November 2008 The Shoreline Page 9
Around T own
By Bob Ruggiero
Recently celebrating her birthday, Lynne Shawkey, daughter of Pat and Bob Ruggiero,
was treated to a weekend at Charlottesville, Virginia, by husband David Shawkey.
Lynne's parents, her sisters Tricia and Carol, and Carol's husband Randy Triest,
joined them. They toured Ash Lawn, home of President James Monroe who, during
the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, negotiated the Louisiana Purchase which doubled
the size of the United States. The group also attended the downtown Charlottesville
Street fair, visited the beautiful campus of the University of Virginia, and enjoyed
a guided tour of the rotunda at the school. All in all the family enjoyed the visit to
this lovely city.
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Their son Jeff, daughter-in-law Silke,
and grandchildren Luisa and Evelyn
visited Lee and Sandy Ivey in September
from Deisenhafen,Germany, a suburb of
Munich. Jeff met Silke in Charleston, South
Carolina, while working for a computer
company. Silke was in the United States
as an intern and when they met during
a work situation became friends. Silke
returned to Germany in 1999 and Jeff
followed as a guest of Silke's parents.
While there Jeff interviewed with two
companies and accepted a position with
Microdot, a German computer company.
Former Pine Knoll Shores
residents Jack and Maxine
Dickerson, who now reside
in Hertford, North Carolina,
received an e-mail from
daughter Susan concerning
their granddaughter Taylor's
recent trip to New York. Taylor
Pandich is a cheerleader on the
varsity squad at UNC- Chapel
Hill. Taylor was part of the
j;5squad when UNC played
^Rutgers University in football
this fall. The cheerleaders were
flown to the game by chartered
jet and had most of the day
to tour Manhattan before
the game. The tour included
ground zero and took place on
September 11, seven years to
the day after the attack on the
Twin Towers. Taylor told her
mom the hours spent on the tour
were the "most awesome" of her
life. Taylor is a sophomore at
UNC and is pursuing a degree
in pharmacy studies. She
graduated from North Stanley
High School in Albemarle and
was the class valedictorian at
graduation.
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Jeff told his mother he would return in
two years to America. Then he and Silke
married. That was nine years ago. Three-
year-old Luisa is fluent in English and
German and, when excited while telling a
story, will frequently start in English and
unconsciously switch into German. Sandy
tells us Luisa sang Happy Birthday to her
grandmother and then did an encore with
a German birthday song. Granddaughter
Evelyn is six months old.The Ivey's have
visited Germany many times, a long but
rewarding journey.
Joseph Culpepper,III, son of PKS Police
Chief Joey Culpepper, and Marleigh
Byrum last month were crowned King
and Queen of Newport Elementary School
for 2008. They were the top vote getters
in a competition designed to raise funds
to help provide supplies for classes at
the school. Students received a vote for
every penny they collected and Joseph
and Marleigh ran up the highest dollar
totals. Launched last year, the program
has proved so popular and successful that
it is becoming an annual event.