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• The Sandpiper Sentinel Volume 10 Issue 5

published September/October 2011

A publication of Sandpiper Bay Homeowners Association

• Around Sandpiper Bay

• Beautiful Bermuda-Greenbank

• Birthday Parties at SBGC

• 4th of July Party Photos

• Hurricane Irene

• In the Garden with Arlene

• Loved Ones We Have Lost

• Rally For the Cure

• Recipes by Jackie

• Ron Yuricek Memorial Golf

Tournament

• Sandpiper Murder Mystery

• September/October Birthdays

• Ski Bum Memories

• World Tour-Part XIV

IN THIS ISSUE

The Sandpiper Sentinel

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE A BUM! - Yes, a BUM!! by Marcia Crosby

W e hear and read about the word “bum”, but probably we don’t give it a great deal of thought. I looked up in the dictionary the

meaning of a bum. According to Webster’s, a bum can be someone wandering around like a tramp, a loafer, to beg off others??? Some people end up being a bum, sometimes being forced and reluctantly

they are in this sad situation sometimes forever.

Well, I have a different take on a bum; yours truly was a bum once.

Yep, but I was a full-hearted ski bum and that was fifty years ago.

Growing up in New England, that tiny state of Rhode Island, I took to skiing. My family and I lived on a hill and with my second-hand North-land wooden skis, I would ski down the hill. Sometimes my family would take me to Diamond Hill, a nearby park and I would ski, ski and

ski.

After my school days, I moved to the Back Bay area in Boston to live with other girls. In 1961, I was working at the Polaroid Corporation in Cambridge and that’s when I decided ... the heck with work; all I wanted to do was ski and maybe spend a winter doing just that. I had the opportunity to work at a ski resort in Waitsfield, Vermont at a place called Madbush Chalet in the mountainous ski resort of Sugar-bush. By the way, I got this ski bum job over the phone and I had to report a couple of days before New Years Eve, in December of 1961. Madbush Chalet was a small family kind of resort. I brought my old

Northland wooden skis along with a new pair of wooden Blizzard skis.

I worked for the owners, the Hydes as a chambermaid in the morning. I had my own “quarters” at Madbush and later in the afternoon or what you call “apre`s ski”. I was to mingle with the guests and then I helped to serve them dinner. I got very low wages but the thing is I got a free ski pass and was able to ski almost every day at Sugarbush. On a day off I remember I drove over to nearby Killington Ski Resort. Somehow I got hooked up with the ski director, just loving the day of

skiing, went into a mogul and broke my new Blizzard skis.

That was the end of that! No more wooden skis! In those days metal skis had come into being and I bought a pair of Hart metal skis. Now

I’m rolling!!

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This past summer, I journeyed to Sugarbush visiting with folks and reminiscing 50 years of memories. Wow, how Sugarbush has changed and grown so much into a very super ski area and nowadays with condos at the bottom of the mountain, restaurants and lots of summer activity. I even rode up in one of the chairlifts, only part way. I was in heaven! I didn’t want to leave! I had to find the Mad-bush Chalet, a mile from the mountain; finally found it. The place has been for sale for several years. It is run-down and Mrs. Hyde has since passed away and Mr. Hyde lives in New Hampshire. I loved working for the Hydes. Vermont is called the “green mountain state” and the area

was in lovely green splendor.

1961 was a winter I won’t forget as a ski bum. I met all sorts of people, had tons of fun in my early 20’s something and let me tell you, I mingled with the “upper crust” of skiers mostly from New York, Canada and other sur-rounding areas. I was in the “element” and took it all in!! (ha ha ha??) But darn, after the winter was over, I had to face reality in going back to Boston and a “real job”. How-ever, it was a great and unique experience; something I’ll always remember. P.S. Do you know I still have one of my heavy black woolen sweaters from skiing at Sugarbush and yep, I do wear it sometimes here on chilly days in

Sandpiper Bay.

