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| Pictures of Hurricane Earl in Kitty Hawk | |||
Nighthawk
Harriers Soar In First Meet of Season |
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Currituck
High School's Kiel Bollero outkicked 2009 Northeast Coastal Conference
MVP Ryan Wallace of First Flight by three steps on a blistering hot, buggy
day, 3.1-miles around a soy field in Edenton, Aug. 30. But cross country
is a team sport, and the locals from Kill Devil Hills shot down their
cross county rivals, and harriers from Edenton, Northeastern, Gates and
Columbia high schools in the first cross country meet of the season. The lowest score wins in cross country, and when it was over the Nighthawks runners finished 2, 3, 5, 6 and 10 overall, totaling 26 points, to their nearest contender, John Holmes High School in Edenton, which amassed 53 points. It was similar good news for the lady Nighthawks, who powered over several schools, scoring 25 to second place finisher Currituck's 50 points. The first local girl across the line was Senior Sierra Lawson, who was third, and several minutes behind the overall female winner. But again, her teammates rallied tightly around her, sweeping the number 4, 5, 6 and 7 spots and the team victory. In the boy's race, Wallace (finishing in 18:41) was followed by Bryan Robison (19:21), James Seal (20:32), Charles Brady (20:37), and Hunter Brake (22:11). Brake is a newcomer to the team and has quickly established himself scoring contender of the dozen boys on the Nighthawks roster. The top five finishers per team in cross country, score in a meet. The story of the girls victory was strong support from a couple of novices who only started running with the team during voluntary summer workouts a month ago. Freshmen Makenzie Jameson was fifth girl finisher overall, and classmate Kiersten Murphy was seventh, completing the 5 kilometer course in 26:34 and 26:46. Seniors Lawson, Savannah Shultz and Lindsay Fenyak were timed in 25:27, 26:21 and 26:41, respectively. Coach Ronnie Hudgins said it was a good start, but his runners need more leg speed and endurance. He said his front runners also need to develop a deeper desire to win, that must be demonstrated in daily practices and especially over the final few hundred yards to the finish line. Coach Hudgins said the team has a busy 17-meet schedule and there's plenty of time for team members to grow stronger and faster. Hudgins noted that First Flight will host the Northeast Coastal Conference Championship Meet this year on October 20, on its brand new 5K course surrounding the school complex in Kill Devil Hills. Submitted by Ed Beckley |
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Caught
on the Avalon Pier in Kill Devil Hills around 445PM on August 29, 2010.
The guy with the yellow rod, fuzzy beard, flannel shirt hooked it. The
other guys holding the fish helped him gaff it and hoist it up to the
pier deck. If it wasn't 5 feet, it sure was close. I didn't stay for the
official weight and measures!..........Diana Behling.... see
more pictures |
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| John Cunningham Sr., of Aurora, NC dissapeared from his 20-foot skiff near Mud River on Saturday, Aug. 28. Witnesses reported seeing the boat going in circles without anyone on board and a Coast Guard search confirmed Cunningham was missing. The US Coast Guard searched the area for 11 hours without finding the missing man | |||
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| National
Association of Transpersonal Hypnotherapists Bringing Hypnotherapy Certification Program to Outer Banks on September 20-24, 2010 |
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| Community Yoga Coming to the Outer Banks | |||
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This month's class
will be taught by Anne Howard. Anne has been practicing Yoga for more
than 12 years. She began her journey in France when she was traveling
often between Europe and Indonesia and felt she needed a nourishing practice
that she could bring with her anywhere. Four years ago she moved to the
US and has since received her 500-hour yoga teacher certification. She
leads classes that are dynamic and challenging, yet balanced with softness
and relaxation. She has also studied and instructs pre-natal yoga as well
as Pilates. See Poster |
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| Thursday
September 9th at 6:30 PM $5.00 Donation Unitarian Universalist Meeting House Corner of W. Kitty Hawk Rd and Herbert Perry Rd. |
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Onslow
County Health officials report that a fox which attacked Donny Lee Jones
on Tuesday , Aug. 24 near his home in Onslow County has tested positive
for rabies. A second fox that attacked his brother Chris has also been
sent in for testing. Donny Jones has received several painful injections
at Onslow Memorial Hospital as a precaution against contracting rabies |
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Cape
Hatteras Elementary School, First Flight Elementary School, Kitty Hawk
Elementary School, First Flight Middle School, and Manteo Middle School
earned recognition for “high growth” by surpassing the state’s
requirements for academic improvement in the school year 2009-2010 |
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| Officials
cite complaints over last year's cancellations that left no way for residents
and visitors to experience a public display of fireworks on Independence
Day on the Outer Banks; The new effort will combine the the energies of
the fire chiefs in Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head with the tourism authority
to come up with a plan. |
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| This
represents the first time the rate has been in single digits since December
2009. 440,387 people were reported to be unemployed in the state. Nationwide,
14,5990,00 or 9.5% of the workforce were officially counted as being unemployed.
