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Police Report
Police Chief Joey Culpepper reported that
police handled 161 incidents in July, including
the arrest of a 16-year-old from Beaufort in
connection with the rash of vehicle break-ins
that occurred in May and June. Charges in the
case are pending.
There were also arrests in connection with
two incidents at local hotels, one involving an
assault oh a female and the other involving the
alleged theft of cash by an employee.
On July 4 there was a stabbing on Arborvitae
Ct. where several Hispanic subjects were
staying in a residence while doing some
painting for the owner. Two of the male
subjects had an argument over a female in
Atlantic Beach. When they returned to Pine
Knoll Shores, one of the subjects stabbed
the other. The victim was transported to the
hospital and the suspect fled to Cary where
he was arrested by Cary police.
Fire/EMS Report
By Director Bill Matthias
The department responded to 56 incidents
during the month of July; 26 EMS calls and
30 fire calls. Of the 26 EMS calls, 19 required
transport and 23 required paramedic level care.
The majority of the fire calls were because of
lightning strikes triggering automated alarms.
Lightning also caused one structure fire in
Salter Path that the department assisted in
ej^tinguishing. The average response time
for EMS calls was 3:14 and for fire calls was
5:12. Training in July included water supply,
laying of hoses, pre-planning, driver’s training
and water rescue.
The History Place
Offers New Book
By Cindi Hamilton, Executive Director
The much-anticipated book. The
Masons of Eastern North Carolina by
William Mason, has been published by
the History Place and is now available.
The book costs $40 in the Museum
Store. The History Place is located at
1008 Arendell Street in Downtown
Morehead City. For more information
or to reserve your copy, call theHistory
Place 252-247-7533 ext. 106.
Town of Pine Knoll Shores
Board of Commissioners
In Memoriam
August
Blanche Creamer
Joan E. Lamson, Mayor
William B. Ashland
James O. Hunter
Mary I. Kanyha
Robert M. Danehy
Lawrence J. La Brie
Finance & Administration
Finance & Administration
Public Safety
Public Safety
Public Works
Public Works
240-3110
808-3661
727-0966
247-4153
240-2945
240-2966
Town Hall Phone: (252)4353 Fax: 247-4355
E-mail: admin@townofpks.com Web site:www.townofpks.com
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Public Safety Building
Police (252)247-2474 • Fire/EMS (252)247-2268 • Police/Fire Fax: 247-2897
After Hours Non-emergency Phone for Police: 504-4800
Emergency call: 911
August Board of Commissioners Meeting
By Yvette
The first item of business was a public
hearing on a rezoning request for the property
at the comer of Oakleaf Drive and Salter Path.
This is currently zoned as commercial and the
request is to change it to Multi-Family 2 with
Conditional Use.
Several residents and interested parties spoke
in favor of the change, but there was also a
caution about the proximity to the public access
parking and the need for better signs directing
people to the proper pathway to the beach.
After much discussion, at the morning
briefing session and during the BOC meeting,
the rezoning request was tabled until all the
details are acceptable. The sticking points are
the density (the number of living units) and
the performance bonds. Attorney Whitford
suggested that a special meeting be called by
the Commissioners to deal with those items.
After the consent agenda was accepted, there
was clarification about one of the items in
that agenda, namely acquiring the Knollwood
beach access. The Town has applied for a
$30,000 grant to acquire it.
Tax Collector Shelton mentioned that
tax bills would be going out at the end of
August or early September. The audit process
is underway for fiscal year 2004-2005. It
was noted that the Town meeting room has
gotten some new carpeting (approved in the
budget) to replace the old one that was getting
threadbare.
There will be possible vacancies on the
Planning Board, Board of Adjustment
and Community Appearance Committee
and they will be advertised. Volunteer
forms are available at Town Hall or on the
Town’s website where there are also job
descriptions.
A debris removal contract with Robert
Youngblood for Beacon’s Reach and
Bannen
McGinnis Point was approved. A three-year
mowing contract was approved with Copeland
Nursery.
Emergency Management Director Matthias
gave his report and introduced Fire Captain
Buddy Tweed who has replaced Mr. Matthias,
and the three new positions were filled by Fire
Captain Jason Baker, Firefighter/EMT Landon
Nowlin and Firefighter/EMT-I David Jones.
The parking tickets and fines for illegal
parking on the rights of way following the July
BOC meeting were rescinded and replaced
by a warning.
The Federal budget is holding up the Project
933, but work is going on assessing the volume
of sand available, etc.
Items of interest are being accumulated to
place in a Time Capsule at Town Hall to be
opened sometime in the future.
During the citizens’ comment period, a
question was raised about the water system and
softening the water at the source, but this will
not be done because of health concerns.
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Feature Editor
Sue Christman 240-2556
Production Editor
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Editors at Large
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Yvette Bannon 240-1528
Contributing Reporters
Yvette Bannon 240-1528
Ken Benson 240-2516
Marge Green 726-9966
Beth LaBrie 240-2966
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Barbara Milhaven 240-0678
Sigrid Schneider 247-9495
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