Baby Boomers discover New Bern:
They are coming! New nestled on the
beautiful Neuse River, comfortably
close to the Altantic Ocean, this eastern
NC town has been discovered! New Bern
has one of the very best, very attractive
Civic Centers in North Carolina. A superb
boating scene, lots of water, historical
sites.

N. Carolina Housing Market

I was talking to several realtors in Raleigh on June 14, 15.
No question that housing sales have slowed. Still the market
in Wake County is still "fairly valued" with only a 5% to 8%
decline in asking prices over a year ago.
The Carolina market is far better condition that those in the
Northeast, Florida, Las Vegas, southwest in general.

Big Rock Marlin Tournament Ends

$ 800,837.50 First Prize Money won by Bak Bar from Huger, SC. Angler Tommy Lewis.
It took six hours for Charlie "Montukie" Lewis to get the giant marlin to into the boat.
It was 11pm before they got back to the official weighing station. 2,000 people were down at the weighing station on the Morehead City waterfront when the fish was weighed in.
Approximately 183 boats were entered in the week long event. Many paid the max. calcutta entry fee of $ 12,500 (entering all levels). $ 2,500.00 was the minimum entry fee.
$ 258,752.50 went to the second place boat, Liketysplit from Hatteras, NC.
$ 171,835.oo went to Maggie out of Morehead City, NC
$ 82,912.00 was won by Sea Striker for winning the Total Release category - 4 blue marlin
released overall. Three were caught and released same day, Wednesday.
Safari, a boat from Dania, Florida led all week, since Monday. By early afternoon Friday, they looked like they would win it all - $ 1,200,000.00, but four weigh-ins in succession, late Friday and Friday night, pushed it all the way down to fifth place - totally out of the money.