Book Clubs to Resume
By Jane Ashland
September 2009 The Shoreline Page 5
Lobster Fest
By Phyllis Makuck
A new season begins this September
for three book clubs in Pine Knoll Shores.
Club members have been reading
stimulating books over the summer
that should lead to thought-provoking
discussion this year.
'Between the Book Ends' will resume
on September 14 at the home of Mary
Greene. Their book is Team of Rivals
by Doris Kearns Goodwin. 'The Beach
Book Club' will resume September 10
at the home of Maureen Danehy. Their
book is The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by
David Wroblewski. These two book
clubs are open to any woman in Pine
Knoll Shores who is a paid member of
the Women's Club.
A third group 'The Novel Ideas Book
Club' will meet at Judy Henry's home
on September 23 to discuss the novel
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel
Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie
Barrows.
Carteret Arts Forum Presents
Live Maine lobsters are once again
coming to Bogue Banks. From 12 p.m.
to 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 10, St.
Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church
in Indian Beach is having its Annual
Lobster Festival.
You can purchase live lobsters to cook
at home or cooked lobsters to eat at
home or enjoy a complete lobster dinner
at the church or to go. Anyone who
had one last year will tell you that they
are large-at least 1 V2 lbs. each-and
exceptionally good.
For those who do not eat lobster, the
church will provide chicken dinners
On October 20, Bryan Townsend
will be the featured speaker at one of
the Carteret Arts Forum (CAF) special
events. Identified as one of the nation's
"Hot 25 Speakers" in the July/August
2009 edition of Speaker Magazine,
Townsend will present "A Celebration
of Southern Humor." He is known as
an effective motivational speaker who
appeals to individuals who are active in
their community regardless of their age.
His use of humor when dealing with
challenges facing students, business
people and seniors helps him deliver a
meaningful message.
The October 20 event will be held at
the Glad Tidings Church on Country
Club Road in Morehead City beginning
at 7 p.m. At a cost of $15, tickets are
available at the Beach Book Mart in
Atlantic Station or online at the CAF
web site, www.carteretartsforum.com.
Since its founding in 1999, CAF, a
non-profit organization, has promoted
the arts by inviting professionals to
Carteret County to speak, entertain and
perform in the fields of drama, dance,
music, history and literature. Each year
CAF offers its "Subscription Series" that
is available to the public. Area students
are provided opporttmities to attend
selected programs, and CAF also funds
live events in schools of the county.
In addition to the diverse programs
included in the series, CAF offer special
programs such as that provided on
October featuring Bryan Townsend.
A number of Pine Knoll Shores
neighbors annuallyjointhe"Subscription
Series" and attend these programs.
Others are quite activeintheorganization
itself including board members Diane
Donovan, Norton Howe and Marilyn
Smetana. The CAF support group also
includes PKSers Moni Bottlinger, Kay
Howe and Ellen Marriott.
Pam's Pick
upon request. So, if some of your
friends or family members like lobster
and others do not, festival planners will
accommodate all. They do, however,
request you preorder so they will know
how many lobsters and how many
chickens they will need.
Tickets are available from parishioners
or from the church office, which is open
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday-Thursday
(telephone: 240-2388). A complete
dinner is $22. Live lobsters are $17
each. Cooked lobster to go is $18. The
best way to ensure you will get one is
to purchase tickets in advance.
Last Chance
By Janet Grainge
By Pam
You can choose friends but you can't
choose family. At least that's how the
saying goes.
This month's pick for fun reading
combines the frustration only siblings
seem to be able to inspire with a vulgarly
large inheritance of money and property.
Now if that isn't a recipe for a battle royal
I don't know what is! Money is such a
funny thing. It can inspire people to great
acts of charity and kindness and, at the
other extreme, some purely evil actions.
Somewhere in between lies our story,
several belly laughs, and some serious
soul stretching.
Will of Wisteria by Denise Hildreth
presents the four headstrong, spoiled
Wilcott siblings—Elizabeth, Jeffrey, Mary
Catherine, and Will. Anticipating the
reading of the late Claytons Wilcott's final
wishes and dissemination of his worldly
assets, the four are gathered together in a
very unexpected marmer and presented
Hanson
with a "provisional" will. Expecting
complete and total financial freedom, the
four siblings are unpleasantiy surprised
to find themselves in a contest that
challenges them in very surprising ways.
To the winner go the spoils of daddy
Wilcott's immense forttme. Losing is
not an option.
The story grabs you by the throat right
at the begmrung with the most surprising
set of circumstances thatpurely delighted
me. Set in Charleston, S.C., the novel
has mystery, humor and drama - aU
elements I demand from my southern
inspired novels. It also has one of my
favorite flowers featured, wisteria. I
know this stuff is as close to kudzu as it
can get, but the author really worked her
symbolism by correlating the pernicious
vine and family ties quite accurately, in
this writer's opinion. You can't choose
your family, but you can't get rid of them
either
The final "Dine in Fishtowne with
Beaufort's First Citizens" potluck dinner
will beheld on Thursday,September24th
from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the auditorium of
the North Carolina Maritime Museum.
Sponsored by First Citizens' Bank this
event is a community potluck dinner
featuring oral history panels comprised
of long-time Beaufort residents. The
price of admission is a covered dish
to share with others who will come to
hear about Beaufort's history from those
who have shaped it and experienced it
first-hand. This last event features the
history of area churches as discussed
by pastors, Sunday school teachers, and
members alike. It is one part of Beaufort's
300th Anniversary Celebration that
will culminate with "Homecoming" in
September.
Downeast FolkArts Event
By Linda McGowen
Guitarist James Lee Stanley will Raitt, Nicolette Larson and Bill Cosby.
be appearing at Trent River Coffee
Company in New Bern on September 18
and at Clawson's Restaurant in Beaufort
on September 19.
Stanley's genius couples a remarkable
talent for composing and singing with
amazing guitar work and a hilarious
repartee. James Lee has been performing
since he was 14 and has worked onstage
with such diverse performers as Bonnie
He has been hailed as one of the few all-
time greats of singer-songwriters and has
over a dozen CDs to his credit. His first
visit to our area will be in September.
Shows begin at 8 p.m. Advance tickets
aresoldatboth venues or can be reserved
by contacting folkartsenc@gmail.com.
General admission $15, members $12,
students $8. For more information, go
to www.downeastfoIkarts.org