SQly 06-2010

JUNE 2010 HYDE COUNTY’S COUNTRY MAGAZINE

PublishedQuarterlyor wheneverwe feel like it!

Issue # 21 www.SwanQuarterly.net Cover Photo: Christy Maready

Festival photos by Janice Woolard

2010 Queen

Kathryn Anderson

Mr. Chase Williford and Little Miss Madalyn Gibbs

Mattamuskeet Marching Band

Festival Photos by Linda and Janice Woolard

June 2010

Ocrafolk FestivalHyde County’s 11th annual O c r a f o l k M u s i c a n d Storyte l l ing Fest ival on Ocracoke Island is scheduled for June 4-6, 2010. This year’s poster artwork is by Sarah Searight . They are st i l l updating more pictures, but if you visit the website your find the artists that are presented! www.ocrafolkfestival.org

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The Ocrafolk Festivalis sponsored in part by the Hyde County Occupancy Board, the Ocracoke Civic and Business Association, and in turn by the generous businesses that

support this non-profit organization. By supporting the members of the Civic Association you are helping to support them! To find out who they are, visit also www.ocracokevillage.com

Greeting from the land of many waters, beautiful Hyde County! I am so excited about all the events on our Inner & Outer Banks. We hope that some which are featured in this issue will inspire you to get on the road less traveled, meet old friends and have a good time. Many of our readers

who live out of the county or state have joined us on Face-book. Being homesick is tuff

and it’s good to connect with the locals on and off. Once when you get the hang of it, you will realize that FB can be as private at you

want it to be. Have a good one ya’ll. Love Ingrid

z Quote of the Quarter z“I killed my first wood duck, a drake, with my .22 automatic rifle and waded in, high-top shoes and all, to retrieve him. I picked and cleaned

my prize and my grandmother cooked it with brown gravy for a special treat.” - Bill West

DEAR READER

P U B L I S H E R S : I N G R I D & N E L I L E M M E

2 0 1 0 J U N E I S S U E

June 2010

WELCOME ALL FISHERMEN!

The Hyde County Waterfowl Association and the SQVFD (Swan Quarter Volunteer Fire Department) are working together to put on the first annual SWAN QUARTER INSHORE SLAM fishing tournament!

This inaugural tournament will be held on June 12th 2010, with a bad weather date set on June 13th.

The adult contest will consist of three fish that are caught: Speckled Trout, Flounder and Red Drum. The heaviest three fish will be the winner. Each participant may only enter one fish for each category.

  The entry fee is set at $100.00 per adult and $5.00 per participating youth. Youth is defined as 12 years old and under. Tournament payoff will be paid out as follows. First place = 50% & a trophy or plaque, Second place = 20% & a trophy or plaque. Third place = 10% & a trophy or plaque. In the youth category the first, second, and third place participants will receive a trophy or plaque for the heaviest three fish of any kind weighed.The remaining 20% of the entry fees will be used to cover tournament expenses and any money left over will be donated to the SQVFD.

All participants must abide by all current federal and state laws.

Tournament boundary lines are 76.30.000 to the west and 35.46.300 to the north.

All boats must leave the Swan Quarter Wildlife boat ramp (Fisherman’s Wharf).

No boat shall leave before 5am and must return by 4pm. The official scales will open at 2pm.

No boat shall tie up to another boat or any structure after leaving and/or before returning to the Swan Quarter Wildlife ramp.

All weighed fish are subject to inspection by tournament director and/or tournament committee at time of weighing and will become property of the tournament. After becoming property of the tournament committee the fish

will be donated to the SQVFD for a fund raising fish fry at a later date.

The tournament committee will be made up of 5 people and all protest must be made to the tournament committee by 5pm that afternoon. If necessary, a polygraph examination may be required and must be passed in a conclusive manner.

Anglers are limited to: Shrimp, Crab, Squid, Blood Worms, and Mullet as dead bait. All live and artificial baits are allowed.

