volume ii, number 12 pensacola beach, florida october 11...

I sland T imesVolume II, Number 12 Pensacola Beach, Florida October 11, 2006

Gentlemen, Start Your EnginesCorvettes Cruise To Casino Beach For Life’s A Vette Show

Since 1953 Americans have had a love affair with the Chevrolet Corvette. And the affair continues when the Miracle Strip CorvetteClub hosts their “Life’s A Vette” Corvette Show, Saturday, October 21 at Casino Beach parking lot. One hundred vettes from thesoutheastern United States will roar onto Pensacola Beach to compete for best of show trophies and bragging rights during this thirdannual show. Proceeds from this event will be donated to Convenant Hospice. Local enthusiasts and Miracle Strip Corvette Clubmembers who helped coordinate the show are (L to R): Sid Dennis, Cruise Director with his 1976 dark red metallic Stingray; Beachresident Rick Gordon with his 2001 silver Corvette Coupe; and Warren Lipscomb with his 2003 fiftieth anniversary red Vette. Thepublic is invited to this show. Story, Page 2.

Island Times October 11, 2006

After SundownFLOUNDER’S CHOWDER HOUSE

Step back in time and enjoy Flounder’s antique collection.Step into now and enjoy Flounder’s top rated seafood. Indoorand outdoor dining. Even a beach playground for the kids. BeachBar ‘neath the moon and stars - Diesel Fuel in a commemorativemason jar. Bilgewater Margaritas. Gift shop. Fred Flounder,founder.

Located at the traffic light on Pensacola Beach. Next to the55 ft. shrimp boat. Open everyday. 850-932-2003.www.flounderschowderhouse.com

SANDSHAKER LOUNGEThe "Almost World Famous Sandshaker"- a Pensacola Beach

Tradition since 1973. It’s the Home of the Original Bushwackerand has been selling this signature drink for over 30 years. TheShaker was the 1st bar on the Beach to offer this tasty frozenconcoction. Live Music Thurs, Sat & Sun. Karaoke Tues, Fri. TikiBar specials Fri-Sun. Iguana Grill open Thurs-Sunday

Across from the Fishing Pier on Pensacola Beach. Open11am until 3am. 850-932-2211. www.sandshakerlounge.comfor photo gallery and event schedule.

CRABS - WE GOT ‘EMGo crabbing on the Gulf of Mexico, at Crabs, We Got ‘Em -

Alaskan Snow, Dungeness and King Crabs are all on the exten-sive seafood menu. Sip and sit at the live aquarium bar or at theupstairs, outdoor Gulfside deck. Oysters and Wings are twobits on Monday through Thursdays. No reservations, come asyou are.

At the traffic light -find the red roof and the twinkling lights onCasino Beach and you’re in Crab Heaven. Open everyday. 850-932-0700. www.crabswegotem.com

SEVILLE QUARTERThe Gulf Coast’s Premier Entertainment Complex. Seven

rooms of fun all under one roof! Karaoke, Texas Hold ‘Em, TeamTrivia, Pool, Video games and more. Live Entertainment Seven nightsa week with live music on four stages every Friday & Saturday night.Serving lunch and dinner, too! It’s where the Party People Party!

Located in Historic Downtown Pensacola at 130 East Gov-ernment Street. Open Monday - Saturday from 11 until 2:30 a.m.and 5 p.m. until 2:30 on Sunday. Ring 434-6211 or visitwww.rosies.com

MCGUIRE’S IRISH PUBEven a bragging Irishman can’t do justice to McGuire’s where

the atmosphere is an authentic turn-of-the-century pub. McGuire’shas been named one of America’s great steakhouses, and is worldfamous for its culinary artistry. Dollar bills on the walls, a moose tokiss and employees who give a damn! Try an Irish Wake or SenateBean Soup.

Open at 11 a.m. everyday. Easy drive to 600 East GregoryStreet in Pensacola. 850-433-6789 www.mcguiresirishpub.com

PARADISE BAR AND GRILLA little bit of paradise at this open air, island style bar with its

own private white sand beach. Pull up a rattan stool. Cold beer. LiveMusic. Exotic Libations. Friendly locals. Lunch and Dinner every-day. Cuban sandwiches. Black and Blue Burgers. Happy Hour 11-7. Live Bands. Poker on Monday.

