PINE KNOLL Shores
By JoAnne Ferguson
“History is an ongoing thing. Think about it. Tomorrow, that which happened
today is history.” That’s how Ted Lindblad, member of the Pine Knoll Shores
History Committee, opened our October 25 Womens Club meeting, when he
spoke with us about the history of Pine Knoll Shores.
He asked us, “Did you know there was once an active livestock operation in
Pine Knoll Shores? Is there really a Confederate ship buried 100 feet off shore?”
and “Who is Alice Hoffman?”
If not for Alice Hoffman, there may not have been a Pine Knoll Shores. She
came to what we call Pine Knoll Shores in 1915 and fell in love with it. She
purchased the land in 1917 and created a life here. There is so much history in
our town, and capturing it for posterity is important.
The History Committee is continuing to document and compile important
papers, maps, notebooks and videos. Mr. Lindblad sparked our interest in finding
out more about our history. He told us to go to the history committee’s blog at
pineknollhistory.blogspot.com to find more information. The committee also
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Pine Knoll Shores History Committee member Ted Lindblad and Women’s Club Vice
President Libby Gallagher at the October club meeting.—Photo by Toni Cox
The Shoreline I December 2019
contributes articles about our history to The Shoreline. Last month the committee
hosted Rodney Kemp to speak to the town about Alice Hofffnan at a wine and
cheese party. The event sold out, and Mr. Lindblad assured us they will have Mr.
Kemp back to teU us more.
A business meeting followed. We discussed the Christmas luncheon, when
we will be collecting money for the domestic violence shelter. At our October ^
meeting, women’s club members brought needed items for the domestic violence
shelter that were delivered to Caroline’s Collectables. Our next charity is Martha’s
Mission. We will gather food and gift cards to help those families in need.
Our first Cooks Night Out was a huge success. We went to Full Moon Oyster
Bar in Atlantic Beach; the food was great, and everyone enjoyed being together
with their spouses.
The Christmas luncheon is December 6 at the Crystal Coast Country Club. We
hope to have a good turnout and that everyone will enjoy the luncheon.
Our next regular meeting is at 9:30 a.m. on January 24 at town hall. Bobbie
Waters of Coastal Environmental Partnership will speak with us about how to
keep Pine Knoll Shores clean. We hope to see you there.
Venom: It Could Save Your Life
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while supplying venom to numerous other researchers, including the Welcome
Foundation of London, which used viper venom to control bleeding in surgery.
Another product, developed by Abbott Laboratories in Chicago, dissolved blood
clots in the body without hemorrhaging.
Today, venom research has become a hugely promising and exciting new
field that has expanded to include venom from all sorts of animals—from
scorpions and spiders to cone snails and Gila monsters—providing a wide range
of treatments for any number of maladies, from stroke to diabetes to cancer.
“Venoms have powerful physiological properties,” according to Dr. Daniel
Drachman of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. “Bill Haast realized that
long before scientists did. He foresaw its effects and inspired the opening of a
new field in research of the nervous system.”
Frederick Boyce is the staff herpetologist at the NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll
Shores.
Sources; “‘Milking’ Cobras for Cures,” by Ben Funk, Nov. 12, 1978, The New York Times
Journal of Biological Chemistry, March, 20W
Bill Haast, The Miami Serpentarium, Facebook; billhaast.com
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Speed Study on Oakleaf Drive
rate of traffic violations. ’This information is extremely helpful considering the
limited resources (officers) that we have.
We will continue to think outside the box in addressing traffic safety
concerns in our neighborhoods and on NC Highway 58. At the time that I
wrote this article, your officers have stopped over 2,700 vehicles in 2019 for
traffic violations. We take traffic safety incredibly seriously and are willing to
try different approaches to get the best results. We even installed a set of speed
bumps at the intersection of Cedar Road and Cypress Drive in September to
address the concerns of the residents in that area about vehicles not stopping for
the stop signs. It is worth mentioning that those speed bumps were stolen less
than 12 hours after our Public Services Department bolted them to the roadway.
If you are visiting a neighbor and see a set of black and yellow speed bumps in
their garage, give me a caU. I m betting they belong to the police department.