A tournament dinner will be held at the SQVFD starting at 5pm, with the awards banquet to follow at approximately 6pm. Dinner is free for all tournament participants. Hyde County 4-H will be selling bag lunches at ramp prior to departure.

Information and registration forms may also be found at local fishing/tackle shops. For further assistance you may also call

252-944-5636 or 252 943-8754.

Registration forms must be received by June 5th, 2010.

Please make checks payable to:

HCWA, PO Box 9, Swan Quarter, NC 27885

Please come out and support our Swan Quarter Volunteer Fire Department. Good luck and great fishing!

June 2010

I met Sherry Stotesberry first on facebook®, no kidding, this is how many people meet these days, especially when they live in the country. She was following the updates on “I Love Swan Quarter ” and the “Swan Quarterly” and helped us often on our research for the magazine. Ms. Sherry was born and raised in Beaufort County, her mama was a native from White Plains, near Engelhard, and her daddy was from Swan Quarter, raised where the Mattamuskeet Elementary School is now.

Lady of the QuarterSherry Mann Stotesberry

My brother, sister and I spent every weekend in Hyde County, mowing Grannie and Grandmama's yards, picking up pecans in the fall and visiting with extended family. So when I married Ernie and moved to Swan Quarter it was not a culture shock for me - love the laid back attitude we can still assume here…” she says.So Sherry grew up and went to school in Pantego, NC and graduated in Belhaven at JAW. As a teenager, she babysat, worked in the tobacco fields, at Brook's Grill in Pantego ( it was a drive-in movie theater and the local teenage hangout for several years) and while going to college (for Cosmetology) at Beaufort County Community College she worked at Farmboys in Belhaven.Sherry & Ernie Stotesberry have been married for 17 years, they met at a friend's birthday party and danced the night away. “Sometimes I still get mad at her for all she caused. I love to dance. That's how Ernie caught me! ” she laughs. Sherry and Ernie have a teenage daughter, Stacey (14) and 2 stepdaughters, Brandi and Candi. “I have 4 step granddaughters and 1 step grandson. We don't get to see them as much as we'd like because they live in Georgia” she shares freely. Ms Sherry works at Beaufort County Community College as Equipment Coordinator and has been there for 23 years. “I commute about 10 hours a week but I love my job and the people I work with. You never get stale. I love to grow things, read, cook, fish, and love road trips..,” and then she adds …”What most people don't know about me? I collect church cookbooks and miniature tea sets.” Photo by Ingrid Lemme June 2010

Book of the Quarter First pub. 1998: An

enduring dream for many people, regardless of where they live in modern times, is that of living in the country, raising food and livestock, being partially or fully self-

sustaining, and working directly with the land.

Where is this? Somewhere in Hyde

County? Yes! But where? 1st correct answer by email to

[email protected] gets a hard copy of this issue.

News of the Quarter

Hyde County’s periodic e-mail announcements and press releases that

are keeping us all in the loop. Thank you!

...On the Board Walk...Teen of the

Quarter Kyle Mooney,

Mattmuskeet Middle School, plays Baseball,

Football, rides Four-wheelers, on facebook

Event of the Quarter

This must be the Engelhard’s annual

Seafood Festival! Well done, new team!

Thanks to all!

Artist of the Quarter

Joan Sears

for her painting

of HoBo’s Seafood

Kid of the Quarter

Brayden Allen Wayne, he loves to play Wee-ball,

likes Martelle's Chicken Fingers and best buddy is

cousin Hayden White.

Movie of the Quarter

When a young American travels to the city of

Verona, home of the star-crossed lover Juliet Capulet of Romeo and Juliet fame,

she joins a group of volunteers who respond to

letters to Juliet seeking advice about love.