Tucked away in the parking lot of the Paradise Inn, it’s directlyon Santa Rosa Sound. Boat and Bicycle parking. Open 7 days.850-916-5087.

PEGLEG PETE’SAhoy, Matey. You’ve found a Pensacola Beach treasure. Pi-

rates welcome. Fresh Gulf seafood served in the galley or outsideon the awning covered deck. Glass front bar overlooks LaFitte Cove.All kinds of oysters. Live lobster. Gumbo. Dinner specials nightly.Sizeable sandwiches and burgers for Landlubbers. Take home a t-shirt.

Look for the Jolly Rogers flying over the west end of the Islandat 1010 Fort Pickens Road. We’re here everyday at 11. 932-4139.www.peglegpetes.com

SIDELINE’S SPORTS BAR AND RESTAURANTScore! Don’t miss a point. See it all in high definition - 11 big

screens, 42 televisions. If it runs, jumps, races, it’s here. Famousfor Thursday Wing Night. Burgers. Seafood and Ribs. Kids menufor the JV players. Full bar. Indoor or outdoor seating. Video sportsgames.

Centrally located on Via de Luna, just east of the main parkinglot and the traffic light. Kick off at 11 a.m. seven days a week. 934-3660.

THE ISLANDER LOUNGEThe oldest lounge on Pensacola Beach. Happy Hour 11 to 7.

Hot, crispy deli sandwiches from 11 to 11. DJ spins dance tunes 7nites. Fri- Sun Live Music. Shuffleboard, video games, pool, foosball,golf, bowling. Brass Pole. Poker Wednesdays. Original music Tues-days. Visit the upstairs Cypress Lounge, open air bar overlookingdowntown Pensacola Beach. Available for private parties.

Find us at 43 Via de Luna. Open Everyday, 11 a.m. til 2:30a.m. www.islanderbar.com 850-932-9011.

OLIVE DROP MARTINI BARClearly elegant martinis served in the signature Olive Drop

glass. Full bar. Live entertainment. Dancing.Situated in the Soundside Market across Via de Luna from the

Hilton Garden Inn. Begin your experience at 11 o’clock any day.

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You're moving from a rela-tively stable situation to one that appears to be laced withperplexity. Be patient. You'll eventually get answers to helpclear up the confusion around you.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A vexing situation temptsyou to rush to set it all straight. But it's best to let things sortthemselves out so that you can get a better picture of thechallenge you're facing.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Financial matters could cre-ate some confusion, especially with a torrent of advice pour-ing in from several sources. Resist acting on emotion and waitfor the facts to emerge.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) That goal you've set is stillin sight and is still in reach. Stay with the course that you'reon. Making too many shifts in direction now could create an-other set of problems.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) It might be time to confront atrouble-making associate and demand some answers. But beprepared for some surprises that could lead you to make achange in some long-standing plans.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Congratulations.You're making great progress in sorting out all that confusionthat kept you from making those important decisions. You'reon your way now.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A difficult experiencebegins to ease. That's the good news. The not-so-good newsis a possible complication that could prolong the problem awhilelonger.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Your self-confi-dence gets a much-needed big boost as you start to unsnarlthat knotty financial problem. Expect some help from a surpris-ing source.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Congratu-lations. Any lingering negative aftereffects from that not-so-pleasant workplace situation are all but gone. It's time now tofocus on the positive.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Your self-con-fidence grows stronger as you continue to take more controlof your life. Arrange for some well-earned fun and relaxationwith someone special.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) As usual, you'vebeen concerned more about the needs of others than yourown. You need to take time for yourself so that you can replen-ish all that spent energy.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Stronger planetary in-fluences indicate a growing presence of people eager to helpyou navigate through the rough seas that might mark yourcareer course.

BORN THIS WEEK: You can balance emotion and logic,which gives you the ability to make choices that are morelikely than not to prove successful.

(c) 2006 King Features Synd., Inc.

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The waves we ride in theoceans on our surfboards and thewaves of sound and music weexperience are exactly the samein many ways.

We ride waves that travelsometimes thousands of miles toreach us. As we catch thesewaves we harness their harmonicenergy. We use our bodies andsurfboards for climbing and drop-ping up and down the face of thewave, painting our own song aswe go…forever changing our ap-proach.

The waterscape is in con-stant flux, like a rhythm, and nosong is the same.

There is no difference in mu-sic theory. The notes travel upand down in scale in patterns….creating melodies, harmonies andagain, rhythms.

