f . # ♦ ' » • , » t- ' I f Shoreli The October 2010 • Vol. 7, No. 04 A Shoreline Community, Pine Knoll Shores, N.C. Town Hall 247-4353 Beacon's Reach Thanks Ed Erickson By Phyllis Makuck In 1997, Ed Erickson accepted what he thought would be a three-year term as president of Beacon's Reach Master Association (BRMA). Thirteen years later, at the September 5, 2010, aimual association meeting, he stepped down from that position, handing the gavel to Jim Johnson, BRMA Vice-President and long-time chair of the Marina Committee. When Ed assumed the role of president, he was a professor of economics at North Carolina State University, a permanent resident of Wake County and Zinger Art By Jill Cross B Ed & Ann Erickson Book Now & Save On Holiday Rights! COASTAL CAROLINA Regional Airport Htw B«m, North C«rolln« 252-638-8591 \ CoastaiCarolinaAirport.cotn New name same convenient mrport. Direct flights to Atlanta and Charlotte. CLOSE. COf'iVENiENT. CONMECTl-D. a vacationing owner of an Ocean Grove condominium. In recent years, he retired from university teaching and with his wife, Ann, has made Beacon's Reach a permanent home. Ed's long tenure as president of the Master Association has been filled with major challenges. He took office following one of the island's worst hurricane years and held the reins through several more damaging hurricanes. In this timeframe. Beacon's Reach continued to grow, adding many new single-family homes while beginning to experience the aging pains of 20+ years as an island development. Fortunately, Ed and the Master Association Board made quality of life at Beacon's Reach a top priority. Recognizing the beach as central to that quality of life, Ed, early on, dedicated himself tirelessly to re nourishment efforts. The addition of much-needed sand, along with sand fencing strategically placed in front of the 1.62 miles of the Reach's beachfront property, encouraged new dime development and new vegetation to take hold. The health of this beach today is the happy result. Beach re-nourishment was undertaken with a commitment to create public beach accesses. Having a firm desire to honor this commitment with minimal Continued on page 3 Ted Goetzinger Several years ago, Ted Goetzinger taught himself to work with stained glass, which should be nicknamed "blood-art" from all the splinters it causes. After decorating the tip-top windows of his hilltop house with beautiful stained glass pieces, he was able to move on. Ted found he enjoyed glass fusing as an art form far more than he did stained glass (which had nothing to do with the splinters by the way) as this new art had no limitations. He fuses diachronic glass which Continued on page 9 Standard Pre-Sort Permit #35 Atlantic Beach, NC 28512 Deadline for November issue is Friday October 15. Deadline for December issue is Friday Novemb^ 12. Artid^ always ^ip0me! A

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