Page 2 The Shoreline June 2009
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K R A M E R’ S
O A monthly Report
R by Town Manager
N Brian Kramer
E on events
R in town.
Summer is here. Here are a few of the
things going on in town:
Public Hearing for the 2009-2010 Budget
At the June 9 Board of Commissioners
meeting there will be a public hearing to
discuss the fiscal year 2009-2010 budget. The
proposed budget will be available at town
hall, and it will on the town website well
ahead of the hearing. If you wish to look it
over and talk to me prior to the public hearing
call me at 247-4353, ext 16.
Grant Received to dredge the PKS canal.
We have been awarded a $50,000 grant to
dredge the canal in Pine Knoll Shores. The
shallow areas will be identified and dredged
to make the canal a bit safer for our boaters.
As of the time of this writing, no decisions
have been made regarding timing.
Public input meeting for the Pedestrian
(aka Sidewalk) Master Plan. There is another
article in this issue of The Shoreline that
provides detail on the status of this planning
effort. Please take a look at it and note that
there will be a public input meeting on June
Emergency Services
By Yvette Bannen
During April, there were 32 calls in
PKS for emergency services. EMS had
15 calls; 10 patients were transported
and 8 required paramedic assistance.
There were 6 in-district fire calls: 4 were
service calls and 2 were activated alarms.
There were 11 mutual aid calls of which
•2 were structure fires, 1 EMS assist and
8 activated alarms.
F ire/EMS per sormel logged 173 training
hours during April and will continue
their training into May for ongoing state
certification courses.
Amerisuites (now Hampton Inn &
Police Report
By Yvette Bannen
Suites) was the focus of fire prevention
inspections because they failed to obtain
permits for renovation work, and several
violations were noted.
It was noted in the incident response
report that several calls for activated
alarms were made to the same address
in Atlantic Beach, and Commissioner
Larson asked if We could charge for
multiple calls to the same address. The
response was that we could, but that
it would be bad public relations. The
Atlantic Beach fire marshal is trying to
resolve the problem.
April was a busy month for the PKS
police, with 109 calls for service including
15 to assist other agencies, 7 assist fire/
EMS, 5 domestic calls, 6 motorists assists,
5 town ordinance violations, 30 well-being
checks, 7 alarms and 3 unlocked doors.
During April, there were two different
gun reports.
There were 20 citations involving 25
charges issued, including: 2 driving
while impaired, 10 speeding, 1 driving
while suspended, 1 seat belt violation, 4
drug violations, 1 alcohol violation and
6 others. Some 55 warning tickets were
issued. It is speculated that the increase in
activity was due to the warmer weather
bringing more visitors. In addition there
were 87 residence checks and 224business
checks.
The warm weather also brought the
sighting of a nude male at a beach access.
' By the time the police were called from
home, the person was not found. The
PKS police department asks that you take
your cell phone with you to the beach
so that such incidents can be reported
immediately.
23> begjiming at 6:00 p.m. at town hall.
Dinner with the T own Manager and Staff
Department Heads. The next dinner will be
at theClamdigger on Saturday, JulylS, at 5:30
p.m. With me will be Police Chief, Fire Chief,
Public Service Director, Finance Officer and
Building Lispector. This weekend evening
dinner is targeted toward weekenders. We'll
have an open forum to talk about anything
going on in town. It's a buy-your-own-meal
format.
Mosquito Spraying. We are ready to roll
on this. Expect to see the truck out spraying
in Jime.
Gallery Hop in
Salter Path
By Phyllis Makuck
During the month of Jime, three art galleries
in Salter Path are having wine and cheese
open houses every Friday from 5 to 7 p.m.
St. Francis by the Sea Gallery, Nice Figures
Wood Artists' Gallery, and Leni Newell's
Gallery would like to make "gallery hopping"
a regular Bogue Banks' social event. Balloons
will mark the entrance to each venue.
For those approaching Salter Path from Pine
Knoll Shores, the first gallery, at mile marker
10.5 on the right side of Salter Path Road, will
be St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church. It
features a different artist each month and in
June will have the paintings of Jim Storholt,
who lives in Pine Knoll Shores. Jim works in
acrylic. One of his paintings was selected for
the Morehead City Seafood Festival Poster in
2005 and another will be this year's poster.
About one mile west of St. Francis by the
Sea on the same side of the road is the Wood
Artists' Gallery. Proprietors Paula Labelle
and Sharon Barrett work with a variety of
amazing exotic woods. They produce unique
and functional works of art.
Next door is Leni Newell's Gallery,
featuring her own paintings, sophisticated
abstract collage, and craft items such as
painted silk scarves and batik wall hangings.
Leni's gallery also exhibits pottery by two
accomplished potters—Nancy Schecter and
Vicki Grant.
The "Gallery Hop in Salter Path" is a come-
as-you-are event—a perfect way to end a day
at the beach or begin an evening out.
Shopper
Nancy Eckard
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Joan H. Lamson
Mayor
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Robert M. Daneliy 240-2945
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