Sandpiper Bay Rally for the Cure

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by Marcia Crosby

I n the past three years, through the generosity of our many business and personal sponsors, we raised almost

$50,000 at our first three Golf Rallies for the Cure. We are pleased to announce that Sandpiper Bay Golf & Coun-try Club will, once again, be hosting this event on Thurs-day, September 29, 2011 with a Cocktail Reception and Chinese Auction on Wednesday evening September 28,

2011.

We need your help and support and would like to invite your participation again this year. We know that these are tough economic times and, although we have made great strides, the fight against breast cancer through Susan

G. Komen for the Cure continues.

There are different opportunities for support. You can be a hole/tee sponsor or a table sponsor or just make a do-nation. You can make your tax-deductible check out to Susan G. Komen for the Cure and mail it with your com-

pleted Sponsor Form to the address below:

Golf Rally For The Cure

c/o Sandpiper Bay Golf & Country Club

800 N Sandpiper Bay Dr SW

Sunset Beach, NC 28468

Check out the website: Rally4thecure.com to print out a

sponsor form.

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Hurricane Irene came up the Atlantic coast as a cate-

gory three hurricane and had Sunset Beach in her

sight. The worst of the storm hit during the early

morning hours of August 27, 2011. Winds of 20-

30mph with gusts over 60mph and just over 3 inches

of rain were reported. Sandpiper Bay seems to have

weathered the storm fairly well. There were reports

of trees downed, roof vent caps coming loose and

rain running in around windows. But, all in all, we

were very fortunate. Hurricane Charley, which hit in

2004 was not as kind to us, as this turned out to be so

much better than what the forecasters were expect-

ing for our area. Charley was in and out quickly,

within a couple of hours and produced more damage.

Irene lingered on for over 24 hours.

The Mannon C Gore Bridge to the island of Sunset

Beach was closed at 5pm on August 26th and re-

opened at 8am the following morning. The town of

Sunset Beach reported trees downed on the

mainland. There was some damage to houses on the

island which included siding, screens, shutters and

windows.

Hurricane Irene


2nd Great-Grandson for the Lawrences

Rocco Steven Colacicco born August 23, 2011, weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces and is 21 inches long. Rocco is the son of Nicholas and Carissa Colacicco, the brother of Nicholas Co-lacicco, Jr. and the 2nd great-grandson of Harry and Margie Lawrence of Sandpiper Bay Drive. Congratulations on your new addition to the family!

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Grammy and Papa McCarron, Frank and Sandi, are pleased

to announce the birth of grandbaby #6, Jessica

Wells Garcia. Jessica was born August 5, 2011 to Megan, Joe and big sister,

Alexandra Garcia.

Another Grandchild


I n addition to continuously visiting children and grandchildren, we occasionally go on vacation! In fact, in

June, we took a last minute trip to a favorite destination, Bermuda, where we had not been in over 20

years. Sandi found a quiet cottage community on Hamilton Harbor called the Greenbank (the green set of

buildings in one of the photos included in this article). Greenbank was not glitzy. However, it’s private dock

right on the harbor, friendly people and only a two minute walk to the ferry servicing downtown Hamilton

made up for the lack of glitz. We rented a moped and traveled most of the island, including a number of

beaches and a few eating - drinking establishments. A lot had changed since our last visit, but Bermuda still

remains the beautiful paradise that we remembered. On the Wednesday we were there we stopped at

Horseshoe Bay Beach, the most touristy beach on the island ( we later found out that Wednesday is the

cruise ship excursion day there!); One look at the beach and all the people, we turned around and headed to

places with more solitude. At the end of each day we really appreciated getting back to the private dock of

Greenbank for a glass of wine and a late afternoon swim in the crystal clear harbor water.

submitted by Frank McCarron

Beautiful

Bermuda...


...Greenbank

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NEWS FROM THE PIPERETTES


Ron Yuricek Memorial Golf Tournament

Event: The Ron Yuricek Memorial Golf Tournament and Lunch

Location: Sandpiper Bay Golf and Country Club

Time: Tee times begin at 08:00 o’clock

Date: September 10, 2011

Sign-up: Begins August 1st and closes on September 2nd.

