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10 WINTER EVENTS CALENDAR

COMMUNITY

REAL ESTATE FOLKS 17 UP ALL NIGHT

Working the night shift

12 SEA TO SCHOOL

A tasty curriculum connects

students to their community

20 HEROES TO THE RESCUE

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14 BRIGHT STARS

The magical Night to Shine prom

22 SISTER ACT

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LIFESTYLE 16 CATCH AND RELEASE

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ABOUT THE COVER: Outer Banks SPCA Hero dog Lyla was one of the first beneficiaries of the organization's new Sidekicks volunteer program – and she recently found her forever home. Photo by Cory Godwin.

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NATURE 24 UNDER THE SUN

The science behind surf predictions 26 SHORE SCIENCE

Inside the oyster shell 28 BACK IN TIME

Fossils paint a picture of prehistoric

coastal North Carolina

THE LOCAL LIFE 30 RENEE LANDRY

Event designer

THIS PAGE: Photos clockwise from top left by Ryan Moser, Cory Godwin, Brooke Mayo, and Lori Douglas.

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FROM THE PUBLISHER

STAFF PUBLISHERS

Adam & Cathy Baldwin EDITOR

Amelia Boldaji ART DIRECTOR

Dave Rollins GRAPHIC DESIGNERS

Adam Baldwin Dylan Bush WRITERS These crashing waves are intricately rendered in oils by artist Taylor Williams.

Read about Taylor and her equally talented sister, Brittani, on page 22.

“And if you hold on tight to what you think is your thing, you may find you’re missing all the rest…”

– Dave Matthews, “The Best of What’s Around”

BARTENDER, COLLEGE PROFESSOR, FREELANCE WRITER, BUSINESS OWNER, SECRETARY, FUNDRAISING DIRECTOR, MAGAZINE PUBLISHER – my resume looks like I chose professions by shooting darts at a board full of jobs. There was even a time I almost took a job working for NASA (as a writer, mind you, not an astronaut!). I never set out to do all (or even most) of those things; life just had a way of tugging me in different – occasionally serendipitous – directions.

My zigzagged career path isn’t unusual in this day and age. Unlike my parents’ generation, I can count only a handful of friends who went to college for one thing and then actually ended up doing it. It just doesn’t happen like that as much anymore. Instead, our lives are filled with twists and turns – one chance meeting turns into a job interview which leads to a new career path. Before we know it, we’re on a trajectory we never anticipated or expected – and that’s pretty exciting.

This issue of the North Beach Sun is full of stories about people in all sorts of professions – some who always knew what they wanted to do and others who took the long road getting there. Take Renee Landry, our Local Life feature, for example. Today she’s well known in the Outer Banks wedding industry as the creative force behind Renee Landry Events, but long before that she worked as a Nike-sponsored aerobics instructor in Finland. And Evan Ferguson, now the Cape Hatteras Secondary School Food and Nutrition teacher who has been working to pioneer a new sea-to-school program, once made a living as a marketing executive in Florida.

Not everyone takes years to find their path, however; some know from early on what they want to do. We interviewed two trendsetting local artist sisters, Taylor and Brittani Williams, who were both drawn to the arts as teenagers. Now, in their early twenties, they’ve turned their creative pastimes – painting for Taylor and crocheting for Brittani – into full-fledged businesses.

How we end up where we are, and how we determine where we’re going…everyone’s got their own unique story. As for me, I’ve enjoyed the sometimes bumpy road I’ve taken – now that I have the luxury of being able to look back – and I wonder where I’m going next. And it also makes me think about my life’s defining moments, however small they may have seemed at the time, that changed the course of everything for me. Who knows what defining moments are yet to come?

Our lives are full of forks in the road, and while it may be difficult to see beyond the changes, we are often better for taking the chances. Being open to possibilities – saying yes, for example, when you’re scared to take a leap – well, that’s when the magic happens. And I’m all for magic. There could be big changes just around the corner, if you’re ready.

As always, enjoy the issue, and happy holidays!

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Cathy Baldwin Amelia Boldaji Brian Boutin Steve Hanf Katrina Mae Leuzinger Fran Marler Amanda McDanel Abby Stewart PHOTOGRAPHERS

Lori Douglas Cory Godwin Brooke Mayo Ryan Moser Elizabeth Neal Daniel Pullen SALES MANAGER

Helen Furr ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES

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ALTHOUGH THE OUTER BANKS WAS SPARED ANY MAJOR DAMAGE from Hurricane Florence back in September, many of our neighboring southern counties weren’t so lucky – and true to style, a number of our community members jumped right in to lend a helping hand. Pictured here clockwise from left are donations gathered by the Kill Devil Hills Police Department; Barrier Island Bagels owner Allison Mayo-Legg, whose family collected and delivered several loads of aid items (photo courtesy of Brooke Mayo); and the local Keller Williams Realty team on a relief trip down south (photo courtesy of Matt Myatt).

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SEA TURTLE NESTING 101 The Outer Banks is a favorite nesting ground for Atlantic sea turtles, particularly on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Courtesy of the National Park Service, here are a few things you might not know about our seafaring, shell-wearing friends.

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This real-life comedy of errors was never fully figured out, but town leaders on both sides of the pond did finally make it mutually official in a 2010 ceremony that was broadcast online. (Pictured above: Manteo Way is now one of the main roads in Bideford, while signs that mark Manteo’s town limits have long touted the transatlantic link.)

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30TH ANNUAL OUTER BANKS HOTLINE FESTIVAL OF TREES

MANTEO CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS

This multi-day event at the Village Beach Club in Nags Head includes a visit with Santa, a Polar Express movie night, a holiday social, and an auction of donated and decorated Christmas trees.

The Festival of Trees is a fundraiser for Outer Banks Hotline, a local nonprofit organization that aids victims of domestic and sexual abuse. obxfestivaloftrees.com

Watch the Grand Illumination in front of the historic Manteo courthouse on Friday evening, and then enjoy the Christmas parade through downtown Manteo on Saturday. townofmanteo.com

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5TH ANNUAL BEACH FOOD PANTRY HOLIDAY CHEFS’ CHALLENGE

Get in the Christmas spirit with a free concert by The 208th United States Army Band at Roanoke Island Festival Park. roanokeisland.com

Top local chefs compete against each other to raise money for the Beach Food Pantry. Enjoy an evening of delicious food, live music, silent auction, raffles and more at the Duck Woods Country Club. beachfoodpantry.org

December 1

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Bring a camera to The Cottage Shop in Duck or Nags Head to catch sweet snaps of Santa and your kids. cottageshop.com

Downtown Manteo comes alive on the first Friday of each month from April through December from 6 to 8 p.m.

