Museum of the Albemarle Promo Video

For more information on the Museum of the Albemarle and/or its events please call 252-335-1453 or go to www.museumofthealbemarle.com.

Port Discover Promo Video

For more information on Port Discover and/or its events please call 252-338-6117 or go to www.portdiscover.org.

Ron Paul Blimp To Launch Dec. 10 from Elizabeth City, N.C.

Contact:
Elizabeth Evans
Cahoon & Cross Marketing Consultants
Phone: (757) 625-7068 direct line evanspr@cox.net
Wayne Harris, AEDC
(888) 338-1678 or (252) 338-0169
director@discoverec.com




Ron Paul Blimp To Launch Dec. 10 from Elizabeth City, N.C.
-- Even bigger than the Goodyear blimp, it is the first to carry an advertisement for a presidential candidate --
(Elizabeth City, N.C., Dec. 7, 2007) -- From its main operating and technical facility in Elizabeth City, N.C., Airship Management Services (AMS) has launched dozens of lighter-than-air ships for clients from around the world. On Monday, Dec. 10, the company will make history when it launches one of the largest blimps in the world and the first to carry an advertisement for a presidential candidate.

The inaugural Ron Paul blimp is scheduled to take flight at 8 a.m. from Elizabeth City in a promotional tour that will fly over Washington, D.C., and New York City, with stops in Boston and New Hampshire later this month.

Featuring slogans that read, “Who is Ron Paul?” and “Ron Paul Revolution,” the 200-foot-long blimp (larger than the famous Goodyear blimp) promotes the Texas congressman’s Republican presidential bid.

Liberty Political Advertising, which supports Paul but is not affiliated with the campaign office, is leasing the blimp from AMS, a worldwide leader in the operation of airships. Monday’s launch may be delayed a day or two, dependent on the advertising group’s raising $200,000 by midnight Friday, according to its Web site (www.ronpaulblimp.com).

Based in Connecticut, AMS provides flight crews, technical expertise and ground support to airships from its maintenance facility and FAA repair station in Elizabeth City.

“Since the Wright brothers were here in 1903, Elizabeth City has been the jumping off place for many aviation firsts,” said Wayne Harris, economic developer of the Albemarle Economic Development Commission (AEDC). “What better place to launch such an innovative advertising campaign for a presidential candidate?”


Aviation Industry in Elizabeth City
The AEDC believes the publicity stunt will draw serious attention to Elizabeth City’s booming aviation industry.

Some of AMS’s other projects include work for the U. S. Navy / U. S. Coast Guard, New York Police Department, British Ministry of Defense, Hellenic Police (for the Athens Olympics in 2004), the government of Trinidad and Tobago, Fujifilm, Ameriquest, and most recently for The Palm Project in Dubai.

TCOM, L.P., headquartered in Columbus, Md., manufactures aerostats and airship “blimp” envelopes in Elizabeth City. The company shares space in its massive hangar with AMS. TCOM also manufactures tethered aerostats used for surveillance by military and law-enforcement organizations.

Another company, DRS Technologies provides long-term, aircraft engineering, maintenance and management support. DRS recently announced plans to build a second 80,000 square-foot hangar to service Coast Guard C-130 aircraft, bringing its employee count to 300. Elizabeth City is home to the country’s largest Coast Guard base.

Construction begins in January on the 63-acre, $10.4-million Elizabeth City Aviation Research and Development Commerce Park, with room for four more DRS-sized hangars and facilities for Elizabeth City State University and the College of The Albemarle. Project partners include the City of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank County Regional Airport Authority and the AEDC.

Located between Norfolk, Va., and North Carolina’s Outer Banks, Elizabeth City features a picturesque waterfront, an extensive downtown shopping and business district, six National Register Historic Districts and is home to the Museum of the Albemarle, Pasquotank Arts Council Gallery, Elizabeth City State University Planetarium and Port Discover Science Center. The city is featured in the book, The 100 Best Small Towns in America.

Headquartered in Elizabeth City, the AEDC markets business opportunities in the City of Elizabeth City and Pasquotank and Camden counties to prospective employers throughout the United States. For information, call the AEDC (www.discoverEC.com) at 1-888-338-1678 or (252) 338-0169.

Quilts-Patches of Time

(Elizabeth City) -- Just the thing to help keep you thinking warm this winter is The Museum of the Albemarle’s exhibit “Quilts-Patches of Time,” Dec. 12 through Feb. 29, 2008. The “Quilts” exhibit is a result of many staff hours of restoration, repair and documentation work with expert help from the volunteers of the Colonial Quilt Lovers Guild.

The exhibit represents a sampling of quilts carefully chosen from the Museum’s extensive textile collection. Featured in this showing are a variety of designs and styles from the early 1870s through the 1990s.

Quilts served practical purposes as a means of providing protection from the cold, but they were also made as gifts for special occasions such as weddings, births and other rites of passage.

“Quilts-Patches of Time” is on display at the Museum of The Albemarle Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Sunday, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm, closed Mondays and Holidays. Call 252-335-1453 or visit www.museumofthealbemarle.com for information.

The Museum of the Albemarle is located at 501 South Water Street, Elizabeth City, NC. Serving Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties, the museum is the northeast regional history museum of the North Carolina Division of State History Museums. Department of Cultural Resources, State of North Carolina. History Happens Here!