Details:

The golf tournament is open to anyone who knew the Yuricek family. The price of the Tournament is $50.00 The money will cover golf, mulligan, prizes and lunch. The Club will be doing the preliminary work, final flights, scoring and playing. The format is Captain’s Choice with men hitting from the black tees and the ladies hitting from the gold tees. In addition, we invite all who would like to come for lunch only and to be

part of the gathering to attend. The cost of lunch only is $10.00.

submitted by Gordie Coulson

Congratulations Beth! Beth Pethtal sunk a hole-in-one on the #8 of the Piper Course here at Sandpiper Bay with her regular Thursday group of ladies, Carol Christie, Candace Cochrane and Judy Nicoletti witnessing

the event.

We’re currently in the midst of our tournament season.

Our ladies recently hosted this year’s North Strand Interclub matches. They played through the heat of the

summer and finished 4th overall.

Congratulations to the top 10 point scorers for the Piperettes: Judy Nicoletti, Peggy Restiano, Lynn Hamlin, Beth Pethtal, Candy Jones, Marilyn Oliver, Loretta De-lamere, Diane Rauch, Candace Cochrane and Keety

Fitzpatrick.

Thanks to Judy Nicoletti and Beth Pethtal for organizing these events for the Piperettes and to all who braved the swel-tering summer temperatures to

play in these matches.

Our next Piperette sponsored events will be our Mem-ber/Member Tournament in October followed by our

annual Sadie Hawkins “Invitational” in November.

The Piperettes continue to support the Rally for the Cure Tournament by sponsoring a hole. And, although we didn’t participate in the year’s Hope Harbor tourna-

ment, we did support their event in the same way.

We appreciate the regular participation we are getting from all of our new members and look forward to their

continued support.

submitted by Barbara DeMore, Piperettes President

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4th of July Party at Resident’s Club

The 4th of July

Party was

hosted by Jim &

Janice Wyckoff.


Harriett Shirk with

granddaughter Darby

Enjoying Sandpiper pool

water aerobics Lori Roman Dian Altemier

Linda Puhlman Ken Todd

Debbie Todd

Joe & Barbara Fody

Mary & Jerry Ard

Ginny Coates & Barb Veverka

The Greens Marcia Glynn & Marilyn Oliver Ginny Coates Sandpiper guys!!

Mike DeBone & Norma Scott

Mike, Marilyn, Rita, Nancy

Mystery man? & Greg Gallas Jim & Janice Wyckoff Water Games

Virginia Kaplan &

grandson Blake

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June Birthday Party at

Sandpiper Bay Golf Clubhouse

Back Row (l to r) – Jim Hackathorn, Jim Wyckoff

Front Row (l to r) – Jeff Owens, Debbie Bissette,

Mary Ard & Corky Godfrey (Joe’s Mom)

July Birthday Party at


Ron Robichaud, Constance DeMarte, Don Bartholomew

Celebration Time ….. Come On!!!

August Birthday Party at


Front Row (l to r) Abi (Joe & Char Godfrey’s granddaughter & Dottie Williams Second Row (l to r) Nancy Green, Arlene (Kelly Sloat’s Mom) & Char Godfrey

Third Row (l to r) Pat Sheridan, Jim Donohue, John Sloat, Steve Sloat

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Around Sandpiper Bay


In May many Sandpiper Bay residents gath-

ered at the Sandpiper Bay Golf Course

Clubhouse to share their pictures of ‘days

gone by’. It’s amazing how much everyone

has changed over the years!! A fun time

was had by all. Photos by Frank McCarron

..BINGO..

SANDPIPER BOWLING LEAGUE

80 bowlers make up 20 teams to form the Sandpiper Bowling League.

The League which started August 30th meets every other Tuesday at 2pm at Little River Lanes in Little River, South Carolina. For further in-

formation contact Bob or Kay Arace at 579-8692.

