This afternoon the Ocracoke Youth Center is conducting a fund-raising car wash at the Community Center. Following the car wash there will be a Fish Fry, starting at 4:30 p.m. All proceeds will benefit the Youth Center. Fortunately for the young people washing cars it's sunny and clear, albeit a bit chilly. The temperature has been hovering in the upper 50's most of the day.

On this day in 1885 the commercial schooner "Sudie," hailing from Ocracoke, but sailing all along the East Coast, stranded on nearby "Tarpin Shoal."