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Vol. 10, No. 18
A Shoreline Community, Pine Knoll Shores, N.C.
January 2015
Local Realtor on HGTV
Home and Garden Television (HGTV) spent four 12-hour days
with local REALTOR® Marian Goetzinger of Pine Knoll Shores
Realty last May as part of a feature called “Beachfront Bargain Hunt.”
When the initial call came from HGTV, Marian was skeptical. She re-
meilibers, “The first time they called I thought it was a scam or at least
a joke. But, no. Beachfront Bargain Hunt had discovered the Crystal
Coast, and they wanted me to be the real estate agent for a segment. I
decided to step outside my comfort zone and give it a go.”
Marian has been waiting to hear when the episode would air—and
the notice came just in time for Christmas. The episode featuring Pine Knoll Shores and
Marian, tided “Pining for a Peaceful Paradise in Pine Knoll Shores,” will air on HGTV on
January 25 at 8 p.m.
Marian Goetzinger
CodeRED Notifications
By Bob Danehy
CodeRED is an important Carteret County Emergency Services program available
free of charge to all property owners and residents in Pine Knoll Shores. Whether
you live here full time or part time, this program has up-to-date information about
emergency and health situations and serious weather conditions valuable to all.
I recently registered with this program and was surprised to learn that only 126
people from Pine Knoll Shores had signed up as of December 1. When signing up you
may list all the phone numbers and email addresses on which you wish to be notified.
The service does not give out any information about your contacts to any other parties.
Information from the Carteret County Emergency Services Facebook page includes:
CodeRED is a telephone communication service that allows us to quickly
notify citizens and visitors about emergency and health'situations. You may also
choose to be notified by email or text message.
We have recently upgraded our CodeRED Community Notification System to
include CodeRED Weather Warning, an automatic severe weather notification
service to alert citizens in the path of severe thunderstorms, flash floods and
tornados.
Citizens may register to receive these warnings by going to the Carteret
County website (carteretcountync.gov/138/Emergency-Services) and clicking
“Emergency Notification” on the right side of the page. There is no charge to
register for this service.
Jen Sawyer, Emergency Management Coordinator/Planner advises that those who
do not have internet service or who need help signing up may call the Carteret County
Emergency Services office at 222-5841.
1610
The Pine Knoll Shores Radio Station broadcasts 24 hours a day
with weather and emergency Info.
EMERGENCY - CALL 911
ECC 726-1911 • PUBLIC SAFETY 247-2474
Wild Animal Guidelines
By Ryan Thompson, Pine Knoll Shores Police Chief
There have been a few reports of wild animals encroaching on homesites, and a few
guidelines may be helpful. If a wild animal that is behaving erratically or appears to
be sick or injured is observed in Pine Knoll Shores, residents should report it to the
County Communications Center at 726-1911, and a Pine Knoll Shores police officer
will respond to evaluate the situation.
When responding to a call regarding a sick, injured or erratically behaving wild
animal, a Pine Knoll Shores police officer takes action (or not), based on two factors:
whether the animal is suffering or if it is a potential threat to a person or a domestic
animal. If the animal is not suffering and is not a potential threat, no immediate action
wiU be taken, but the officer will attempt to contact various wild life organizations to
assist with the animal if possible and appropriate. If the officer determines that the
animal is suffering and/or poses a potential threat, it will be euthanized and removed
from the property.
Not every wild animal that appears to be sick has rabies. Mike Hardy of the county
animal control office advises that an animal suffering from distemper and one suffiering
from rabies will exhibit the same behaviors. Still, residents should call for assistance and
not approach a wUd animal. In addition, it is important that pet owners be proactive to
ensure that household pets are vaccinated and that shots are kept up to date.
North Carolina animal control laws require dogs and cats to have their first rabies
shot at four months of age, another at one year and then at one-year or three-year
intervals depending on the vaccine given. It takes about three weeks for the first shot to
provide protection, and subsequent vaccines protect immediately. The Carteret County
Health Department partners with local veterinarians from time to time to provide
reduced-cost rabies vaccinations for family pets.
Mary Fournier of the county health department provides the following information
to help residents and pet owners avoid issues with wild animals:
• The best prevention against rabies is to make sure pets are up to date with rabies
vaccinations. Even with vaccination, if a pet is bitten or scratched by a rabid
animal, it must be revaccinated within five days of the exposure. Unvaccinated
pets exposed to rabies must be euthanized or quarantined at the owner’s expense.
• It is best not to feed pets outside. Food bowls will attract other domestic pets or
wild animals that may be roaming.
• Raccoons and foxes are becoming more prevalent and comfortable in
neighborhoods and have acclimated to humans, so their presence does not
necessarily mean that they are ill.
• The state Laboratory of Public Health will only accept animals for rabies testing if
they have bitten or scratched a person or domestic animal. The lab does not have
the capacity to test every animal that appears ill.
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