WEBSITE OF THE QUARTER www.homegrownhandmade.com

June 2010

Man of the Quarter Lee Williams of HoBo Seafood

Hobo Seafood235 Landing Road

PO Box 306Swan Quarter,

NC 27885(252) 926-1415

June 2010

HOBO SEAFOOD is spelled like the person who roams from town to town without a home "Hobo."   Lee Williams came up with the name for the business based on his deceased father's infamous fishing trawler called "Hobo" that his father had custom built in the 50s or 60s.  At the time, it was one of the larger, if not the largest boat in the area.  “This boat was a big part of his family's heritage as I can imagine it provided many years of memories and rewarding work,” wrote Lee’s wife, Madge Williams. The boat sunk at sea many years ago due to a loose board in the bottom.  “His older brother Joe owned it then. Not sure when that was, but I would say it was sometime during the 80s maybe. I've got a couple of pictures here of it if you are interested” she continued, and yes, we sure are interested in the pictures.

Hobo Seafood opened for business in 1999, although the Williams purchased the dock and buildings before that (from Madge’s uncle) as a place to tie up and do maintenance work on the fleet.  Lee Williams has been a lifelong commercial fisherman.  “He's a ‘do it yourselfer’, hence, I think why he gradually ‘grew’ into building his

business into his own fishhouse in the first place.  What better way to ‘do-it-yourself ’, than to do it all (your own ice, own fuel and selling your own catch).  Of  course, somedays a tough economy and fishing season makes you wonder.  For years, he fished up and down the coast himself.” Madge says.

“Lee and I, both come from multigenerational fishing families. He's the youngest of four and I'm the youngest of five. We officially met in 1988.  I say officially met, because I didn't know him, but he claims to have seen me around my dads marina as a kid. He had to ask who I was when he saw me years later ‘all grown up’. The funny thing was, I was asking who he was at that very same time.  We both agree it was love at first site!” Madge and Lee dated steadily while she was in college and he was fishing.   The road between Greenville and

Hyde County didn't seem very long during those years, she says.  Madge graduated from ECU in 1992 with a business degree and they were married in 1993. “We have two wonderfully funny and sweet children Nathan (7) and Caroline (5) who are seen often helping out, but mostly playing around the fishhouse.  We have a playroom for them

upstairs,” Madge smiles.  Two years ago, Madge Williams left her full-time job of 14 years, to work for their family business and spend more time with the kids. With the additions to their fleet, and the retail market expanding in the summers, her role at Hobo Seafood had grown into full

time work.  “Lee & I made the big decision for me to leave my ‘steady’ paying job. We haven't regretted it at all.  I should have done it years ago as it has been most rewarding to our family and work life!” she is certain.    

In the early years, Lee was fishing up and down the coast. “ The fishhouse keeps him home, except with the occasional trip to NJ, NY or VA to do maintenance work on one of their boats. It is great to have both of us present. I especially appreciate that I can raise the kids with him being home every night instead of being gone for weeks at the time.” Madge says.

June 2010

Many know Lee Williams for having ‘anything boat related’ or as someone to ask about boat repair whether it be construction or mechanical. He also loves going to auctions and flea markets, again seeking a deal. 

HoBo Seafood specializes in shrimp and they have scallops and a variety of fish available, both wholesale and retail, usually year round as the seasons permit. Hours of operation are seasonal and during the months of July through November the office is generally open from 8:00 am until the boats are done unloading and they are finished packing shrimp.  December through June office hours are 8:30 to 5:30. However, year-round, you'll usually find Lee and Madge before and after hours, if you stop by.

  “As Lee would tell you, with this many ol' boats, the work never ends. ....he's a bit on the shy side, he's extremely shy if asked about himself, so if I mentioned you wanted to hear all this stuff about him----he'll tell me to tell you ‘no way’.  If you ask him what he wants your readers to know about himself--he'd say - ‘nothing.’!” Madge shares openly. “The man that was here that day was Gerald Brinn of Sladesville.  He's the local diver in town. Now that fellow is a character in his own right. Anyway, hope this helps. Probably much more than you need.  Lee doesn't know I'm sending all this info.  I'm telling you----he's a VERY quiet kind of fellow.  But, hey, if he won't toot his own horn, I will!!  Ooops.”

- Aren’t ya’ll glad that she did?

