August 2006 TJte Shoreline Page 7
Meet Your Neighbors ~ Charles and Kara Roell
By Marge Green
I would like to challenge all my gentlemen
readers. As a young boy do you remember
all those hot sunny summer days when your
mother called you to duty because the lawn
needed cutting? While you'probably did not
really mind doing it, the timing was never
right. However, some of you no doubt felt it
was an escape from other chores that might
have required thought and concentration.
The whirl of the machine did allow you an
escape into the land of dreams to enjoy your
own flights of fantasy. Into that sanctioned
day dreaming many of you looked up and
reveled in the beautiful cotton ball clouds
playing in the sky. Some hoped their future
would be spent dodging or going through
those cotton balls in an airplane. Others
formed different grand plans for their future.
Some of your dreams did bear fruit.
I want you to get to know a young
gentleman and his family who are new to our
area. His daydreams did bear fruit. He and
his wife are bom and raised in the Midwest.
That is a place known for beautiful, clear
summer days with cotton ball clouds which
were so conducive to flights of fancy for a
youngster. He thought the most wonderful
thing one could do was to fly free in the sky.
Maybe even escape his earth bound ness.
After a determined effort and hard work
his dream has finally come true. I am talking
about Marine Corps Captain Charles Roell.
He now pilots a beautiful machine that lifts
him to heights he could hardly imagine as a
child. He is a Prowler EA6B pilot stationed
at Cherry Point. He has already served two
tours of duty in Iraq.
Charles, "Dutch" or "Chuck" as he is
affectionately known by his friends and
family, has had an interesting career that
finally led him to his dream. Along the way
he had a very normal life which has included
a nearly lifelong friend, Kara, his lovely
wife. His father was in the military and they
naturally lived in many areas. While he was
born in Colorado, he considers Indianapolis
home. Dutch is the oldest of four children.
He has a sister and two brothers. After
graduation from Purdue in 1997 with a
major in aeronautical technology he joined
the Marine Corps hoping some day to be
a pilot. After Officer Candidate School in
Quantico, Virginia, he was chosen for flight
school and became a Marine pilot. He had
achieved his dream.
Kara was bom in Indianapolis. She has
three sisters. During grammar school she
met Dutch who was destined to become her
lifelong friend. He was in the fourth grade
and she was in the third. She laughingly
confided that he was the neatest and
handsomest boy in grammar school. They
were great friends, and dated some during
high school. They both graduated from
Roncalli High School. After Kara graduated
from Colgate University, she went in search
of her dream in New York City, on Wall
Street in investment banking where she was
in client services. After a three year stint in
New York, she moved to San Francisco and
worked for a private equity firm for five
years. She loved every aspect of her work.
She had achieved her dream. All during
this time she and Chuck would visit one
another as schedules allowed. They were
very good friends and enjoyed being with
each other. Their lives more and more
seemed to revolve around the times they
spent together. It was time to make their
friendship permanent and marry. They
were married in March of 2005. Chuck was
at Cherry Point and they moved into Pine
Knoll Shores on Salter Path Road.
They are blessed in that they have family
in the area. Kara's sister Lori is married and
has a baby girl. Lori's husband Mikes is a
firefighter in Indianapolis. Her next sister,
Valerie, is married to a Marine stationed at
Camp Lajeune. They live in Hubert. Her
youngest sister, Elaine is unmarried and
lives in Indianapolis. Andy, one of Charles'
brothers, is also in Indianapolis and works
as a firefighter. His other brother teaches
special education in high school. His sister
Kate is in real estate with her mother. Both
sets of parents are friends and still live in
Indianapolis. They are a unique family
in their closeness and enjoy a genuine
friendship with their extended families and
their children.
I must tell you of the treasures shared
by Kara and Chuck. They have lovely
nine- month old twins, Hannah Addison,
"Addy", and Brayden. They do keep mom
and dad busy. I believe they are the only
twins in our town who are permanent
residents and will be a welcome addition
to the expanding "Mother's Day Out
Group".
As I always do, I asked their likes and
dislikes of Pine Knoll Shores. Kara would
love to see the sidewalks of Atlantic Beach
extended to the end of Pine Knoll Shores.
She also wishes for a commercial airport that
is closer and a little more diverse shopping
area. Of course, they both love the maritime
forest with its many birds and the ocean for
surfing and beach pleasure. Stop and chat
with them when you see them on the beach
with their twins.
Golf
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sentiments had already made them both
winners in more ways than one.
But just for the record, the two Rons didn't
finish too high up on the list in their flight
but they did have an exciting time, including
an encounter with an alligator that Ron,
Jr. nearly stepped on while looking for a
ball in the water. Ron. Sr. reported that the
encounter got Ron, Jr.'s adrenalin mnning
to the point that he took out a seven wood
and planted a long shot smack on the green.
Anything to get away from that 'gator.
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