Current Events Week of Leap Day
Monday, February 29th:
This day is as good as any other to get your 50/50 raffle tickets from an Ocracoke 4th grader! Ocracoke School's 4th grade is going on a field trip to New Bern, Raleigh, and Williamsburg, VA next month and they are raising money to pay for it. Raffle tickets are just $2 each; half the money they collect will go to the 4th grade, the other half will go to the winning ticket holder! The drawing will be Thursday, March 3rd. Alyssa, Maren, Mariah, Elsie, Dibanhi, Yuletzy, Emilia, Alexis, Ronald, Daymon, Quinten, Christian, Will, or Silas will be happy to sell you a ticket!
Tuesday, March 1st:
The baseball game scheduled for today has been cancelled.
Come to Zillie's 5pm-7pm for an Open Source Ocracokemeet-up with artist Jean Skipper. Open Source Ocracoke wants to help you make all your dreams come true! All are welcome – come out to chat about the possibilities!On a more serious topic, there's a Bedroom Project meeting at 6:30pm in the Ocracoke School gym for parents and other community members who are concerned about drug abuse among young people. Bedroom Project, and is sponsored by the Hyde County Health Department and Project Lazarus, a secular public health non-profit organization that uses experience, data, and compassion to empower communities and individuals to prevent drug overdoses. The Bedroom Project helps parents know what to look for if they suspect their children are abusing drugs. All are welcome to attend.
Wednesday, March 2nd:
Ocracoke Child Care Center (which has been closed since mid-August) will hold a public meeting at 5:30 p.m. in the Fire Hall. It will be an update on the non-profit daycare's progress to financial solvency.
NPS Bigwigs will be on the island for the Public Comment meeting on the NPS consideration of a modification to the ORV rules. The Environmental Assessment, prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, will be open for review and comment for 30 days from February 17 – March 18, 2016. The EA is available for review and comment at: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/caha-orv-ea. Select the “Open for Comment” link to view and comment on the EA. Comments can also be mailed to: Superintendent, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, 1401 National Park Drive, Manteo, NC 27954. Or ask questions and comment in person at the Public Comment Meeting at Ocracoke School from 6–8pm.
Thursday, March 3rd:
Ocracoke School welcomes back the Rachel's Challenge program on March 3rd. Rachel's Challenge is an anti-bullying and school-violence program for high school students. Parent/community volunteers are needed. Please contact Mary via email mmcknight@hyde.k12.nc.us to express interest or ask questions. Volunteers will begin at 9am and the students (grades 9-12) will begin at 9:30. The program should conclude at 2pm. All participants need to bring their own lunch.
The baseball game scheduled for today has been cancelled.
The Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department will hold their every-other-Thursday meeting at the Fire Hall at 7pm. They can always use new members! You can also stop by and get a way-cool OVFD t-shirt or order your reflective house number signs (so OVFD and Ocracoke EMS can find you!)
Friday, March 4th:
One-Stop Voting! One-Stop Voting is available at the (new) Fire Hall on Friday, March 4th & Saturday, March 5th. The polls open at 8am and close at 6pm. The OVFD requests that you please park in the back behind the Fire Hall, and not in front where the fire trucks come out. In the event of an emergency (heaven forbid), we don't want to block the firefighters from doing their (volunteer) job.
4th of July planning meeting at 1pm at the Community Center. If you want to get involved, come to the meeting and find out what's going on.
Spring hours begin at Zillie's: Monday - Thursday: 4–7:30pm; Friday: 4–8pm; Saturday & Sunday: 1–8pm
Saturday, March 5th and Sunday, March 6th:
One-Stop Voting! One-Stop Voting is available at the (new) Fire Hall on Friday, March 4th & Saturday, March 5th. The polls open at 8am and close at 6pm. The OVFD requests that you please park in the back behind the Fire Hall, and not in front where the fire trucks come out. In the event of an emergency (heaven forbid), we don't want to block the firefighters from doing their (volunteer) job.
We'll keep you posted about weekend events.
Coming soon...
Caribbean steel drum workshop available on Ocracoke in March. Scott Paulson of Island Time Steel Drums will offer a 5-session class in Deepwater Theater for ages 13-99. Come chase away those winter blues and learn to play these beautiful instruments. More info here.
Registration is now open for the Ocracoke Island 5K/10K, Family Fun Run, and 1/2 Marathon on April 23rd & 24th, 2016. Check out runocracoke.com for more information!
Check out the Ocracoke Current calendar for more events and information! We're posting the opening days of Ocracoke eateries – food diversity blows in with the ides of March...
This story will be updated as needed with more information, so check back!
