2017 Down East Christmas Parade
/This year's Christmas parade will be hosted by Otway Fire/Rescue Department. Below are details of the parade and how you can participate!
PEACE ON EARTH
Sunday, December 10, 2017
3:00 pm
THEME: PEACE ON EARTH
Line up begins at 1:00 pm on Otway Farm Road
Judging begins at 2:00 pm
Parade begins at 3:00 pm
INFORMATION YOU WILL NEED TO REGISTER TO BE A PARTICIPANT IN THE PARADE!
Name of Organization:_______________________________________________________
Address:___________________________________________________________________
Contact Phone#:_____________________________________________________________
Type: Secular______________
Non-Secular__________
Commercial___________
# of Vehicles___________
Entry Cut-Off Date: December 3, 2017
Contact Person:
Shirley Shafer
Home: 252-728-2398
Cell: 252-725-8339
Blessing of The Fleet 2017
/2017 marks the 20th year for what has now become a sacred tradition for the fishing families of Down East and Carteret County ... The Blessing of the Fleet.
We invite you to join us once again to show honor and appreciation for the men and women who bring our seafood to the dock and to remember our fathers and mothers, husbands and wives, sons and daughters, grandfathers, grandmothers, aunts and uncles who are a proud part of this industry.
Sunday, October 8 - NC State Port - 10 am
The Bridge Downeast: Health and Wellness Program
/Tuesday, October 3rd at 6:30 pm. Carteret County Health Department will present a health and wellness program at The Bridge Downeast Ramsey Center in Harkers Island. Join us for an opportunity to learn more about how to Reduce your Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Cancer. Prevention is Better than a Cure! Contact Susan McNamara at The Bridge Downeast – 252-504-2581 or email at susan@thebridgedowneast.org with questions and for reservations. This is a free program – Refreshments will be provided.
2017 Christmas Parade
/Many are beginning to ask about this year's Christmas parade. As soon as a fire/rescue department has set a date, we will publish the info!
Three months 'til Christmas Day!!!!!
Community Night at the Museum!
/Monday, September 25 is Atlantic-Cedar Island Community Night at Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center. A covered-dish meal begins at 6:00 pm and the program at 7:00 pmRodney Kemp will lead the discussion!
Also - bring your family photos to be included in the Photo Archive Project that the museum is hosting! Lillie Chadwick Miller will be available to scan your photos and return them to you prior to the end of the program!
COLLECTING FAMILY PHOTOS!
/Core Sound Museum is still collecting family and community photos! Lillie Chadwick Miller is heading this project and is in the process of contacting Down East residents and anyone with connections to Down East to see if they have photos they would like to have scanned and used in the photo archive. All photos will be returned to the owners.
Individuals can contact Lillie personally at 252-728-4566 or lmiller@ec.rr.com. Another opportunity to share your photos will be at each of the community nights held at the museum. The next community night is Monday, September 11 (which was rescheduled from August 28) featuring Diamond City.
So gather up your photos and carry them with you to the community night. Lillie will scan your photos and return them to you before the end of the program.
The next community nights are:
September 25: Atlantic and Cedar Island
October 23: Promise Land
November 27: Harkers Island
RESCHEDULED - DIAMOND CITY Community Night at the Museum Is On!
/Monday night will be the Diamond City Community Night at the museum - rescheduled from August 28.
Make your plans now to join folks at Core Sound Waterfowl Museum to celebrate and learn about Diamond City on Monday, September 11.
The evening begins with a covered-dish meal at 6:00 pm with the program to follow at 7:00 pm. The program will be led by Rodney Kemp. As always, input from the those attending is encouraged!!
ALSO - - Lillie Chadwick Miller will be available to scan any photos from your community or Diamond City! She will scan the photos and return them to you prior to leaving the event!
BE PART OF THE EVENT!!
"In Harm's Way" - Storm Photos Project
/Call for Storm Photos
Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center is collecting hurricane photos from families, organizations and local archives as part of their "In Harm's Way" research project.
This collection of historic and recent photographs will be part of the museum's exhibition documenting and examining traditional communities response to hurricanes over the years. The themes of "Response, Recovery, Resilience" will guide the exhibition (opening January 2018) bringing together images, documents and objects from Hatteras Island, Ocracoke and Down East Carteret County to tell the stories of these storms and our community's strength in weathering and recovering from these occurrences across the past generations.