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Kick off the holiday break with this Thanksgivingthemed beer mile that starts and ends at the Outer Banks Brewing Station. theobxrunningcompany.com 23RD ANNUAL ADVICE 5K TURKEY TROT

Begin Thanksgiving Day with a 5K at Historic Whalehead in the shadow of the Currituck Lighthouse. theobxrunningcompany.com HANGIN’ WITH SANTA & KITES WITH LIGHTS November 23 – 24

November 22

Start your Thanksgiving off right by burning calories in the annual 5K Turkey Trot in Duck.

Proceeds go toward the Advice 5K Turkey Trot Fund, a permanent charitable endowment managed by the Outer Banks Community Foundation. advice5kturkeytrot.com GO FAR TURKEY TROT

Take the kids by Kitty Hawk Kites across from Jockey’s Ridge in Nags Head on Friday or Saturday to visit and take pictures with Saint Nick.

While you’re there, watch the night sky light up as enormous kites with festive lights soar above the ridge. kittyhawk.com THE BIG CURRI-SHUCK November 24

November 22

Enjoy this family-friendly race through Southern Shores. Winners get Thanksgiving pies! obxgofar.org

Enjoy all-you-can eat steamed oysters, steamed crabs, barbeque, local wine and live music from 12 to 5 p.m. at Sanctuary Vineyards in Jarvisburg. sanctuaryvineyards.com

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The Gobbler 5K takes runners on a course through the Village of Nags Head on Thanksgiving morning. outerbanksrunningclub.org

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Enjoy live music from Just Playin’ Dixieland and carols from the First Flight High School choir while waiting for Santa to arrive via fire truck and light the town’s crab pot tree on the Duck Town Green. townofduck.com

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DINNER WITH SANTA December 15

Join Santa himself for a meal and a tour of WinterLights at The Elizabethan Gardens elizabethangardens.org

14TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY TOUR OF HOMES

115TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST FLIGHT

This home tour sponsored by the Manteo Preservation Trust begins at Outer Banks Distilling on Budleigh Street. facebook.com/manteopreservationtrust

This milestone will be celebrated at the Wright Brothers National Memorial, the same place the very first flight occurred. firstflight.org

December 1

December 17

HOLIDAY FEAST & WINTERLIGHTS COMBO

NEW YEAR IN THE NEW WORLD

Tour the festive WinterLights and enjoy a delicious holiday feast at The Elizabethan Gardens. elizabethangardens.org

Celebrate the New Year in a family-friendly atmosphere in downtown Manteo, which includes the largest New Year's Eve fireworks show in North Carolina and an early ball drop for the kids. newyearnewworld.com

December 1

WINGS OVER WATER WILDLIFE FESTIVAL

December 31

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This encore session of the Wings over Water Festival focuses primarily on migratory birds and waterfowl. wingsoverwater.org

JANUARY 2019 WEDDING WEEKEND AND EXPO January 19 – 20

Meet local wedding professionals, take a tour of venues and restaurants, and register to win wedding giveaways, including the chance to win a Dream Wedding at this two-day expo held at First Flight High School. obxwa.com

MOLLY TUTTLE January 26

Enjoy an evening with rising star Molly Tuttle, a virtuosa multi-instrumentalist and award-winning songwriter. outerbanksforum.org

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Be mesmerized by Latin America’s most successful brass quintet, M5 Mexican Brass, which has earned wide international recognition. outerbanksforum.org 3RD ANNUAL OUTER BANKS BEER MILE March 16

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Sea to

School THE BELL RINGS AND STUDENTS FILTER INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS at Cape Hatteras Secondary School (CHSS) – including a group who quickly file past a roomful of desks and a large blackboard into a kitchen area where they’ll spend the next hour learning about (and tasting) a variety of oysters that were sourced everywhere from Maine to a farm right down the road.

This is what a basic Career and Technical Education foods course looks like at CHSS, and the person behind it all is longtime Hatteras Island resident Evan Ferguson.

“We offer Foods I and II courses, which cover everything from the basics of nutrition and cooking to more advanced techniques and opportunities for the students to earn their ServSafe certificate in food safety practices,” explains Evan. “Starting this year, we also have a self-paced advanced studies class that focuses on our local heritage and community issues related to food.

“There’s a lot to it, and they do learn culinary skills, but there’s a personal level to things, too,” she adds. “Ultimately, I think it’s important to encourage them to think about what we eat and why.”

During the oyster demonstration Evan bounces excitedly around the room, taking pictures to post later on the program’s Facebook page and prompting the students to both ask and answer questions about everything from local farming and distribution practices to ecological efforts that involve recycling oyster shells.

She’s clearly in her element, but getting here wasn’t always necessarily in the cards.

After growing up in Buxton, Evan earned a degree in communications from East Carolina University, and then moved to Florida for a year to work in advertising – until the market crashed in 2008, and she returned to the island to regroup.

“It was never the plan to stay here, but that’s just what happened,” she says with a laugh.

“And I’m glad it did.”

Her second career at CHSS started out with some substitute teaching, which soon led to a more permanent position teaching her own marketing classes. As a self-described avid home cook, however, she often shared food-related posts on social media that emphasized healthy, local approaches – and that didn’t go unnoticed by school administrators.

“They came to me and asked if I would be interested in starting a Foods and Nutrition Program on the island,” Evan says. “At the time, we were the only secondary school in Dare County that didn’t have one, and I jumped at the chance.”

NOW IN ITS FOURTH YEAR, the program has grown exponentially – to the point that Evan, who used to divide her time between foods and marketing classes, became CHSS’s fulltime Foods and Nutrition teacher this academic year.

It’s something that Evan credits heavily to community involvement.

“Taking a broad world view is crucial. It’s not enough to just do the curriculum that’s given to us,” Evan explains. “We have to connect it with what the students and their families are actually facing – and from there we can work even harder to support those around us.”