You see, waves are repeat-ing patterns of amplitude and fre-quency whether in the ocean, inthe air - just like the light we seeand the sounds we hear. Thesame rules apply across theboard.

It's all math folks!So what have we learned?

Surfing and Music are the two artforms of science.

The two are connected in avery, very special way.

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NEVER IDLE - Pensacola Beach residents Mary Jo Tibbits, center,and Angela Moore, right, congratulate the American Idol, Taylor Hicksat a star studded event last month. The energetic Beach ladies areboth officers in the Krewe of Bananimals.

Walt Lumpkin bemoans the fact that he is only a part time residenton Pensacola Beach. He and his wife, Cindy sometimes have toleave the Beach to return to Marietta, GA. Walt says although thesunsets are free at The Market, to him they are priceless.

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Beach Chamber Business After Hours was hosted byAccustaff at Paradise Bar and Grill September 26. Accustaffprovides the Toll Booth personnel on Pensacola Beach. Getting tothe serious business of giving away door prizes are (L to R):Accustaff owner Julie Wells, Toll Facility Manager Richard Butler,winner Yvonne Stomp of JME, and Betsy Lewis of Accustaff.Pensacola Beach Chamber of Commece Business After Hourswill be at 5:30, Tuesday, October 31 at the Hampton Inn.

Who needs spell check? Not these middle school super spellers. Each year students compete inthe Gulf Breeze Middle School Spelling Bee. Through an elimination format, the last person to correctlyspell the selected word is crowned the champ. The GBMS Spelling Bee winners are front row (L to R):Beach School graduate Savannah Green, Landry Lowrimore, Taylor Marcum, and Jennifer Marcum.Winners in the back row are (L to R): Tyler Kendrick, Jay Martin, Blake Meredeth, April Joy Remitar, andAndrew Clark.


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The players might bluff, butthe cards don’t lie. Winners arecrowned each week on PensacolaBeach at the Texas Hold ‘Em 4Fun poker games which culmi-nate in a monthly ChampionsShowdown at the Paradise Barand Grill. The weekly winners forSeptember - Michelle Bourgeois,Paul Jones, Janie Uzdevenes, TexAtkinson, Tim Rinker, and J OWeeks - gathered at the

sounds idepoker tableson Saturday,September30. Capt.J.O. Weeks,Jr. stayedthe courseand waylaidthe rest ofthe crew towin brag-ging rights.

John McNamara was secondand Waldo Defindorfin wasthird.

Weekly action at the water-front poker scene puts playersat the Paradise Bar and Grill onMonday nights. Tim Rinkerbattled to a hard fought win onSeptember 25 with J.O. Weeksas the runner-up. The first dayof October brought first timeplayer Greg Smith to the table.He paired his Queens on theriver to take out Matt Conwayin an action packed night ofcards on the beautiful SantaRosa Sound.

The Pensacola Beach his-toric district hosts poker gamesmidweek with Chris Snow, a visi-tor from Franklin, Indiana tak-ing home top spot at The Is-lander Lounge’s September 27Texas Hold ‘Em 4 Fun game. Thefollowing Wednesday, Karl“Dakota” Lutz from Pensacolaroad his cards to his first winwith Tim Rinker playing to sec-ond place.

“The night air is cooling offand the action is heating up ev-ery week,” said promoter RickUzdevenes. “Come out to playor come out to cheer - eitherway you are going to have agood time.”

Everyone, 21 or older, is in-vited to play. There is no chargeto play Texas Hold ‘Em 4 Fun.No experience is necessary buta basic knowledge of the gameis required. Games start at 7 p.m.Pensacola Beach time.

For more information or topurchase poker wear, email RickUzdevenes, [email protected].

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DEALING DIVAS - It’s never too early to learn the fine art of cardplaying especially when your grandparents are poker promotersRick and Janie Uzdevenes. Lezea and Kylie Brown played this hothanded card game while camping in the desert near SuperstitionMountain at Apache Junction, Arizona. Grandmother Janie was closeby to instruct them on the finer points of card etiquette.

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The "new" looks this fallseem to be retro-inspired, rang-ing from the glamorous 1950sthrough the oh-so tacky 1980s.Maybe I've just been around solong, I'm seeing everything comeback again!

Personally, I really love all ofthese styles, so it's a great sea-son for me.