Business of the Quarter

Hobo Seafood

Lee Wiliams was born and raised in Sladesville, although he spent some of his younger years living part-time in St. Simons Island GA.  As with many fishing families, they moved back and forth as the fishing seasons called.  - “...as I said, he's been a fisherman all of his life, purchasing his first boat around age 15 (I think). He's always been a workaholic -- he truly loves it, so I think it doubles as his hobby.  To say he loves to spot a deal on a boat, buy it and fix it up is an understatement. He lives for it. Lee can always spot a ‘diamond in the rough’ boat that someone else may see as ‘junk’.  He'll buy it for a song and turn it into a profitable venture, whether it be turning into the next jewel in the Hobo Seafood fleet or salvaging parts off of it for spare. He's very smart that way.”  says Marge, his wife.

June 2010

THE WOOD DUCK BY WILLIAM WEST

If there is a more beautiful bird than the male wood duck in breeding plumage, I would like to see it. He sports an opal-like, rainbow-hued iridescence, a green head and crest patterned with white and black, bright red eyes, a speckled rusty chest separated from a white belly by black bars, and dark wings with a patch of blue and white trailing edges. His mate is dull colored, an adaptation that renders her less visible when nesting.

Wood ducks (Aix sponsa) are most often seen as mated pairs on roadside ditches and vegetated canals, on sheltered ponds, and in swamps. Their presence is often indicated by their trails through thick surface mats of duckweed (Lemna sp.) that blanket many Tyrrell and Hyde county waterways. Duckweed is one of the wood duck’s staple foods, but it also eats the seeds of pickerel-weed and other aquatic plants. Wood ducks actively stalk dragonflies and damselflies as well as other insects. After the corn crop has been harvested and the fields left untilled, wood ducks often fly in, uttering a distinctive whistling call, to forage the loose corn kernels as the last daylight fades.

Wood ducks nest in cavities and continued, heavy, swampland lumbering operations have led to a sharp decline in their numbers. They are often seen perching in trees, an oddity among ducks, most of which lack prehensile toes and the ability to perch. The female lays 10 to 15 creamy-white, unmarked eggs in an old woodpecker nest cavity, in other tree cavities and in nesting boxes. She incubates them for 28 to 36 days and within 24 hours after hatching the ducklings jump out of their nest cavity, which may be more than 50 feet up, bounce when they hit the ground, unhurt, and head for the nearest water and their mother.

Wood duck young are precocial, or highly independent, and they begin feeding as soon as they reach the water. Mimicking their convoying parents, they eat insects, duckweed and other vegetation. Their ever-watchful parents sound a special alarm call at the sight of a hawk or other large bird flying overhead and the ducklings instinctively dive under water to escape the perceived danger. They often reappear among shoreline vegetation or swim quickly to gain its cover. A dog, raccoon, otter, mink, cat or other predator may surprise a wood duck and her brood on land, but the parent will pretend

to have a broken wing in order to lure the predator away from her ducklings.

Wood ducks frequented the Scuppernong River swamp into which a canal and a ditch drained both our neighbor’s and my grandfather Beasley’s River Neck farm. Duckweed, pickerel-weed and other aquatic food plants were common on the canal and there were nesting cavities in the nearby gum trees. The canal and ditch joined in a “T” intersection where a large gum stump made a fine blind behind which to lie while observing the ducks with three-power opera glasses. I spent hours observing the ducks feeding, preening and convoying their ducklings.

For a time, when my grandfather West worked at the naval base in Norfolk, I spent the week with my grandmother at their home near Woodley Crossing. Simmons Landing on the Scuppernong River, about a mile away, was a favorite hunting and fishing area for me. At a bridge over a small creek along the road up to the landing, I killed my first wood duck, a drake, with my .22 automatic rifle and waded in, high-top shoes and all, to retrieve him. I picked and cleaned my prize and my grandmother cooked it with brown gravy for a special treat.