An interactive online timeline of storm history (beginning with the storms of 1896 and 1899 with archive photographs, oral histories, newspaper clippings and research from family collections, local libraries, state archives and federal agencies. Volunteers are needed to help research and locate materials for this exhibit project.
Photographers are especially needed to share their photos from recent storms and to help us document the changing landscape of coastal communities as residents prepare for the next storm season reflected by changing building codes, elevating homes and local government preparation.
"In Harm's Way" is a joint project with Long Island Traditions, an organization that "documents and preserves Long Island's contemporary maritime and farming culture through the region" of Long Island (NY), where communities are documenting their own storm stories, in particular their response and recovery from Super Hurricane Sandy. Each exhibition will compare and contrast traditional communities in both regions, exploring common practices, shared attitudes and cultural resilience in the face of these natural processes.
Anyone with storm photos, clippings, artifacts or ideas is invited to contact the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center, 252.728.1500, and talk with Pam Morris, or email museum@coresound.com.
A Photojournalism Workshop
/Core Sound Waterfowl Museum's Coastal Voices will offer a half-day workshop, "Telling Stories Through Images and Voices" on Sunday, October 1. The program will present learning opportunities for local photographers and community historians to gain skills in best practices in photojournalism, interviewing and storytelling.
Special guests from the NC Newsroom Cooperative, along with Baxter Miller, Ryan Stancil, Barbara Garrity-Blake and others from across the region will lead the presentations. This workshop is part of the Core Sound Museum's "In Harm's Way" project that will include an exhibition and online research archive of storm history. The museum is now collecting family photographs from storms and weather events, as well as oral histories, documents and artifacts from hurricanes that have shaped our local communities.
This workshop is free and open to all who are interested. The Coastal Voices oral history team is always looking for new participants to contribute to Core Sound Museum collections, seasoned participants to refresh their skills, and folks who are simply interested in oral history and photography.
The workshop will take place at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center on Harkers Island. Lunch will be provided. Limited overnight accommodations are available if needed. For more information, please email your questions to museum@coresound.com or contact Pam Morris at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center (252-728-1500) to learn more.
Also, check out our freshly launched project called "The Rising," which will document people's experiences with environmental and climatic change.
Down East Council Meeting
/Down East Council will meet Tuesday night, September 5, at 7:00 pm at the Williston United Methodist Church fellowship hall.
All Down East residents are encouraged to attend as the group addresses needs in our communities. Barbara Blake, chairperson, will lead the group in discussion about specific area needs, a proposal to from the Mountain to Sea Trail project, as well as other topics that attendees may bring to the table.
Please pass the word about the meeting!
Cedar Island: Laid-Back Lifestyle Still Prevails
/This article printed in the Coastwatch Magazine from Sea Grant in 2013. It is still a great read!! Cedar Island is definitely a "laid-back lifestyle" and a gorgeous place to visit.
Read the article here.
PHOTO ARCHIVE PROJECT
/The Photo Archive Project continues as a huge project for Core Sound Waterfowl Museum. The museum is collecting old/not so old photos from all Down East communities. The photos will be in an archive that will be accessible to anyone wanting to view the photos or perhaps use the photos in projects about the history of Down East.
Lillie Chadwick Miller is helping to lead this project. She is currently scanning photos and collecting as much information as possible about each, such as the names of persons in the photo, location and dates.
If you have photos you would be willing to contribute to the project, please contact Lillie at 252-728-4566 or email her at lmiller@ec.rr.com.
Lillie will also be able at each of the Community Night events held at Core Sound Waterfowl Museum. The next community night is Monday, August 28 beginning with a covered dish meal at6:00 pm with the program beginning at 8:00 pm. She will scan the photos during the program and return them to you before you leave.
Be part of the event Monday night as well as adding your family photos to the project!
Bring your photos from any and all Down East communities!!!
The remaining Community Night events are:
September 25: Atlantic - Cedar Island
October 23: Promise Land
November 27: Harkers Island
Want to volunteer with Down East Meals on Wheels
/Down East Meals on Wheels has been delivering meals since 2012. There are three regions in our Down East area: Straits Region (Harkers Island, Straits, Gloucester, Otway and Bettie), Smyrna Region: Smyrna, Marshallberg, Williston, Davis) and Atlantic Region (Stacy, Sea Level, Atlantic and Cedar Island).
