pleasure island chamber of commerce news and … 2012...dec 31 new years eve countdown/fireworks...

January 28 1st Annual Step-Up For Soldiers Backyard BBQ Cookoff (910-547-0087)

February 18 2012 Special Olympics Polar Plunge (910-341-5876)

March 17 8th Annual Steve Haydu St. Patrick’s Lo-Tide Run (330-417-0144)

March 23-24 Suncoast Cruiser “Back to the Beach” Car Show (910-707-0060)

April 14 16th Annual Chowder Cook Off (910-458-8434)

April 28 6th Annual Kure Beach Street Fair – Joe Eakes Park (910-458-8216)

May 11 14th Annual Disabled Fishing Tournament (910-264-8397)

May 19 Miss Pleasure Island Beauty Pageant (910-458-5962)

May 19-20 19th Annual Seaside Soccer Classic (910-392-0306)

May – Sept Carolina Beach Farmers Market every Saturday (910-431-8122)

June - Aug Fireworks every Thursday Night on the Beach (910-458-8434)

June - Aug Free Movies at the Carolina Beach Lake every Sunday (910-458-8434)

June – Aug Weekly Boardwalk Music Every Thursday (910-458-8434)

June - Aug FREE Summer Concerts 2nd and 4th Fridays (910-458-8434)

June 2 27th Annual Beach Music Festival (910-458-8434)

June 2 Kure Beach Double Sprint Triathlon (www.setupevents.com)

July 3 Independence Day Fireworks (910-458-8434)

July 13-15 East Coast Got-Em-On King Mackerel Fishing Tournament (910-458-0240)

Sept 21-23 5th Annual North Carolina Flatfish Championships (910-452-6378)

Oct 13 & 14 19th Annual Seafood, Blues and Jazz Festival (910-458-8434)

Oct 19-21 6th Annual Pleasure Island Surf Fishing Challenge (910-452-6378)

Oct 20 4th Annual Salty Paws Festival (910-458-3266)

Oct 27 Annual Carolina Beach Firefighters Association BBQ (910-458-8434)

Nov 23 Island of Lights Light Up Celebration at the Lake (910-458-5507)

Nov 24-Dec 22 4th Annual Christmas by the Sea (Carolina Beach Boardwalk)

Nov 30 Island of Lights Parade (910-458-5507)

Dec 1 Island of Lights Flotilla (910-458-5507)

Dec 8 Island of Lights Tour of Homes (910-458-5006)

Dec 31 New Years Eve Countdown/Fireworks Kure Beach

For more information or updates visit the PI COC website at www.PleasureIslandNC.org

2007 Officers

Pleasure Island Chamber of Commerce NEWS AND VIEWS

Volume 111 January 2012 2012 CHAMBER OFFICERS

CHAIR Mike Worley

Edge Entertainment

VICE-CHAIR Anne Brodsky Palm Air Realty TREASURER Paula Bradford

Bank Of America SECRETARY Carol Magestro Carolina Beach Furniture

CHAIR EMERITUS Cynthia Remahl Intracoastal Realty

PROFESSIONAL STAFF PRESIDENT Gail McCloskey

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Greg Reynolds

2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Brant Barnwell Intracoastal Realty Paul Boroznoff Southern Digital Art.com Ann Coen Shoppes at Squigley’s Frank Grady, Jr. New York Life Insurance Jane Hassell Island Cakery Janet Knott Artful Living Group Doreen Turgeon Andrea Cinanni-Wilson Southern Sign Company

Ex-Officio Director Brenda Butler

Town of Carolina Beach

2012 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

http://www.setupevents.com/

http://www.pleasureislandnc.org/

On a chilling Thursday evening early in December, the Members of the Pleasure Island Chamber of Commerce got together for their Annual Cruise

aboard the 120 ft. Royal Winner Princess II. We all celebrated the beginning of another magical Holiday Season here on Pleasure Island. We had

our Annual Meeting, selected a new 2012 Board of Directors and handed out a few Thank-You’s to a few deserving individuals and organizations.

Take a minute and view some of the memories documented by our own Paul Boroznoff of Southern Digital Art.com.

Pleasure Island Chamber of Commerce

NEWS AND VIEWS

<meta <meta http- <meta http- <meta http- <me

DATE: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 TIME: 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. LOCATION: The Lazy Pirate, 701 N. Lake Park Blvd., Carolina Beach, NC

The staff at The Lazy Pirate wants to invite you to the January Business After Hours Social On Wednesday, January 11th, 2011. Please join all your Business Associates and Friends at The Lazy

Pirate to bring in the New Year with hopes for a prosperous year on Pleasure Island. The Directors and Staff at the Pleasure Island Chamber of Commerce along with our Sponsors want to

welcome you to the January Social, where we can all share Holiday stories and new memories of time spent with family and friends on Pleasure Island.

Come join us for some fabulous culinary tastings from David Pierce and his pirate crew. If you haven’t been to the Pirate recently, come check out that Island feel and spend some time with your fellow Business Associates. Purchase yourself a cold beer, a glass of wine or other beverage to compliment the fantastic hors d’oeuvres provided by our host.