Those connections include everything from inviting local chefs to visit the classroom as guest speakers to participating in food drives with the Hatteras United Methodist Church, giving cooking demonstrations at the island’s annual Day at the Docks celebration, hosting a yearly Veterans Day breakfast, and preparing healthy meals for those affected by hurricanes in surrounding counties.

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Evan Ferguson (second from left) working with students on meal prep at Cape Hatteras Secondary School.

Evan has also grown the program’s reach with the help of a number of local and state grants that have allowed them to take various field trips to places such as the State Farmers’ Market in Raleigh and the Museum of Life and Science in Durham.

“All our field trips focus around some sort of sustainable food practice, and we try to make them as cross-curricular as possible – by including biology students, for example,” Evan says. “Getting students to understand how subjects are connected is huge in our global economy. It’s the future.”

Some of Evan’s larger projects have also emphasized cultural exposure even further, including co-founding a food exchange with rural students in Conetoe, N.C., that ran from 2014 to 2017. And keeping it closer to home, Evan was even awarded funding from N.C. Sea Grant and the William R. Kenan Jr. Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science in order to pilot “I want our kids to the state’s first sea-to-school program by studying the know where their food feasibility of introducing cape shark to the lunch menu comes from – and to at CHSS. give them a sense of “There are definitely less sea-to-school programs ownership over it.” than there are farm-to-school programs – and most of the former ones are concentrated in New England,” Evan -Evan Ferguson, explains. “But we’re so close to the source here, and the CHSS Foods course creator students really care about supporting the local fishing industry.”

The study involved sourcing cape shark (which is currently considered an undervalued species) from N.C. waters in the winter of 2016, and foods students at CHSS were tasked with developing a recipe to serve as part of a taste test with their peers. Using ingredients available in the cafeteria, Evan’s students made fish tacos using blackened, baked cape shark – while students in other classrooms were engaged in other cross-curricular activities such as creating cape shark sculptures in art classes and dissecting the species in AP Biology.

Overall, the sensory evaluation was a success – with 97 percent of the 60 student and staff participants rating the flavor of the fish as good or better. According to the Cape Shark Sea-to-School Feasibility Study that Evan co-authored, “93 percent, 91 percent, 99 percent and 100 percent of the respondents [respectively] rated the flavor, texture, aroma and appearance of the assembled fish taco as good or better.”

ALTHOUGH THE STUDY ULTIMATELY PROVED that it was too difficult to process cape shark in a cost effective way, Evan remains positive that there’s still plenty of room for experimenting with other fish species and eventually establishing a more permanent sea-to-school program at CHSS. “I think that, as a society, we’ve really gotten away from understanding the origins of our food,” Evan says thoughtfully. “But my focus is on health and sustainability. I want our kids to know where their food comes from – and to give them a sense of ownership over it.”

Evan’s also keenly aware of the unique challenges they can face in Hatteras and the surrounding villages, where something as simple as a nor’easter or a particularly large amount of rainfall can cut them off from the mainland for an indeterminate length of time.

“It’s important to instill a sense of community from a young age, and to understand why and how we need to be prepared to help each other,” Evan says. “That piece of things also allows them to develop more empathy and life skills – and, at the end of the day, that can foster an even greater purpose. Together we can make the world a better place.”

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t all started with a late-night talk show and some internet scrolling – and from there a feature that aired on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon became the catalyst for something amazing here on the Outer Banks. Rich Coleman, a local wedding photographer, saw a segment about former professional football player Tim Tebow’s faith-based nonprofit program, Night to Shine, which gives people with special needs an unforgettable prom night experience each year on the Friday before Valentine’s Day – an event that’s replicated at hundreds of churches all over the world at the same time.

“I shared the post on Facebook because I thought it was so cool,” Rich says. “And it literally went viral on a local level. Within an hour, 30 people had asked me when we were going to host one here, and after about 10 serious inquiries I knew we had to do it.”

Rich almost immediately applied for a grant to host a Night to Shine on the Outer Banks through the Tim Tebow Foundation, and was approved two months later in December 2017 – leaving him only a little over a month to fully put the event together.

And that meant moving quickly. One of his first steps was to recruit fellow photographer and friend, Rachel Moser, to co-organize the event. From there the two of them took advantage of all the resources the Tebow Foundation provided in order to put together a lengthy list of volunteer 14

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special shopping days to try on and pick out their outfits for the evening.

On the night of the event, volunteers from the local fire departments crowned each and every attendee prom king or queen as they entered the building – which was made possible by a last-minute anonymous donation of the crowns and tiaras. Another one of the most exciting treats for the guests included a limo ride around the parking lot just prior to their grand entrance.

“My favorite part of the event was watching the reaction of all of the attendees as they walked into the church,” says Rachel. “They were escorted down the red carpet one at a time with a team of volunteers cheering them on from the sidelines.”

With night-of food and beverages provided by Johanna’s, Duck Donuts, Sea-Freeze and Front Porch Café, and DJ services by Josh Lundy, attendees danced almost non-stop during the three-hour event while many of their parents PHOTO COURTESY OF RYAN MOSER and other caregivers enjoyed sharing in their enthusiasm.

STORY BY ABBY STEWART Local photographers Ryan Moser and Madeline Thompson were also on hand to capture the night, which included a live two-song performance by the Dare2Care OBX Shredders. teams who would be responsible for everything from décor “To close things out we did these awesome confetti and registration to security and red carpet welcomes. cannons, and seeing everyone’s eyes light up in excitement “It’s one of the best foundations I’ve ever worked with,” was fantastic,” Rachel says. “They were just in awe.”

Rich says. “Even beyond the grant money, they’re incredWith the support of another, larger grant from the ibly organized, and they do a lot to raise awareness about Tebow Foundation, this year’s upcoming event will be held special needs. They definitely helped reprogram my brain, on February 9th, and plans have been in the works since this too – for instance, to be more conscious of understanding past summer to make it even bigger and better. “We got our feet wet with it last year, that there are people with special needs.

Having special needs doesn’t define them. so we’re really excited They are people, first and always.” to implement some It was substantially better than With the help of nearly 50 volunteers new ideas and keep this and the donation of the space at the Nags event going year after any prom I’ve ever been to. And Head Church, the Outer Banks’ inaugural year,” Rachel explains.

I went to three of them!