That number doesn't include millions who have exhausted their unemployment
benefits and given up the search for a job. |
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On
Thursday, August 19, workmen dismantled the famous landmard windmill located
at Windmill Point for its move to Island Farm, a restored 18th-century
farmstead on Roanoke Island. The windmill was build in the late 1900's
to 18th-century standards for a store that planned to produce grain for
products to be sold to tourists, however the mill was never put into operation.
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Benhamin
Howe 54, and his wife Debra Greene 56, both vacationing from Pennsylvania,
drown while swimming in the ocean near 8400 South Old Oregon Inlet Road
in Nags Head on August 20, 2010. Witnesses reported the couple stepped
off a sandbar and drown while trying to swim back to shore. They were
transported to Outer Banks Hospital where they were pronounced dead. This marks the fifth vacationer to drown on an Outer Banks beach during the month of August. On Aug. 7, John Wolf, 51 of Woodbine, Maryland drowned while swimming off Ocracoke Island. On August 13, Peter H. Whitworth, 37, from Vermont drowned while swimming on a Kill Devil Hills beach and on August 18, Brian Mouring 19, from Gloucester Va disappeared while swimming with friends near Oregon Inlet. His body was discovered the next day. |
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| U.S.
District Chief Judge Royce Lamberth has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service did not infringe on the rights of Outer Banks business owners
or impose unnecessary restrictions when it established a critical habitat
to protect an endangered bird, the piping plover. The decision denied
a motion by the Outer Banks preservation group, an advocacy group wanting
more off road vehicle access to Cape Hatteras National Park to take back
some of the protected habitat that was given to the bird from earlier
court decisions. In response to the decision, an official with the Outer
Banks Preservation Association of Buxton told reporters the amount of
money spent on this bird was unforgivable because it affects the livelihood
of local fishermen and the tourist economy. An official with the Defenders
of Wildlife, a group trying to protect the piping plover, said he was
pleased with the outcome because it provides further protection for the
endangered bird. |
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| "On
July 29, 2010 at approximately 12:45 pm, a child in Martins Point was
approached by a white male and told to “get in the car” The
male was described as older, balding, with grey and dark hair above the
ears. The vehicle was described as a late model blue or silver-blue minivan,
possibly a Chrysler or Dodge. If you have any information regarding this
incident please contact Inv. Taylor with the Dare County Sheriff's Office
at 475-9175" |
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| A
home in the 300 block of West Aycock Street was broken into on July 28th,
2010 and a Taurus PT111 Millenium Pro 9 mm semiautomatic handgun with
2 loaded magazines taken |
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| 10-year-old
Maryland Boy Survives Stingray Barb Penetrating his Liver During Outer Banks Vacation |
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Quentin
Tokar 10, of Thurmont, Md. was stabbed in the abdomen by a stingray barb
on the Outer Banks during vacation recently. The boy’s mother, Candace
told reporters a fisherman was removing a ray’s barbed stinger earlier
this month when the 4-inch barb barb snapped off, flew through the air
and hit her son nearby, penetrating the boy’s liver. The boy was
taken to the hospital, where the barb was removed and he spent 4 days
recouperating. After Quentin returned home to Maryland, he was admitted
to Frederick Memorial Hospital and Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
after developing an infection from bacteria traced from the sting ray
began to spread though his boby. |
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| Manteo
High School Senior Michael Ashley Wins 1st. Dare County High Schools Chess Tournament |
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| Billed
as the first-ever Dare County Schools District Chess Tournament, Manteo
Senior Michael Ashley survived a single-elimination tournament featuring
8 students from all four Dare County High Schools to win top honors and
the 1st place trophy. The tournament also featured a ping pong competition
that was won by Manteo High School junior Darren Evans. |
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| Seeking Chess Players to form Outer Banks Chess Club | |||
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