed is the second biggest influence of most consumers’ FICO scores, accounting for 30 percent of an individual’s score. So in addition to paying on time, consumers should try to pay more than the minimum amount due each

month, ideally paying balances in full each month.

Study your credit report. Credit scores can sometimes fall victim to errors on a person’s credit report. A 2012 Federal Trade Commission Study found that roughly 25 percent of all consumers had errors on their credit reports that adversely affected their credit scores. Consumers who suspect their credit score does not reflect their credit worthiness should examine their reports, which are available to all consumers once a year for free, for mistakes. Report any mistakes to Equifax, Experian and/or TransUnion.

Wait to apply for new lines of credit or mortgages.

Consumers’ credit scores take a small hit each time they apply for new lines of credit, whether it’s a credit card or mortgage.

Consumers who want to quickly improve their scores should refrain from applying for new lines of credit until they have increased their scores to a point where they won’t mind seeing those scores take a small dip.

Consumers’ credit scores can affect their lives in various ways. While it takes time to build strong credit histories, consumers can take small steps to begin improving their credit scores right away.

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~Emerald Tidings~ Barber, Dooley and Normile Re-elected, Taylor Joins Board of Commissioners

Mayor Eddie Barber was re-elected on Nov. 7, along with current Town Commissioners Candace Dooley and Jim Normile. Mark Taylor, currently serving on the Planning Board, was also elected to a seat on the Board of Commissioners.

Dooley, Normile and Taylor join previously elected Commissioners Floyd Messer and Steve Finch on the five-member board.

Congratulations to all four on their election! Town staff looks forward to working under their leadership to Taylor Dooley Normile continue efforts to make Emerald Isle an even better place than it already is!

Commissioner Maripat Wright Wraps Up 12 Years of Dedicated Service to Town

Commissioner Maripat Wright’s service on the board of commissioners will end in December after 12 years in this role. Commissioner Wright began her service in 2005, has been a calm and steady voice on the Board of Commissioners, and epitomizes “Nice Matters”. She has actively supported numerous quality of life improvements in the town while placing a high priority on a low property tax rate, and has also been very active in Carteret County/regional library initiatives. The town greatly appreciates her service, and wishes her well in the future!

The town will hold a special ceremony to honor Commissioner Wright on Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 4pm. The ceremony will be held on the beach at The Point, and temporary parking will be available on Inlet Drive, Bogue Court and on the beach strand near The Point vehicle ramp.

Please join us, and help us honor Commissioner Wright and thank her for her dedicated service to the town!

Applicants Sought for New Dog Park Committee

The town is currently exploring the potential construction of a new “dog park” in the future, and is seeking applicants for a new committee that will be tasked with determining community support, identifying potential locations, considering design alternatives, and fundraising activities.

Committee membership is open to any permanent or part-time residents of Emerald Isle, and interested members of the Emerald Isle business community. If you are interested in serving on this committee, please send an email expressing your interest to Town Manager Frank Rush at frush@emeraldisle-nc.org no later than Jan. 3 at 5pm.

Applicants Sought for New Golf Cart Committee

The town’s local golf cart program continues to increase in popularity, and the Board of Commissioners has established a new committee that will be tasked with promoting the safe use of golf carts, advocating for golf cart owners, identifying strategies to expand golf cart access in a safe manner, fundraising efforts, and other helpful activities. The new committee is modeled after the town’s successful Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee.

Committee membership is open to any permanent or part-time residents of Emerald Isle, and interested members of the Emerald Isle business community. If you are interested in serving on this committee, please send an email expressing your interest to Town Manager Frank Rush at frush@emeraldisle-nc.org no later than Jan. 3 at 5pm.

Additional Coyote Trapping This Winter

In response to continuing concerns about coyotes in Emerald Isle, the town will again implement a coyote trapping program this winter. The town’s first coyote trapping effort occurred last winter, and resulted in the removal of 14 coyotes from various locations in Emerald Isle.

Despite these efforts, there are still believed to be several coyote families living in Emerald Isle, in several areas.

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Town Hall, 7500 Emerald Drive Emerald Isle, NC 28594 252-354-3424 • Fax 252-354-5068 Official Website: www.emeraldisle-nc.org Published Monthly by the town of Emerald Isle for its Residents, Property Owners & Visitors Composed by Frank Rush, Town Manager

their property at no or minimal cost, and should contact Emerald Isle Police Chief Tony Reese at 252-354-2021 or treese@emeraldisle-nc.org for more information. Under the town’s program, trappers are required to notify the Emerald Isle Police Dept. when and where traps are set and when coyotes are actually trapped.

Coyote traps will also be set on various town-owned properties in areas not frequented by the public. The town’s program, which is consistent with NC Wildlife Resources Commission regulations, will be in effect through Feb. 28.

Efforts to Transition Emerald Isle EMS to Town Department Continue

The town continues work to transition Emerald Isle EMS to a department of the town government. In April 2017, the Board of Commissioners directed town staff to integrate existing EMS employees and assets into the town government, and town staff has been and continue to work to complete this transition by March 1. This transition has been discussed by EMS leaders and town officials many times since 2010, and was initially (Continued on page 26)

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Town Creating New McLean-Spell Park

On behalf of the town, the Conservation Fund of North Carolina completed the acquisition of the 30-acre undeveloped tract located behind the town government complex on Oct. 31. The Conservation Fund will formally convey the property to the town in spring 2018, after more than $2.5 million of federal and state grant funds are released to the town.

In the meantime, the town has the right to fully utilize the land, which will be known as McLean-Spell Park. Town staff are currently working with Eagle Scout volunteers to construct nature trails through the property and add limited signage. The town hopes to open the new nature trails in McLean-Spell Park in spring 2018. Additional park planning and development will occur in future years, and will likely be heavily dependent on grant funding opportunities.

Golf Cart Safety Classes Offered contemplated as far back as 2005.

Since 2001, the town has contracted with the separate, nonprofit Emerald Isle EMS, Inc. for emergency medical services. The current contract expires on March 1. In 2001, Emerald Isle EMS, Inc. operated completely with volunteer staff, had no paid employees, and received a $5,000 contribution from the town. The organization now operates with a fully-paid staff (7 full-time employees and 17 part-time employees) and a total budget of nearly $600,000 of public funds annually. The squad operates out of a town-owned EMS station utilizing ambulances and other equipment purchased with public funds, and the town already provides financial administration and payroll services for the separate, nonprofit corporation.

All existing EMS employees have been offered employment with the Town of Emerald Isle, and we look forward to bringing these quality individuals into the town organization. The town is currently recruiting for the town EMS chief position, and the recruitment advertisement can be viewed at www.emeraldislenc.org/employment.

The Emerald Isle Police Dept. will be offering several new golf cart safety classes later this year and in early 2018 to better educate golf cart operators about safe use and the town’s regulations. The new golf cart safety classes are scheduled for a variety of days and times, and will be held in the town board meeting room: Saturday, Jan. 13 @10 am, Friday, Jan. 19 @ 6 pm, Friday, Feb. 2 @ 6 pm, and Saturday, Feb. 3 @10 am.

Attendance at one of these golf cart safety classes will entitle the attendee to a $25 discount on the annual golf cart registration fee for the following year. This discount will essentially negate a recently approved $25 increase in the annual golf cart registration fee, from $75 annually to a new fee of $100 annually, effective for 2018 registrations. Those who attend one of these golf cart safety classes will incur a $75 registration fee, while those who do not will be responsible for the new $100 fee.

New Update to the Emerald Isle App Released

The town is fortunate to have a dedicated group of volunteers in the Emerald Isle Sea Turtle Protection Program, and Mayor Barber and the Board of Commissioners formally recognized the group at the November town meeting. The many volunteers in this program work diligently each summer to identify, monitor and protect sea turtle nests along Emerald Isle’s 12+ miles of ocean beaches. Their significant efforts result in environmental protection benefits, enhance community cohesiveness, add to the overall desirability of Emerald Isle as a tourism and retirement destination, and bring many smiles to those involved in the program and those fortunate to observe the hatching of a sea turtle nest. For more information about the program, please visit www.emeraldisle-nc.org/sea-turtle-program.

The town recently released a new update to the Emerald Isle app that is designed to be more user-friendly and more customizable in the future. To download the app, please visit The App Store or Google Play!

The Emerald Isle App is just one of many ways to stay informed about the town’s activities and initiatives. Others include the town’s website (www.emeraldisle-nc.org), email newsletter (www.emeraldisle-nc.org/email-text-notifications ), Facebook page (Town of Emerald Isle, NC), Twitter feed (@townemeraldisle) and text message alerts (text keyword EMERALD to 797979).

Separate Recyclables from Household Trash

The town invests significant resources in our curbside recycling program, and each year Emerald Isle’s residents and visitors recycle approximately 800 tons of waste!

In Emerald Isle, recycling is collected every Wednesday in the entire town, all year long. PLEASE make sure that recycling containers include only clean recyclable items and that household trash is not mixed in with recyclable items.

The facilities that process the town’s recyclables may reject the town’s materials if they are mixed with household trash, so please do your part to make sure recyclables are separated from household trash. For a summary of the town’s trash and recycling program, please visit www.emeraldisle-nc.org/ garbage-recycling-2.

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Sea Turtle Protection Program Recognized

Town of Emerald Isle Holiday Schedule

Town offices and the Community Center will be closed on Monday, Jan. 1 in observance of New Year’s Day. Trash WILL be collected on Monday, Jan. 1. The regular collection schedule will be in effect otherwise. Happy New Year!

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Lt. Joshua Branthoover of Coast Guard Station Fort Macon displays the new historic plaque that will be installed at Bayview Cemetery. He is joined by Bob Guthrie of the Morehead City Historic Preservation Society.

British Seamen from WW II Rest in Peace in Morehead City Each year around Veterans Day, the Morehead City Historical Preservation Society and Chapter 639 of the Military Order of the Purple Heart co-sponsor a “Day of Remembrance Service” in Morehead City’s Bayview Cemetery to honor the three British sailors from the San Delfino who were killed during World War II and are buried in the local cemetery.