Night to Shine was held this past February, “We’re looking and it dazzled more than 75 attendees forward now, but we -Rich Coleman, with special needs who ranged in age weren’t sure what to Night To Shine co-organizer from 14 to 90. With a winter wonderland expect in the begintheme in place for the event, no detail was ning,” adds Rich. overlooked.

“Would 50 people or “It was substantially better than any prom I’ve ever been 600 people show up? Would it be amazing or terrible?” to,” Rich says happily. “And I went to three of them!”

He pauses with a laugh. “In the end, I think it was everyAs attendees prepared for the event, a number of local one’s positive attitude that made it such a success,” he businesses generously donated their time and services, says. “And for those of us who helped put it together, it was including free hairstyling by Hair Flair, floral decorations by important to keep in mind that we weren’t just doing it to feel Sugar Snap Events and a dance floor from Metro Rentals. good about ourselves and scratch that itch – all of it was, and Various people in the community also donated formalwear will continue to be, for the attendees. It’s truly their night to such as dresses and suits, and some attendees put together shine after all.”

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Catch and release

By Amanda McDanel

E

ver wondered how to spark conversation in a dull crowd? Ask the women there to tell you their birth stories. [Insert the majority of men running frantically from said room.] Also be prepared to be on pins and needles preparing to one-up the other women there with your pain, the length of your labor, the sheer weight of the baby, or maybe a humble-brag about how your baby just “slid out.”

Don’t worry about oversharing either, since none of the other women are really listening to your story anyway – they’re mostly just waiting for a pause in the conversation when they can jump in and deliver their all-consuming, life-altering account of the miracle of birth.

Now change the word “women” to “men” and sub “fish” for “birth,” and watch the exact same phenomenon occur – most women roll their eyes and busy themselves elsewhere while the menfolk pool together and pull up a stool to hear the story of “The Big One”…all while not exactly listening to each other as they create – I mean, reconstruct – the details of the event.

Well, settle in boys and girls, because I have a story that’s sure to delight both sexes equally since it involves both birth and fishing. But let me first assure you that this is not a story meant to trump anyone’s experience – it’s simply an effort to demonstrate the sheer hilarity that ensued for two brand-new parents.

In preparation for our first baby, Johnny and I did all the requisite things our friends had advised us to do before our bundle of joy entered the world and we became responsible parents. No, not assembling cribs and car seats – I’m talking about going to the movies, getting a pedicure, fishing…the important things that get compartmentalized once you begin caring for another human 24/7.

But while seeing a movie or getting a pedicure is fun, those experiences don’t usually create lasting memories.

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Left: The newspaper clipping of dad-to-be Johnny McD with his prize rockfish. Above: Days later Johnny and the author welcomed their first daughter, Harbor.

no water to wash away the smell, but to say I was on the edge of insanity by that point would be an understatement.

As I lay on the table while the efficient and kind nurses tended to me, and my doctor scrubbed in, I watched with tearful relief as Johnny was ushered into the room. As he sat down and began to take in the scene, I heard him and one of the outcome is, but a day on a boat with a record rockfish the nurses exchange “Hey bro, how are yous” right before I was introduced by name to not one, but TWO of the three instantly becomes a red banner day.

As an intensely seasick-prone sailor I tend to limit my male nurses who were assisting with my surgery.

Hi, my name is Amanda. It’s nice to meet you, can you visits past the inlet, but I can still relish the story of a big catch. The first time. Maybe even through the fifth time. Yet, please hold my emesis basin while the other one of you influenced by the extreme pain of contractions, anesthesia hands the doc the scalpel for my c-section? Oh, and please and the immediately impending delivery of my firstborn, I don’t look at my legs, I haven’t been able to reach them for weeks so I just hacked at what I could with may have gaffed Johnny’s big fish story. a razor. Thanks so much!

But let me back up a minute. A week before my due date, as I was settling on As I’m sure is routine for the operating room, yet not for us first-timers the couch to watch Apollo Ono skate his To say I was on the on the table, the staff chatted casually final heat in the Olympics, my water broke. about leisure activities…until someone After contacting my doctor, Johnny and I edge of insanity by commented that they had seen Johnny’s waited a few hours before heading to the that point would be in the newspaper for landing a hospital. Once I was checked in, tubed and an understatement. picture citation-sized 60-plus-pound rockfish gowned up, and, unfortunately, throwing the week before. A flurry of interest up from the sheer nervousness of it all, a immediately ensued, with both doctors cheery nurse informed me that there was and male nurses hammering Johnny with no running water.

Meaning, no birthing baths. No hand washing. No questions about the location, the boat, the tackle, the exact flushing toilets. And, perhaps most importantly, no rinsing poundage, the captain, the mate, legal limits and meat and...

“CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE GET THIS BABY OUT OF of the emesis basin.

Compound those facts with all new moms’ fears of the ME!” I screamed deafeningly.

A complete hush fell over the room as everyone turned birth process – times one hundred. Throw in a stubborn (and literally) headstrong baby who refused to turn just and looked at me as if I had just walked into their man cave slightly despite the efforts of multiple nurses, laps, yoga during overtime in the Super Bowl.

Oh yes, you. That’s right. Baby here. positions, bouncy balls, and even water ski towropes, and I eventually found myself on the operating table after a long I shook my head as the attention (rightly) focused back 14-hour sleepless night. It may have been the in-the-buff on reeling in the big catch that was imminent, but I knew yogic Down Dog at the exact moment the male orderly something important right then and there: I now had the walked in to retrieve the sheets, or the sheer bewilderment greatest fish story of all time to share with my daughter over the towrope use, or the 12-straight hour pukefest with someday.

Amanda McDanel has lived on the Outer Banks for more than 15 years, is married, has two beautiful daughters and a dog that walks backwards. A collector of the unique and different, she has an M.S. in Child and Family Development, teaches cooking classes and is a successful entrepreneur.

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night EVEN AFTER THE SUMMER CROWDS START TO DISSIPATE, the Outer Banks keeps ticking. The hours

may be shorter and the pace might be slower, but there’s still plenty to do here year round – and many of the people who keep our open signs lit aren’t your average office workers.

From bartenders to baristas (and those who pull double duty), making a living on the Outer Banks often demands a little bit of ingenuity and a lot of flexibility…especially when the job requires clocking in long after most of us have clocked out.

