Mosquito spraying to begin early
By · CommentsDue to the mild winter and the early emergence of mosquitos throughout the County, mosquito spraying will begin six weeks early this year.
Funds were budgeted to begin mosquito control activities in mid-May, but additional funds have been provided to allow spraying to begin the week of April 2.
The adulticiding (spraying) portion of Dare County’s program will include private (brown sign) streets;
Larviciding (treating standing water bodies, such as the south Nags Head ditch to prevent adult mosquitos from emerging) will begin this week (the week of March 26th).
For more information, call Dare County Mosquito Control at 252.475.5885
Transportation meetings set
By · CommentsThe North Carolina Department of Transportation, Transportation Planning Branch, will be holding open house meetings to present information about Dare County’s Comprehensive Transportation Plan..
The plan is a joint effort between Dare County and the towns of Duck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head, and Manteo as well as the Albemarle Rural Planning Organization (RPO), and NCDOT.
The meetings are scheduled for:
Monday, April 16
4-7 pm
Kill Devil Hills Municipal Meeting Room
102 Town Hall Drive, Kill Devil HIlls
Tuesday, April 17
4-7 pm
Rodanthe/Waves/Salvo Community Building
23186 Myrna Peters Road, Rodanthe
Wednesday, April 18
4-7 pm
Dare County Administration Building
954 Marshall C Collins Drive, Manteo
Please RSVP to Kerry Morrow
919.707.0924, kmorrow@ncdot.gov.
Pocosin Arts presents Wine & Design
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A SASSY HEADBAND is just one option in the Wine & Design workshop at Pocosin Arts.
Pocosin Arts Folk School is hosting a popular series of workshops in Columbia called Wine and Design with . . . which provides participants a fun night out while making one-of-a-kind creations with a professional artist leading you step-by-step. Silk Scarf Painting and Jewelry Design are just two of the courses we have offered to a sell-out crowd on Friday nights.
The next workshop in the series will be Wine and Design with Knitting on April 13th from 6-8:30 p.m. Led by fiber artists Frances Smyth and Martha Blount Simpson, participants will spend the evening knitting their very own stylish designs while enjoying a glass of wine with friends. We are also calling this “Not your mama’s knitting Smith and Simpson will bring unique designs and a different spin on traditional knitting projects. Classes are open to all levels of experience – beginner through advanced.
Brings your friends and join us at Pocosin Arts Folk School for this fun and creative evening. Materials will be provided, but if you have favorite yarn or needles you are welcome to bring them along. However, all you really need to bring is your favorite bottle of wine or other beverage of choice! The cost is only $35 per class.
All Wine & Design classes are held at Pocosin Arts Folk School, located at 201 Main Street in Columbia in the second floor studio. Preregistration is necessary, so sign up today! Contact Pocosin Arts at (252) 796-2787 or info@pocosinarts.org.
Coast Guard chiefs maintain history
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AREA COAST GUARD CHIEFS complete the Indoctrinaion Drill Last Year at Chicamacomico. It will be repeated with a new class of Chief Thursday, March 29 at 10 a.m. sharp.
Special Off-Season Coast Guard Historic Drill Reenactment
A very special “Chief’s Indoctrination” Drill will be held at the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site & Museum on Thursday, March 29 at 10 a.m. The Beach Apparatus Drill, also known as the “Breeches Buoy Reenactment,” will be performed for their first time by area active-duty Coast Guardsmen who go through an initiation of events to prepare them for being promoted to the rank of chief. This U.S. Life-Saving Service drill is a vital part of their history.
The drill is a complicated exrercise to discribe in words but it is very easy to understand once witnessed. And it is, fun, educational, and inspiring, and often called the “best daytime show on the Outer Banks” and certainly the best value at on the Outer Banks at only $6 for adults and $4 for seniors (62+) and youths (6-17). All visitors are welcome and this is a perfect time for locals who are too busy when the drill is regularly scheduled for every Thursday at 2 p.m. during June, July and August.
The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site & Museum is one of the many sites on the Historic Albemarle Tour and the National Outer Banks Scenic Byway. It is located in Rodanthe, the northernmost village of Cape Hatteras Island, oceanside at 23645 N.C. Route 12, or MilePost 39.5, or GPS 35 35 737N, 75 27 981W. It is open Monday through Friday from 10-5 from mid-April- to Thanksgiving. To learn more about Chicamacomico, its exciting activities and offerings, visit www.chicamacomico.net, email at clss@embarqmail.com , call 252-987-1552, and now on Facebook.
Rabies clinic ongoing
By · CommentsThe Dare County Animal Shelter is holding a rabies clinic this week during regular business hours at the shelter in Manteo.
The cost for a rabies vaccine is $ 5. You can also purchase your 2012 dare co tag (for dogs) for a cost of $ 10 for neutered or spayed k-9s and $ 20 for unaltered k-9s. Please take advantage of this low cost clinic.
