End of the Season
By Ryan Thompson, Pine Knoll Shores Police Chief
Another busy summer season in paradise is behind us. It is hard
to believe because it feels like it was just yesterday that town staff
was preparing for Memorial Day weekend. It was a great summer for
the Pine Knoll Shores Police Department, and I would like to thank
every resident of Pine Knoll Shores for partnering with us to make
that happen. As everyone begins to make plans for the off-season,
there are some things I would like you to keep in mind.
If traveling this off-season, please remember to sign up for our
Out-of-Town Checklist. An officer or Volunteer in Police Service
(VIPS) will check your residence several times a week to ensure that
it is secured. It is easy to sign up with a quick trip to the Public Safety
Building to fill out a registration form. I highly encourage everyone
to participate in this program.
If you will be out of town during some of the colder months,
it is recommended that you turn your water off to prevent pipes
from freezing and bursting. This only takes a minute and could
possibly save a hefty water bill or water damage to your home in the
event of a broken water pipe. If you have any questions about your
water system, please contact Interirn Public Works Director Sonny
Cunningham at 247-4353, ext. 27, or psd@townofpks.com, and he
will be glad to assist you.
This is the time of year that we typically see a rise in residential
break-ins. If you see anything or anyone out of place or suspicious,
please call and report it to our dispatch center at 726-1911. If
someone or something looks “wrong,” then it probably is. The Police
Department solves more cases working with-and partnering with
citizens than we do on our own. Be sure to lock the doors on your
house and vehicle, do not leave items of value in view of the public,
and take a home inventory and record make/model/serial number of
valued items—including pictures, if possible.
If you have not picked up your hurricane re-entry pass from the
Public Safety Building, it’s not too late to get it. Bring identification
or a utility bill with you to get it. Hurricane season isn’t over, and you
will need that pass to return to your home after a damaging storm
requiring an evacuation. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that it remains
an uneventful hurricane season.
Scam of the Month
The “Grandma, it’s me” scam. Seniors get a call from someone
posing as their grandchild who claims to have been arrested or in
an accident while away from home. The phony grandchild says he
or she doesn’t want to bother Mom and Dad, and asks Grandma or
Grandpa to send some money and keep it a secret. Victims may get
a follow-up call from someone posing as a police officer, requesting
more money on the grandchild’s behalf.
Several recent victims of this scam told law enforcement they
knew their grandchildren were on a trip, and that made the con more
plausible. Grandparent scammers also sometimes use information
they find on social networking sites like Facebook to make their
impersonation more realistic.
—Source: ncdoj.gov
Hulda Argus
Marjorie Green
Robert Warnke
CONTENTS
Pine Knoll Shores Commissioners Meeting 5
Garden Club 10
At the Library 10
Real Estate News 11
PKA News 12
PIKSCO Happenings 13
Fishing and Hunting 14
Town Crier 16-17
Country Club News 18
Kramer’s Korner 19
Current Sudoko 19
Book Talk 20
Bridging the Gap 21
Mayor's Memo 22
What's Up With PARC? 22
Women’s Club 23
Have You Heard... ? 27
Events Calendar 29
History of Pine Knoll Shores 29
Current Crossword 30
Previous Puzzle Solutions 30
Public
Safety
POLICE
During August, there were 10 arrests; 42 incident reports initiated,
generated by citizen calls or officer observations; 18 incident reports
investigated; 29 incident reports closed or cleared; 30 state citations;
39 written warnings issued; 41 verbal warnings issued; 144 business
checks; 201 residential checks; and 297 foot patrols in residential
areas, parks, beach accesses and businesses. Police personnel
participated in 85 training hours. Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS)
worked 46.5 hours.
FIRE AND EMS
In August, there were 2 fires, 33 rescue and emergency, medical
service incidents, 3 hazardous condition (no fire) incidents, 2 service
calls, 1 good intent call and 7 false alarms or false calls. Personnel
participated in 506 training hours.
REMINDER: Lock your doors, especially your vehicles, and don’t
leave valuables in sight. Report suspicious people or vehicles to
dispatch (726-1911) so that the police can be notified. You are not
“bothering” the police if you call to report something that doesn’t
look right. They prefer to assess the situation rather than find out
after the fact that you had noticed something and didn’t report it.
Alert citizens are an asset to the community.
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Shoreline
252-247-4353 ext. 19
e-mail: Shoreline@townofpks.com
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EDITOR:
Janie Price
240-2365
EDITORS AT LARGE:
Marilyn Brandt 919-828-4231
John Brodman
726-7643
Carla Dowler
808-3945
Sherryl Janosko
910-362-8765
Betty Johnson
247-7389
Phyllis Makuck
726-8776
Dennis Tomaso
622-4400
CONTRIBUTING
REPORTERS:
Paige Gillespie
Marian Goetzinger
422-9000
Henry Kahen
269-5600
Charlie McBriarty
726-0602
Jean McDanal
Barbara Milhaven
240-0678
Jacquie Pipkin
622-0340
Jim Scanlon'
726-4174
Richard Seale
726^0478
Kathy Falandys Tilyard
247-72.21
Jim Turner
240-2474
Ken Wilkins
CIRCULATION MANAGER:
Scott Sherrill
247-4353
GRAPHIC DESIGNER:
Lianne Won-Reburn
646-1713
ADVERTISING:
Marie Lawrence
726-7081
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October 2015 I The Shoreline
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