Page 8 The Shoreline June 2009
Around Town
By Bob Ruggiero
Pictured (L to R) Patty Swetz, Pat
Ruggerio, Marlyn Lindblad and Maxine
Dickerson
Former resident Patty Swetz returned
to Pine Knoll Shores from her new home
in New Zealand, where she lives with
daughter Sharon, son-in-law Ralph,
and five grandsons. Patty renewed old
acquaintances with friends, and during
her visit performed with the Senior
Cheerleaders of Pine Knoll Shores at the
recently held Relay For Life sponsored
by the American Cancer Society. She also
performed with the cheerleader group
at the Senior Games where they were
awarded a gold medal. Patty took several
days to visit her friends Jan and Pat Webb
in Sarasota, Florida. All in all, it was a
great visit renewing old friendships from
her many years as a Pine Knoll Shores
resident.
Haley is pictured on the right.
Haley Magel, 11, granddaughter of
Ken and Edy Rene Magel, recently
performed dance routines on stage in
Epcot at Disney World in Kissimmee,
Florida. This program was presented
as part of the Disney Performing Arts
during Disney's Magical Music Days.
After her four day dance recital at Epcot,
Haley then performed on the Norwegian
cruise liner Monarch of the Sea. Under the
direction of Pricilla Hoffman Gill, she is a
member of the Bedazzled Dance Studio
in York, Permsylvania, where she lives
with parents Keith and Rebecca Magel
and brother Aaron.
Congratulations are in order. The
original poster art for the 23'‘* Annual
Seafood Festival was painted by PKS
resident Jim Storholt. The poster that
serves as a symbol of this year's festival
features a clam bake and has a seascape
background. This is Jim's second painting
to be selected to represent the festival. He
also did the poster for the 2005 event.
Marion Goetzinger and two daughters in Paris
Marion Goetzinger, owner of the Pine
Knoll Shores Realty with husband Ted,
recently returned from a trip to Paris,
France, accompanied by daughters Amy
Hahn and Meredith Westbrook. This
trip was part of a Christmas present that
hubby Ted gave the family. During the
ten-day odyssey, they stayed in a hotel
that Ted and Marion had stayed in on
previous excursions to France. Their hotel
was located in the vicinity of The Louvre,
Eiffel Tower, and other fascinating sights.
During their visit the group attended
April Mass at the Notre Dame Cathedral.
We are told that the Parisians were very
welcoming and friendly, disputing the
notion that the French are unfriendly to
American tourists.
A group of friends gathered last month to help Pat and Bob Ruggiero celebrate their
wedding anniversary number 55.
Mayor Joan Lamson read and presented a proclamation for National Safe Boating
Week at the May 12 Board of Commissioners meeting to Comander JB Bagby, Fort
Macon Sail and Power Squadron,.
Painted Bunting (left)
Bob Curry, chairman of the Community
Appearance Commission, recently
spotted this magnificently plumed bird
at his feeder. Known to occasionally
frequent the Roosevelt Forest, the Painted
Buntings show up during mid-April thru
mid-August and prefer open feeders and
love white millet seed.