June 2010

Wood ducks readily accept wooden nesting boxes situated on sheltered waters now that their natural, tree cavity nests are less common. Some years ago, on a cold, gray March day on a large lake near Yanceyville in Caswell County, I accompanied a group of high school students and their teacher as they erected nest boxes. The school’s wood duck nest box project, on which several classes cooperated, was highly popular with the students. The boxes were built by the school shop classes from lumber and nails donated by local duck hunters, conservationists and businesses. The state highway maintenance folks provided bent, metal, highway sign posts, which the students straightened for use as predator-resistant box posts. Students did all of the construction work and then maintained and did follow-up studies on the nests.

On the day that I accompanied them, the students, both boys and girls, donned chest waders and eased overboard to drive the metal nest box support posts into the lake bottom. It was cold and blustery but I didn’t hear anyone

complain. They examined each already established box, cleaned out the wood shaving nesting material and added new shavings. Later, the students would return to check the boxes to count the egg clutches, and after the ducklings fledged they would tally the unhatched eggs. The students were gaining valuable field experience and the support network benefited as well. There were more wood ducks in the

area as a result of the program. Boaters and bird watchers saw more ducks and hunters had excess ducks to shoot.

 A similar project would be an ideal undertaking for Tyrrell and Hyde County schools.

Both counties already have good numbers of wood ducks but a serious nest box project could boost local duck populations as well as introduce the students to

worthwhile field work. I am sure that nest box construction plans could be obtained from the state wildlife agencies.

There is a small, man-made pond on the left side of the road from Sound Side to Alligator in Tyrrell County. It is usually covered by a thick mat of duckweed, and if you drive by it slowly at any time other than duck hunting season you will probably see several pairs

of wood ducks there.

Hyde County has a far greater variety of duck species on and around Lake Mattamuskeet in late fall and winter than Tyrrell County. The wood duck is resident in both counties all year and is, in my opinion, our most beautiful duck species.

Bill West is a native of Tyrrell County

“ Photo copy of detail from a

painting of wood ducks arising from a swamp pond by biologist/artist Duane Raver. Those who are familiar with Raver’s paintings say that if you want to see what a bird or a fish looks like, refer to his paintings rather than a photograph. Look for an article about Raver in the May, 2010 issue of “Our State” magazine.” - William West

www.ourstate.com

June 2010

Mark Hierholzer of Swan Quarter:

My daughter has a brand new Honda Foreman ATV with travel trailer. She wants to sell it. They bought it last year for $8,000. It has been garage kept and has

about 6 hours of travel time on it. Mint condition. If you are

interested, email me at [email protected]

Swan Quarter Volunteer Fire Department

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Saturday, Memorial Weekend 

May 29, 2010 11:30 am to 7:00 pm Grilled

Barbeque Chicken, Macaroni & Cheese, Green Beans, Bread,

Dessert and Ice TeaADULTS $8.00                                                

CHILDREN UNDER 12 - $4.00THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Grand Showmanship Senior, and Reserve Grand Champion; Daniel Thomas, Grand Champion, and Grand Showmanship Junior; and Bryann Loftus, Reserve Showmanship Junior. The children participated in a fashion show with their animals. The following winners were announced: Danielle Pugh, Goat; Bry Ann Loftus, Lamb; and Charlie Van Salisbury, Hog. The Grand Champion Hog was purchased by Crop Production Services in Fairfield for $525.00. The Grand Champion Lamb was purchased by East Carolina Bank in Swan Quarter for $700.00. The Grand Champion Goat was purchased by Grain Dryer Services for $600.00. Mac Gibbs, Chairman of the Hyde County Cooperative Extension

Service, thanked everyone for participating in the show. He told the crowd, “Give yourself an applause for helping to raise all of these kids in Hyde County”. A fundraiser was held in conjunction with the livestock show. Jessica Gibbs, Hyde County Finance Officer, raised the top amount of $302.00 in the Kiss the Pig fundraiser. The funds will be used to send kids to 4-H Camp this summer. Justin Fix, from NC State University, judged the show. Leroy Alons was the auctioneer. We are thanking Natalie Berry Wayne the 4-H Youth Development Extension Agent and her Hyde County 4-H team for all they do and posting the photos on their facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Swanquarter-NC/Hyde-