Barbara & Joe Fody

THE WAY WE WERE

Angela & Paul Nicholson Bob & Mary Stern Marianne, Fran, Marcia Clint & Arlene Rose Kat & Hal Watson Marcia Glynn Janice & Jim Wyckoff

Bill Glynn Peggy & Peter Donawick Bennie & Dottie Williams Marilyn Oliver Ron Yuricek Char Godfrey

Lorainne & John Dobson Sandi & Frank McCarron

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W e have arrived in Alexan-dria, Egypt which has a population of 4.1 million. It is the second largest

city in Egypt and is the country’s largest seaport. It was founded around a small Pharaonic town in 334 BC by Alexander the Great. I will note that it was the dirtiest place that we visited while on this

trip.

Even though we started our day with a 3 hour bus ride, the antici-pation and excitement for what we were going to see was one of the highlights of our trip. When arriving in Cairo our first stop was the Great Pyramid at Giza consid-ered to be one of the Seven Won-ders of the World. The Pyramids were even larger than you can imagine. As you stand beside these incredible Egyptian monuments you can understand why their con-struction remains one of the most puzzling mysteries of the ancient world. When you see the size of

the limestone blocks used to build these you can’t imagine how it was

accomplished.

What truly amazed us was the lo-cation of the Pyramids. You pic-ture them being somewhere out in the desert. Yet, when you turn around the city is right there within blocks. The Sphinx, which is

the head of a man and the body of a lion, was equally amazing. It is an incredible monument from the days of the Pharaohs and is made

of one piece of solid rock.

Afterward we boarded a floating restaurant on the Nile to experi-ence the colorful and fascinating sights while cruising the Nile and enjoying a nice buffet lunch while being entertained by a folkloric

presentation and belly dancers.

On our return to shore we visited the Mohamed Ali Mosque at the Citadel of Saladin, two famous landmarks in Cairo. The Mosque

was built on the highest point of the city. Then after a brief visit at the Bazaar we boarded the bus and headed back to Alexandria. Unfortunately there was a horrific

accident so it delayed our return and we did not get to tour around

the city.

The ship got underway easing out through the harbor to open wa-ters of the Mediterranean setting a north easterly course towards our next port of call, Kusadasi, Turkey. We have now traveled 31,170

nautical miles.

Last year Clint and Arlene Rose took a cruise around the world. They were so gracious as to share their trip with us through a series of stories and pictures. This is part fourteen of Clint and Arlene’s world

tour.


by Clint Rose


We would like to hear about your travels and

see photos of the places you go.

Contact us at:

[email protected]

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Our sincere sympathy to our Sandpiper Bay neighbors

on the loss of their loved ones:

Ron Yuricek, 67, July 1, husband of Marie Yuricek

Jerry Gavura, 73, July 1, Longs, SC; former Sandpiper resident, husband of Suzy

Phyllis Foote, 90, July 14, mother of Elaine Lewis and Dan Foote

Margie Wolf, 78, July 16, mother of Karen Spinelli (Mike)

Carol Brown, 62, July 20, sister of Mary Cross (Dick)

Joseph S Snead, 83, July 23, New Jersey, father of Joe Snead (Brenda)

Arlene Newcomer, 92, August 4, Vermont, mother of Sharon Millar (Curtis)

Eileen O’Sullivan, August 28, wife of Robert O’Sullivan

Murder Mystery on the Golf Course On Saturday, August 27, 2011, 30 teams of 4 people were supposed to go out on the Piper Course to see if they could figure out the entire Murder Mystery plot by seeking out all sorts of clues. Because of Hurricane Irene the event was cancelled and has been rescheduled for September 17th. The event was sold out again. It will be an evening of “Murder Solving” along with a delicious Italian dinner buffet … then finishing out the evening with entertainment and dancing with Jimi Zee. The grand prize is tickets for 4(gift card) to the Carolina Opry and a $100 (gift card) to Bonefish Grill. The committee of Joe & Char Godfrey, Herb & Pam Wheelock and Larry & Jan Barr once again, have done an outstanding job of planning this event.