During the 2017 memorial service it was reaffirmed that the “unknown sailor” is no longer unknown. That seaman is “almost absolutely” certain to be James Robinson Watt, according to historical society volunteer Herb Stanford.

Essentially, this clears up a 75-year mystery about the identity of the man buried in the middle of the three-grave grouping in the small “British section” of Bayview Cemetery. James Robinson Watt, 25, held the rank of Able Seaman. His hometown was South Leith, Scotland.

The San Delfino, a British tanker, was loaded with 11,000 tons of aviation fuel, headed from Houston to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The vessel was attacked on April 9, 1942, by the German submarine U-203 off Hatteras Island.

As the British ship was sinking, 22 crew members were rescued by the trawler, Norwich City, and delivered safely to Morehead City.

Sadly, 28 others from the San Delfino died at sea.

Within the next few days, two bodies from the San Delfino washed ashore on Core Banks, and they were taken to the morgue in Morehead City and identified as Sailor John Latto Fisher, 25, of Edinburgh, Scotland, and Artillery Gunner Maldwyn Jones, 21, of 28

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Locals rallied to ensure these men received a decent burial, and a service was held in Bayview Cemetery April 17, 1942.

Arrangements were by the Bell & James Funeral Home in Morehead City. One of the co-owners was Alphonso Hamilton James, who also served as the county coroner.

In early May, a third body washed up. Stanford said that James “useda common technique at the time – removing the skin from the fingertips, rehydrating it, and using United Kingdom fingerprint records to positively identify James Robinson Watt.”

Stanford said the body was interred at Bayview Cemetery on May 5, 1942, positioned between his comrades.

“However, in the years following World War II, as James changed careers from undertaker to county clerk of court in 1948, the paperwork that identified Watt was lost.

In 1958, two gravestones were provided by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Initially, there was no marker at all for the middle grave. A Morehead City middle schooler helped change that … 40 years later. (See sidebar.)

Fisher’s marker is etched, “Till memory fades and life departs, he will live forever in our hearts.” Jones’ marker is inscribed with the Latin motto “Ubique Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt” – Everywhere That Right and Glory Lead. The Latin word “fas” implies “sacred duty.

The US anti-submarine patrols had received a much-need boost to counter-attack the German U-boats with the arrival of nearly two

dozen Royal Navy vessels from Great Britain in April and May of 1942 to shore up defenses along the Outer Banks region of North Carolina.

One of those British ships was the HMS Bedfordshire, a trawling vessel, which had been converted to wartime service. She was stationed at Morehead City.

While on patrol off Cape Lookout on May 12, 1942, the Bedfordshire encountered U-558.

A torpedo fired by U-558 hit the mark and all 37 hands aboard the Bedfordshire perished at sea.

Four bodies from the Bedfordshire washed ashore near Ocracoke. Citizens of Ocracoke buried the sailors next to the village cemetery. Two of the deceased were identified. They were Sub-Lt. Thomas Cunningham and 2nd Class Telegraphist Stanley Craig. The other two bodies were buried as unknown sailors.

Carteret County people were stunned to hear about the sinking of the Bedfordshire. As a young officer, Cunningham had become quite well-known around Morehead City. First Citizens Bank teller Anne Gillikin Gibbs had seen Cunningham in town and spoke to him only days before the attack on the Bedfordshire, recalled Morehead City historian Rodney Kemp.

Additionally, Aycock Brown, a former editor of The Beaufort News, had just recently been Cunningham’s guest aboard the ship while it was docked in Morehead City. A reliable source said Cunningham and Brown had shared a tumbler or two of British rum.

Brown collected a bundle of six Union Jack flags for use at Bayview Cemetery in Morehead City for the April 30, 1942, memorial service and burial of the San Delfino seamen.

Kemp noted that an irony of war is: one of the Union Jack flags that Brown received from the Cunningham was used at Cunningham’s burial in Ocracoke.

A third burying ground for two other British sailors lost in World War II is in Buxton on Hatteras Island. The three North Carolina sites – Morehead City, Ocracoke and Buxton – today stand as landmarks to honor British allies who lost the lives while defeating the Axis military machine.

If the Florsheim shoe fits, wear it!

James T. Cheatham’s book about World War II, “The Atlantic Turkey Shoot,” includes some local color, including an interview with James Paul Tyndall, who was the Principal of Harkers Island School during the early 1940s. (Tyndall advanced to become a school superintendent and later served in the NC General Assembly as a member of the House of Representatives from 1983-88.)

One day during the war years, Principal Tyndall “noticed that many of the Harkers Island boys in school who usually came barefooted were wearing new Florsheim shoes,” Cheatham wrote. “Investigation revealed the shoes had washed up from a merchant ship that was sunk by a U-boat. Fishermen had quickly commandeered the shoes, and their children wore them proudly.”

Florsheim & Co. was a respected company that was founded in Chicago in 1892 by Milton Florsheim. The company was known for its “high-quality workmanship and strong distribution network,” which made Florsheim shoes readily available to consumers in hundreds of small towns and villages across the nation.

Florsheim had linked up with Robert Pershing Wadlow of Alton, Ill., who was born in 1918 and grew to become the tallest human who ever lived, standing 8-foot-11. He wore a size 37 shoe, which Florsheim proudly manufactured and donated, in exchange for Wadlow’s “celebrity endorsement.”

Wadlow’s size began to take its toll, however, requiring him to wear leg braces in order to walk. On July 4, 1940, during a professional appearance at the Manistee National Forest in Michigan, an ill-fitting and faulty brace irritated his ankle, causing a blister and subsequent infection. Doctors treated him with a blood transfusion and emergency surgery, but his condition worsened due to an autoimmune disorder. Wadlow died 11 days later at age 22.

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Perseverance Yields Benefits When Nathaniel Harris began research in 1997 about what it was like to be living in Carteret County during the World War II years, he was a student at Morehead City Middle School.

Nathaniel was gathering information for an essay contest sponsored by the Carteret County Historical Society. He planned to include what he already knew about two British seamen who had died at sea and were buried in Morehead City’s Bayview Cemetery. They were on the crew of a British tanker that was sunk by a torpedo fired by a German U-boat in April 1942.

Researching the death certificates from that period, Nathaniel discovered that a third sailor was also buried in the cemetery.

There were but two grave markers, however. Why was that?

It took a while to get an answer from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, based in London, England. It became a bit of a “family project” for Nathaniel and his parents, Marsha and Chuck Harris. Floyd “Dwight” Lucas, the Town of Morehead City’s Buildings and Grounds supervisor, responsible for overseeing cemetery operations, was also involved.

In 1958, the Commission authorized installation of markers for John Latto Fisher and Maldwyn Jones, because their bodies had been positively identified. Nathaniel questioned why there was no marker for James Robinson Watt, the third British sailor buried in Bayview Cemetery.

The coroner’s paperwork identifying Watt was lost or destroyed after World War II, and the Commission would not certify that the body was “positively identified” based on “insufficient evidence.”

Marsha Harris pressed forward on behalf of her son. She sent letters of inquiry to the War Graves Commission in 1998 and 1999. Bradley Hall, Deputy Secretary-General of the Commission’s Canadian Agency, based in Ottawa, Ontario, responded March 31, 1999. He merely acknowledged that the “third Bayview burial may possibly be Watt” or any of the 23 other men who died when the San Delfino sunk.

Carol Gambles of the Canadian agency office wrote to Marsha Harris on Dec. 19, 2000, to share some good news. The Commission had agreed to mark the grave site as “A Sailor of the 1939-1945 War – Known Unto God.” Gambles wrote, “Arrangements for the manufacture of the headstone will now be processed into our works programme and duly erected.”

And, so it was duly erected on Aug. 16, 2001. The honored guest at the dedication ceremony was West Carteret High School senior Nathaniel Harris. At the time, he told news media reporters: “It’s a feeling of completion, it’s good to feel like I’ve really accomplished something. This was more than research.

There was a good purpose, a reason, and it had good results.”

He went on to graduate from NC State University, earning three bachelor’s degrees, in chemistry, philosophy and political science. At Duke University, he earned both master’s and doctorate degrees in political science. Nathaniel is currently a fourth-year medical student at Duke. His specialty is internal medicine with a focus on rheumatology.

He is married to the former Stacy Laughton, also a graduate of West Carteret and NC State. She is pursuing her doctorate in physical therapy at UNC Chapel Hill. The couple lives in Durham.

A new marble marker on the three British grave sites is in the works, compliments of the Morehead City Historical Preservation Society. The inscription will be: “Here rests, in Honored Glory, Three Sailors of their King, Laid in American Soil, Hallowed by British Blood.”

Let’s invite Nathaniel Harris and family back to celebrate that day.

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Radio, Radio

Radio in Carteret County Observes 70-year Milestone Commercial radio came to Carteret County in 1947, more than 70 years ago, with the launch of radio station WMBL (740 AM). The call letters stood for “Where Morehead and Beaufort Link” – on Radio Island.

Special thanks to Walt Zaenker, a regular contributor of “History Stories” to The Shoreline, a monthly newspaper serving the Pine Knoll Shores community, for sharing his findings about the development of Radio Island.

Radio was invented by an Italian, Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, in 1874. He shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun “in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy.”

The first commercial radio station in the United States was KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pa. Its first broadcast aired in 1920. North Carolina’s first radio station was WBT in Charlotte, which signed on in 1922.

Initially, Radio Island was called Inlet Island, according to Zaenker.

For your Carteret County scavenger hunt, find the flag for “Radio Island WMBL” at Snug Harbor Cottages on Radio Island.

The island was created with dredged materials when the Port of Morehead City known as “C.J. the DJ.” was being established in the late 1930s.

