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Pag* 10 Suppl*m?nt lo Th* Bruntwick Be David Ai BY SUSAN USIIKR Dhviu afiu Penny Hedv?Lio jokingly r In Iill to have the- nnlv "hirnlnr*?H" hniiK*> Jit (Wan lata Raarh Nearby property owners needn't panic, though, it's a temporary condition soon to be remedied. A recent remodeling Job left the siding iniamntcted and in need of staining. The work was a timely sort of symbol for a couple lately in tlie public eye a great deal. They've needed room for a growing family: Daughters F.rin, B, already a would-be page in the State House, ami Mandy, a charmer at 6. were looking forward to a brother due in n|Mii. rtiiu uiai were a uavui a copperfleld, or Copper, the family's twoyear-old cocker spaniel. While the cottage had much more space than the little "box of a house" the Kcdwincs lived in before at Clause landing near David's family f home, it wasn't enough. Also, the dark interior walls- all wood paneling except for the papered baths and kitchen -were starting to close In on Penny. At one point a "For Sale" sign ac lunuy worn up in from ot the craven Street cottage where the Redwtnes have lived since 1978? the cottage with n front tluit Penny had never really liked to bcKin with, David noted. Several factors combined to keep them m place. Including Hurricane Diana ami the family's love for tlx* shore. Instead of moving. Penny captained during a tour of their new space. 1 'what the hurricane didn't tear dow n or blow away, we tore down. We decided while we were tearing down ami repairing, we'd go ahead ami remodel " From a busy fall, the family moved Into a still buster winter ami spring David was running-by then unopposed?for election to the 14th District seal he'd been appointed to a year earlier; Penny was expecting, ami the cottage was under rvnovatirut T^nvwvrilt' > ? I1I1C floor condominium else* he rr on the beach, the flights of stairs got longer ami longer, the bags of groceries heavier as time passed B.v the Ume ti:-i. r i; i i X,\ . I - p : 1 JV . :; I J Oua* OiU Omftiin'.s 5 CV*?r Hi* N**ff Oc**n i*-* |M?K*> c ?vt#wOt 40* 1 KlCOn. April-May 19B5 nd Penny R< Wm & 3S*% ^W J3BBI FAMILY AND CARKKR arr bios son shown here In Ibflr Craven Stmt hon their rrfurbislxHl house was ready. It was tin* for David to head for the other "House" In Kalelgh and for IVnny to begin readying the nursery. A busy, but happy confusion for a couple doing what son* dare only fantasize about: living their dreams, sharing their goals and ambitions for each other. Their cottage had experienced soxrie erf the ?sme invisible or slow to de\-elop damage as other beach homes in iXana's wake In the living area, (or instance, the celling beam marked. I lamp insulation soured In place erf the standard I960* beach cottage acroM-the-(ront porch, the Red wines and contractor Gary t'culos created a stairwell entry that NEW . _ JJinJ Ui f HAL WITH 11 \ 1 1 * if v- *lt U s amazmo h< s > ontira room w 0( Our Levolor than control Ik HI into dosens 'H make ?f>?< \room dMdare ..(V ' 3 RUBY FLOYD :z?s sdwine: Sha \ ^ gwitt *jizr'3 e Jmm b ji^rfm IJMHH n u ^N. O ..... jlng for Penny and David Krdwlne. lc at Ocean Isle Boacta. opens into a cheery sunrooin fashiooed from one end of the old porch. IJcense tags with David's seat number. "IS" and "laA," on the family cars parted beneath the additions signal the responsibilities in Raleigh and across the 14th District that take him frequently away from this warm and inviting oasis ai uic ouier end oi the house, bedrooms upstairs and downstairs were extended Into the space once claimed by the front porch to provide play areas and storage for the girls' Barbie paraphrenalia A doubledecker bay window gives each erf the girls her own enviable panoramic view of the Atlantic Intra coastal LOOK. THE '.TiCAL WAY EV010R BLINDS >w you can dress up an ilh an imaginative us? bimos Tf>?y do more jht Th?y can t>? wtvv i of color scnomas and m up tor windows o? as 57o UTT 'tU t? StAfJ v ( Oak ofcanj cv lo->g ko:k ;*?}**? | iring Their Waterway. Erin's room Is frilly and 3mantic, white-on-white, while landy's rnnm downstairs reflects er more tomboyish personality, in every room Uic oiu (Muicling *??. > avered with white wallboard, giving a feeling of openness, a sense of aace. Some of Penny's watercolors hang, long with the work of other artists. Ion# the stairs leading to the second oor. Needlework and plants add furier personal touches throughout the ouse. Still, David and Penny plan evenlally to move away from the beach u onto the mainland into a more aditional neighborhood setting. For now Penny and the girls will njoy the beach. Erin and Mandy are ig enough to swim in the canal, Peny said, and "they just love it." An inlander from Monroe, Penny ever dreamed of Kettine tn live ?f tie beach. But then she also never bought she'd be involved in politics r the wife o( a state representative. HWY. 1165.H MILE PHON] /' niuufiird / < VfTtfi ' 7 / S Wsxlrrrjtrxi \v V | B rictim*" I '-3 I Dreams She and David met ai a traierniiy social at East Carolina University. H where she was a junior art education B major and he a senior politics and they will have been married 13 years. B Politics and campaigning are "fun." she said, but something you ' have to learn. The one thing she absolutely doesn't like to do is hand out cards at fish fries and rallies?and j then only because she feels people | don't really want to take them. j sne was reared in a family only moderately interested in politics, while David grew up immersed in the subject, tempered by his mother's high standards and knowledge of people and politics. "I don't think I ever had any choice about liking it," he said. Still, both are living out the lives they dreamed of as singles: Public office has been David's lifelong goal while Penny always assumed she would teach, then marry and rear a family. < Continued on following page) rats :ULl/ :IGUttE CT TT/^VKTO r/voniwno EAST OF CALABASH E 579-3060 Angel Dresses 14V4-26'/i Koret (luordinate?i and I>r?'SHrs Mise Modes < ?M?r<linat? - and \ \ Russ r Shij) 'n Sk /?? ? I ^lark* and Bonnie Lou ^i-aicr* **" - ** V^o ?? -?.
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