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Kay Manning (Elrod)
Let's hear it for the boys! I'm surprised and impressed we have so many active bikers in our class. If I understand right, Sturgis is the ultimate biker's destination. Also, so happy to see so many of you are enjoying your retirement years. Our 4th was spent at Oak Island with friends and family, hot dogs, hamburgers and brats (as in meat, not relatives). No fireworks at OI this year, they are rebuilding the pier where they had the fireworks in years past. We had a ring-side seat from our front porch, but zilch this year. So, it was just another wonderful day at the beach.
Of interest to some, my nephew just purchased Simmie Yonce's beach house at Oak Island. The market had become so saturated that he had missed several opportunities in the past year to make offers on houses. He saw this on line and made an offer site unseen. The interesting part was he was telling me about the previous owner being from RH, retired to OI and suddenly died. I knew exactly who he was talking about. I told him how Simmie used to work on his grand-dad's cars and his uncle's too, and how Simmie used to let my brother watch him make repairs so he could learn some things. Since they moved in, we are realizing what a talented and extremely gifted man Simmie was, and he had friends all over OI. The neighbor told us he was like an ant and never quit moving and was always doing something constructive. Rest in Peace, Simmie!
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