5th Annual Sunset at Sunset

Saturday, October 1, 2011 10am - 5pm

Near the Ingram Planetarium

Last year over 4,000 people attended Sunset at Sunset. Again this year is the 5K Beach Run/Fitness Walk for adults and a Children’s Fun Run.

2011 applications are available for food vendors, exhibitors and non-profit organizations and volun-teers. There is also a photography contest with ’waterscapes’ as the theme. The top 20 winning photos will be featured in the Ingram Planetarium’s pre-show. Prizes will be awarded to the top three win-ners. Information is available at the Sunset at Sunset website Sun-setatSunset.com.

Author/Illustrator Miller Pope and novelist Jacqueline DeGroot will be on hand signing their hard cover, coffee table edition history of Sunset Beach entitled “Sunset Beach A History”.

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Chicken Divan

6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (par-boiled)

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 cup mayonnaise

3 tbsp. lemon juice

2 tsp curry powder

1 cup cheddar cheese

1 large bag frozen broccoli ( I use florets, but you can use spears also) or can use fresh

Most of the time I double the sauce recipe. There never seems to be enough if you serve over pasta or rice.

Put broccoli spears or florets (defrosted but not cooked) in bottom of 9x12 casserole dish

Put par-boiled chicken on top ( I cut chicken breasts in half, some people cube it)

Mix all other ingredients and pour sauce over chicken.

Top with bread crumbs and paprika for “pretty”.

Cook in 350 degree oven for 30-45 minutes or un-til bubbling on sides and brown on top.

I usually make a day ahead of time and then cook-ing sometimes takes a little longer if it’s cold.

Serve over rice or pasta. Feeds 6-12 people, de-pending on appetite sizes.

Chicken Cacciatore

2 medium onions, thinly sliced

2 1/2-3 pound broiler fryer chicken, cut up

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 1-pound can tomatoes

1 8-ounch can tomato sauce

1 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1-2 tsp oregano leaves, crushed

1/2 tsp celery seed (optional)

1 bay leaf

1/4 cup dry white wine

Place sliced onions in bottom of crock-pot. Add chicken pieces, minced garlic, tomatoes, tomato sauce, salt, pepper, herbs and white wine. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours. (High: 2 1/2 to 4 hours). Serve chicken pieces with sauce over hot buttered spaghetti or vermicelli.

This recipe may be doubled for the 4 1/2 quart crock-pot.

submitted by Jackie Headman

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SEPTEMBER

2 Jackie Headman

4 Barbara Larsen, Ron Donley

6 Linda McNish, Nancy Reed

8 Victor De La Cruz

10 Lorraine Dobson, John Nicholson

12 Benny Williams, Donna Lloyd

13 Bill Jones

14 Charlotte Brindzik

18 Brenda Goldsmith

19 Margie Lawrence

20 Bob Knisley

22 Peg Sage

23 Kim Stampone, Bob Eronimous

25 Linda Townsend, Doug Rauch

27 Debbie Allsbrook

OCTOBER

1 Ed Larsen

3 Mike Bridge

4 Doug Medici, Joe Hock

5 Jim Wiseman, Neil Kennedy

6 Chuck Denney, Jacquie Bridge

7 Nancy Murphy

10 Ray Cooksey

11 Michele Foote, Mary Ellen Good,

Calvin Green

13 Andy Bober

14 Tom Bridges

15 Betty Henderson

17 Gene McCune

18 Donna Bivaletz, Jennifer Franks

19 Bob Hearn

20 Kathie McIlroy, Susan Fagans, Jan Gross glass

21 Marianne Cerniglia, Joe Williams

22 Randy Baker

23 Janice Wyckoff

24 Bernice Callinan

25 Donald E Baker

26 Glenda Gardener, Denis Callinan

27 Norman Kinne, Anna King, Regina P Massey

28 Bill Bradshaw, Elaine Lewis

30 Eileen O’Sullivan

Happy Birthday to you…


submitted by

Charlotte Brindzik


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In The Garden With Arlene … No Cost Gardening by Arlene Rose

SEASONAL SOLUTIONS

Shade for Butterflies

Even butterflies need relief from the hot summer sun. Place some nectar plants where they will get a few hours of afternoon shade. Most will still flower and you will be surprised at the number of but-

terflies that visit.