#1 Red Lips. Nothing is sexierthan a pair of luscious red lips.Find the shade that suits you.Pinky-red for fair or beige skin,golden or brick red for yellow orolive tones, and a true blue-red isgood on just about everyone.

There are several ways towear this look. For daytime, use alip pencil to fill in your whole lip,then cover with a nice gloss. Ifyou prefer lipstick instead, but thecolor is just too much, applychapstick or gloss first, then yourlipstick right on top. This willsoften the color.

Always remember, if yourlips are bold, keep the rest of yourmake-up neutral. You don't wantto be a Tammy Faye look-alike.

#2 Winged Eyeliner. Use itfor that 1960's Catwoman look!Love it. This look is achieved withliquid liner, which most womenfind difficult to use. I prefer it.Most products are waterproofand last longer.

Start at your inner eye andmake small strokes at the base ofyour lashes. If you concentrateon this, the right amount will endup on your lid. For the wingedeffect, start on the outer third ofyour lid, right over the line youjust drew and flatten the brush,and slant up until you run out ofeye. A great compliment to your

red lips.#3 Bold Brows. Thin is out.

Fat is in (yea!). Put down yourtweezers and pick up a browbrush. Well groomed brows canmake or break your look. Brow gelcan keep them in place, as can atoothbrush and some hairspray.Your choice.

If they need filling in, pow-ders are much more natural look-ing than pencil, and come in avariety of colors. If you're a red-head, pick a shade made forblondes. Have you ever seen aperson with red eyebrows?

#4 Last, but not least. LooseWaves for your hair. People, hangup your flat irons, natural non-uniform waves are back. I couldnot be happier about this. Stick-straight hair, parted down themiddle is for Marcia Brady. Let itbe free and touchable. Go with theflow. If you have no wave, put afew curls in, run your fingersthrough it and go! What couldbe easier?

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Start by gifting yourself!Give yourself the permission – thegift – of rejuvenating rest eachnight, and you’ll have the energyand enthusiasm to take on everytask, get every “to do” done inample time, and enjoy the holidayseason and those you love.

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And, start 2007 off right, witha commitment to yourself to con-tinue enjoying the gift of true rest,relaxation and rejuvenation. You’llfeel better – mentally, spiritually,and physically – and enjoy lifemore when you join the “cultureof rest.”

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It was 15 years ago thismonth that my husband, Harry,and I were married at St. Ann’sCatholic Church in Gulf Breeze.After an hour-long ceremonyblessed by both Father Kelleyand Pastor Jack Forest from theUnited Church of Christ on theBeach, Harry and I began our jour-ney as husband and wife. Our firststop was Flounder’s for our re-ception followed by a night’sstay at the executive suite highatop the Dunes Motel. The fol-lowing morning we left for a twoweek surf adventure along theNorth Shore of Oahu, Hawaii.

While Harry surfed Pipeline,I read. While Harry surfed Pipe-line, I snorkeled in Hanauma Baycompliments of the Turtle BayResort. While Harry surfed Pipe-line, I worked on my tan. WhileHarry surfed Pipeline, I ran formiles on stretches of uninhabitedsands. While Harry surfed Pipe-line, I sat in our rented Jeep dur-ing a torrential rain storm watch-ing Harry surf Pipeline. WhileHarry surfed Pipeline, I took pic-tures of him shredding and rip-ping. While Harry surfed Pipeline,I picked up loads of trash off thebeach. While Harry surfed Pipe-line, well you just fill in the blank.After about a week, we had tohave a small discussion aboutPipeline. Of course, then therewas Sunset Beach.

What I eventually realizedwas that the surf is almost alwaysgood somewhere at the North

Shore in October and as a newly-wed I wasn’t about to argue withthe daily affirmation: “Perfectwife, perfect waves. What morecould a guy ask for?” I guess Ifound some consolation in that Iat least took top billing and thatsurfing is not exactly an after darkactivity.

Throughout the past 15years, Harry and I have gone onquite a few surf-ventures to-gether. We’ve chased wavesbrought on by hurricanes, onlyto be a few hours too late orturned away from the water dueto lightning. Many of our surfarisinvolved camping on the beachin Baja, Mexico. Meaning I wouldstay back, guard the camping gearand watch the dogs, while Harrywent surfing. Can anyone say,“Dos cervezas, por favor?”