Nine-to-fivers? Not hardly. But they will keep a light on for you.

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Baking everything from bread and doughnuts to their signature bagels is something that Lighthouse Bagels owner, Ryan Dietrich, takes very seriously – but when their doors open well before sunrise, it means that he has hours of work to do well before the phones start ringing. “Working 12 to 12 is a totally normal day – as long as I go as fast as I can and nothing breaks,” Ryan says with a laugh. “The hardest part? One, waking up, and, two, getting the timing right. But it’s worth it when that line starts forming, and you’ve made something that everyone enjoys.”

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It’s all about seasonality at Jeffrey’s Seafood, a wholesale fish buying and selling company that’s been located in the heart of Hatteras Village for almost 30 years now.

Brothers Kelsey and Taylor Aiken, pictured left to right, currently manage the fish house their father established, which involves everything from overseeing tallies and labels to hand sorting and packing any number of fish after they’re unloaded on the dock – tasks that can often last well past nightfall. “Some nights we can be there until three or four a.m., packing anywhere from 30,000 to 80,000 pounds of fish,” Kelsey explains. “It’s time consuming, but it’s also a huge community thing.”

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Photos by Daniel Pullen (left), Elizabeth Neal (bottom), and Cory Godwin (above).

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With 86 rooms, a direct in-house reservation system, and coffee that needs to be brewed each morning, Shutters on the Banks operates 24/7 – and their late-night tasks can involve everything from greeting guests to performing routine two a.m. end-of-day audits…or even running extra sheets, pillows and towels in a pinch. “You wouldn’t believe how many people are up in the middle of the night,” exclaims General Manager Karen Vick.

“Of course there are challenges to dealing with things when your support team is mostly sleeping, but we want everyone to feel as though this is their home away from home.”

Raven Brown is one of 26 telecommunicators and two support staff members who keep the lines open around the clock at the Regional 911 Dispatch Center on Roanoke Island.

Serving all of Dare, Tyrrell and Hyde counties, the center fields hundreds of thousands of calls and around a million radio transmissions each year. “You have to be a fast critical thinker and a multi-tasker, especially in emergent situations,” Raven says. “But I like the public aspect of things here, because there’s always something you can do to help someone – and it’s the best when a situation ends happily.”

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A DYNAMIC PROGRAM AT THE OUTER BANKS SPCA TRAINS SHELTER DOGS FOR THEIR NEW LIVES AS FAMILY PETS

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it. Shake. Play dead. Dog owners can spend hours teaching their pets tricks and proper behavior – but the training success stories that the volunteers in the Outer Banks SPCA’s Sidekicks program tell are of victories much harder won. Things like teaching the dogs under their care to accept a leash without fighting it, to have a drama-free trip to the Manteo Farmers’ Market, or to experience a car ride that doesn’t end in a chewed up seatbelt.

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“Mental deterioration is the number one thing we're fighting with dogs in our kennels,” says local SPCA Executive Director John Graves. “Some dogs can sit here for two years with very little handling and they're totally fine, but some dogs can't make it more than two days before they start showing signs of deterioration.”

All the dogs at the SPCA are provided with things to fight this type of mental deterioration, such as toys, food rollers and audio stimulation like wind chimes. Volunteers also try to introduce the dogs to different scents, and, whenever they can, they take the dogs for walks.

That’s enough to get past the monotony of being kennelled for most dogs. Others don’t fare as well, or they’ve come from a background of abuse and neglect and have never fared very well. Those dogs might be scared and reactive toward people or other animals.

They might be too high-energy or too high-arousal, and bark and bare their teeth whenever someone comes near their kennel.

John calls those dogs Heroes.

“They just get frustrated and they don't know how to express it otherwise,” John says. “The Sidekicks program was established this past January to start targeting the dogs that have been here long term or that have some hurdles to adoption.”

The SPCA’s Sidekicks themselves are volunteers who are paired with a specific Hero dog – and the ultimate goal is for the dogs to become socialized enough for adoption.

“Sometimes people think the dog is the Sidekick, and we say, ‘No, you’ve got it backwards.’” John explains. “The dog is the hero here, and the volunteer’s job is to support them. These dogs both need and deserve a Sidekick.”

Sidekicks range from 18-year-olds to retired seniors, and while prior experience with training dogs is a bonus, less experienced volunteers can be Sidekicks, too. They start their training by signing

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Clockwise from top left: Hero dog Lyla was adopted just before this issue of the North Beach Sun went to press; Rueger with his Sidekick, Dave Stempel; Outer Banks SPCA Executive Director John Graves and Oakley share a moment.

a 90-day commitment pledge, which includes agreeing to take their Hero dog on at least one outing per month and to work with them one-on-one at least twice a week. By coordinating closely with SPCA staff and the other Sidekicks, these elite volunteers also develop individualized plans for their dogs.

“It’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me,” says Sidekick Jane Cook who’s paired with Oakley, an 8-year-old lab mix that’s been at the SPCA for about 18 months – longer than almost any other dog currently in the shelter. “It gets me out of bed in the morning. I’m committed to Oakley. He didn’t trust anybody when he came in, but now he trusts more.

I’ve even had my grandkids in to work with him. It’s all about consistency and knowing somebody will be here. You’re their person.”

The individual attention and stability has made a world of difference.

Since the program began in January, 80 percent of these so-called “unadoptable” dogs have been placed with families, and all of the Heroes have shown remarkably improved kennel behavior.

“We tell all our Sidekicks that adoption is obviously the biggest goal.

But even if a dog's been here awhile and they haven’t been adopted yet, simply having a Sidekick come in every week improves their quality of life significantly,” says Canine Care Manager Shannon Stelter.

The Sidekicks are also in charge of their Hero’s publicity. They take pictures and post stories about their Hero on the Sidekicks’ Facebook group. Some of the dogs now have a high enough social media presence that they get recognized while they’re out for walks. That helps the dogs get adopted and also brings more volunteers to the program. And getting more volunteers is good news for the Heroes and all the dogs at the SPCA. “Not all the dogs we get are damaged. That's a shelter stigma. But we do get ones that need the extra helping hand,” says John. “They deserve a second chance – and that's what the Sidekicks program is all about.”

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For these siblings, life has taken different artful directions.