FALL BIRD FEAST

Resist the temptation to be too tidy in the garden. Don’t disturb

plants that are going to seed so the

birds can have a fall feast.

END OF SUMMER DROOPS

Hanging baskets kind of droopy? Give them a trim and a good feed-ing and remember to keep them watered. You will be repaid with

new blooms before you know it.

CREATE A REST STOP

Migrating birds need safe places to rest and food to fuel their jour-neys. Plant lots of native shrubs

that have berries, such as vibur-num, bayberry and eastern red ce-dar. Their fruits have the balance of carbs and fats that keeps migrat-

ing birds going.

PREPARING FOR WINTER

Late summer is a good time to take stock of which plants in your yard will have berries or other fruits for the birds to winter. Ap-ple trees are a wonderful food source, as are roses with hips and

firethorn.

September’s temperate weather is September’s temperate weather is September’s temperate weather is September’s temperate weather is just right for transplanting and just right for transplanting and just right for transplanting and just right for transplanting and fertilizing trees and shrubs. It’s fertilizing trees and shrubs. It’s fertilizing trees and shrubs. It’s fertilizing trees and shrubs. It’s also a good time to divide perenni-also a good time to divide perenni-also a good time to divide perenni-also a good time to divide perenni-als that are finished blooming.als that are finished blooming.als that are finished blooming.als that are finished blooming.

Happy gardening, ArleneHappy gardening, ArleneHappy gardening, ArleneHappy gardening, Arlene

Pet Parade

Saturday

October 22, 2011

3-5 pm

Tennis Court Parking Lot

Labor Day Party

Monday

September 5, 2011

3-7pm

Resident’s Club

The Sandpiper Holiday Angels will be hosting a GOOFY MINI-GOLF TOURNAMENT on September 16th, 2011. This will be a day filled with fun, prizes and a BBQ lunch at our Amenities Center. All proceeds for this event will benefit AT LEAST one needy family during the holiday season through the Brunswick

Family Assistance Program in Shallotte. Mike Donovan is supplying lots of the food for this great event. Friends, family and guests are welcome. Please call Jan Barr at 579-7730 or e-mail me at: [email protected] to sign up for this fun and worth-while event. Contact us asap as we need a head count. If you are interested and need us to help you get a team together, let us know and we'll arrange

it.

Cost: $12.50/prizes and BBQ)

Where: Calabash Mini-golf course When:

Shot-gun start begins 10:30AM Friday, September 16, 2011

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Harriett Shirk-Editor

Contributing Reporters & Photographers

Charlotte Brindzik

Marcia Crosby

Barbara DeMore

Char Godfrey

Jackie Headman

Frank McCarron

Phyllis Roche

Arlene Rose

Clint Rose

Lois Santini

Jim & Janice Wyckoff

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Sandpiper Bay Homeowners Association, Inc.

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Sunset Beach and Sandpiper Bay are very fortunate

to have survived the wrath of Hurricane Irene. It

was wonderful to hear of neighbors helping

neighbors; helping one another prepare for the

storm, checking on each other during the storm and

helping clean up debris afterwards.

I pray the remainder of the 2011 hurricane season

is calm, but if it isn’t the neighbors in Sandpiper Bay

will be here to help one another because, it’s what

we do best.

If you have any articles or photos you would like to

contribute to The Sandpiper Sentinel please contact

me at the following:

Harriett Shirk-editor

[email protected] [email protected]

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