“Boy, that brings back some memories,” R.F. Guy added. “A “After World War II, the island was sold to private investors lot of good people worked for both WMBL and WBMA…” in 1947 … operating as Carteret Broadcasting Company,” WMBL got an FM signal in 1972, and it morphed into WRHT, Zaenker said. The owners constructed a 280-foot broadcast Thunder Country 96.3 FM. tower on the site and WMBL began broadcasting in July 1947 Fred and Joyce McCune bought WBMA in Beaufort in 1982, with a 1000-watt transmitter. and renamed the AM station WBTB (“We’re by the Beach.”)

The first president of the new company was Grover “Slappy” from Wisconsin commented online that his first radio Cleveland Munden of Morehead City. Paul Parker was job was at WBTB, where he enjoyed working with folks like Paul recruited to come down from New Bern to serve as managing Franklin, Casey Ritter, Thomas Bass, Ben Ball, Bruce Naegelen, director, according to a report in the May 19, 1947, issue of Julie Naegelen and Doug Ulrich.

Broadcasting magazine.

The McCunes and Ben Ball launched the FM station, Z-103 Listeners tuned in immediately. On the radio, Grover Munden (WZYC) in 1983. Fred McCune said it had been “a dream to was known as “Uncle Zeke,” and Ray Cummins was “Uncle build a seriously good rock station since 1975,” an idea that Ray.” Bobbie Dennis was the afternoon disc jockey (DJ), and formed when he and Ball were in college radio together” at the “she was bold enough to play records by The Drifters, Clyde College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. (This station McPhatter and Big Joe Turner,” according to Darrel Sadler, who eventually became V103.3.) commented on a blog known as Endless Summer Network.

Both of the early Morehead City and Beaufort AM stations Over time, Inlet Island came to be known as Radio Island. went silent many moons ago, but Carteret County continues Transistor radios hit the market in a big way in 1954, ushering to have a local radio presence with WTKF (107.1 FM) and in “the consumer electronics age.” Shortly thereafter, a second WJNC (1240 AM), both owned and operated by Atlantic Ridge radio station opened up shop in Carteret County. WBMA (1400 Telecasters, a “descendant” of WBTB. AM) began operations in Beaufort in February 1955, with Ray WTKF, based in Morehead City, was North Carolina’s first alland Hilda Cummins running the show. (WBMA may have stood talk FM radio station, adopting that format in 1992, becoming for “We’re Better than Morehead Already.”) known simply as “The Talk Station.”

“R.F. Guy” commented online that “he worked at WMBL Its featured on-air personality is Ben Ball, host of the popular during the day and hung out at WBMA at night.” Julius Adair morning show, known as “Coastal Daybreak.” He’s also the was there, too, adding: “The radio station was a place where station’s general manager, makes the coffee, sweeps up and is the local girls would drop by if they didn’t have dates. A lot of the voice-over talent on several advertising messages. (Some dates were arranged at WBMA. My thanks to Uncle Ray and things from Ball’s early years at WBTB will never change.)

Hilda for years of good beach music.”

On Sundays, you can hear his “radio voice” emanating from Early DJs included women Mel Sheppard and Sandy Pate, the pulpit as pastor of Broad Creek United Methodist Church, according to Adair. His fondest memories are WBMA’s Saturday located on Highway 24. night broadcasts from the rooftop at Dom L’s Drive In on the Mike Wagoner Atlantic Beach circle, in the late 1950s and early ‘60s. The program was “Night Train Show,” hosted by Cary John Kirk, ISLAND REVIEW • January 2018

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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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Carteret County Democratic Party, 2nd Saturday, 8am, Golden Corral, Morehead City, all Democrats invited to attend, 726-8276, carteretdemocrats.org.

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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

New Class-STRONG by Zumba on Tuesdays @ 4:15 PM, $5 non-member; $1 members. A high intensity interval training class using traditional fitness moves for an athletic conditioning style workout. You use your own body weight as resistance to achieve muscle definition. Music is key in this class.

Mon. 1: New Year’s Day - Community Center is closed.

Fri. 12: Friday Free Flick. 7pm. Movie is “Boss Baby” Tue. 16: PEP Program. 10am. PEP program, or Police Educating the Public, is a series of one-hour classes presented on the third Tuesday of every month in the town board meeting room to increase public awareness, and provide education and tips on how you can prevent yourself from becoming vulnerable to these issues.

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at the AQUARIUM Now Open New Year’s Day

Holiday Camp

Should auld acquaintance be forgot? Not this year. You can now visit river otters Pungo, Neuse and Eno, the white sea turtle, Nimbus, and all your other favorite animals on New Year’s Day. The aquarium is open normal operating hours – 9am to 5pm, Jan. 1, with the usual schedule of free programs and activities.

Our winter camp turns the January school holiday into a learning adventure. Sea Turtle Camp on Jan. 15 is geared toward grades four through six, and features behind-thescenes action, crafts and animal encounters groups.

The camp will meet 8:30am to 2:30pm and requires advance registration and fees.

Space is limited so register soon.

Free Admission and Food Drive More on auld lang syne – we’ll take a cup of kindness yet.

The aquarium offers free admission for all visitors and conducts a food drive on the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, Jan. 15.

Visitors are encouraged to bring non-perishable edibles to help the local food pantry, Martha’s Mission Cupboard, restock the shelves after the holiday rush. Aquarium staff will collect and deliver the food. Cereal, peanut butter, powdered milk, canned fruit and vegetables, dried beans, rice, saltines and other staples top the list of needed items.

Donations are not required for free admission. The aquarium is open as usual 9am to 5pm and dive programs, animal presentations and animal feedings happen throughout the day on the regular schedule.

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presentations by experienced anglers on many aspects of the sport, including topics such as inshore fishing for striper, drum, trout, mackerel and flounder, fly fishing, and offshore fishing.

Additional demonstrations will feature fly-tying or instructions on helpful knots.

The school offers an opportunity to gather a lot of information in one day at one place. The action-packed event includes participation in up to six sessions of instruction, a catered lunch, giveaways and drawings for some great fishing gear.

Agencies and businesses of interest to fishermen and boaters will be on hand.

Get Hooked is from 8am to 4:30pm, and all sessions are at the aquarium. Advance registration is required and space is limited. The fee is $60 per person; $54 for aquarium members.

See the website for more information or to sign up online.

Registration also is accepted by phone and at visitor services at the Aquarium. Get Hooked is sponsored by the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament.

● Dive programs, animal feedings and creature connections continue twice daily throughout the spring. The popular river otters are featured in the morning feeding program on Saturdays and Sundays. ● Behind-the-scenes tours are available six days a week for a small fee in addition to admission. Choose between three different tours including At a Glance, Close Encounters and Shark Snack. Visit food preparation areas, animal holding areas, and get an overhead view of the Living Shipwreck exhibit, our largest exhibit at the aquarium. ● The aquarium has activities and badge programs specifically designed for both Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts in mind. Join instructors on adventures that foster creative exploration and scientific theory. Minimum number of participants required is 10 and the maximum number of participants is 25. Visit the website for programs and pricing.

Winter Warm-ups

We have a secret. There is something really, really big coming to the aquarium this summer, and we are so super excited that we wanted to give you some hints. Some are 40 feet long. Some can be found in water. Some stand 30 feet tall.

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Come on in, the water’s fine. The aquarium always offers possibilities to brighten any winter day. Think tropical and visit the Ocean Gallery exhibits that feature angelfish and other colorful beauties. More highlights: ● Toddler Time doubles the fun. Two time slots are available on Wednesdays, 9:30am and 10:30am, with lots for tots and parents to do together – crafts, games, stories, puppets, music and animal encounters. No registration is required, but get here early as the event fills up quickly.

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

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Zip Zip Hooray

Zipper Celebrates 100th Year

Happy 100-year anniversary in 2017 to the patented “separable fastener,” an invention that is today known as the zipper. As a story, it’s an American entrepreneurial classic. Read on.

The tale begins in 1851, when an “automatic, continuous clothing closure” was patented by Elias Howe of Spencer, Mass.

Historians say Howe never pursued development of his zipper, probably because he was “preoccupied with the sewing machine that he had patented in 1846.” (Howe had sued Isaac Singer for patent infringement, and Howe prevailed in an 1854 court ruling.)

Along came Whitcomb L. Judson of Chicago in 1893 to patent a “clasp locker” or “shoe slide fastener.” He and Lewis Walker formed the Universal Fastener Company in 1894 to manufacture the new device.

One of the company employees, Otto Frederick Gideon Sundback, a native of Sweden, perfected the interlocking teeth design, and he received a patent for the “hookless fastener” in 1913. After more tinkering, he increased the number of fastening elements from four per inch to 10, and the “separable fastener” was perfected, and patented, in 1917.

Sundback also invented a fastener-making machine; it was capable of producing a few hundred feet of fasteners per day. One of the company’s first customers was the US Army, which installed the fasteners in the clothing and gear of the troops in World War I. Walker eventually relocated Universal Fastener Company to Meadville, Pa., a small city in the northwest corner of the state below Lake Erie, to capitalize on a favorable labor market and the “advantages of pure air and water, good schools and wholesome influences.” The company became the Hookless Fastener Company and was cranking out more than 1,000 fasteners per day.

In 1925, when the B.F. Goodrich Company decided to market galoshes with Sundback’s fasteners, the product became popular.

No more fumbling with metal buckles; these new rubber boots could be fastened with a single zip. A company executive slid the fastener up and down on the boot and exclaimed, “Zip ‘er up,” echoing the sound made by the device … and the fasteners came to be called “zippers.”

“Zipper” was registered in 1925 as a B.F. Goodrich trademark for boots/overshoes. As the fastener that “zipped” came to be used in other articles, its name was used as well. B.F. Goodrich sued to protect its trademark but was allowed to retain proprietary rights only over Zipper boots.

The word “zipper” had moved into the world of generic and common nouns, but the apparel industry was slow to ‘zipperize.’

Children’s clothing came first in the 1930s, because zippers would “simplify,” enabling children to dress themselves zip-zip.