We’ve even traveled back toOahu where we stayed in the to-tal touristy section of Waikiki, butsomehow always found our-selves back at the North Shoreand once even as spectators at aprofessional big wave surfingcontest. At least the last two times,I had our son, Har, to keep mecompany.

So last weekend when wecelebrated our 15th anniversarywith a mini-vacation to AtlanticBeach, NC, I decided to take mat-ters into my own hands. Iwatched my husband lug hisoverly long longboard to theshore, get it all waxed and standit upright against his shoulder

imitating the classic 1964 pictureof Greg Noll checking out themagnificently large waves atwhere else, but Pipeline. Beforehe could size up the next set oftwo-foot waves, I grabbed theboard like I was a wild wahine ona mission with a little Gidgetthrown in for good measure.

Next thing I knew I was kneepaddling my way out and gettingmyself into position to catch awave, walk the nose, hang ten.Like the song says, “catch a waveand you’re sitting on top of theworld.” Okay, so maybe it took alittle practice and some coachingfrom Harry before I was standingand not falling off in three sec-onds or less. I even managed towalk the nose and hang ten onceor twice. By day’s end, Harry hadcome to accept the fact that I surfgoofy foot and I paddle with botharms at the same time. I came torealize that surfing is not onlygood for the body, it’s good forthe soul.

Just like the rise and fall ofwaves, marriage has its ups anddowns. And after 15 years andcounting, it’s just a great feelingto still be Harry’s surfer girl. Hewill always be my Big Kahuna.Until next time…

Luv, Lizzard

Pensacola Beach Woman’s Club members never forget a birth-day. Birthday girls (L to R) Shelby Smith, Dot Kress, Bette Sprague,and Ruby Mantooth shared cake during the lunch and businessmeeting, Thursday, September 21 at the Beach Church. Membersalso participated in a school supply drive to benefit local children.The next meeting will be a pot luck luncheon Thursday, October 19at Our Lady of Assumption’s Hunt Hall.


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Well my nephew, McFlyetakes pinball to a whole new di-mension. First of all, no pinballgame can be played properly un-less the Pinball Wizard song isblasting from the Who's Tommyalbum. And the song is playedover and over and over again es-pecially when McFlye hits his hotstreak. Once the side markers areall down on both sides, free ballmania begins.

Our pinball wizard, McFlye,goes into a frenzy using me (hisAunt Duckie) as a stand in, so hecan take a well-deserved break.

If that isn't enough as he

madly heads towards a millionpoints, he starts to set up chal-lenges on top of the pinball ma-chine. Yes, you read it correctlyand heard it first in Island Times,challenges and obstacles.

What kind of challenges?Lego armies set up, weaving inand out atop the glass on the pin-ball machine, obscuring visionand making a player wonderwhether the flippers are hitting theball or not. It's now a game of sus-pense and challenge!

McFlye resorts to sound totrack the weaving and winding ofthe ball. And then as it becomes anail biter, he adds more armies!Yet, I hear myself yell, "score!"

Success follows. McFlyescores over one million points.Does he let success go to hishead? No way! He is thinking upmore challenges for his next gameon the vintage pinball machinewhile I get the Who album andrecord player ready.

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Pensacola Beach Recycling Center was officially christened Tuesday, Oct. 3 by (L to R) Dr. ChuckRandle, pastor Pensacola Beach Community Church; Jim Cox, Pensacola Beach Optimist Club, andSRIA General Manager Buck Lee. The Recycling Center is located near Cowley Park, just east of theBeach School. Residents should save and sort glass, plastic, cans and paper for recycling.

Bookworms are not an endangered species on Pensacola Beach.Steve Cox, curator of the Northwest Florida Regional LibrarySystem’s Bookmobile says avid readers are plentiful on the Islandand he is ready to fill their needs. The Bookmobile arrives at thePensacola Beach Community Church parking lot each Tuesdaymorning from 10 until noon. The decorated bus has a selection forall ages and Steve can bring requested titles to the Beach for hispatrons. Sandi Johnson, left, is picking up a little light readingbefore heading home to Portofino.

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As classic automobiles go,Corvettes are among the classi-est. And, Saturday, October 21,spectators can get a close up viewof more than one hundred Cor-vettes at the third annual MiracleStrip Corvette Club’s "Life's AVette" show. The show, on CasinoBeach, is open to the public from10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at no charge.