Two light station facilities being improved
By · CommentsWeather permitting, two Cape Hatteras Light Station facilities in Buxtona will be temporarily closed from March 15 to April 4 in order to allow contractors to complete re-roofing projects for both buildings.
The principal keepers quarters and the double keepers quarters, which houses the Museum of the Sea, will be closed for approximately two weeks to allow for the safe completion of each project.
In August of 2011, both buildings sustained minor damage from impacts of Hurricane Irene which expedited the scheduled maintenance replacement of both roofs. The project is expected to be completed in two weeks or less depending on weather conditions.
The Hatteras Island Visitor Center remains open with hours of operation from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day. The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse will open to climbing on April 20.
For more information, call 252-473-2111 or see www.nps.gov/caha.
Boiler wreck talk set
By · CommentsThe National Park Service Outer Banks Group Know Your Park citizen science program series continues with a presentation on the shipwreck Oriental (the “boiler wreck”0 by
Lou Ostendorff, president of the board of cirectors for the Oriental History Museum. This program will take place on Thursday, March 22 at the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Community Building in Rodanthe, at 7 pm. The program is free and will last approximately one hour.
Mr. Ostendorff has been studying the Oriental for over seven years, and will offer a lively presentation including images, artifacts, models, and memorabilia from the Oriental History Museum. Come and learn some interesting things about one of the most enduring shipwrecks of the Outer Banks, the silent sentinel named Oriental.
The Know Your Park citizen science program series is designed to further connect the Outer Banks communities and residents with the rich natural world and cultural heritage of their neighboring National Park sites: Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Wright Brothers National Memorial and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. These presentations offer local residents
an opportunity to both learn more about, and better enjoy, their national parks.
Access near Cape Point closed
By · CommentsThe pedestrian shoreline access (approx. 0.9 of a mile) adjacent to the Cape Point prenesting closure that begins 0.3 of a mile west of “the Hook” closed to pedestrians today due to multiple American oystercatcher and piping plover scrapes found inside the prenesting area.
The ORV route on the east side of Cape Point to 0.3 of a mile west of the Hook remains open to ORVs and pedestrians.
GOP precincts to meet
By · CommentsMeetings of the Duck, Kitty Hawk, East Lake, Stumpy Point, Manns Harbor, Wanchese, Avon and Chicamacomico Republican precincts will be held at the Dare County Center, 950 Marshall C. Collins Drive, Manteo on Saturday, March 24, beginning at 9 a.m. preceding the Dare County 2012 Republican Convention which begins at 10 a.m.
Sheriff Doug Doughtie and friends (K9) will be the featured speaker at the convention, at which delegates and alternates to the 3rd Congressional District and North Carolina Republican State Conventions will be elected. Also on the agenda are nominations for the National Republican Convention in August, and electors for President. Resolutions regarding open beaches, open fisheries and other important legislation will be considered for passage to the district and state conventions. All Dare County registered Republicans are invited to the Convention. Coffee and donuts will be available from 9 – 10 a.m. during the precinct meetings and a gathering time. For more information see the Dare Republican website at www.dargop.com..
Supper Club to hear speaker
By · CommentsGEM’s Supper Club will meet at the Unitarian Church on Wednesday, March 21, from 3-6pm.
The Craft is making Easter Baskets for the homebound along with exercise, music with Angelo and dinner. If you would like to have us make basket for your loved one please call Gail at 252.480.3354. The SUP+PER CLUB is an afternoon out for friends, families and elders.
The SUP+PER CLUB is a membership program call Gail Sonnesso, MS, Q.D.C.P., at 252-480-3354 for more information about how to join and our up-coming schedule.
Lisa P. Gwyther, MSW, LCSW, director, Duke Aging Center Family Support Program will present “Caregiver Alternatives to Running on Empty” at the April SUP+PER CLUB meeting. Lisa and Dr. Doraiswamy (chief of biological psychiatry, Duke university Medical Center, wrote the book “The Alzheimer’s Action Plan” which is a must read for anyone who would likes clear, concise information about Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
Duke’s Aging Center Family Support Program established the first support groups in North Carolina for families of adults with memory disorders in 1980 with Duke Hospital Auxiliary and NC Foundation grants. The Program’s newsletter, The Caregiver, has linked families and professionals caring for persons with memory disorders as the oldest continuously publishing family caregiver newsletter in the U.S.
Since 1984, the program has been funded by the NC Division of Aging as a one-stop clearinghouse, crisis hotline and technical assistance center for families and professionals caring for people with memory disorders. The state pays for free subscriptions to the newsletter (circulation 10,000 in 50 states and 9 countries) for any NC resident. Since 1985, Lisa Gwyther, program director, has directed education for the Joseph and Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) at Duke Medical Center.
Program staff is currently engaged in a cutting-edge study of a home-based stress management program for adults caring for parents, husbands or wives with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. Contact program staff for more information on participation in caregiver studies.
THE GEM Center is a community based 501 (c) 3 non-profit that welcomes donations to support its programs of care for vulnerable seniors, donations are tax deductible.