A breakthrough occurred in women’s fashion in 1935. Among the first clothing designers to use the device was Italy’s acclaimed Elsa Schiaperelli. Her spring collection made extensive use of zippers, helping her achieve “sleek, trim lines” in her stylish garments.

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The “battle of the fly” occurred in 1937, when the zipper beat the button in a race of men’s fingers. French fashion designers applauded the use of zippers in men’s trousers, and Esquire magazine declared the zipper the “newest tailoring idea for men’s wear.”

From that point forward, the zipper became a mainstay in the world of fashion and a workhorse within the apparel industry.

In 1937, the Hookless Fastener Company took the name of Talon, Inc., to symbolize the strength of the talons of birds of prey to grip and not let go. Talon zippers were tough and would stay zipped.

The word “Talon” was sufficiently short to be printed on the zipper tab.

By 1960, the Talon name was on 70% of all zippers being manufactured, and Talon’s Meadville factories were running around the clock to meet demand, employing 5,000 workers. Zipper making became the “economic heart and soul of Meadville,” wrote Robert Friedel, author of “Zipper: An Exploration of Novelty” (published in 1994).

But the world was starting to change. America was slowly but surely losing its textile and apparel industry to manufacturers overseas, and a Japanese zipper maker known as YKK was making great inroads. By the time Textron acquired Talon in 1968, the tide had turned and Talon was sinking fast, shedding jobs in Meadville throughout the next two decades. Talon was gone by 1993.

The Talon name was eventually acquired in 1997 by Tag-It Pacific, based in Woodland Hills, Calif. That company rebranded itself in 2007, becoming Talon International, Inc. Production has been shifted to Asia “in an attempt to restore the company’s fortunes,” wrote Mary Bellis of ThoughtCompany.com.

Tadao Yoshida of Tokyo, Japan, founded YKK (Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha) in 1934, to get a share of the zipper market.

Today, YKK is believed to have about 90% market share.

As governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter successfully recruited YKK to open its first US manufacturing plant in the Peach State.

Linda S. Morris of The (Macon) Telegraph recalled that when the factory was opened in 1974 in Macon, dignitaries unzipped a large zipper rather than cut a ribbon.

Morris reported that it’s great to have the blue jean zipper business, but YKK also makes silent zippers used by soldiers on the battlefield, fire-retardant zippers used by firemen, and air-tight and water-tight zippers that go “to outer space and to the bottom of the ocean.” Lee Smith, a YKK vice president, responded: “We teach our employees that someone’s life is going to depend on our zipper.”

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January Lessons Janus, the Roman god for whom the month of January is named, is the god of transitions, usually depicted facing backwards gazing at the old year while also facing forward into the new year. Likewise, there is an important lesson for the most successful vacation rental managers and vacation rental homeowners as we transition from 2017 to 2018. We too must remember what has made us successful in previous years while embracing the future of coastal North Carolina tourism. Every beach vacation becomes a beloved story that blends warm family traditions with brilliant new experiences. Our challenge is to maintain the delicate balance between these expectations of our 2018 vacation rental guests.

January is the ideal month for you to come for an extended stay in your island home to assess every aspect of your rental property. With winter’s sunshine streaming into your beach home, this is the time to be objective about the need for replacing worn flooring, examining window treatments and bedspreads, and discerning the need to repaint scuffed walls. What makes your investment beach home thrive in the highly competitive market for coastal vacation properties is to maintain all your furnishings with an eye towards a continuous standard of excellence. The beach vacation expectations that must be respected are to provide an extraordinarily attractive and comfortable island home with a spacious dining room table, a well stocked kitchen for preparing large family meals and outdoor living spaces that are well furnished to enjoy gathering in the sunshine and salt air. For our rental guests who book the same property year after year, they love arriving to “their” beach home and they expect you

to maintain it so it is the same lovely home with which they first fell in love – whether it was just a few years ago or a few decades ago.

Facing forward into the future, this same family who dearly loves your beach home is no longer willing to “unplug” while on vacation. Millennials, their parents and their offspring are pretty demanding that their coastal vacation home must have the highest speed internet connection for all their smart phones so they can maintain their social media profile by sharing Instagram photos and Facebook messages. Televisions should also be the most innovative products available, especially in your vacation home’s living room or media room. A quick search on Best Buy’s homepage for television products offers to help you choose your “TV soul mate” preferably larger than 46”, and a 4K Smart TV with HDR! Research on the demographic that has recently discovered the charm of our local beaches is that across all age spectrums they are more likely to be fit, enthusiastic about water sport activities and are self-proclaimed foodies. Carteret County is well positioned to become the beach destination of choice for these folks and all we have to do as vacation rental homeowner and property manager is to meet their other stated goals for beautiful and hassle free accommodations and an efficient and personable booking and check-in experience.

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People Make the Difference Over the past couple of months, I’ve been writing in these pages about placemaking. Placemaking is an approach to the design and management of public spaces – be they a building, a park or an entire town – that strives to create great places for people to come together as a community. Placemaking can be a bit of an abstract concept to put into works, but a great place is easy to identify when you are in it. In other words, you know a great place when you see it. Whether it is a cozy book store that makes you want to sit down and read for hours or an historic town square where people naturally congregate, great places are places where it just feels good to spend time.

In a recent Island Review’s I listed five elements that I think are important to placemaking. Great places, I suggested, are attractive and shave some visual continuity. Great places are built for people, not for cars. Great places are meeting places and have unique local businesses. And, I also wrote that great places have public art. I still believe that all of these things are important, but after spending Thanksgiving in Havana, Cuba, I realized that I omitted the most important element in making great places. And, this missing element is something we have in droves in Atlantic Beach.

My girlfriend, Jenny, and I travelled to Havana over Thanksgiving under a general license from the US Treasury Department for the purpose of aiding the Cuban people. I love Latin Jazz and classic American cars, so Havana has been on my “to go” list for a long time.

It was a great trip and I highly recommend Cuba as a destination – the Treasury Department’s regulations are relatively easy to comply with and there are plenty of flights connecting through Charlotte or Atlanta that make it an easy trip from North Carolina.

Havana remains a great “place” despite the effects of the Castro brothers’ political regime. Havana is a nearly 500-year-old colonial city on a tropical island in the Caribbean. That’s a pretty good opening hand in the game of placemaking. But, the decades after the last Cuban revolution and the Castro regime were not kind to Havana, the city fell into a state of disrepair. Things are slowly coming around now—both large public buildings and private homes and businesses are being renovated and revitalized, but Havana remains a dusty, dilapidated place. Thanks to the power of good architecture to shine through decades of neglect, Havana maintains a kind of shabby chic charm.

The most powerful memory I have of Havana had nothing to do with buildings or cars. What made the biggest impression wasn’t in a bottle of Cuban rum or a box of the world’s best cigars. What made Havana a great place for me were the people that lived there.

The Cuban people were warm and welcoming. They were genuinely glad that we were visiting. They were great hosts and guides. They were great story tellers and liked to have a good time.

They reminded me of home.

I still believe that architecture, art and all the things listed above are important for making great places. But, in Havana I realized that the most important parts of a place are the people in it. In Atlantic Beach, as in Havana, we have some older buildings and other things that need to be addressed. But, in Atlantic Beach, we also have the most important aspect of great places – an amazing group of yearround and seasonal residents. This group of warm and welcoming people give our beach the one thing that is absolutely necessary for a place to be a great place – a soul.

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The 2017 Hurricane Season Review A “record breaking season” might best describe the 2017 hurricane season, which officially runs annually for a 6-month window opening on June 1 and sun-setting on Nov. 30.

Forecasters were predicting a “near normal” hurricane season for 2017 based predominantly on possible El Niño conditions, and anticipated warming of tropical Atlantic waters (i.e., fuel for cyclones) relative to the seasonal norm during the peak of the hurricane season. Granted there was stated uncertainty of El Niño conditions ever forming. As a quick primer or reminder if you will; El Niño is actually a component of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) occurring in the Pacific Ocean basin. ENSO “warm phase” or El Niño conditions generally produces atmospheric conditions suppressing the formation of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic. Conversely the “cool phase” of ENSO, or La Niña tends to produce atmospheric conditions more favorable for tropical cyclone development. And lastly as you might expect, “ENSO Neutral” conditions are somewhere in between.

Rather than El Niño conditions developing as originally forecasted, tropical cyclone conducive La Niña conditions took

command instead this summer. When coupled with well aboveaverage sea surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic, the results included epic rains (max. over 60”) and flooding in the Houston metropolitan area via hurricane Harvey and pure devastation to Caribbean and Atlantic Islands in the wake of hurricanes Irma and Maria. Irma also made landfall in the Florida Keys as a Category 4 hurricane before traveling almost due north up the entire Florida peninsula. The 2017 hurricane season was also the first season on record to have two Category 4 hurricanes (Harvey and Irma) make continental U.S. landfall in the same year. September 2017 alone broke Atlantic calendar month records for named storm days (53.5), hurricane days (40.25), and major hurricane days (18). The US hurricane damage estimate is $206.6 Billion, which is now the highest on record.

Somewhat amazingly, the mid-Atlantic and northeast states did not experience any tropical cyclone landfalls and were only minimally impacted by wind, rain, surge, waves, etc. (Fig. 1).

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Table 1: Summary comparing publicly available pre-season predictions for the 2017 Hurricane Season with actual results and average activity.

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2017 “Preseason” Forecasts Undershot the Mark There are a spate of hurricane preseason predictions available each year but we usually focus on those that make not just their prediction public, but verify their prediction skill in the public arena as well. This short list therefore includes; (1) the Tropical Meteorology Project at Colorado State University, (2) the University College London, UK for Tropical Storm Risk, and (3) our federal voice for climatology/meteorology matters, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). We then take these groups’ last prediction just before or near the start of hurricane season on June 1 and compare the predictions to the actual results at the end of the season (Nov. 30).

