. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Cape Hatteras Ligfit prior to move house keepers dating back to the early 1900s. The homecoming is expected to draw 1,500 relatives from across the country. Because of facility capacity, those programs will be limited to the descendents. The Outer Banks Lighthouse Society, with the work of genealogist Sandra Clunies, has developed a database of 85 keepers and assistant keepers, many from seven core families. An executive planning committee has worked with volunteers to organize the homecoming and gather in
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Cape Hatteras Ligfit prior to move house keepers dating back to the early 1900s. The homecoming is expected to draw 1,500 relatives from across the country. Because of facility capacity, those programs will be limited to the descendents. The Outer Banks Lighthouse Society, with the work of genealogist Sandra Clunies, has developed a database of 85 keepers and assistant keepers, many from seven core families. An executive planning committee has worked with volunteers to organize the homecoming and gather information for a book, Hatteras Keepers: Oral and Family Histories. Proceeds from the book, published by the society and edited by Cheryl Shelton- Roberts, will help defray reunion costs. Interviews include Jennie Fulcher, now age 94, and Edna Casey Gray, now 93, whose fathers were assistant keepers in the 1910s and 1920s. To see if you are part of the light- house keepers' family, check the web at www. outer-banks, com/hatteraskeepers. -KM Preparing for Natural Disasters East st Carolina University will host a conference, "Of People, Places and Progress: Extended Recovery in the Coastal Plain," May 23-25, on the university campus in Greenville. The conference is co-hosted by the Eastern Area Health Education Center. North Carolina Sea Grant is a co-sponsor. Citizens, scientists and public officials will focus on environmental change, long- term effects, decision-making and public health issues associated with natural disasters. James Lee Witt, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will be among the speakers. Eastern North Carolina still is recovering from the effects of the cata- strophic 1999 hurricane season — massive flooding in the wake of Hurricane Floyd. The conference will highlight recent research advances on coastal plain hazards. Contact Ronald Mitchelson at or call 252/ 816-8308 for additional information. O
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