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^ Bd is a former Marine, having left the Corps in 1973. He is now a cable TV tech^
nici^ often pursues his profession in PKS. So, if you have cable trouble, you aJP
likely to meet him. But be careful about trying to beat him in a racel
Just before the Boston, Bd ran some 15 miles in preparation# He regularly averages
50 miles per week. Frequently, he runs home from the Gable TV offices in Morehead City
a distance of about 7 miles. He says that if he has had a bad day at work, the run puts
him in a cheerful frame of mind before he reaches home. His wife, Kim, also runs daily
for short distances, but likes it as exercise and is not competitive; at least she has
entered only one marathon,
^ The night before the Boston (and other marathons) the contestants engage in
"carbohydrate loading*’, eating lots of pasta and drinking beer to replenish the carbo
hydrates lost in training for the run.
There is another type of race, however, in which Bd has engaged and in which he
expects to compete in the future. That is the “TRIATHLON", He has been in the Wilmington,
N. C, triathlon twice, finishing 9th on one occasion and 6th on another. In this event *
the contestent swims miles, then bicycles 42 miles, then runs 10 miles I Can you
^lieve it? He has also been in the Savannah triathlon, in which he finished 5th,
But Bd*s primary goal is the "Hawaiian Iron Man”, a triathlon to be held in 1984,
There each contestant will swim 2,4 miles in the ocean, then bike 112 miles, then run 26,2
miles! (That is, if he*s still alive!)
You may see Bd, marked with reddish mustache, running or biking in PKS, If you do,
he wants you to say "hello". He enjoys running here, but would like to find others with
whom to run. Any takers?
The Pine Knoll Shores Garden Club met May 11 at the town hall. Club President Loii^
Jolitz opened the meeting by welcoming guest Carol Franzo and new members Marge Kalning,
Ruth Kane and Dorothy Panagakos,
Mrs. Jolitz gave a report on her attendance at the Presidents’ Luncheon for District 11
held at Wilmington, N, C. at which she was presented with a certificate of honor for Pine
GARDEN Knoll Shores Garden Club in appreciation of outstanding service to the Garden Club
of North Carolina 1982-83. Also, PKS Garden Club won the District 11 $20 award
CIAJB for subscription to the National Gardener.
The club was awarded the 1982-83 Mitchener Pearse Award for dogwood-crape myrtle
plantings. The engraved silver bowl is a revolving trophy held for one year,
Mrs, Jolitz brought back a gardening tip from Becky Farmer, Director of District 11,
To winter over gerbera daisies, Mrs, Farmer mulches the plants with a good cover of pine
straw. In the spring, after the last frost, they are uncovered. Three heavy feedings of
8-8-8 are applied, one week apart,
Mike Alford, curator of the Hampton Mauriners' Museum, narrated a slide presentation
entitled "Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern North Carolina”, This includes salamanders,
toads, frogs, turtles, snakes and alligators, Alford apologized for not having any live
specimens to display.
As reptiles and amphibians are cold blooded, they do not generate their own body heat
and need an external heat source, Alford cautioned against feeding alligators as this may
cause them to become aggressive.
There are many harmless snakes in the eastern part of North Carolina including the
colorful corn snake which is a rat eating snake, hence beneficial to farmers, Cottonmo^J^
or water moccasins, copperheads and rattlesnakes are the poisonous snakes found in this^^
region. Alford noted that there are no snakes in New Zealand,