The forecasters were off the mark this year to be honest, and drastically underestimated tropical cyclone activity. As the accompanying prediction summary chart indicates (Table 1), the average prediction included 14 total cyclones (the actual was 17), six of which were predicted to generate into hurricanes (the

actual was 10), with three of these becoming major hurricanes (the actual was six). This means seven tropical storms were predicted and the actual number was indeed 7.

However, the most glaring discrepancy between the preseason forecasts and actual activity is for perhaps the most important metric provided in Table 1 – the Accumulated Cyclone Energy Index (ACE Index). The ACE Index is simply a measurement taking a storm’s wind speed strength for each 6-hour period of its existence into account. The larger the ACE Index value, the more active the season. The ACE Index is actually one of the more revealing parameters we can use and serves as a better indicator of whether or not a hurricane season is truly “active” or not. The longer duration and/or more intense each cyclone (tropical storm or hurricane); the more contribution to the ACE Index Value – and vice versa. The average forecasted ACE Index for 2017 was 100 – the actual was 223! That’s more than double the historical 1981-2010 average.

The ACE Index Value for 2017 was significantly more than

Table 2: ACE Index summary chart (2003-2017).

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forecasted, and can also be utilized to determine that we had a “hyperactive” season. “Below normal” is <68, “near normal” is 68 to 106, “above normal” ranges from 106 to 168, and “hyperactive” is >168). Below (Table 2) is a summary of the past 15 years with respect to the ACE Index – again, it’s a great barometer (no pun intended) of tropical cyclone activity.

The 2017 ACE Index Value was also historical in several respects. For one, it was the seventh highest value ever recorded for a season and was bolstered by the month of September, which had the highest ACE Index Value contribution ever for a single month – 175. That’s higher than any of the ACE Index Values recorded for an entire season since 2005. Also, hurricanes Irma, Jose’, and Maria contributed more than 40 to the ACE Index Value a piece – that’s the first time on record that three tropical cyclones each produced >40 ACE Index points in a single season.

As implied earlier, the perceived activity level for a hurricane season is sometimes all about location, location, location. That can be a cause for complacency and reason to be not as prepared as we should. This year is a perfect example - despite all the records that fell this year for hurricane activity; the midAtlantic and northeast states will probably look back at 2017 as a benign year. Unfortunately and as suggested before, it only takes one cyclone to make or break a hurricane season, with 1992 being a perfect example – just seven named cyclones, four of which were hurricanes, with one of those classified as major, and an ACE Index Value of 75. Sounds like a very quiet year, except the one major hurricane was Andrew, which struck Florida and was the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history until Katrina in 2005. So as always - be prepared and be safe.

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BAROMETER Visitor Spending Rises The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina announced in 2017 that 97 of the state’s 100 counties saw increases in visitor spending in 2016. Visitor spending topped $5 billion in Mecklenburg, $2 billion in Wake and $1 billion in Guilford, Dare and Buncombe counties. Rounding out the top 10 counties for visitor spending were Forsyth ($846 million), Durham ($775 million), New Hanover ($554 million), Brunswick ($544 million) and Cumberland ($525 million).

Domestic visitors spent a record $22.9 billion statewide in 2016, an increase of 4.4 percent from the previous year. State tax receipts as a result of visitor spending neared $1.2 billion in 2016, and local tax revenues directly resulting from visitor spending totaled more than $693 million. Visitor expenditures directly supported 219,094 jobs and generated nearly $5.6 billion in payroll income across North Carolina.

“Tourism serves as a specialized economic development engine that fuels North Carolina’s economy,” said Tammy O’Kelley, chair of the NC Travel & Tourism Board and executive director of Randolph County Tourism Development Authority. “A positive tourism economy is critical to our state’s overall economic health, and is made possible by our dedicated tourism partners who work hard every day to make sure that from the mountains, to the Piedmont and the coast, North Carolina remains a destination of choice for travelers from across the globe.”

“From the mountains to the coast, North Carolina is an exceptionally beautiful state loved by residents and visitors,” said Wit Tuttell, executive director of Visit North Carolina, which is part of the Economic Development Partnership. “North Carolina’s position as the sixth most-visited state in the nation with more than 48 million visitors in 2016 reinforces its status as a premier tourism destination.”

The visitor spending figures come from an annual study commissioned by Visit North Carolina and conducted by the U.S. Travel Association. The study uses sales and tax revenue data, employment figures and other industry and economic data to determine the overall impact of visitor spending in North Carolina.

Highlights include: • Mecklenburg County received $5.2 billion in domestic travelers’ expenditures to lead all of North Carolina’s 100 counties. Wake County ranked second with $2.2 billion, followed by Guilford County with $1.3 billion, Dare with $1.1 billion and Buncombe with $1.1 billion in visitor spending.

• The largest percent increases in visitor spending were seen in Cherokee (13.4 percent), Watauga (7.3 percent), Jackson (7.0 percent), Buncombe (6.9 percent) and Brunswick (6.8 percent) counties. Durham and Haywood counties followed with a 6.6 percent increase each. Rounding out the top 10 in largest increases were Transylvania (6.5 percent), Henderson (6.5 percent and Ashe (6.4 percent).

• Positive spending growth was seen throughout the state’s economic development regions. The Western (6.6 percent) and Northwest (5.3 percent) regions experienced the strongest growth, yet all eight regions had spending growth of 3 percent or more from 2015 to 2016.

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health & wellness Want Healthier Kids? Get a Pet If youngsters have been eyeing fuzzy kittens or boisterous puppies at nearby shelters or pet stores, parents may want to give in to those cries for a family pet. Pets are added responsibilities, but the health benefits associated with pet ownership may be well worth the investment of time and effort.

Caring for a pet is sometimes viewed as a childhood rite of passage, but there’s much more to the experience than just learning responsibility. Experts say a child’s emotional, cognitive, physical, and social development can be enhanced through interaction with a family pet. Studies continue, but the effects of family pets on children was heavily researched by developmental psychologist Gail F. Melson in 2003. Melson looked at literature on child-animal relationships and found that children who had pets were better able to understand biology and children who could turn to pets for unconditional emotional support were less anxious and withdrawn than their peers without family pets to turn to.

Data from a small study conducted by researchers at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University reported that adolescents who had animal experience were more likely to see themselves as important contributors to communities and more likely to take on leadership roles.

Pets also can help children develop into well-rounded individuals.

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Pets may help with allergies and respiratory ailments as well. A 2012 study by the American Academy of Pediatrics discovered that children who have early contact with cats and dogs have fewer respiratory infections and ear infections and need shorter courses of antibiotics than children who have not had contact with pets.

A study from Dennis Ownby, MD, a pediatrician and head of the allergy and immunology department of the Medical College of Georgia, found that having multiple pets decreases a child’s risk of developing certain allergies. He found that the children who were exposed to two or more dogs or cats as babies were less than half as likely to develop common allergies as kids who had no pets in the home.

Pets also may foster social interactions, which can benefit children who are shy. Inviting others over to meet pets can help children make friends and find others with similar interests. Children may also confide in pets and develop their self-esteem.

Studies have indicated that the type of pet a family has, whether it’s horses, dogs, snakes, etc., does not matter, as all companion animals have the potential to benefit children.

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The Sunsets and Joys of this Quiet Season Happy New Year! As we settle down after the sharing season of Christmas, we can pause for a few minutes to review the past year, but more importantly look and plan for the coming year and beyond.

Every minute of every day is a chance to “start anew,” but the first of a new year is a common measuring point to start.

Personally, I’m very excited about starting this new year. I’ve got several New Year’s resolutions, some new, some not. Do you ever find that you have pretty much the same resolutions every year?

Some I have had so long the paper they were first written on is turning brown. If that happens to you, join me in my first resolution to write them on a fresh piece of paper! I’ve read that if you write your resolutions down and hang them up so you see them every day, they have 110% better chance of getting accomplished.

I like to start by reviewing this past year, 2017, with some memories of accomplishments. In 2017 we accomplished the new sidewalk stretch between Arborvitae to Mimosa. This project “paved” the way for citizens to walk from our town’s public safety building all the way to the Atlantic Beach Town Hall with crossing Highway 58 only one time. And that is the only time you have to be on the highway. As far as connectivity and safety go, this is a huge step forward!

This next year, 2018, will be exciting as always! We will have our first Dinner with the Mayor in Ayden on Feb. 17, at the Skylight Inn. I always look forward to this meeting because it helps include the

more than 70% of our citizen’s that are not here year round – yet!

Our strategic plan has been our guiding light since approval.

We rarely, RARELY, make a move or decision without consulting this valuable living document. It is a road map that includes your input and a way to measure our team’s performance. Your board of commissioners has an “off-site” the beginning of February every year. This year the dates are Feb. 8-9 at the Country Club of the Crystal Coast. During these two days we review our vision and mission statements and then our entire strategic plan with our town’s Strategic Planning Committee. This is also the beginning of our fiscal year budget planning. Our fiscal 2018/19 budget starts July 1.

We also meet with our planning board to discuss issues and the year coming at us. I know we’re reviewing and working on our strategic plan right; we get asked by other municipalities and organizations that want to copy our methods.

I want to extend a special thank you to John Halada for all the great work he has done for our town. John and Gail have relocated and they both will be dearly missed.

As we start our new year, our number one goal will continue to be communication. We want to make sure we are communicating to you, and be available to listen and hear from you. We’re all in this together and the future looks bright! Thank you for a great 2017, and all the best to you and your family for a rewarding 2018!

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

Paul Feinman to 200 Canal Road, LLC, 200 Canal Road, $300,000.

Joseph and Sally Hessnice, 2510 Cedar Island Road, $70,000.

Richard and Sherilene Melke to Jason and Cassandra Rosen, 193 Gibbs Court, $301,000.

John and Darlene McNeish to Kathleen Loomis, 650 Cedar Point Blvd. #24, $136,000.

Roland and Debra Valentine to Stanley Emanuels, 2008 Fort Macon Road #12, $167,000.