County-4-H/149837266105

Hyde County 4-H Livestock Show

and Sale Forty-nine young people participated in the Hyde County 4-H Livestock Show at the Ponzer Community Park on April 28th reported Doug Gibbs in the Hyde County Community Newsletter and we are grateful for the information to share here with ya’ll. “The following winners were announced in the Hog Division: Jessi Gibbs, Grand Champion; Matthew Eakes, Grand Showmanship Senior; Andrew Berry, Reserve Show-manship Senior, Logan Williams, Grand Showmanship Junior; and Carl Pugh, Reserve Grand Champion and Reserve Showmanship Junior. The following winners were announced in the Goat Division: Megan Spencer, Grand Showmanship Senior; Danielle Pugh, Grand Champion and Grand Showmanship Junior; Olivia Bateman, Reserve Showmanship Senior; Shakera Davis, Reserve Showmanship Junior; Amelia

Whitfield, Reserve Grand Champion; and Tizro Beltran, Go-Getter Award. The following winners were announced on the Lamb Division: Shanquitia Davis,

June 2010

We would hang out in Swan Quarter, Belhaven, Engelhard & Rose Bay, too. I love to fish and bird watch and used to do a lot of it way back when! I can remember watching folks catch herring down at the lodge in nets, every culvert along the road that crosses the lake would be packed with people fishing and along the banks down near the lodge on the Wild Life Refuge. I loved fishing on the lake from my boat or wading out in the lake in the grass beds fishing for Large Mouth Bass. I went out on a crab boat once with one of the local commercial fishermen and even contemplated working on a crab boat for a summer. Hyde County is one of my favorite places in the world! I used to say that one day I wanted to get married at The Lodge and have my honeymoon at Mattamuskeet!

I love reading your magazines. My favorite of your mags is Swan Quarterly. Flipping through the pages brings back many wonderful memories. I love the scenic photos, as well as the people shots. I really enjoy the guess where this photo was taken or what this photo is...like when you had a close up of a door and then the next issue revealed what and where it was. That's pretty cool! 

Yes, I do like the simple life and the country life. I live in a log home and I am an antique and rock freak! I take my camera with me everywhere I go and I pick up rocks everywhere I go, too. So, I really enjoy the stories of treasures found in Hyde County. One recently was the story about Clovis points (among the oldest tools discovered in North America) that were found there. That has to be my favorite story of all time in your mag! I used to look around on some of the farms down there for arrow heads and go spotlighting for deer and bear. I used to eat at the restaurant in Fairfield and sit at the big round table with the regulars and listen to their stories. It was wonderful! I have even found a lot of sharks teeth there at the black church just up from the high-school...I think the road is 264 Hwy. I have even found some along some of the roadways. There is so much to see and do there. 

Yep, Hyde County has to be one of my most favorite places in the world! Regards, Debbie "Doobie" Sykes, Editor of Behind Barz Motorcycle Magazine www.behindbarz.com

Ms Doobie Reader

of the QuarterI have fond memories of Hyde County. I used to travel from Rocky Mount, N.C. to there just about every weekend and most summers. My destination was Lake Mattamuskeet and I would stay at the Carrawan's place. Later on we had a trailer there at the little lot before you get to the Carrawan's.

June 2010

Ruritan members that were there to help with the celebration: Louise Waters, June Wagner, Lisa and Barbara Van Essendelft, Nell Martin, Teresa and Gary Collier, Iris and Frank Falkson, Clyde Beasley, Frances House, Pam and Bob Searle.   

A Special GiftThe Ponzer Ruritans were given a very special gift by Congressman Walter Jones, our American flag which flew over the Capital for 30 days before coming to Ponzer.  Holding the flag is Iris Faulkson and Clyce Beasley.

Congratulations!