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ighting, temperature, the subtle hum of fan blades whirring above; all of these factors can play a large role in one’s artistic process. Too much of one – or not enough of the other – and the whole affair may as well be kaput.

But when it comes to balance, the Williams sisters have mastered the flow. Not only in their shared living space/work studios, but also in their respective mediums. And while they both may have gotten their artistic starts around the same time, the sisters each have their own individual style and pace that leads the way.

For 22-year-old Taylor Williams, the younger of the two sisters, that artistic drive wasn’t necessarily found without some digging, however. Although her natural creative talent was present early on, she had to find the proper tools to channel her craft.

“I started getting serious about my artwork in high school,” Taylor says. “So I took a lot of classes working with colored pencils, charcoal and acrylics, but I never felt super excited until I tried oils for the first time.”

While some find oils intimidating, it was love at first stroke for Taylor, who picked them up for fun in the spring of 2017. “They’re great to work with because they don’t dry very fast,” Taylor explains. “You can always go back and add color or adjust as you wish. Plus the end result always looks so life-like.”

Once Taylor knew she had found her calling, she began spending about 12 hours a day at her easel, a pace that allows her to complete a painting every three or four days. After a few months of initial trial and error, she sold her first painting of a flower. Since then she has focused her attention almost primarily on seascapes, which she sells under the business name Tay Love Paintings.

“I started with portraits, because seascapes seemed way out of my league at first,” Taylor says. “But once I made my first one, I completely stopped painting anything else. Living by the ocean gives me endless inspiration.”

The frothy whites and greens of the sea set against a sky of lavenders, pinks and blues almost makes it seem as if you’re there in that moment – a striking effect that Taylor achieves by photographing sunrises and sunsets and then painstakingly reproducing every line and subtle shadow on her canvases.

“That’s how you get the realism,” she says. “I’m always in a competition with myself.”

And beyond her social media and Etsy accounts, Taylor’s art has mainly been shown on a local level at craft shows and at the Corolla Village Market, but all of that is about to change soon, too.

“One of my goals has been to expand my reach in different studios,” Taylor says. “So it’s really exciting that one of my pieces was recently chosen to be a part of the Black & White show at the 311 Gallery in Raleigh this November, and that I’ll have my first full exhibit at the Dare County Arts Council next July.

“The support from the community, friends and people I don’t even know has been amazing,” she adds.

“And my sister especially has always been one of my biggest proponents.”

While it may have taken Taylor a few tries to focus her passion, her older sister Brittani’s experience was a bit different – she hit her artistic stride from day one.

And it all started in the depths of winter.

“It was so cold that year,” shares the 24 year old about the start of her inspiration in 2017. “One day toward the end of the season I couldn’t take the boredom anymore, so I asked my mom to come over and teach me how to crochet.”

Her first creation? A crop top her friends – and friends of friends – immediately fell in love with.

“As soon as I posted a picture on social media I had tons of people asking me when they could buy it,” Brittani says with a smile. “I knew I was on to something right away.”

Though it took her a bit of time to refine her ability to execute some of the more advanced techniques of crocheting, her practice paid off as her crop tops evolved into her brand of unique swimwear known as Sea Yarn.

“It took me forever to finish a piece in the beginning,” Brittani says. “Now I can produce a top and a bottom in about three to four hours without using a pattern. I have pictures to go by, but the rest is all from memory.”

With almost 600 suits sold on Etsy alone to date, Brittani’s pieces are already making their way far and wide. In only slightly more than a year and a half, her swimwear has already become a staple at Outer Banks Boarding Company and she regularly ships orders to places such as New Zealand and Australia.

“Social media’s been an important factor, especially with giveaways,” she explains. “When I ran one of my first giveaways last spring, I had more than 15,000 entries. At first I thought I was reading the numbers wrong. I just couldn’t believe I had reached that many people!”

Perhaps the biggest factor in the girls’ success however, is the support they offer one another. Beyond their shared home studio space, they also assist each other in all their entrepreneurial endeavors, from setting up and participating in local arts and crafts shows to corresponding with customers. Taylor even jumps in and models Brittani’s swimwear from time to time.

“We’re so lucky,” Brittani says warmly. “It’s like having a built in assistant.”

“Plus it doesn’t hurt that I get paid in swimwear,” Taylor adds with a laugh.

While the sisters are grateful that they’re already able to support themselves by doing what they love, they’re not immune to the hardships of owning and growing their own businesses.

“The hardest part is staying on top of everything,” Brittani says. “From orders and returns to social media – everything requires a lot of time management.

Eventually we’d love to have our own shop where Taylor can feature her paintings and I can display my bikinis.”

Until then, the girls adamantly agree on one thing, no matter what.

“Do what feels great,” Brittani says. “Get your image out there and never make or do anything that’s not true to your vision!”

Left: Attention to detail is the hallmark of the Williams sisters' work, whether it's Brittani's crocheted bikinis or Taylor's oil paintings. Inset: Sisters Taylor (left) and Brittani (right) with their respective creations.

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Surf forecasters are using a network of oceanographic buoys (top) along our coast (like the one pictured at left, courtesy of the National Data Buoy Center) to create more accurate predictions than ever before.

THE SHAPE OF THINGS HOW SURF FORECASTING IS BEING TAKEN TO THE NEXT LEVEL

BY FRAN MARLER

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IT’S EARLY. Like bottom of an inkwell dark, birds aren’t even chirping, early.

Sleep isn’t an option, though – there’s far too much excitement in the air. But that’s okay; the coffee is as strong as the forecast.

The swell is out of the east-northeast, four to six feet at 10 seconds, light offshore wind increasing to 20 knots out of the east by noon. Should get even better with the tide push. No time to waste!

For those who take to the waves, information such as this is simply part of a vocabulary that’s woven into the daily thread of life. But for those who don’t necessarily live for the flux of the tides, the language of surf forecasting can be as foreign as reading the stars for the first time; a myriad of data, including, but not limited to, wind speed and direction, swell height and direction, water temperature and tides.

That said, it’s one thing to sit down with a cup of liquid courage, visit a few sites and take in all the data someone has already laid out before you in order to strike out on an adventure. But what if it was up to you to decipher the raw numbers and stats taken from buoys up and down the coast and then compile that into a cohesive forecast that thousands of people rely on every day?

