Gus Andrews

By Mike London

Salisbury Post

SALISBURY — Gus Andrews saw the gloomy weather forecast that promised at least three days of steady rain and viewed it not as a setback, but as an opportunity.

He yelled for his wife.

“Three wet days in a row meant it was a great time to go get my flu shot,” Andrews said. “That flu shot always makes my shoulder hurt, so I hate to get it when I can play golf. But now I’ll have three days to recover.”

This small nugget of information offers insights into an octogenerian’s life. Flu-shot shoulder pain is a very real consideration.

Obviously, Andrews, a former ball coach, politician and salesman is still hyper-organized and meticulous at 81.

This is a go-getter who in the late 1970s and early 1980s built East Carolina’s Pirate Club from a high-

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