COASTAL 



TIDINGS 



East Carteret Wins 

 Blue Heron Bowl 



Last Carteret High School in Beaufort 

 took top honors in the 2003 Blue Heron Bowl at 

 the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. 



The team will represent North Carolina in 

 the 2003 National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOB) 

 in San Diego. 



Other winners were: Myers Park High 

 School, Charlotte, second place; Washington 

 High School, Washington, third place; Raleigh 

 Charter High School, Raleigh, fourth place; and 

 John Holmes High School, Edenton, best 

 sportsmanship. 



During the team competition, students 

 answered questions about ocean-related 

 science, technology, history and navigation. 



In addition to a trip to the NOB, the first- 

 place winners and coach received a laptop 



computer and other prizes. 



The Blue Heron Bowl is one 

 of 21 regional competitions of the 

 NOB, which is supported by the 

 Consortium for Oceanographic 

 Research and Education. 



Sponsors included the 

 University of North Carolina at 

 Wilmington Center for Marine 

 Science, North Carolina Sea 

 Grant and several other 

 organizations. 



The 2004 Blue Heron Bowl 

 will be held in Wilmington. For more 

 information, contact Diane Talley, 

 91 0/962-2460, or marinequest @uncw.edu 



-A.G. 



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Lighthouse Living 



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lave you ever sat around with friends over 

 coffee reminiscing about where you grew up? The 

 stories you remember made you who you are today. 

 They are windows into your past. 



Meet the children of two Bodie Island lighthouse 

 keepers in a new video as they recall "Growing Up At 

 the Lighthouse," from the early 1920s to 1940s. 



The 45 -minute video was produced with the 

 cooperation of Bruce and Cheryl Roberts, The Outer Banks 

 Lighthouse Society and Coastal Production Company. The 

 video is narrated by Outer Banks native Ken Mann. 



Growing up on the Outer Banks was sometimes 

 lonely, but the children of Vernon Gaskill and Julian 

 Austin learned lessons of life just the same. In their 

 Outer Banks brogue, they recall a time when there were 

 no paved roads and travel was an adventure, when digging 

 in the sand to find turtle eggs would help pass the time. 



Bodie Island Lighthouse also is set to receive 

 funding from Home & Garden Television (HGTV) and 

 The National Trust for Historic Preservation for the restoration and preservation of the historic 

 site, guaranteeing that the stories of the Gaskills and the Austins live on. 



The video may be purchased at the Bodie Island Lighthouse Visitors Center. Or, send a 

 check for $29.20 (including tax & shipping) to Coastal Production Company, P.O. Box 431, 

 Wanchese, NC 27981 (252/473-3024). Visit the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society online at: 

 www.outer-banks.com/lighthouse-society. — G.C. 



Julian Austin, Jr. (left) and sister 

 Marilyn in front of the double keepers 

 quarters at the Bodie Island Lighthouse. 



Museum 

 Highlights 

 Monitor Exhibit 



"Thirty years ago, Duke University 

 Marine Laboratory scientists located the 

 wreck of the USS Monitor in waters off 

 Cape Hatteras. 



To commemorate the 30th 

 anniversary of the discovery of the famed 

 Civil War ironclad ship, the N.C. Maritime 

 Museum in Beaufort is showcasing a 

 Monitor exhibit through August. 



The exhibit highlights the work of 

 the latejohn G. Newton, expedition 

 organizer, as well as recent recovery 

 efforts. 



To get a glimpse of the Monitor's 

 design and construction, visitors can 

 walk through a turret-like facade that has 

 a panel of text and photographs. 



A scale model shows the ship and 

 its only battle with the CSS Merrimac, also 

 known as the CSS Virginia. The gun turret, 

 which was recovered from the ocean 

 floor, enabled the Monitor to fire in any 

 direction, regardless of its heading. 



For more information, visit the 

 We b : www. ah. dcr. state, nc. us/ sections/ 

 maritime and click on calendar of events. 



— A.G. 



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