Dr. Tom Vinick Friday, December 7th, at The City Wine Sellar

Dr. Tom Vinick Friday, December 7th, at The City Wine Sellar
Host: Debbie Malenfant
Location: City Wine Sellar
102 Water Street, Elizabeth City, NC 27909 US
When: Friday, December 7, 7:00 pm
Phone: 252-335-1163

Join us Friday night at The Sellar Wine Bar (located inside The City Wine Sellar) for the sounds of the super-entertainer, Dr. Tom Vinick. Dr. Tom hails from the Moyock area and plays "cool baby" 70s cover tunes. Come out for a night of entertainment that will have you singing and shimmying.

Entertainment is from 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Regular deli menu items served from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. The Sellar Wine Bar is Elizabeth City's only non-smoking bar. Enjoy our outside patio seating.

RSVP nice, but not necessary.

Estate Auction, Saturday, December 8th

Living Estate Auction (name withheld)

December 8th @ 10:00 am
Preview: 8:00am-Auction Time

Location: 640 Muddy Creek Rd, Hertford NC

Oak Hall Tree, Oak Washstand, Early Rope Bed, 1860’s Empire Sofa, Drop Front Secretary, Pair of Fire Side Chairs, Oak China Closet with Columns, Mahogany Buffet, Mahogany Dinning Room Table & Chairs, Several Antique Dressers, Glassware, Tools, Nice Shopsmith, Very Few Box Lots & Much Much More.

10% Buyers Premium Rain/Shine
Cash or Good Check
Online Preview: www.coppersmithauction.com


Coppersmith Auction Company
252-331-5814
Now accepting consignments for upcoming auctions! We will buy individual items or entire household.

Rick Ladich NCAL7664

Page After Page Monthly Update

News from the Page After Page Bookstore -

We are still getting ready .. but our store tree is up, and our North Pole Mailbox is filling up with letters to Santa - our stock is constantly changing - and we are checking our lists 3 & 4 times to keep on top of the latest books and gifts for you and yours - Just in new stock of Books on Tape!! As always - gift wrapping is complementary!!

December Coffee/Hot Chocolate Special - just .50 cents!!
Our Hot Chocolate received such Rave reviews at the Polar Express reading that we decided to offer it thru the month of December!!! Come try a cup!!

Letters to Santa - they will be sending letters to Santa again this year - it was so popular last year that they will have to make a cut off date of December 17th for the last letter received - so please be sure to include your name and address so we can be sure the cards will get received on time!!!

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December 7th ALL DAY!!
Celebrate Page After Page Bookstore's 2nd Anniversary Weekend, Friday December 7 through Sunday December 9th!!! Door Prizes, and SPECIAL SALES!!! Many sections of our store will be on sale and filled with items that you will want to give as gifts for that special someone this year!!
Come celebrate with us!!!

Free Coffee and Hot Chocolate all day!!
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For your Holiday shopping convenience, we are also open Sunday 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm thru the month of December.
Recommended Reads
Page After Page has added a new display to the store - Staff Reads - so check out their ever changing display of what their staff is reading now!!! Ask their staff as they can always suggest a good book or two!!

Crossroads Cafe - by Deborah Smith - Excellent fiction romance, how our lives can change so quickly - set in Western NC.

The Electric Church by Jeff Somers - This book absolutely rocks. This is the kind of book that they should make into a movie. It's kind of like "Blade Runner" meets "The Matrix" meets "Cowboy Bebop".

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane - Intense exciting suspense mystery - keeps you captured until the end!!

For more information on Page After Page Bookstore and their events please call 252-335-PAGE (7243) or check out their website.

Sparkling Wine Tasting at The City Wine Sellar -- December 5th

Sparkling Wine Tasting at The City Wine Sellar -- December 5th
Host: The City Wine Sellar, Bakery, Deli & Wine Bar
Location: City Wine Sellar
102 Water Street, Elizabeth City, NC 27909 US
When: Wednesday, December 5, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Phone: 252-335-1163

It's official. It's a tradition. For the 3rd year, we've made the 12th month "sparkle" with our selection of sparkling wines at the City Wine Sellar's December wine tasting. We know you are busy at this time of year with all of those holiday parties, shopping, and decorating, but you definitely should make time to attend this popular tasting. At least six, maybe seven, different sparklers will be served. And if you know me...you know chocolate will be part of the equation.

A special bonus -- Our December Guest Pourer is none other than the new President of the Chamber of Commerce, Jennifer Palestrant.

Pasquotank Arts Council Update

The Pasquotank Arts Council Gallery invites you to the
Annual Gift-a-Rama & Holiday Open House
Thursday, November 29
5:30-7:30 pm
PAC Gallery
609 East Main Street
Elizabeth City

Book signing by Katherine Allen
"Gloves Down Under." The book, written and illustrated by Katherine, will give children the experience of Australia's Kadaku Rainforest through the eyes of a tree frog

2007 Limited Edition PAC Holiday Cookbook
Delicious recipes from the book will be served
5"x7" original paintings for sale-$25
Door Prizes-Decorations - Art - Gifts - Handcrafts

Gift-a-Rama will be open through December 31st
252-338-6455 www.pasquotankarts.org www.myspace.com/pasquotankarts

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It's Finally Here!

The Pasquotank Arts Council invites you to an official
Kick Off Celebration
of the renovation of the
Pasquotank Arts Council's Future Arts Center
Monday, December 10
9:30 - 10 am - Official Ceremony
(Main Street in front of the Lowry-Chesson Building)
10 - 11 - Refreshments - PAC Gallery
(609 East Main St)
Be the first to know - Exciting regional news and changes
to your arts council will be released at that time
A special gift will be given to all in attendance
RSVP by Friday, December 7th 252-338-6455