PKA News
ByAmryCox
Spring brings May flowers and more volunteer opportunities within the
Pine Knoll Association (PKA). We are looking at ways to make it easier for our
members to know what we are planning and decide when and where to volun
teer based on interests, skills and schedule. We will send out speciflc dates and
locations of projects through our emails and on social media.
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Karen Murphy and Mike Di Lauro volunteer at Brock Basin.
—Photo by Robert Cox
Dates, including rain dates, will be published at least a week in advance to
make it easier for folks to come out and lend a hand. Our workdays ar^ social
and another way to meet your fellow members. Our goal is to have all projects
complete and all sprucing up of common areas accomplished before Memorial
Day weekend. Come out and help us as often as you can. Here’s the status of
some projects and what is planned for others:
• Brock Basin—Planting and mulching work are almost finished and look
ing mighty nice from the street. Some board replacement work is needed
at the bulkheads.
• Davis Landing—Planting and trimming are planned. Concrete work'
on the approach to the boat ramp is being planned and may take some
scheduling to accomplish.
• Hall Haven—Most of the dock work has Been accomplished, and now the
focus moves to replacing and rebuilding the walkways.
• Kings Corner—Basic cleanup and sprucing up from winter is needed.
• Ocean Park—A few weekly flag duty slots are still available. Go to
pineknollassociation.com and sign up. We are looking for folks handy with
hammer skills to help replace some boards and a few steps going to the
beach off the sittum, plus a few other beautification projects.
• Ramsey—Trimming and some planting are possibly needed as well as
checking and sprucing up equipment and picnic tables.
The PKA annual meeting is next month on Friday, June 17, with sign-in and
social starting at 6:30 p.m. at town hall. Members will receive their PKA mailing
with information, ballot and annual bill in the mail this week. If you have not
received it by mid-May, please contact the PKA Administrator as shown below.
PKA contact. Contact PKA by phone at 252-240-1717; hy email at
PKAhox905@gmail.com; via the website at pineknoUassociation.com; by mail
at PO Box 905, Atlantic Beach, NC 28512; by the PKA drop box at 118 Walnut
Circle; and on Facebook at facebook.com/pineknollassociation. The PKA
Harbormaster’s phone number is 252-646-3762.
PIKSCO Happenings
By Ric Cox
As of this writing, our last meeting of the PIKSCO Board of Directors was
held on March 21 at McNeUl Park. During the monthly park assignment reports
from the directors, one of the most discussed topics was the encroachment of
the sound on the west side of Garner Park. We have lost several feet to higher
tides and storm swells, and it has become apparent that some type of solu
tion needs to be evaluated, including the possibility of a living shoreline or the
instaUation of a bulkhead. Two of our board memhers took on the challenge to
start the evaluation process by meeting with one of our vendors to investigate
options, placement and costs. We wfll share this information with our members
when those reports are given.
The board also plans to do some spring cleanup. This wotfld include power
washing areas, cleaning and repainting grills, striping the parking lots and refur-
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