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November 2006 • Vol. 3, No. 5 A Shoreline Community, Pine Knoll Shores, N.C. Town Hall 247-4353
Logo Designer's Career
Kept Him in Stitches
By Bill White
When directors and the staff of The
Country Club of the Crystal Coast in
Pine Knoll Shores
encounter a need t
that requires
some professional
advice, they usually
needlookno farther
than the ranks of
the membership.
The membership
rolls are rich with
individuals who
together made their
marks in a wide
variety of fields
before retiring
or establishing
a vacation home
here.
Such was the case
earlier this year
when it came to
developing a new
logo after the club's
name was changed from Bogue Banks
Country Club (BBCC) to the present
Country Club of the Crystal Coast. It was
felt that what amounted to a new beginning
deserved a new image, so club leaders set
Original Idea - Nick Policastro and his
original artwork for the new Country Club
of the Crystal Coast logo.
about replacing the old BBCC logo of a
golden sunburst rising above a blue ocean
horizon. To give them
a hand, they turned to
Nick Policastro of PKS,
a former director of the
club and currently a
memberofthecommittee
overseeing construction
of a new clubhouse.
The choice was
obvious. Policastro
retired here six years ago
after a more than 45-year
career as a designer in
the Schiffli embroidery
industry. Nick wasborn
into the trade. He grew
up in Hudson County,
New Jersey, then the
heart of one of the
greatest concentrations
of Schiffli embroidery
machines and plants in
the world. Thousands of
residents of the area worked in the industry,
in both big plants and dozens of family-
run operations utilizing one or maybe two
Schiffli machines.
(Logo Designer) Continued on Page 4
Join the Team - The newest members of the PKS Community Emergency Response
Team (CERT) pose for a class photo after completing a 21-hour training program. In
back row (1. to r.) are Doug Browne and Sylvia and John Brodman: center row John
Macheca, Barbara Fix and Dora Irving, representing the county's Retired Senior
Volunteer Program, and front row Jean Macheca and Tom King.
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On the Mend - Johnny Terrell (right in photo at left) exchanges a heartfelt handshake
with his lifesaving golfing buddy Bill Schmid. In the right photo Norm Trommer
enjoys a stint in the fresh air as he recovers from quintuple bypass surgery.
Golfing Buddy, Doctors Prove
Lifesavers at Country Club
By Patti Swetz
It was Wednesday, Sept. 20 and another
perfect day for a game of tennis in Pine
Knoll Shores. Norm Trommer headed for
the country club tennis courts to join his
buddies for a game of doubles. Meanwhile,
three emergency room doctors from
Carteret General were headed to the club
for a round of golf.
As the doctors, David Schroeder, Austin
Burgess and Chuck Rocci, were about to
tee off at the 10* hole they heard screaming
coming from the nearby tennis courts.
Norm Trommer, who had bent over to
pick up a tennis ball, lay sprawled on the
courts. His wife Kathy, playing tennis on
an adjacent court, ran to his aid Hearing
the commotion and seeing a man in trouble,
the doctors rushed through the hedge
between the 10'*’ tee and the tennis facility.
Finding that Trommer was not breathing,
they administered CPR until an ambulance
arrived. Paramedic Nathan Alwalt used a
defibrillator to get Norm breathing again.
He was rushed to the hospital where an
electro-cardiogram confirmed he had
suffered a massive heart attack.
Norm was subsequently transferred to
Craven Medical Center and, on Sept. 25,
underwent quintuple bypass surgery. Five
days later he was released and sent home.
He continues to make progress and has been
seen walking around town and chatting
with neighbors, who are amazed at his
story. Had it not been for the quick action
of the trio of doctors Norm would not have
survived. He would like to thank all of his
neighbors and friends who sent cards, left
flowers and called about his recovery.
A week after the Trommer incident,
another gorgeous day in PKS prompted
Johnny Terrell and Bill Schmid to go
play a round of golf. They were having a
successful round until the 13* hole, where
(Golfing Buddy) Continued on Page 4
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