First Flight Elementary’s Chavaleh Wetzel is a teacher whom students and their parents will forever hold in the highest regard and with the fondest of memories.
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Public access to the beach is the key issue in establishing a policy for doling out money to towns from the county Shoreline Management Fund.
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A preliminary estimate shows Dare County topped $200 million of insured property damage from Hurricane Irene, second-most in the country.
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Dare County was able to get some aerial spraying done Friday night before bad weather moved in.
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Requiring public access to qualify for Dare County Shoreline Management Fund money is a good idea but a little too late.

Aerial spraying helped for a few days, but a new generation of mosquitoes has hatched in the wake of Hurricane Irene. Dare has resumed a ground assault.
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Once Hurricane Irene departed for points north, Dare County officials were left with what is always the flip side of hurricane preparation and evacuations.
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Exact figures are not in yet, but the county has budgeted $2.2 million to cover the costs of recovery from Hurricane Irene, most of it in state and federal money.
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If forecasts for Hurricane Irene’s track bear out, the center would pass the Outer Banks on paths similar to those of several previous hurricanes.
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Tourism spending in North Carolina jumped 9 percent in 2010 over the previous year, and 98 of 100 counties saw an increase in money spent by visitors.
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Providing public access would be a condition for receiving Shoreline Management Fund money to widen beaches under a new policy being developed by Dare County.
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Perdue sat down with a pre-K teacher and Dare County education officials for a discussion aimed at touting the value of the More at Four program.
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