Come on out early, enjoy the Pirate ambiance, spend some time with some friends or meet some new ones, maybe even stay for Dinner Be sure to bring your business cards to enter your business in our drawing for the Spotlight on Business in the next newslet-ter. And, don't forget to look for the colored dots on members' name tags. This signifies a new member to our Chamber. Please do what you can to make them feel welcome. It’s been a while since we all met at SURFHOUSE in November, so please join us for the January 2012 Business After Hours Wednesday, January 11th at 5:30 at The Lazy Pirate!!!

THE LAZY PIRATE TO HOST THE JANUARY BUSINESS AFTER HOURS ON

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

ANNUAL MEETING AND DINNER CRUISE—DECEMBER 1, 2011

<me-

<

Pictures Courtesy of Southern Digital Art. com


Welcome New Members These businesses realized the importance of economic growth for Pleasure Island, and have pledged their support by investing in your

Chamber of Commerce. Please support your community by calling on these businesses when you are in need of products and services.

Julie Cottrell

Pleasure Island Animal Hospital 1140 N. Lake Park Blvd., Suite J

Carolina Beach, NC 28428

910.458.5800

[email protected]

www.animalhospitalcarolinabeach.com

Veterinary Hospital

Joshua McClure

Joshua Images, Inc. 1018 N. Lake Park Blvd., Unit #17


980.538.5412

[email protected]

CanvasGicleePrinting.com

Fine Art Canvas Photos and Paper Prints

Nelly Webb

Chamber Friend Kure Beach, NC 28449

Tell your business associates, acquaintances and friends to join

the Pleasure Island Of Commerce

Keith Bloemendaal

Coastal Carolina Car Wash 1200 N. Lake Park Blvd.


910.458.5605

[email protected]

www.SecofConstruction.com

Car Wash

Dee Kirkbride

Ocean Grove Cottages LLC (New Name) 510 Hamlet Avenue


910.616.2422

Dee @OceanGroveCottages.com

www.HomesForSaleCarolinaBeach.com

Construction of Modern Lifestyle Coastal Beach Cottages

George & Frankie Turner

Kure Beach Diner 101 K Avenue

Kure Beach, NC 28449

910.458.8778

[email protected]

Happy New Years 2012 On Pleasure Island

Pictures Courtesy of Southern Digital Art. com

AVAILABLE NOW

Carolina Beach Town Vehicle

Identification Decals Permanent residents of the Town are required to purchase and display a Town Identification Decal on their automobile. The Town VID is a tax

and is issued for a one-year period each year. Decals may be purchased at Town Hall between January 1st and March 31st at a cost of $5. Thereafter, decals may be pur-chased with an additional penalty charge of $10. Every motor vehicle, required to be licensed in the state and a resident within the town, must display a decal. Failure to display a current decal may result in a fine.

Freeman Park Annual Passes The cost of the season permit is $60.00 from January 1 to March 31. After March 31, the cost of the annual permit is $100. Permits are available at Island Tackle & Hardware, Parks & Recreation Dept., Water/Sewer Dept., CB Police, Parking Office, Walgreen’s, Brew-Thru, Canal Dr, Scotch-man. For more information go to www.carolinabeach.org/site_new/pages/freeman_park.html.


Happenings Around The Island

Katie B. Hines Senior Center 308 Cape Fear Blvd.

458.6609

1st Saturday of the month from

7:30 am –11:00 am Pancake Breakfast—Just $6.00

includes pancakes, sausage, eggs, juice & coffee.

American Legion Fish Fry 1st Friday of the month from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm, the American Legion Post 129 will hold a tasty Fish Fry at 1500 Bridge Barrier Road in Carolina Beach (910.458.4253). For $8 a plate, you will receive fried fish, hush puppies, cole slaw, potato salad, iced tea or coffee.

For an additional fee, the Ladies Auxiliary will give you choices of dessert.

New Animals Settle In at the NC Aquarium

A yearling green sea turtle, a school of juvenile African pompano and four baby bonnethead sharks now make their home in the “Shadows on the Sand” exhibit at the N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher. Move-in began in recent weeks. First, the baby bonnethead sharks

(Syphyrna tiburo) joined a variety of rays already living in the exhibit. The shark siblings, all female, were born at the Aquari-um in September. Their mother can be seen swimming in the Cape Fear Shoals exhibit. Next, a yearling green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) joined the bonnethead pups. This animal hatched from eggs found in a late-laid nest in Emerald Isle and arrived at the Aquarium in Decem-ber 2010. The turtle initially weighed one ounce (28 grams) and measured 2.28 inches (5.8 centimeters). Now significantly larg-er, the yearling will help educate visitors about the federally pro-tected species. After staff determined the sharks and turtle were acclimating to their new surroundings and each other, a school of juvenile Afri-can pompano (Alectis ciliaris) were added to the exhibit. These fish were collected from Core and Pamlico Sounds and sport spectacular trailing dorsal fins.