Corvette registration willbegin at 8 a.m. and end at 10 a.m.Trophies will be presented at 3p.m. The after-the-show partywill be at Flounder's.

"We will have Corvettesfrom the 1950s through 2006 ondisplay in the Casino Beach park-ing lot next to the water tower,"Rick Gordon, Beach resident andshow coordinator said. "Theshow's purpose is number one to

Vintage or Modern - Life’s A Vettehave some fun, meet others whoare Corvette enthusiasts, show offyour favorite Corvette, and raisefunds for Covenant Hospice."

Rick said the first Corvettewas manufactured in 1953 andthe oldest Vette expected at theshow is a 1957.

Most of the Corvettes will bedriven to the show, according toRick. "Corvette owners are driv-ers," Rick said. "These cars arejust so much fun to drive. Veryfew arrive on trailers."

Owning a Corvette is notnecessarily a macho male thing.Rick estimates that women com-prise forty percent of the mem-bership of the Miracle Strip Cor-vette Club.

Although Corvettes werepopular among Beach residentsbecause they are rust resistant,Rick's car is the only one entered,so far, in the local show. NanHarper who is frequently seencruising around the Beach in herVette, does not know if her car

will be out of the shop in time forthe show. "My car is having anose job," Nan said.

A few years ago, before sheretired, Molly McGuire drove herbeloved Irish green Corvette ev-erywhere. If she still had it, hercar would be a star in the show.

Rick said the show wouldinclude an exhibit from the Na-tional Corvette Museum, locatedin Bowling Green, Kentucky.

All Corvettes are manufac-tured in one plant in Bowling

Green. Rick said his Corvette waspicked up at the factory just thesame as those fancy folks whocame from Europe to get theircars.

Entry fee to participate in theshow is $20 which includes a t-shirt, dash plaque and one doorprize ticket.

Show sponsors work farahead, and have already an-nounced that the Life's A Vetteshow will be May 7, 2007 at theCasino Beach parking lot.

The Santa Rosa Island Au-thority does not lack plans, vi-sions, recommendations or stud-ies all aimed in the directionPensacola Beach should go, be-ginning in 1984, and running intothe future. What the Authoritydoes lack is the implementationof the concepts contained in thedocuments.

Dave Hemphill, BaskervilleDonovan Engineers, presentedthe results of his review of theideas in 14 different documentsat the October 4 SRIA Commit-tee Meetings.

"I was asked to evaluatethese studies because the SRIAwanted to find out if we neededanother study or if we could dustoff some of these, look backward,look forward, and gain some in-sight," Dave said.

He noted that the 1988Wallace, Roberts and Todd Com-prehensive Land Use Plan was asolid document. He also saidthere was a common thread inmany of the studies.

Bill Griffith, chairman of theDevelopment and Leasing Com-mittee recommended reviewingDave's work.

"Let's take a look at whatDave has done here," he said. "Ithink we have enough informa-tion without another study."

Bill suggested that the Boardlook at what has been imple-mented and what needs to beimplemented.

"We can make a list of pri-orities and see if there is anymoney to fund the action," Billsaid.

Dr. Tom Campanella com-mented that he felt the SRIA hasalready attained some of the goalsset forth in the studies.

"Short of financial setbacks

SRIA Evaluates Fourteen StudiesImplementation Plans Considered

and storms we have done a goodjob with this," he said.

Results of the SRIA evalua-tion of the Hemphill presentationwill be on the November 1 Com-mittee Meeting agenda.

Residents and visitors willsoon know where and when civicorganizations and churches meeton the island since the Board gaveconceptual approval to a 6.5 by10 foot road sign, naming eachorganization with date, time andplace of meetings. The design andplacement of the sign will be de-termined by the Authority.

Walls of sand which resi-dents are building as hurricaneprotection are springing up on theBeach. The SRIA's concern withsome of the berms is that they areencroaching on public land. Thisitem will be held until Novem-ber. A new survey will be neededto see if these sand walls are ex-tending into public access.

Dave Hemphill brought asample of the lighting system pro-posed for Ft. Pickens Road. Thelighting is turtle friendly, but theSRIA will decide whether to lightthe entire roadway or just the bikepath.

Progress on rebuilding anddemolition at the Tiki Motel andHoliday Townhouses came be-fore the Board.

