North Carolina Shell Club Quarterly Meeting
May 21-22, 2010 ~ Morehead City, NC
Haraborside Club Common Room
Friday Registration 7 pm
Friday Meeting 7:30 pm
Speaker: Ed Shuller "Genus Name Changes in Western Atlantic Strombs"
Dr. Stephen Fegley (UNC-Institue of Marine Sciences) "Ecology of Bay Scallops - a Resource in Decline"
Saturday Field Trip 8:00 am Shackleford Banks - Meet at "Local Yokel Ferry" on Harker's Island **(Click Here for Map)
Estimated fee $12 adults - $9 children
Saturday Registration 7 pm
Saturday Meeting 7:30 pm
Speaker: Doug Wolfe “Wildlife in India - a 35 day tour ”
Refreshments: Refreshment donations are welcomed at the Friday and Saturday night meetings. Share your favorites with an appreciative audience.
The Shell Club Board, on the suggestion of Bill Bennight and Blaze Hillman, are planning a cookout/dinner prior to the Saturday night meeting.
All members and guests are invited.
Location: The Harborside Club Common Room (same location as the meeting.)
Time: 5 pm Saturday, May 22. Bill Bennight will begin grilling hotdogs and hamburghers outside the Common Room at 5. We will eat as soon as they are ready.
Menu: Hotdogs, Hamburghers, slaw, baked beans, other salads, chips and fixings.
Following dinner and clean-up there will be time to socialize and select from shells and other items brought for sale or trade prior to the meeting.
Meeting: 7 pm Registration followed by the program.
We expect around 40 for the meeting and probably about the same for the cook-out. The cook-out will be a pot luck format. The Club will get the hotdogs, hamburghers and buns. Club members can help by volunteering to bring other food and accessory items. Pick from the following list or bring your own creation. You don't have to bring enough of an item to feed the entire group. Let Blaze (blazehillman@earthlink.net ) know what you plan to bring so she can determine what is still needed as the time draws near. A contribution jar will be on the table to help cover costs the Club incurs.
Potato Chips
Pickles (sweet & dill)
Onions (sliced & chopped)
Tomatos (sliced)
Lettuce
Ketchup
Mustard
Mayonnaise
Salt & pepper
Cheese (slices & shredded)
Baked Beans (Blaze & Nancy Wolfe so far)
Potato Salad
Cole Slaw
Macaroni Salad
Relish
Hot dog chili
Coke & diet Coke
Pepsi & diet Pepsi
Mountain Dew & diet Mt. Dew
Root Beer & diet Root Beer
This should be great fun. Plan to join us.
NC Shell Club Board Members
Saturday Shelling Trip
The Saturday shelling trip will be to Shackleford Banks, the southern (or western)-most island in the Cape Lookout National Seashore. The island is unoccupied, has a resident herd of wild ponies and can be reached only by boat. Its proximity to Morehead City and Beaufort make it a popular destination for water taxis and private boats; especially at both ends. There is far less shelling pressure on the center of the island so we have arranged with the Local Yokel Ferry in Harkers Island to take us there. Allow 45 minutes driving time from the vicinity of the Harborside Club.
Departure time from the boat landing is 8 am - no waiting for stragglers! Fees payable at the dock are $12 for adults and $9 for children - will be a little less if enough people go.
Local Yokel Ferry
516 Island Rd
Harker’s Island, NC
252-728-2759