The Straits Region is looking for volunteers to help deliver meals - primarily Thursday and Saturdays - but other days of the week are options as well.
We deliver meals Monday through Saturday at between 11:00 am and noon. It takes approximately one hour to make all the deliveries.
If you have one hour or more a month that you could donate to Meals on Wheels, please contact Lillie Chadwick Miller at 252-728-4566. It really is a rewarding experience!
Also, if you are interested in either of the other two regions, contact Lillie as well and she will give you the contact info!
The Bridge Downeast After-School Program Enrollment
/The Bridge Downeast is a non-profit organization that seeks to have a positive impact on the Down East community by offering a variety of programs throughout the year. During the school year and summer break, The Bridge Downeast offers a 21st CCLC after-school and summer program. Thoughout the year, The Bridge is open on weekends as a safe and fun hang out for local teens.
The Bridge Downeast has opened enrollment for their afterschool program. If you are interested in sending your child registration forms are available at your child’s school. Check in the office. For more information contact Pam Morris at pamthebridgede@gmail.com or call 504-2581.
PLANTING DAY at Core Sound Museum!
/Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center is working on a huge project - a wetlands restoration project. They really need your help!!
The wetland restoration project is happening this week and on Friday, June 16, they will be PLANTING hundreds (yes, hundreds) of grasses, native plants, etc.
This is a project that Charles Jones was working on prior to his passing, so it is an important project for many, many reasons. Will you help the museum finish this beautiful new learning place (and natural water quality protection system) on their museum site?
They need lots of helpers ... of all kinds/sizes/ages.
The engineer will be onsite to direct those working and Carolyn Hoss, our lead Master Gardener, will be there to help, but they need lots of hands to make this happen in a day ... RAIN OR SHINE.
Can you help? Lots of little plants need lots of little hands !!!
8 am until it is done!
Bring whatever planting equipment you might have .. or they will supply. Water, snacks and lunch provided.
"At the End of the Road"
Pass the word ... and let them know if you have a few hours to share !!!
Thanks to Duke Energy for funding for this project ant Cape Lookout National Seashore for their partnership.
Core Sound Waterfowl Museum ANNNIVERSARY WEEKEND CELEBRATION
/Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center will be celebrating their 25th Anniversary June 23 - 24. During these years, many people have contributed to the museum's growth and the contribution the museum has made to the Down East communities.
Make plans now to join the celebration! It will definitely be another great even at "The End of The Road!"
The weekend schedule is below:
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Friday, June 23 – Core Sound’s 25th Celebration Begins
6 PM | 25th Anniversary Gallery Reception
7 PM | Purcell & Helen Jones Heritage Gallery Dedication & Recognition of Purcell’s Circle Members
7:15 PM | Exhibition Opening, Ribbon Cutting, & ”This is Core Sound” Film Preview
7:30 PM | Documentary Premiere of Core Values: Reflections on Core Sound Duck Hunting and Decoy Traditions
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Saturday, June 24 – Core Sound Community Day
7:15AM - 1 PM | Kent Hood Superior Craftsmanship Competition
8:30AM - 11:30 AM | Core Sound Rig of Six Competition (10am, Competition at Shell Point)
9AM - 6PM | Arts & Crafts – ENC’s Finest Art, Decoys, Photography, Model Boats, Collectibles
9AM - 6PM | Health Screenings Provided by Carteret Health Care
10AM | Core Sound Anniversary Welcome – Recognition of Anniversary Sponsors
10AM - 6 PM | “Building a Place for the People” Anniversary Exhibition Open All Day
10AM - 6 PM | Antiques (Waterfowling) Roadshow: Hosted by the NC Decoy Collectors Association
Decoy and Hunting Artifact Identification and Appraisals
10 AM - 6 PM | Gift Shop Porch Sale & Book Signings
10 AM - 6 PM | Children’s Science Learning Activities
11 AM | Tribute to Harkers Island’s Legendary Ivey Scott, Fiddler and Others
11:30-6 | Carteret Co Fishermen: Fresh Core Sound Shrimp burgers and hot dogs
11:30-6 | Core Sound Crew – Core Sound’s original SWEET PUPPIES
12-6 | Harkers Island Traditional Music – Celebrating the Scott-Rose Family
1PM | North Carolina Working Shorebird Program
2-3 | IWCA-Style Decoy Competition (float tank)
3:30 | All Decoy Competition Winners Announced
