Shoreline
Vol. 9, No.8
A Shoreline Community, Pine Knoll Shores, N.C.
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A Supportive Community
By Phyllis Makuck
Most of us moved to Pine Knoll Shores to be near the ocean and to enjoy the thick canopy of a healthy maritime forest. In
many cases, we left communities where we had lived and worked for many years; where we raised children; and where we had
a large network of acquaintances, friends and, maybe even, extended family. We left all of that to move to an island, where we
were anonymous—where our past was history. But, we found here much more than we expected.
In my case, my husband, Peter, and I moved here from rather close by—frorn Greenville, North Carolina. We left a univer
sity town where we were university people. We had lived in Greenville for 20 years. It’s where we raised our son, and we seldom
left the house without seeing someone who knew us and whom we knew. We had no such acquaintances in Pine Knoll Shores
except for a good friend from Greenville with a second home here.
When we moved to Beacon’s Reach in 1996, we were both still working. Peter was in the English Department at East Caro
lina University. I had recently left the university and had taken a job in Raleigh. We went from living within easy walking
distance to our jobs to commuting long distances.
Leaving Pine Knoll Shores on Tuesdays and returning on Thursdays, we made no effort to make new friends here. When
we had time off, friends and family from elsewhere would often visit us. Beyond our next-door neighbors, who were full-time
residents, we met a few people who, like us, had a boat at the marina; otherwise, we smiled and waved, but did not take the time
to connect with anyone living here. Amazingly, this went on for 10 years, and we were happy just being surrounded by water—
boating, fishing, crabbing, clamming and swimming.
It was not until 2006, when we both retired, that we found there was much more to Pine Knoll Shores than we had realized.
Gradually, Peter and I began to connect with many other full-time residents.
We began attending church at St. Francis by the Sea, and faces we had seen around Beacon’s Reach gradually became more
than vaguely familiar faces. We started to participate in church activities and make new friends. Peter began spending more
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More Than One Day
Charlie McBriarty
Mardi Gras is a legal holiday through
out the state of Louisiana. On Tuesday,
February 12 the streets of New Orleans
will fill with thousands and thousands of
party-goers, many of them in a variety of
elaborate costumes of purple, green and
gold - the official colors of Mardi Gras.
Beginning at 8 a.m. and continuing until
well after noon, eight separate parades are
scheduled to be held that day throughout
the city. There will be hundreds of elabo
rately decorated floats, marching bands
and thousands of participants in extreme
costumes and wild make-up. Beginning at
dawn the paraade routes wiD begin to be
lined with people to see the floats, enjoy
the music and catch the beaded necklaces,
“doubloon” - cups and toy coins - and dec
orated coconuts thrown from the floats.
The celebrations will continue throughout
the afternoon and evening, but at mid
night the party will end and Mardi Gras
will be over until next year.
New Orleans js not the only city cel
ebrating on this day. Hundreds of other
cities and towns across the country and
throughout the world recognize this day
with similar events, but New Orleans is
the site of this nation’s most famous cel
ebration, attracting millions each year
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Peter and Phyllis Makuck
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Pine Knoll Shores, NC 28512
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