Emido Felicione to David Gerhart, 1514 Ann St., $360,000.

Philip Daley and Brenda Bish to David and Dawn Childs, 375 Lola Road, $148,000.

Thomas and Joann Maher to Linwood Tuck, 2511 Fort Macon Road #108, $180,000.

Dawn and William Whitley, Jr. to Williams Investment Properties, LLC, 509 Front St., $400,000.

George and Willa Bailey to Ray and Virginia Hicks, 205 Robin Ave., $240,000.

Lorraine Scharnagl to Martin and Joyce Allan, 214 Ann St., $467,000.

Michael and Deborah Albritton to Michael and Valerie Williams, 310 Glenn St., $470,000.

Arthur and Heather Levey to Paul and Rebecca Huber and Mikel and Linda Huber, 907 Osprey Point Road, $500,000.

Sarah and John Thomas and Anne and Christopher Robbins to John and Elizabeth Wilder, 912 Ocean Ridge Drive, $750,000.

William Madison and Stephen Kicklighter to Martin and Anne Bernholz, 1018 Ann St., $533,000.

Gerald Barrett, Jr. to George and Marguerite Miars, 1142 Seashore Drive, $300,000.

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BEAUFORT Wells Fargo Bank, NA to Grammy Notes, LLC, 189 Firetower Road, $74,000.

Agustina Leal to Carroll Russell, 520 Glory Road, $75,000.

Grammy Notes, LLC to Carroll Brooks, Jr. and Candace Guthrie, 189 Firetower Road, $78,000.

Margaret and Allen Nelson to Heritage Investments of the Coast, LLC, 220 Rutledge Ave., $80,000.

Cindy Willis to Donald Piper, 300 Sweeten Ridge, $80,000.

Patricia Fowler and Mary and Timothy Becker to Steven and Tracy Raspatello, 2300 Hwy 70, $85,000.

Jason and Cassandra Rosen to Elizabeth Schmitt, 208 Turners Creek Way, $250,000.

Matthew and Patricia Nolty to Randy and Martha Harb, 514 Sandy Point Drive, $665,000.

BOGUE Emily Smith to Bradley Cannon, 441 Chimney Branch Road, $125,000.

Vernon and Lauren Evans to Richard and Gail White, 107 Forest Line Drive, $135,000.

CAPE CARTERET Richard and Amy King to Timothy and Jennie Patterson, 221 Bayside Drive, $115,000.

Chesson and Bryanna O’Briant to Peter Delorier, 232 Fox Drive, $205,000.

Paul Drake, Melissa and Paul Drake, Pamela and Chester Lancaster and Susan Morgan to Keith and Christi Dinwiddie, 211 Neptune Court, $251,000.

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CEDAR POINT Vicki and James Puckett to Bethany Lenthall, 205 Ocean Spray Drive, $115,000.

Ronald and Belinda Chadwick to Brenda and Ambrose Smith, Jr., 230 White Oak St., $125,000.

Streamline Developers, LLC to James and Elisabetta Nutter, 152 Christina Maria Way, $247,500.

Troy and Danielle Callahan to Heather Schultz, 301 Treasure Cay, $370,000.

EMERALD ISLE Melvin Travis, Jr. and Cynthia and Jerry Rinaman to Darren and Lori Tupper, 9201 Coast Guard Road #302, $87,000.

Carteret Land Holdings, LLC to Ellen and Charles Annunziata, Jr., 145 Page Place, $115,000.

Robert and Robin Stewart to David and Sheila Herminghuysen, 9704 Calypso Court, $120,000.

Kenneth Gregg to Judith O’Neill, 8402 Sound Drive, $150,000.

West End Partnership, LLC to William and Terri Farrington, 10516 Coast Guard Road, $160,000.

Dale and Linda Wilson and Virginia Wilson to John Hardison and Andrea Wilson-Hardison, 15 Ocean Drive, $216,000.

Alex and Carolyn MacFadyen to South by West, LLC, 107 Gulf

Stream Drive, $230,000.

NC Agricultural Foundation, Inc. to Dwight and Candace Nicholas, 811 Emerald Drive, $270,000.

Donald and Lynne Pegelow to Dale and Tamara Pegelow, 305 Daisy Court, $295,000.

Rebecca and Robert Heffner, Jr. to Zachary Steffey and Meghan Carey, 5802 McLean Drive, $332,500.

Jill Hauser to Richard and Lisa Marie McAtee, 212 Sandfiddler East, $340,000.

Charles and Rebecca Bartley to Regis Enterprises, LLC, 1310 Ocean Drive, $377,500.

Gina and Michael Leary to Katherine and Gregory Moore, 9201 Coast Guard Road #307, $385,000.

Phillip and Nancy Williams to ThatBothersMe, LLC, 8801 Reed Drive #516, $386,000.

Bernard Spilman and John Spilman, III to Catherine and Clarence Clontz, Jr., 5504 Ocean Drive, $390,000.

Louis and Louise Heeden to Edward and Margaret Nelson, 306 Ocean Drive, $400,000.

Jane and Lynn Smith to Matthew and Martha Swiber, 9911 Chrissie Wright Court, $401,000.

Heather Schultz to Halsey and Beverly Royden, 205 East Shorewood Drive, $410,000.

Carolyn and Noel Harris, III to Susan Nichols, 11012 Inlet Drive, $415,000.

David and Bettie West and Hattie Lou and Edward Fulford to Ryan and Rebecca Jones, 804 Emerald Drive, $440,000.

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property watch (Continued from page 55) Siegfried and Gloria Schaberg to Robert and Barbara Eckstein, 8623 Ocean View Drive, $450,000.

Alma and Joseph Mooring, Jr. to Christopher and Shannon Mooring, 101 Live Oak St., $560,000.

Cherry and Hugh Sutton, III to Alan and Francine Pruett, 7125 Archers Creek Drive, $560,000.

Michael and Sandy Epperson to Charles and Heidi Wendel, 206 Shipwreck Lane, $600,000.

Patricia and Nelson Taylor, III to Fredrick and Donna Hardison, 402 Hillcrest Drive, $66,000.

Samuel and Lisa Nelms to Streamline Developers, LLC, 1819 Olde Farm Road, $79,500.

John Stimpson, Jr. to Crush Properties, LLC, 106 Hodges St., $90,000.

Donna Lowery to Martin and Michele Giblin, 97 Bogue Drive #3L, $110,000.

Joseph and Kristin Walker to Erica Ruder, 4513 Country Club Road #105, $126,000.

Richard and Patricia Horner to Robert and Mary Ann Browning and Michael and Darcel Browning, 8706 Emerald Plantation Road, $607,500.

Leland and Janie Vann to Cory Holdings, LLC, 2613 Arendell St., $175,000.

Jacqueline and Martin Berger to Eckener and Ruth Pearce , 6711 Ocean Drive, $712,500.

James and Linda Bavely to Tammy and George McNabb, Jr., 800 Country Club Road #33, $178,000.

Bank of America, NA to Angela and Jerry Ayscue, Jr., 9717 Dolphin Ridge Road, $950,000.

Sandra English to Diane Osowski, 3010 Old Gate Court, $182,000.

HARKERS ISLAND James and Julia Abrams to Kimberlie and Bennett Lewis, II, 1402 Island Road, $181,000.

David Galloway and Peggy Galloway to Clinton and Susan Sherrill, 177 Jennifer Drive, $350,000.

INDIAN BEACH Lisa Crosby to Barbara Campbell, 901 Salter Path Road #101, $170,000.

Jeanne Rago and Louis Rago to Timothy and Lynn Miller, 855 Salter Path Road #227, $199,000.

Talus Holdings, LLC to Peter and Tamara Golden, 855 Salter Path Road #120, $200,000.

MOREHEAD CITY Elizabeth Baugham to Beverly Pham, 5133 Chalk St., $57,000.

Shirley and Kenneth Oppenheim and Susan and Don Poole to Robert and Amelia DeBruhl, 3704 Country Club Road, $193,500.

James and Peggy Ulrich to Frank and Dolores Currier, 200 Lockwood Drive, $197,000.

Morehead Rental, LLC to Vicki Carroll, 112 Cottage Row, $222,000.

James and Shirley Layton to M. Best and Sons, LLC, 4801 Shore Drive, $250,000.

L. Scott and Mary Sheppard to Jamie Taylor, 1411 Shackleford St., $250,000.

Kristofer Kerns and Hani Krisnawati to Robert and Joan Burton, 917 Lord Granville Drive, $252,000.

Donald and Jennifer Dalgauer to Mark and Tammila Rasdall, 213 Reserve Green Drive, $259,000.

Evelyn and Bernard Hall, III to Catherine and Bradford Edwards, 908 Oak Drive, $292,500.

Matthew Briesman and Katelyn Smith to Steven Pruitt, 1916 Red Fox Lane, $316,000.

Braxton and Jennifer Davis to Joseph Gilbert, IV, 1703 Ivory Gull Drive, $327,000.

Surry Roberts to BBCS Developers, LLC, 1601 Arendell St., $327,000.

Kenneth and Theresa Abernethy to Michael and Stephanie Perera, 100 Olde Towne Yacht Club Drive #513, $350,000.

William Matteson to Michele and Edmund Cameron, III, 2702 Evans St., $360,000.

Michele and Edmund Cameron, III to Michael and Donna Delacourt, 1403 Marsh Pointe, $609,500.

NEWPORT Charles and Doris Heartsill to Roy Bennett, Jr., 106 Clayton Drive, $60,000.

Christopher and Dianna Dixon to Kimberly and Percy Braswell, Jr., 1013 Wesley Lane, $80,000.

Albert Gillikin, Jr. to Raymond and Ilene Richman, 175 Oak Grove Road, $85,000.

Cynthia and Edward Smith to Edward King, 138 Pine Grove Road, $110,000.

Darla Gray to Chelsey Harper, 3278 Mill Creek Road, $130,000.

