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October 2007 • Vol. 4, No. 4 A Shoreline Community, Pine Knoll Shores, N.C.
Town Hall 247-4353
Candidates Forum in PKS
Set for 7 p.m. Oct. 24
Wednesday, October 24 promises to be a
significant day as far as the future of Pine
Knoll Shores is concerned.
At 7 o'clock that evening the Carteret
County branch of the League of Women
Voters will preside at a Candidates
Forum designed to bring the candidates
for municipal office in Pine Knoll Shores
face to face with the electorate.
The forum will be held in town hall and,
if past experience can be relied upon, you
had better plan on being there early. A
goodly crowd is usually the rule, and this
year, with some contentious issues afoot,
space could be at a premium.
There are two candidates vying for
the post of mayor, and six candidates
seeking to fill two seats on the board of
commissioners. Two are incumbents.
Mayor Joan Lamson and Commissioner
Bob Danehy As.' a prelude to the
Candidates Forum, The Shoreline has
asked those seeking election to respond
to the following question: What do you
see as important to the future of Pine
Knoll Shores in the short and long term.
The responses from the candidates are
presented beginning on page 10.
The Candidates Forum format calls for
each of the participants to present a brief
introductory statement. After that the
candidates will be called upon to respond
to questions submitted by the audience.
There will be no questions from the floor.
Those attending will be asked to write
their questions on three by five cards prior
to the start of the proceedings. The forum
moderator will assess the questions and
present them appropriately.
Following the question arid answer
period, each of the candidates will be.
given an opportunity to summarize their
(Candidates Forum) Continued on Page 2
He Lives Here and Loves It!
By Jill Cross ■ >
"It's March of '06 and one of those 80
degree, sunny days7' Bud Pitzer of Cedar
Road recalls,
adding: "All of:
the neighbors
were sitting on
the beach soaking
up rays. I had
looked on the
internet earlier
thatmoming,and
I saw that it was
28 degrees and
snowing back
in my old home
town.
"My friend
Dave Cross had
done the same Pitzer & Shirt
thing. It was 30 degrees and snowing
in New York, where he is from. Almost
simultaneously, we said 'I live here!' with
grins from ear to ear."
That was the beginning of what has
their retirement Bud and Cass enjoyed
all the usual things: golf, swimming,
beachcombing, kayaking and exploring.
But the "I live here." idea was one that
kept resurfacing.
(He Lives Here) Continued on Page 4
turned into a fun new business for"
flaunting your honjetown and'reap’ihg'
the benefits of
being a local.
Bud and
his wife Cass
discovered this
area when they
helped their
daughter move
to Carteret
County from
Pennsylvania.
Seven years
later when Bud
retired they
decided to make
it home. For
the first year of
Amy Quinn with some young Kenyans, a people she found to be among the most
joyful, content, appreciative and hospitable she had ever met in her life.
Lots of Joy Among
People With Very Little
^ By Aniy Quinn • . ..
My trip ft) Kfenya ’was everything T ' called dlir meeting a miracle as well,
dreamed it would be and miore. I knew ' I traveled ta Kenya with a team of 15
everything was lining up., for my trip other men and woinen. Six of us had a
whenlranintomy Kenyan friend, Jared, - slight setback in Chicago because our
riding his bike on North 20* street fhe day flight was o verbooked and our seats
before my departure. Jared works with were given away, which rheant we had
hundreds of AIDS orphans in Kenya. He
travels to the states to volunteer at Hope
Mission, where he learns to cultivate and
cook various foods for his children. I had
not seen Jared in two years so I knew it
was a divine meeting when I ran into
him the day before leaving to visit his
country. He asked if I could take a suitcase
to his daughter in Nairobi as he had
accumulated more than he could take back
on his own. It was my pleasure because
I had only planned to take one suitcase
myself. He was extremely thankful and
to wait 24 hours until the next flight. As
I cried in disappointment on the streets
of Chicago, I determined that I wouldn't
waste one moment in Africa once I arrived.
Looking back, I am certain that I fulfilled
that promise to myself.
The first part of the trip was spent at
our work site outside of Nairobi where
we helped rebuild a church/school that
had been flooded by a river. The school
children were temporarily moved to a
building next to the work site. While
the men worked on the building project,
(Lots of Joy) Continued on Page 6
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