The Lights Of The Great Armada The 147th Anniversary of the

Battle of Fort Fisher January 21-22, 2012

As part of the state's observance of the Civil War Sesquicentennial, the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources' Fort Fisher State His-toric Site will host "The Lights of the Great Armada: The 147th An-niversary of the Battle of Fort Fisher" on Jan. 21-22, 2012. This two-day event will highlight the war's largest amphibious as-

sault with a Navy and Marine living history program that includes small arms and artillery demonstrations, a period torpedo exhibit, as well as special presenta-tions focusing on the Union and Confederate sailors and marines who fought at Fort Fisher in January 1865.


Happenings Around The Island

The 8th Annual Polar Plunge is just around the corner. They

will be at the Carolina Beach Boardwalk and Gazebo Area

for The Plunge to Support Spe-cial Olympics New Hanover

County. Please join them on Saturday, February 18th in the

big tent starting at 11:00 am and be ready to take the Plunge at 3:00 pm. They will have

entertainment and other activities throughout the day. Please go to the

registration page for online individual and team registration

www.plungenhc.com 910.341.5876

8th Annual Steve Haydu St.

Patrick’s Day LoTideRun Will be held Saturday, March 17, 2011 beginning at 9:00 am in Carolina Beach, NC. The proceeds will be given to one or more cancer patients and families. This is the

8th year of the race to benefit local recipients who are fighting cancer and have no insurance. We have grown from 157 runners in 2005 to nearly 1400 runners in 2009. Our race had become a favorite of serious runners as well as those just out to have a good time and support a great cause. This is a wonderful opportunity to show your support for our community The 8th Annual Steve Haydu St. Patrick’s Lo Tide Run has added a new element to its already great tradition of a great time for a great cause – an After Party Event for the whole family. This year there will be arts and crafts vendors, food vendors, and alcohol at the Carolina Beach Gazebo area from 8am-7pm. Edge Entertainment’s DJ Mike Worley will be playing your favorite music from 8am until 12:30pm. At 1pm the event is turned into a ticketed event featuring a mixture of live music from some great local musicians, a family fun Zone operated by Island Drop-n-Play with activities supplied by the Boardwalk Makeover , and lots of surprises. The Live Music line-up has a mixture of Irish bands and music that will get you dancing and in the festive St. Patty’s Day mood. The Malones and the Blarney Broughs will fill you with Irish pride by playing their versions of Irish classics, and maybe some of their own Irish jigs. Root Soul Project and Mark Roberts and the Breeze will play a wide assortment of cover tunes from your favorite artists from yesterday and today. This is an event that you don’t want to miss. Race registrants can purchase discounted After Party Event tickets at www.lotiderun.org for $7 each (with no limit on quantity) when they register for the race. If you are not planning on racing you can purchase tickets for the After Party Event and still help out a great cause and have a great time by going to www.lotide.eventbrite.com for $10 each, and $5 for children under 12. $3 Domestic 16oz cans & Draught beer and $3 6oz wine. Sounds like an event not to miss. There are a limited number of tickets available and tickets will be $15 at the door, so get them quick and help to support a great cause & have a great time.

www.lotiderun.org 330-417-0144

.


Letter From the Chair

Dear Members: Welcome to a new year of fun and excitement on Pleasure Island! I hope that all of you had a wonderful Holiday season and are eager to get this New Year underway. I am excited to have the opportunity to be your 2012 Chairman and look forward to working closely with you and the Chamber staff to make this year the best ever! For those who may not know me, I am Mike Worley and I have lived in this area for 5 years and own Edge Entertainment which is a local

business that specializes in providing music and emcee duties for all types of events from festivals, weddings and anything in between. I would like to personally thank all of our sponsors, volunteers and Chamber staff for all of the hard work to make all of our events a success last year. From the monthly socials, Thursday night fireworks, Chowder Cook Off, Touch of Class Charity Auction, Beach Music Festival and the Seafood Blues and Jazz Festival we had great participation from our membership and drew great crowds to Pleasure Island. We are becoming known for our quality events and being a premier destination for families to spend their vacation. From a business point of view, our Chamber is not only very affordable, but it offers many benefits to its members. Such benefits are: monthly socials to network with other business professionals, monthly business spotlights, numerous opportunities for exposure through volunteering and/or sponsoring an event. And coming this year, we are launching an updated Chamber website which allows members to have their own personal page within our website. One thing to remember is that even though all of these benefits are available, it’s up to you to take advantage of them and reap the benefits of being a member! I would like to encourage you to take the time to get involved in some way this year. One upcoming event is the January 10

th Carolina Beach City Council meeting. It would be a great time

to come out and welcome the new Mayor and Council as well as show your support for the Chamber’s proposal for funding this year’s events. Without funding, Fireworks, Sunday Movies and the other events you have come to enjoy, may not take place. So, once again, I encourage you to attend this meeting and show your support! Our first social this year will be at the Lazy Pirate on Wednesday, January 11

th. This will be a

great time to enjoy the company of other business people in a relaxed environment! I look forward to working with you this year and if you have any ideas of how we can better improve our programs or events, don’t hesitate to let us know! Sincerely,

Mike Worley 2012 Chairman-Pleasure Island Chamber of Commerce

pleasure island chamber of commerce news and … 2012...dec 31 new years eve countdown/fireworks...

Documents