Ponzer Ruritan Club celebrates

50th Anniversary

Hyde County’s Ponzer Ruritan Club celebrated it's 50th Anniversary on May 1st, 2010. There was an open house held in the Ruritan Building. A

very special cake was created and donated by Tammy Blake.

The group picture features Ponzer

June 2010

FRIENDS OF HYDE COUNTY’S

HISTORIC 1854

COURTHOUSE

A new nonprofit organization, Friends of Hyde County’s Historic 1854 Courthouse, has recently been organized by local supporters. The courthouse (circa 1854) is on the National Register of Historic Places and has been empty since Hurricane Isabel in September 2003.

In 2009, the County of Hyde appointed George Williams, Roy Clarke and Tom Davis to serve on the Historic Courthouse Oversight Committee. That committee, along with Hyde County

Planner/Developer Alice Keeney, have been working with the Swan Quarter Service Group and others to study the feasibility of renovating and operating the historic courthouse, and determined the need for the new organization.

Officers of the new Friends group are:

Pat Spencer, Chairman; Joan Sears, Vice-Chairman; Sallie Carter, Secretary; and Edward Torres, Treasurer.

Other members include: Carr Baynor, Rita Jones Franklin, Mac McLawhorn, and Glenda Williams. They have

been meeting every two weeks to work on their mission statement, articles of incorporation, bylaws, and other paperwork required to form the new nonprofit.

The mission of the Friends of Hyde County's Historic 1854

Courthouse is to develop and implement a sound economic strategy for the preservation and utilization of Hyde County’s Historic 1854 Courthouse in order to promote community, cultural, educational,

ecological, and economic development.

We are certain that you will be hearing more about this group and their work in the near future. Please offer them your support for this important Hyde County initiative!

More photos ...

June 2010

law enforcement family is asked to make while serving and protecting North Carolina’s citizens. It was scheduled to end on May 15 in the state capital of Raleigh.

The riders were greeted by Hyde County Sheriff David Mason, members of his department, local wildlife enforcement officials, and many County Government employees and others from the community. Refreshments were provided (thanks to Cindy Carawan/Hyde County Board of Elections, the Hyde County Extension

Service, and many others!), and the riders visited with members of the community. Following a brief moment of silence in remembrance of the fallen officers and their families, a mighty roar was heard as the group started their engines. Their flags were once again encased for the ride onward to Dare County. If you’d like to know more about North Carolina Project Lifesaver visit their website at: www.ncpltaskforce.org/fallenofficerpage.html

They had already ridden over 2,500 miles by the time they cruised into Swan Quarter on a balmy Friday morning in May. As they came down Main Street, their rides sparkled in the sun and the flags they flew fluttered in the breeze. ‘They’ are members of the North Carolina Project Lifesaver, the Avery and Davie Counties Sheriff ’s Departments, and other agencies who have organized a memorial motorcycle ride across North Carolina in honor of all officers who have fallen in the line of duty. The ride began on May 7 and will eventually stop in every one of the state’s 100 county seats as the riders

raise awareness of the sacrifices that each and every

Fallen Officer Memorial Motorcycle Ride

Stops in Swan Quarter

June 2010

Taste of

HydeJune19th

Food/Arts/Crafts/Music Participant Registration for A Taste of Hyde. The Davis Youth & Recreation Center in Engelhard is looking for participants for the "Taste of Hyde" event to be held in June. This day of Family Fun will feature cake and pie baking c o n t e s t s , a r t s a n d c r a f t s demonstrations, bake sales, children’s games, local music and entertainment

If you are interested in part ic ipat ing as a vendor, an arts and crafts d e m o n s t r a t o r , a contestant, or a musician, contact Alice Mackey at 252-925-7131 or Elizabeth Gurganus at 252-926-8461 for more infor mation before deadline of May 31. Event will actually be held on June 19.

June 2010

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Please visit also the Engelhard Seafood Festival Website and their Facebook Pagewww.EngelhardSeaFoodFestival.com

June 2010