September 2009 * Vol. 6, No. 03 A Shoreline Community, Pine Knoll Shores, N.C. Town Hall 247-4353
Exceeding Expections
By Charne McBriarty
Oneyearago,acampaign was launched
in Pine Knoll Shores to appreciably reduce
the amount of electricity consumed by
the end of July 2009. Mayor Joan Lamson
set a goal of reducing the kilowatt hours
lised by the town by 10%. With support
aAd data provided by the Carteret Craven
Electric Cooperative (CCEC), a month-
by-month report was prepared, and
progress or lack thereof was reported in
The Shoreline.
TheWal report reveals that between
Auguk 2008 and July 2009 the overall
average of kilowatts-per-day usage did
indeed drop. The prior average kilowatt-
per-day usage for 366 days of service,
totaled 143,843, while recent usage totaled
only 143,317 for 369 days of service. The
reports reveal an overall drop of 526
average kilowatts over a period that
included three more service days than last
year. This is clearly a decline, but short of
the 10% goal identified 12 months ago.
However, these numbers teU only part
of the story. We all know that outside
McBriarty
temperature plays a significant role in our
use of electricity. In colder winter time,
we crank-up the heat. During the hot
days of summer, the air conditioning is
cranked down. In addition to measuring
kilowatt usage, the CCEC data also
compared the temperature differences
based upon the "harshness" of the
weather. If the temperatures during the
winter of one year were colder and the
summer temperatures were hotter in
comparison to the previousyear, thatyear
would be identified as having harsher
weather. That is exactly the situation
that prevailed between Augtist 2008 and
July 2009. Pine KnoU Shores experienced
harsher weather during both Ae winter
and summer. In fact, the data reveal that
this year the weather was more than366%
harsher" than last year and the average
daily kilowatt usage was 37% lower than
what was projected.
Therefore, it is clear that the mayor's
goal to reduce the town's consumption of
electricity hasexceededaUprojections and
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Some of the crowd attending the August 4 Annual Night Out presented by the
police and fire departments of Pine Knoll Shores and Atlantic Beach. (See storv
on page 4) ^
Alice the Queen Part 4
By Barbara Milhaven
Alice Hoffman had a long history of her garden crops. She filed suit against
legalproblemsmvolvinglitigaHon. The Salter Path squatters, and when she lost
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Boogie Board '''Body Surfing
An Ocean Safety Concern
By Richard Seale
into the sweU so we were jetted toward
the beach with arms outstretched in
Editors Note: Hurricane Bill has resulted
inasignificantincreaseofrip-tiderelatedhead
and neck injuries which makes this article
much more relevant
They look safe enough and indeed
provide some buoyancy in an imdertow
or to a tired swimmer, but all is not as
rosy as it may seem.
Body surfing is an activity made for the ^
ocean. Many of us grew up doing it with pulled up the face of the wave and
our only tool, our body. The skill was to tumbled into the water below. We
time the wave and launch ourselves Continued on page 4
most talked about and remembered
are battles she w.aged with Salter
Path residents. Alice knew squatters
were already here when she bought
the property. She made friends with
some of them and employed others.
The problems stemmed from her
desire to protect trees from being cut
her suit, she attempted to make them
pay taxes for the land they lived on
or be evicted. Here again she was not
successful. You can imagine that this
whole debacle did not endear her to
many Salter Path residents. Some news
articles reflect this feeling.
Although some people referred to Mrs.
Hoffman as reclusive, there is much
^ ^ , unnecessarily and to keep livestock ...... ..
and fun. Now and again we would
misread a wave and either get a late
start and "miss" the wave, or, very
occasionally, get ahead of the wave.
Inabigwave,thiscouldmeanbeing
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