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June 2009 • Vol. S, No. 12 A Shoreline Community, Pine Knoll Shores, N.C.
Town Hall 247-4353
Beach Access
By Charlie McBriarty
The coastline with its beautiful beaches
is a major asset of Pine Knoll Shores.
Through the years, the community has
been supportive of efforts to maintain and
renourish this community asset. Nearly a
decade ago the North Carolina Division
of Coastal Management (CAM A) became
involved in a locally funded beach re
nourishment effort. CAMA directed, as
a condition of receipt of additional sand,
that public beach access be established
by all of the communities in receipt of
this sand. It should be noted that CAMA
imposed no specifications with respect to
where these public beach accesses were
to be located. The town agreed to this
stipulation and five sites were identified.
Those sites were located at (from east to
west) Amerisuites, Memorial Park, Iron
Steamer, Clam Digger and Ocean Glen.
In 2004, the town became involved in
another renourishment effort, the 933
project in which the county reached
agreement with the Army Corps of
Engineers (COE). In turn the town
reached agreement with the county. All
parties to this project agreed to adhere to
applicable Federal regulations focused on
public beach access. These regulations
stipulated that public beach accesses must
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be distanced no more than one-half mile
apart and that parking for no fewer than 10
vehicles be provided within one-quarter
mile of each access. For sundry reasons,
the 933 project did not actually result in
sand being put on the beach until 2007.
In the interim, a series of proposals were
presented to COE in an effort to afford
some flexibility regarding the distance
and parking issues while keeping with
the spirit of the regulations. Eventually,
it became evident that COE would expect
nothing less than strict adherence to the
one-half mile location and the one-quarter
mile parking stipulations. For PKS,
this meant that, in addition to the five
existing beach accesses, six more would
be required.
During the summer2008, the county and
PKS received inquiries from COE about
the status of the required public beach
accesses and the related parking. These
inquiries were taken seriously for three
important reasons. First, the town had
negotiated and signed a legal document
requiring us to comply with these Federal
regulations. Second, COE holds $250,000
that will be reimbursed to PKS once the
access sites are on-line. Finally, failure
to comply would severely inhibit the
town's eligibility to receive
future beach renourishment
funding.
Last year, a sixth public
beach access site was opened.
It is identified as Beacon's
Reach East and is west of
the existing Clam Digger
site. Agreement has been
achieved on a seventh site,
to be identified as Beacon's
Reach West, and will be
finalized upon the approval
Past presidents of Garden Club Celebrate 35* Anniversary L to R: (standing) Mary
Heim, Lois Jean O'Keefe, Marty Hare, Jane Page, Barbara Williams, Shirley Schaeffler,
Carol McYitty (current), Jan Corsello. (sitting) Clare Winslow, Betty Stanton, Kay
Howe, Sheryl Woodbury, Becky Moore, Vivian Macdonald.
Thirty-five Years of the
Garden Club
By Yvette
In April of 1974, some ladies got together
for the purpose of starting a garden
club in Pine Knoll Shores. At the first
meeting in May, there were twenty-one
ladies present and officers were elected.
The purpose of the club was to leam
more about the art of gardening and to
beautify and maintain the areas within
the town.
In the early years. Green Bag Day (the
color of the trash bags) was an annual
project of cleaning up along the streets
with husbands and neighbors helping. At
the first Green Bag Day, three truckloads
of trash were picked up, but as more
houses were built, there was less trash.
After everybody worked up a good
appetite, there was a chili luncheon as a
reward. Another early garden club project
was Christmas Eve luminaries, with good
Bannen
participation by the townspeople. Extra
kits were bought to put along the street in
front of empty lots to keep the luminary
display going. Two hundred 3-4' high
watermelon red crepe myrtles were
sold in 1981-82 and because that was so
successful, 100 more were sold in 1985-86,
many still visible throughout town.
As a fundraiser in December, 1987, and
again in 1991, the garden club had a tour
of five members' homes decorated for
Christmas. Starting in 1989, the garden
club successfiilly sold annuals for 14
years with a goal of selling 2,000 plants
each year. During that time, over 28,000
plants were sold.
The club's 20*’’ anniversary was
celebrated with a gala luncheon at a
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