James and Kaori Hamlin to Michael Milton and Belinda Gillikin, 238 Roberts Road, $135,500.

Bank of America, NA to Barbara and Ricky Johnson, 202 Waters Edge Drive, $136,000.

Donald and Faith Harris to Joseph and Faith Harris, 202 Clipper Point Way, $155,000.

Betty Friendly to Amity Pruitt, 127 Colony St., $165,000.

Aaron and Jenny Kornegay to Modular Technologies, Inc., 418 Blue Goose Lane, $170,000.

Thomas Singleton to David and Edith Brisson, 125 & 127 Bogue Sound Drive, $180,000.

David and Rian Cannon to Kody and Ashli Culpepper, 1675 New Bern St., $193,000.

Christ and Vera Hegmann to Edward Hohn, 191 Cedar Lane, $230,000.

Bryan and Debra Peterson to Gregory and Brittany Kearns, 408 Hardy Road, $245,000.

Eric and Ashley Baldger to Heather Hoyt and Kimberly Halsaver, 106 Sandpiper Drive, $252,000.

Ethel Wilkerson to Alan and Michele Broadhurst, 112 Portsmouth Lane, $270,000.

William and Sandra Noe to Mark Wheeler and Terri Cheema, 104 Stern Road, $270,000.

Douglas and Chiah Chadwick to Robert Bender and Jeanne Needham, 102 Koonce Lane, $289,000.

Milton and Kathleen Salter to Robert and Angie Cunningham, 141 Sunny Point Lane, $300,000.

Elaine Conway to Robert and Emily Parchman, 117 Adams Court, $305,000.

Charles and Tawnya Quinn to Barbara Bizub, 110 Cherry Lane, $315,000.

Erin Whitley to Charles and Carole Upton, 174 Rollingwood Drive, $317,000.

Roscoe and Pamela Joyner to John and Mary Louise Duderstadt, 105 Bogue Harbor Court, $325,000.

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Jerry and Jennifer Armstrong, 208 Kensington Place, $468,500.

Bobby Cooley and Linda CoxCooley to Charles and Rebecca Bartley, 141 Edgewater St., $330,000.

Streamline Developers, LLC to Robert and Colleen Horvath, 507 Bogue Watch Drive, $350,000.

Dana and Richard Luettich, Jr. to David and Edith Brisson, 151 Twin Oaks Lane, $360,000.

Janet and David Jaworski to Bhavyesh and Rajvi Shah, 511 Lanyard Drive, $369,000.

William and Ann Marie Rivers to John and Kimberly Dupree, 152 Junius Drive, $371,000.

Roxanne Dunlap to Steven and Cynthia Squires, 106 Mary Lane, $443,000.

Andrew and Orathai Bulfer to

Gerald and Betty Robinson to Robert and Donna Stanley, 359 Live Oak, $550,000.

PINE KNOLL SHORES Bella Mare, LLC to Larry Beguin, 651 Salter Path Road #11, $220,000.

H. Vernon and Frankie Winters to Ocean Grove C3, LLC, 545 Salter Path Road #3, $388,000.

Joanne Sutzko to Spencer McNeil, II, 418 Stoneybrook Drive, $112,500.

Delta J, Inc. to Chris and Tonya Neville, 565 Salter Path Road #2, $395.000.

Daniel and Dawn Wilkins to Guy and Sara-Ellen Woods, 269 Cedarwood Drive, $114,500.

Richard and Beth Davis to Neil and Margaret Erath, 106 Cherry Court, $515,000.

Wayne and Cindy Brennan to Leon Farrar, 423 Woodland Drive, $115,000.

Julia Beasley to FV-I, Inc., 109 Knollwood Drive, $950,000.

Tony McNeill Homes, Inc. to Wendy and Jason Pesh, 215 Echo Ridge Road, $224,000.

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Jean Carper to Richard and Marta DeMartino and Rodolfo DeMartino, 315 Salter Path Road, $225,000.

ABC Property Group, Inc. to Robert and Karen Stewart, 1075 Salter Path Road, $250,000.

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George and Rita Hart to Cheri Barbare, 301 Lobinger Court, $302,500.

Maureen Kramer and Christopher Walsh to Jeanne-Ann May and Laura Castro, 132 White Oak Bluff Road, $275,000.

Tony and Shirley Creech to Edward and Cynthia Bradley, 331 Salter Path Road #205, $305,000.

SWANSBORO Ann McNeill to Wendy Simpson, 422 Stoneybrook Drive, $85,000.

Sybil Shirley to Steven and Kathryn Hepp, 497 Salter Path Road #22, $340,500.

Joe and Haydee DeMandel to Daniel and Hannah Puckett, 105 Kathy Court, $197,500. *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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club news PKS Garden Club On Nov. 13 members of the garden club celebrated the holidays with a gala Christmas luncheon at the Country Club of the Crystal Coast, which was beautifully decorated with fragrant evergreens, holly, silver bells and poinsettias.

President Susan King welcomed 30 members to a brief business meeting on Nov. 8 prior to the program of the day which had all club members beautifying and cleaning up the town’s gardens. She reported that she and several members who attended the October district meeting of the North Carolina Garden Club in Jacksonville had learned many interesting facts about various garden topics. She announced that the garden club contributed $100 to the Hope for Warriors angel tree. She also told members that since 2017 is the 100th year anniversary of distributing poppy seeds, that she had ordered 100,000 seeds to distribute throughout Pine Knoll Shores – sun, loose soil, no mulch.

Arleen Graczewski told members that the date for the lighting ceremony in November at the Blue Star memorial at Pine Knoll Boulevard and Salter Path Road and the wine and cheese gathering at town hall afterward had to be postponed, and that a later date would be announced.

Gini Stambauch told members that she had 80 pairs of the light nylon blend Atlas garden gloves with a Nitrile coating to sell for $6 a pair. These same gloves sell for several dollars more in Beaufort and Morehead City, so purchasing them from the garden club is a wonderful buy!

Ilene Karlsson reported on the club’s proposed trip to the North Carolina museum of Art in Raleigh on Friday, March 23.

She promised that more details will follow. Kay Howe announced sales of 122 evergreen Christmas wreaths, and said that she had additional wreaths for sale in case anyone missed ordering one.

After President King adjourned the meeting, all present members disbursed to the town’s gardens to pick up shovels to disseminate the mulch and pine straw that had been placed in giant piles beside each garden. After their work detail was completed, they were invited to partake of a delicious lunch at noon back at town hall.

Visitors and guests are always welcome to attend meetings, which 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. For more information, please e-mail us at pksgardenclub@ gmail.com.

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PKS Women’s Club The Pine Knoll Shores Women’s Club welcomed the holiday season with a focus on its philanthropic activities. Martha’s Mission Cupboard, an emergency food pantry serving Carteret County has been a longstanding recipient of the club’s charity work. Martha Bell, a former executive director and current board member of Martha’s Mission spoke to the club just prior to the Thanksgiving holiday. She explained that Martha’s Mission provides food to over 350 families each month. The families and individuals are screened and referred by state and federal social service agencies in Carteret County. Typical clients are the elderly living below the poverty level; families who have sustained major medical expenses and need help feeding their families; the mentally and physically handicapped; abused and abandoned women and children, and those who are temporarily 60

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Begun in 1985 in response to the red tide that devastated the fishing community in eastern North Carolina, Martha’s Mission operates on donations of cash, food and non-food items. It receives no state or federal money but relies on the extraordinary support of local Carteret County businesses, individuals and area churches. The organization is run by a board of directors of local community members and a volunteer corps of over 50 residents.

“Carteret County helps people in need more than any other place I’ve lived,” Bell told the group. The Women’s Club sent her on her way with several boxes filled with food donated by club members. To find out more about Martha’s Mission, to donate your time, food or money visit the website at marthasmission. com.

At the club’s December Christmas luncheon members welcomed Molly Sullivan, the 2017-2018 club scholarship recipient. The scholarship program is a major activity of the club providing a yearly scholarship to a deserving student at Carteret Community College. Molly is a second year nursing student with plans to continue her nursing education, working toward a bachelor’s degree and eventually a master’s degree in nursing.

She thanked the club for their support and encouragement and explained that even at a young age she remembers she was fascinated by medical topics and knew that some day she wanted to “do something in the medical field.” She followed through with that dream receiving her certification as a nursing assistant (CNA) when she was only 16. While at the luncheon Molly not only enjoyed the delicious lunch provided by the Country Club of the Crystal Coast, but she was able to meet club members and to receive advice from several members who had nursing careers themselves.

The Feb. 23, 2018 club meeting will be a Fundraiser Fashion Show at the Country Club of the Crystal Coast at 11:30am with all proceeds benefiting the scholarship program and other charitable activities. The event will be open to the public with more information forthcoming in local media, on the club’s Facebook and via email to members. Plan to join us to support local charities and to enjoy the latest fashion trends in a beautiful setting with friends and neighbors.

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Jan. 6: Family Fit Day. 10am-12pm. Join us for four free back-to-back half hour classes featuring Hula with Sarah Lasapda, Tabata with Nicole Freres, Zumba with Amy Sweet and Yoga with Mandala Yoga Center, Formerly Second Wind.

Jan. 8: Fellowship Night: Crafting. 6:30-7:30pm. Join us for an evening of fun with a program geared towards adults with special needs. This month we will be crafting wreaths. Pre-registration appreciated to make sure we have enough supplies.

Jan. 16: Invest in Your Wellness: Setting Goals. 6-7pm. Martha Vaughn will help you find ways to set goals for a healthy new year that span everything from weight loss to spiritual goals.

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Jan. 20: Resource Fair. 10am-12pm. This resource fair will have providers John Ritchie, that President provide different services to people with intellectual/physical disabilities arteret County and Homebuilders, those with 2013 a mental health history. We will have therapeutic, recreational, and other support services represented.