Doing something at that level takes real talent. Like 30-plus years of talent.

Insert Jeff Hanson.

“I’ve spent most of my life near the ocean,” Jeff says warmly. “Whether it’s on a boat, diving, surfing or swimming, the water is something I’m very passionate about.”

After attaining a Ph.D. in physics from Johns Hopkins University, he stayed on at the university for 15 years as a principal oceanographer. Not long afterwards he spent a 15-year stint at the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ Field Research Facility in Duck as a research oceanographer – which meant doing everything from measuring waves to working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and helping with storm management.

It was time to retire at that point, which he did – but not to sit still. Instead he took advantage of the opportunity to switch gears a bit and follow his passion for developing a better way to forecast waves.

“I was chatting with a colleague one day about the fact that there’s so much rich wave data constantly being collected and how it’s always "DATA IS TAKEN FROM ALL OVER THE readily available,” Jeff says.

That conversation sparked a plan to develop COUNTRY. WE CAN what Jeff and his colleagues refer to as a “data CONSOLIDATE ALL fusion technique” – with the overall goal of THAT DATA INTO ONE creating a site that can serve as the premier FORECAST FOR THE ENTIRE EAST COAST source for wave knowledge.

And as for how it works?

IN JUST MINUTES." “Data is taken from all over the country,” -JEFF HANSON, Jeff explains. “From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration buoys, the Coastal ACUSEA CREATOR Studies buoys, etcetera…and that data provides information on waves, beaches, what happens once waves hit the continental shelf, and how they are focused or defocused from there. We can currently consolidate all that data into one forecast for the entire East Coast in just minutes, and we can even forecast up to seven days into the future.

“As part of that, we can also provide data on the height of the waves directly in the surf zone, instead of simply offshore,” Jeff adds.

Currently in its fourth year, their site – the appropriately named, AcuSea – is still being perfected. At present, more than 120 locations are being tested between Virginia and South Carolina, and they’ve partnered with OBXSurfInfo.com in order to bring a preliminary version of their forecasts to area surfers in each coastal town from Virginia Beach to Wilmington.

From there, a full public launch of AcuSea is expected early next year, and it’s being awaited with great enthusiasm.

“We attended a surf contest in Hawaii last year, the Billabong Pro, and we had our model up and running throughout the entire event,” Jeff notes. “It did every bit as good as the world’s leading forecast sites.”

But even with all that science and technology at his disposal, Jeff gives props to the people who spend their days riding waves.

“Surfers,” Jeff says firmly. “I’ve learned so much from them, and it’s really cool working with people who are constantly in the water. They just get it.”

A native of South Carolina, Fran Marler earned a B.A. in English from Coastal Carolina University. With a love of travel and all things water related, she and her husband have been residents of Kill Devil Hills for the past 12 years. Always keen for a good story, Fran is sure to be found wherever she is with a pen in hand, sharing her passion for writing.

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SHORE SCIENCE

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t’s the holiday season so that means less traffic (hopefully), lots of family time, and, of course, oysters.

Whether raw on the half shell or roasted over an open fire, oysters have been feeding Outer Bankers for generations. In fact, these briny mollusks were once in such demand that fishermen from the Chesapeake Bay descended upon the Pamlico Sound after depleting their own local resources, prompting residents of Dare, Hyde, Pamlico and Carteret counties to declare “war” on the northern interlopers in the winter of 1891.

Today, locally harvested native oysters are just as popular as they were at the turn of the 20th century. And for many, that popularity is tied to a little crab.

Oyster pea crabs are a general term for several species (Pinnotheres ostreum or Zaops ostreus) of small crabs less than half an inch in size that live almost their entire lives inside the safety of an oyster’s shell. All pea crabs start out as free swimmers, but only females seek that perfect oyster host

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to spend the rest of their days in. Males of the species, on the other hand, remain somewhat mobile, roaming from oyster to oyster to find a mate. Pea crabs can be found in oysters from Massachusetts to Brazil, but their center of abundance tends to be from the Chesapeake Bay south through Georgia.

These minute crabs are considered kleptoparasites, meaning that they steal food particles from oysters as they filter water – making pea crabs nothing more than benign, crustacean freeloaders. The crabs position themselves on the oysters’ gills to take first dibs on any food that comes through. Generally speaking, pea crabs cause no harm to an oyster, but can sometimes cause minor damage to an oyster’s gills as they move around to grab tasty morsels before the oyster can. In fact, the presence of pea crabs in oysters can be an indication of a healthy ecosystem and a healthy oyster population.

Pea crabs are also somewhat of a local icon on the Outer Banks. Some of our

most famous and tasty native oysters are harvested from an area so named because of the shear abundance of pea crabs.

Crab Slough, located south of Roanoke Island near Oregon Inlet, produces legendary oysters with pea crabs in nearly every shuck. The combination of steady currents, salty waters and large amounts of food make this area a pea crab nirvana.

Although some may find a small freeloading crab on their freshly shucked oyster off-putting, those in the know are in for a culinary treat. Edible either raw or cooked, these crabs have a soft shell and a sweet flavor not unlike a fat blue crab. The only problem is collecting enough of them to have a meal!

The delectability of pea crabs was not lost on the epicureans of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The 1901

cookbook Three Hundred Ways to Cook and Serve Shellfish contains 16 recipes for pea crabs, some requiring about 500 crabs to make. In 1913, the New York Times highlighted pea crabs in “Oyster Crabs: A Epicure’s Delight,” in which their flavor was described as the “daintiest shrimp you ever ate.”

However, as oyster populations began to dwindle and once-thriving shucking houses shuttered their doors in the mid-20th century, so did the availability of pea crabs. Without a steady supply of product, the taste for pea crabs in modern society was all but lost. Luckily, our access to Crab Slough oysters and the tasty pea crabs they house has kept this tasty delight firmly entrenched in Outer Banks culinary culture – which will likely continue to be the case well into the future.

Brian Boutin is a coastal scientist who lives and works in Kill Devil Hills along with his wife, two kids and a 18-month-old Plott hound. He’s also an avid surfer and fisherman who enjoys all of the natural beauty found on the Outer Banks.

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hen The Meg hit movie theaters last summer, Cynthia Crane simply had to see it. After all, those infamous giant sharks once ruled an ocean that stretched into eastern North Carolina, so Hollywood’s take on the long-extinct megalodon species seemed like a pleasant – albeit far-fetched – diversion.

