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By Ken Jones
Subjects of spring
Time is flying as we find ourselves here in the middle of spring. Not only is there
a lot going on in our town now, but a lot is coming to town in the next few months.
In case you haven’t heard, there is an excellent display of the history of Pine
Knoll Shores at the History Museum of Carteret County. The entry fee is normally
$3 for adults, but because this is your town you can get in free by picking up a
coupon at town hall or by clipping the one printed in this issue of The Shoreline.
The volunteers from our town’s History Committee did a great job in putting this
display together. Whether you are here year round, on weekends or for the summer,
please take time to see this display.
The ninth annual Kayak for the Warriors events are headed your way. Our
annual fundraiser for Hope For The Warriors will start on May 28 with a 5k Beach
Run and a IK Fun Run/Walk. The annual auction and Warrior reception will be
held on Thursday, June 2, at 6 p.m. at the NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. This
is my favorite event. The main event and our primary fundraiser for this cause is
Saturday, June 4, at 10 a.m. The kayak and paddleboard race is great fim, bringing
out many volunteers and spectators along the canal.
The fiscal year 2016-2017 budget preparations are well underway as I write this.
No tax rate change is planned for the upcoming fiscal year. As with all years, your
commissioners and I, and our award-winning town staff, continue to find smarter
ways of doing business and taking care of your valuable tax dollars.
We are constantly working to maintain the quality of life and to maintain our
beaches in Pine Knoll Shores. In early April a joint legislative subcommittee on
Municipal Service Districts met. We were fortunate to be one of three towns
allowed to speak to the committee, and I expressed the importance of our ability
to keep our beaches nourished, which keeps us eligible for FEMA reimbursement.
This is part of our strategic plan and our county’s 50-year beach plan. At this point
it looks like we were successful in maintaining our municipal service districts. This
was a successful team effort with our town and county and other beach towns that
were there for support.
I want to say a few words about summer safety. This is definitely a huge summer
topic and I can never say enough about your and your visitors’ fives. Slow down,
watch for pedestrians, wear your seatbelt and be alert. Safety doesn’t just apply to
drivers and pedestrians, though. I have heard quite a few complaints about “rolling
stops,” and problems with dogs on the beach. We will be increasing patrols because of
this. I’ll talk more on safety in our June issue, but constant reminders are always good.
We had great turnouts at our last two quarterly Dinner with the Mayor evenings.
Our first quarter dinner was in Cary, and our second quarter dinner was at the
Clam Digger. The purpose is to have a dinner (attendees pay for their own meals),
meet some of our neighbors, have a briefing on what is going on in our town and
have an opportunity to ask direct questions on any topic. The next dinner will be on
Saturday, July 9. We specifically schedule this for a Saturday in the summer for our
out-of-town owners. Please come out and join us.
As you can see, I wasn’t kidding about everything going on just in our town.
Don’t hesitate to step in and help in our team efforts. I look forward to seeing you.
One team, one town, one Pine Knoll Shores.
Old PKS Pictures?
Consider donating them to the Pine
Knoli Shores History Committee.
Contact town haii at 252-247-4353.
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By Richard Seale
Talkin’ turkey and clams, crabs and fish
The waters of Bogue Sound have warmed up enough to bring the clams up
from their deeper winter hideouts. In late March I did a clamming trip and got
a nice mix of half shell and casino-sized clams. We had several meals of them.
The Division of Marine Fisheries has issued a research sanctuary permit for the
aquarium. It covers about two acres. This area is now closed to oystering and
clamming, so please be careful if you try to harvest shellfish near that area. If you
are found harvesting shellfish in the research sanctuary you will probably be given a
citation that could set you back over $150. The closed area will be marked off. Hard
clams must be one-inch thick, and you can harvest 50 clams per person per day, or
a maximum of 100 per vessel per day without a license.
The blue claw crabs are starting to show up, as is the early spring run of stone
crabs. Some big jimmies are emerging from their overwintering hibernation in
the mud of the Pine Knoll Shores canals. Crabs that overwintered in deeper ocean
waters are migrating back up to their mating grounds in the upper estuaries of the
Neuse, Pamlico and Pungo rivers. In short, the time is right to enjoy catching and
picking some of that wonderful crab meat. You can “chicken neck on hand fines
from shore or boat without any license at this point. Setting crab pots in the sound
will require a recreational commercial gear license at a minimum. That lets you
set up to five pots and now costs $50 a year. As a kid, I used to walk the flats with
a crab net and just scoop crabs as they scurried out from under my feet as I drove
them out of the grass patches, so that is an option, too. It was a bit exciting to feel
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