Jan. 22: Making Dog Treats with K9’s and Coffee. 5pm. The gem of Emerald Isle, K-9’s and Coffee, will be hosting a night of homemade dog treat cooking so you can surprise the furry angel in your life.

Jan. 30: Home Organization Workshop. 6pm. Elaina Hansen from Elaina Hansen Organizing will help you start the new year off right. We all know clearing the clutter is on our resolution list year after year so make the change today! Join us for a Home Organization Workshop and bring in a photo or two of the space you’d like to get some advice from a pro on.

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It is time to take a relationship to a new level.

You are confident you know just the way to accomplish this. Enjoy the excitement that comes with this new beginning. If a special opportunity or circumstance comes your way, jump at the chance to be a part of it. Such opportunities might not come along too often, so enjoy the ride. Plans to get together with friends at the end of the month could be delayed by other responsibilities. Do not feel the need to cancel; just reschedule your plans.

TAURUS (April 21-May 21)

If your dreams are within reason, there is no reason why they can’t come to fruition. You just may need a few friends in your corner to help make things happen. Many things are on your plate this month, but you don’t feel overwhelmed at all. In fact, you’re ready to lend a helping hand to anyone who needs one. Taurus, a newfound devotion to exercise may improve your life in many different ways.

If you have been vacillating on whether or not to embrace a new lifestyle, just do it. Financial issues may force you to work a little harder right now to make some extra money. Make a concerted effort to save more and take care of your financial obligations.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21)

Gemini, don’t obsess about a specific approach to working through a problem. Seek feedback from a number of people and explore all of your options. Recreation is the name of the game this week. Coming off of a busy period, you are anxious to put your feet up for a few days. Book that vacation right now. An unexpected situation may put you out of your element mid-month. For now you can simply go with the flow and see how things work out. Don’t let this get the better of you. You may need to wait a little longer to receive some news you have been anticipating.

Don’t let this get you down. Change is on the way and will come soon enough.

CANCER (June 22-July 22)

It may take an intense effort to concentrate on your work this week because your thoughts keep drifting elsewhere. You must rein in your wandering mind. Use your intuition in regard to others’ feelings this month, Cancer. Give someone who needs it a little leeway, and your thoughtfulness will be appreciated. Dabbling in a few different projects may give you a unique perspective and the inspiration to take things in a new direction. Keep putting out those feelers.

Treat yourself to a brief respite from the daily grind. Spend time with the family and enjoy some well-deserved rest and relaxation in the days ahead. Sometimes the best way to help someone is to let him or her learn a lesson the hard way. Offer support, but resist the urge to take over.

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LEO (July 23-August 23)

It may be challenging to separate your fantasies from reality right now, Leo. Even though things are vivid in your mind, others may help clarify things for you. If you think change will do you some good, then it is time to make it happen.

Embrace the excitement that comes with making changes. You have just about sold one of your ideas and now it’s just a matter of being patient. Soon the results will support your vision and you will be able to enjoy the fruits of your labors. Make a concerted effort to open a line of communication with someone who means a lot to you. He or she may need a helping hand, and you are just the person to provide that assistance. It may be time to reorganize your priorities.

VIRGO (August 24-September 22)

Surprising news leaves you a little bit frazzled.

However, once you work your way through the surprise, you’ll see that this news bodes well for you. Thanks to a spark of creativity, your plans may change this month. Grab someone who is up for an unexpected adventure to join the journey. Let other people’s perceptions roll off you like water off of a duck’s back, Virgo. To get the full picture, you need to immerse yourself and make up your own mind. Treat yourself to a present. A nice dinner, an unexpected luxury or even a spa treatment is the kind of pampering that can go a long way. A third party might help you and your significant other see things from a different perspective.

LIBRA (September 23-October 23)

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SAGITTARIUS (November 23-December 21)

Sagittarius, it may seem like your time in the spotlight has come and gone, but that isn’t the case. You have plenty of time to show what you can accomplish. Home improvements may be in your future. Projects could be just what the doctor ordered to chase away any feelings of cabin fever that may develop. Looking within yourself can help you get a grasp on your situation and your future. If your patience is wearing thin, try to embrace distractions that can help you pass the time. This can make things less stressful. Accept help when it is offered. Express your thanks to the one who has extended the hand. Assistance can reduce any stress that may have been building.

CAPRICORN (December 22-January 20) Your vision of the future may be set right now,

but there is always room for some modifications.

Embrace some of the uncertainty that can lead to greatness. Although the digital age has taken over, this month you might be ready to unplug for a while. Stock up on some books that can fuel your imagination. Take certain things that come your way with a grain of salt. Until you can flush out the facts, there is no point in worrying or passing judgment. Be patient and things will come to light. You have been doing well financially, but you still hope to do better. Speak with a planner or a knowledgeable relative on how to make your money work harder.

Libra, others feel like you have everything figured out and are as sensible as can be. But there’s a fun side of you that is just waiting to pop out. A financial windfall has given you some extra spending money. While you may want to splurge, the practical side of you knows some saving is in order. Mid-month you may need to take a few steps back and think about whether or not a new approach is needed regarding a specific situation. Thinking logically instead of emotionally may help. Make an effort to lift the spirits of a loved one toward the end of the month. Don’t hesitate to pursue a career opportunity that your intuition is guiding you toward. Trust your instincts in regard to your professional life.

AQUARIUS (January 21-February 18)

SCORPIO (October 24-November 22)

The search for the truth could lead you on a bit of a wild adventure. Eventually, you can get to the bottom of the situation. Don’t leave any stone unturned when seeking a solution. The least expected avenue may be the right one.

Pisces, do something unexpected mid-month and watch as those around you are inspired by your willingness to try new things. Phone a friend and set up a time to get together. Reconnecting and sharing a laugh or two will be a boon to both of you and raise your spirits. You know once your mind is set on something, it will take a monumental effort to shift it in another direction.

Try to look at things from various angles.

Something in your life is causing you undue stress, Scorpio. Find a way to let it all go by focusing on thoughts and things that bring you happiness. Scorpio, some things may be beyond your control, and that is OK. The measure of success will be how well you can adapt to the changes ahead. Take a day to recharge your batteries if you feel your energy stores are running low. You may not need an extended vacation to do so, just a day to relax.

Sometimes you may feel as if you are the only person getting things done. Just keep up your hard work and the rewards will come. Others are taking notice. At the end of the month, you

Aquarius, no career goal is out of reach right now. Therefore, if you’ve been thinking of a career move, now is a great time to put those plans in motion. Lend an ear to someone who has to get a few things off of his or her chest.

You do not have to offer solutions. Just being there will be assistance enough. Find more time to explore an important relationship. Don’t overlook the importance of date night. Make time for this important person even if it requires sacrifices. Engage in activities that make you feel good and boost your self-confidence this month. Your spirits are soaring and you want to share your good fortune with others.

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Chalk & Gibbs Insurance and Real Estate: An independent agent serving clients along the Crystal Coast since 1925. Full service real estate sales and management and all of your insurance needs under one roof. Call today for a quote, 252-393-1284, 252-726-3167, or visit www. chalkandgibbs.com.

Emerald Isle Insurance: 8754 Reed Drive, Unit 9, Emerald Isle, 252-354-5086. Protect your beach property & save on flood insurance by working with Rhonda & Sherry for coverage on your primary residence, second home or rental unit.

GEAR & EVENT RENTALS

Island Essentials: Linen & Leisure Supply Company, Emerald Isle, 888-398-8887, 252-354-8887, info@ island-essentials.com. High quality baby & beach gear rental equipment with free delivery & pickup to your vacation home. Also bed & bath linen service. Year-round, reserve ahead to ensure availability. Visit our new showroom at 8002 Emerald Drive by appointment only.

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,

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www.fencesunlimited.net. Custom wood, vinyl and aluminum fencing for all your landscaping and security needs. Free estimates, call 252-2476033.

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.

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Emerald Isle. With 30+ years we have served the 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.

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Finding the Right Accountant for Your Small Business Your business success depends on many factors. Managing your money well and understanding your finances are two of the most critical.

Unless you are an accountant by trade, it’s likely you’ll need some outside guidance and insight as you start and grow your company.

Getting help from an accountant can benefit your business in a number of ways: An accountant can inform you of legitimate ways to reduce your tax liability.

An accountant can ensure you’re aware of reporting requirements and deadlines. (If you’re not in compliance, you might have to pay fines.)

An accountant can assist you in filing your taxes (saving you time and sparing you headaches).

An accountant can provide suggestions that might help you run your business more profitably.

Just as when you contract any other type of professional to help you move your business forward, you should be choosy when selecting an accountant.

According to Jim Lewis, SCORE mentor and former chairman of SCORE’s Fort Worth Chapter, “Your first step should be to build a short list of accountants that you would consider ‘partnering’ with, because that’s exactly what you are doing by hiring a business accountant.”

Lewis suggests your list only include accountants and accounting firms that meet the following criteria: ● They have experience in your line of business.

● They reside in your state and/or city. ● They come highly recommended by someone or some source that you trust. ● They are large enough to handle your business requirements in a timely manner, BUT not too large to get to know you and your business on a personal level. ● They do tax work as well as weekly/monthly/quarterly/yearly reporting, according to acceptable accounting practices.

“From this short list, you should set up interview meetings with each.

For the interviews, you should develop a list of items you wish to judge each candidate by,” explains Lewis. “Also apply a simple grading scheme to give candidates a score of 1-3 or 1-5 for each criterion.

Include ‘price for service’ among the judging criteria, but don’t make it the number one factor when deciding on which accountant to hire.

After all interviews are completed and all grading is reviewed, your top choices should be apparent.”

If you need help creating your list of potential accountants, consider asking your local SCORE chapter or chamber of commerce for names of reputable professionals within your community.

SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, prosper and achieve their goals through education and mentorship.

For information about starting or operating a small business, or becoming a SCORE Mentor call the Coastal Carolina SCORE Chapter, 3615 Arendell St., Morehead City, NC at 252-222-6126. Visit SCORE at www.score.org.

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