“There’s a science behind it, but for entertainment purposes they have to tweak it a little,” Cynthia says. “To me, paleontology is really exciting, but sometimes you have to catch the general population’s eye and mind. I would rather have a megalodon or a Jurassic World movie out there that’s not totally scientifically accurate, but closer than nothing. It brings attention to things, and people can delve deeper if they’re interested. It’s a hook.”

And that’s very much in line with what Cynthia does for a living at the Aurora Fossil Museum in the tiny Beaufort County town of Aurora on the Pamlico River. There, the museum director and her staff of three parttime employees showcase a fossil record of marine life from millions of years ago thanks to their partnership with the nearby Nutrien Phosphate Mine.

Formerly known as PotashCorp, the mine has provided fossil-rich fill material to the museum and even some Outer Banks fossil pits at area attractions such as the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, where untold numbers of kids and adults have searched for shark teeth and other fossils since the mining operation first sponsored the addition of the aquarium’s fossil pit in 2000.

For some kids, the thrill of the hunt in real time is just as enticing as a Hollywood blockbuster when it comes to sparking an interest in science.

And when it comes down to the fossil record in eastern North Carolina, there’s plenty to learn.

The phosphate mine has unearthed fossils in pristine condition from the Miocene and Pliocene periods, ranging from three to 25 million years ago when oceans fully covered what is now the North Carolina coast.

That’s why the mining operation has been able to supply the fossil-rich fill material that can be explored on the museum grounds as well as in fossil kits that are provided to teachers.

“There’s this cyclical rise and fall of sea level over millions of years,” Cynthia explains. “During certain periods, eastern North Carolina was the ocean floor, so we have fossils of all kinds of marine life of various species – plus evidence of deep water, shallow water, even tropical reef environments over different intervals of time.”

Thanks to the materials being so readily available, the Aurora Fossil Museum opened in 1978 as an economic boost for the area, and as a way to promote and showcase the rich natural history that was being uncovered at the phosphate mine. While there are currently only 500 year-round residents in Aurora, some 20,000 visitors from all 50 states and almost every continent come through the free nonprofit museum each year.

“People research fossils from Aurora in all different parts of the world,” Cynthia says. “It’s done more for that period of paleontology on the North Carolina Coastal Plain than any other place.”

That research includes studying “the meg,” which is also featured prominently at the museum. While a typical shark tooth find can be measured in centimeters, the museum boasts a megalodon tooth that Cynthia describes as being “as big as your hand.” Little wonder, then, that such a treasure is the official state fossil of North Carolina, whose seas once teemed with the humongous sharks.

Now in her fourth year as the museum’s director, Cynthia has long been invested in sparking kids’ interest in paleontology. Her grandfather was a mining engineer in Ohio, so she grew up with fossils all around her, and her parents could always find her climbing rock piles and exploring outside.

That’s why she loves seeing kids doing the same thing at the museum or at any of the other fossil pits scattered throughout the state.

“It makes me happy, because in today’s world our young people can miss out on that aspect,” Cynthia says. “If you can get kids outside and playing and discovering things, that just ignites inquisitiveness. It’s a way to engage them in science, and I love seeing them light up. We need more of that in the world.”

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Renee Landry Event Designer

Photo by Brooke Mayo • Story by Amelia Boldaji IT’S EARLY MORNING AT ONE OF RENEE LANDRY’S TWO LOCAL STUDIO SPACES, and the floor is littered with cross-legged

assistants, scraps of fabric, clothespins, staplers and a handful of scissors that are nicknamed after individual members of the Kardashian-Jenner family. And this is just the brief calm before a massive storm of flowers arrives to be stripped and sorted with meticulous attention to detail.

At the center of it all is Renee herself, the driving force behind the 11-person team that currently makes up Renee Landry Events. From floral arrangements to furniture, props and lighting, there’s virtually nothing Renee can’t make happen – and that’s assuming that she hasn’t already done it before. With a career that’s taken her everywhere from being a Nike-sponsored aerobics instructor in Finland to creating educational exhibits for the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, we caught up with Renee to hear more about what goes on behind the scenes of things…and why she thinks her job is most similar to conducting air traffic control.

In addition to all of your previous jobs, you were once on the short list to become the White House Chief Floral Designer. What was that like?

It was Mother’s Day [in 2009], and I heard that the White House florist was retiring, so I said, ‘I want that job.’ It’s all about inventing possibilities in your life, and I knew someone who got me an application.

I made it into the second round with two others and got to do three arrangements for Mrs. Obama [in Washington, D.C.]…I still remember when she walked into the room; she was perfect, like a princess. It wasn’t meant to be though, and that’s when I expanded my business to include lights and props.

You design things for a lot of special events, but the bulk of what you concentrate on is weddings. How do you start that process with a new client?

Well, first the bride books me, and then she’ll usually show me some of her Pinterest ideas. I can kind of read her mind from there by looking for visual patterns. She’s likely either romantic, bohemian or modern; I’m just trying to figure out what kind of story she’s trying to tell. Then we’ll create a wish list for everything from the wedding party to the ceremony and the reception. It’s really similar to designing a blueprint and building a house, but not as expensive – unless you want it to be!

How do you stay inspired style-wise?

I’ve got to watch everything: Fashion, furniture, stores like Anthropologie and West Elm, what’s trending on Instagram, celebrities and what they’re wearing…I’m always on the lookout for the next big thing. What was in style when I met Mrs. Obama isn’t in style anymore. Things went all loose and organic over the past few years, and now it’s heading toward tropical vibes, but that will change again, too. And, of course, I really, really have to know my flowers – it’s a pretty important vocabulary, and I’m always learning.

What’s your favorite part of the job?

Going back and forth with ideas, and then taking something that isn’t normally used in a given situation and making it work. Exercise balls might become snowballs with some glue and bathroom rugs, or you can cut out thousands of fabric circles and staple them together to make a curtain. Most of the time you do all these small things over and over again, and when it’s done you can say, ‘Look at this big, beautiful, impossible thing we made.’ That’s when you go to bed and you’re like, damn, that was good.

I think the word that matters most is ‘clever.’ When the ideas are clever, it’s like fireworks. That’s where the magic is.

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