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March 2006 • Vol. 2, No. 9 A Shoreline Community, Pine Knoll Shores, N.C.
Town Hall 247-4353
The New Aquarium-Tips for Locals
Jay Bames, Director
North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores
It won’t be long before renovations are
complete at the new North Carolina Aquarium
at Pine Knoll Shores. With reopening now
scheduled for May 19, contractors and
Aquarium staff are working diligently to
prepare for the big day. Supporters and local
residents have been waiting patiently since the
Aquarium closed its doors in December, 2003.
When you finally enter the expanded 93,000
square feet facility this spring, we hope you’ll
be impressed by the magnitude and diversity
of our new displays and programs.
In preparation for the new facility’s debut.
I’d like to offer a few insider’s tips for local
residents to consider. Many of these may
seem obvious. But since we all serve as
ambassadors for visiting summer tourists, I
think it’s good for the local community to
be prepared with the best information. The
following are ideas to help you make the most
of your new Aquarium:
Before the Aquarium reopens
1. Consider becoming a member
- The benefits of membership in the North
Carolina Aquarium Society are many, but the
most obvious is unlimited free admission. An
annual family membership is just $50, which
includes free access for two adults and your
children and grandchildren - not just at the
Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium, but also at the
Fort Fisher and Roanoke Island Aquariums and
the North Carolina Zoo. Plus, more than 150
other zoos and aquariums around the country
honor Aquarium Society membership with free
admission for two adults and two children. A
membership drive will be launched later this
spring, but you can join anytime by calling 800-
832-FISH, or by stopping by the Aquarium’s
temporary office in Atlantic Station Shopping
Center, Atlantic Beach.
2. Join our list of donors and be
recognized - For a limited time, you can
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New Moms in PKS... and the Next Generation
By Allison Taber
When my husband and I moved to Pine
Knoll Shores almost two years ago we were
somewhat skeptical about whether our young
children would have neighborhood playmates.
We have a four-year-old and at the time we
Whooping it up! Members of the Crystal Coast Pittsburgh Club celebrate their
Pittsburgh roots and the Steelers’ Super Bowl Victory.
Transplanted Pittsburghers
Savor Steelers Super Victory
Submitted By Gwen Kerwin
For too many years members of the
Pittsburgh Club here on the Crystal Coast
have been gathering to cheer on their beloved
Steelers through playoff games and Super
Bowls, with only one result: gaining more
members, making new friends, and having
some great fellowship. Well not this year! The
decision was made early on that there would
be no more “Mr. Nice Guys.” We knew that
the harder we cheered the better the team got
and the more they won.
So cheer we did at a Super Bowl party at
Star Hill Golf Club. In attendance were Pine
Knoll Shores residents Edy Rene and Ken
Magel, Mary Adamson, Jean Hunsinger,
Tom and Gwen Kerwin, Jim Cermansky,
Bemie and Marcia Lane, Earle and Linda
Wolfe, MaryJo and Hale O’Neal, Terri and
Dan Shipko, and Phyllis Brehm, who helped
with the food arrangements and party favors.
They were joined by about 30 more Crystal
Coast residents. With a great pre-game buffet
of “Burgh Food”, fun decorations, the usual
50/50 and pom poms, this group was ready
for a win and to savor their Pittsburgh roots.
We all jumped on the “Bus” and helped bring
it home! For those not in the know, “Bus” is
the nickname of Steeler Jerome Bettis.
What follows is truly a synopsis of the
feelings within this fun group of people.
Although they have all laid down new ‘roots’
here along the Crystal Coast, their attachment
to their old hometown is cherished:
Think about this the next time someone
argues that a professional sports franchise is
not important to a city’s identity:
In the 1980’s, as the steel mills and
their supporting factories shut down from
Homestead to Midland, Pittsburghers, faced
for the first time in their lives with the specter
of unemployment, were forced to pick up their
families, leave their hometown and move to
more profitable parts of the country. The steel
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were expecting our second son. Shortly after
moving we were excited to see a few other
expectant moms walking around Pine Knoll
Shores. Soon there was news of newborns
everywhere. First there was Teresa “Tessy”
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