Vol. 8, No.4
A Shoreline Community, Pine Knoll Shores, N.C.
Pine Cone Capitalism
By Tom Powers
Women's Club
See page 23
October 2011
A Surorise for
Bob Cuny
By Phyllis Makuck
At noon on Friday, September 9, a
small group met to honor Bob Curry
as this years winner of the North
Carolina Forest Services Outstanding
Individual Grand Award. Bob came
into the commissioners’ meeting room
and took a seat in the back, having no
idea why he was there. Mayor Ken Jones
stood in front of the room with town
employee Sonny Cunningham and
Bill and Dorothy Steenland had their share of yard cleanup to do after Irene came to town and after picking up all the branches
Bill noticed that there were still quite a few pine cones littering the yard. Since their two grandkids—Andy age 10 and Marie age
8— were visiting, Bill thought that he’d give them an introductory lesson in capitaUsm. So he handed them each a five-gallon
pail and offered a penny a pine cone. Two days later, the kids reported in with 43 buckets, 140 pine cones per bucket or 6,020
pine cones! Better stated, “You owe us $60.20, grandpa!
began as though Sonny was to receive
a commendation, then looked up and
announced, “But we are here today to
recognize Bob Curry.”
A surprised Bob Curry reluctantly
walked to the front of the room, and the
mayor read the formal announcement,
“In recognition of great success in im
proving the community’s urban forest
through innovation, education, out
reach and strong community involve
ment.” A second surprise for Bob came
when he learned he would be going to
Charlotte to receive the official Urban
Forestry Award.
Bob admits he has on occasion been
called a tree-hugger, but it is with a
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