• •
PINE KNOLL SHORE LINE
ISSUE 35
COMMISSIQNERS* MEETING, FEBRUARY 12
i975 Town taxes are 89^ collected, 150 auto tags had been sold byFebruaiy 12, The
deadline was February I5, 32 dogs are registered.
The Commissioners appointed KEN HOFFMEYER, Registered Professional Engineer in North
Carolina, to be Assistant Building Inspector, his time to be given as a public ser
vice without compensation.
Atlantic Beach will refund the amount paid for fire protection to those PKS citizens
who paid double tax for this purpose. Anyone to whom this applies should take
receipts or cancelled checks to the Atlantic Beach town hall on Tuesdays or Thurs
days, There is a 60 day limit for applying for refunds beginning February 9*
JOHN COLLIER reported to the Commissioners that an athletic field is being construc
ted at Salter Path near the Salter Path fire and rescue building, Ponations are
requested to help complete this project. Commissioner McCulley will visit the field
and report back to the Board, No action was taken at this meeting.
If you are a PKS er required to pay the 1975 Fire District tax and haven't yet paid,
it might be wise to consider doing so. Our Town Attorney has said that if you don’t
pay, the tax will become a lien against your property. This can be avoided by making
the payment and then recovering it from Atlantic Beach as reported in the Carteret
County News-Times of February 12 (and this Shoreline),
IMPORTANT reminder for PKS residents — when you fill in your Federal Income tax
form, you will find a question ”In what city, town, village, etc,, do you live?,”
This information is requested by the Census Bureau for Revenue Sharing, Please be
sure to list Pine Knoll Shores, not Morehead City or Atlantic Beach through whose
post office you get your mail.
When we had the February storm which blew down so many branches, some of us had such
a pile of brush to bum that we wondered whether we needed a burning permit. We askec
at the Town Office for a review of the regulations, and here is a summary. Paper,
leaves, litter, shavings (i,e, a small fire) may be burned if (a) an adult person is
in constant attendance!^. (^) a- connected water hose is available at the site of the
fire; (c) the site of the fire is a safe distance from adjacent building, trees, or
inflammable refuse; (d) the wind velocity does not exceed ten miles per hour. For
any larger fire, you should secure a burning permit from the building inspector. In
cidentally, he reminds us that nothing can be bvirned on the shoulders of the road.
GEORGE KLOEK has been selected chairman of the Environmental Resources Commission for
Carteret County, Another appointment — DR, EDWARD BAKER has been appointed to re
present Pine Knoll Shores on the fifteen man commission to study the best location of
the Gonvention Center,
TIPS FOR PROTECTING YOUR HOME
AGAINST BURGLARY
1, Keep doors and windows locked even when leaving home for a short period of time,
2, Barn a light visible from the street at night near your doorway. When a'way from
home a timing device on this same light is a great deterent,
Lo not allovr starangerx or solicitors in yovor home without, first checking their
Tiredentlals, If there is still doubt, cheok them out further by phoning their
^iompany or the organization they claim to represent. If you are unable to
contract their organization, or are still in doubt, call your Pol.ioe Dept,
Encourage your neighbors to watch each others homes when you or they are away.
Notify your Police Department if you intend to be away for several days,
6, Stop all newspapers and other like deliveries. Have a neighbor pick up your mail
and remove any hand bills or oatalogs tlia;b laay be left where they may be see^
by psLSserbys,
MARCH 1976
Editors* Betty Hammon
Mary Doll