Jim Reeves, one of the own-ers, told the Board he was wait-ing to see if one of the buildingsat the Tiki could be rebuilt ratherthan demolished. Once that deci-sion has been made, he willpresent his proposal to the IslandAuthority. The HolidayTownhouse property's future,which is zoned motel or residen-tial, is under consideration aswell. Reeves asked for, and wasgranted, a thirty day extension on

proposals for both properties.Possibilities for a bait shop

and restaurant at the Gulf Fish-ing Pier are in limbo as ChrisCadenhead reported that theHealth Department requiredmore square footage if the twobusinesses were in one build-ing. Also, parking restrictionswould limit the size of the res-taurant to a capacity of 28 seatswhich Cadenhead said was not

feasible.The Board will revisit this

item along with additionalparking at Quietwater Beachparking lot at their NovemberCommittee Meeting.

Santa Rosa Island Author-ity Committee Meetings will beWednesday, November 1 at theSRIA office on Via de Luna.The meetings which start at 5p.m. are open to the public.

If you're a real duffer or areal pro, there's a place for youin the Sixth Annual Putt PuttGolf Outing, sponsored by thePensacola Beach American Le-gion Post 379. This year's eventwill be at Island Golf andGames (next door to Crab's) onOctober 14. Registration beginsat 10 a.m. and tee off time is 11a.m. Registration fee is $10 perperson.

"Players can form theirown foursome or we will put in-dividual entrants on a team,"Chuck L'Oignon, Post Com-mander, said.

Prizes will be awarded to

first, second and third in eachflight and also for those gettinga hole-in-one.

Children and adults arewelcome to play, but young-sters under 14 must play on ateam with at least one parent,according to Chuck.

All proceeds go to the Le-gion Post's charities includingthe Veterans' Nursing Home,Boys State, Veterans HospitalChristmas Party, and a numberof others.

Players can register in ad-vance at the Pensacola BeachVisitor's Center. For more infor-mation call Chuck at 572-2981.

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Have you always wanted toown a school bus? Now is yourchance. The original PensacolaBeach Elementary School bushas been retired and is for sale.Call the school for details.

Students will be enjoyingcool rides to and from school intheir new air conditioned bus.

The date of the annual FallFestival was announced at thePBES, Inc. Board meeting onMonday, September 25. The pub-lic is invited to the school eventwhich will be October 27.

The principal, JeffCastleberry, reported that theBeach School is just doing great.

"We have a new building,and new volunteers," he said. "Iam pleased that we are where weare, but we are going to strive forimprovement."

Fourth grade teacher, SusanMcLeod, gave the teachers' re-port and updated the Board on thewriting program which has beenadopted at the Beach School.

The school offers parent-stu-dent writing workshops and tu-toring sessions. Currently, all stu-dents take an Escambia Writestest and fourth grade studentstake a Florida Writes exam to as-sess yearly performance.

An amended budget pre-sented by Chris Bayer, treasurer,was approved by the Board. Thebudget reflects a surplus due torevenues from increased enroll-ment.

School governing boardmeetings are open to the public.The next meeting is at 6 p.m. onOctober 23 at the school.

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Does time really ever standstill? Does time really fly whenyou're having fun? I thought a lotabout time recently when mydaughter, Liz and grandson Harryarrived for a ten day visit. Tenwhole days! It seemed like itwould be such a nice, long lei-surely time.

But, there was so much forLiz and Harry to do.

All the family gathered theday they arrived to get them offto a running start. And, run theydid. Harry went off with his AuntCandy who had planned days ofLego building, shopping, moviewatching and plenty of other ac-tivities, all geared to entertain hereight-year-old nephew.

Liz spent her first night onthe island with her sister Shelleyand about 40 biker chicks at theirannual slumber party. From thenon, it was all non-stop. Liz man-aged to link up with all her oldbeach friends at lunches andcocktails. She played poker withthe Beach's Texas Hold 'Em 4 Fungang, fished offshore with theLively Ladies, and went to Blueson the Beach. She was the origi-nal whirling dervish from sun upuntil she at last found time to callit a night.

Finally, the whole family gottogether to spend an afternoonat the Seafood Festival. And then,it was Monday night, and the New

Orleans Saints were playing onnational television. All of usformer Orleanians had reallylooked forward to the game, neveranticipating such an incrediblefinish. It was the final night of Lizand Harry's vacation.

Suddenly, it was Tuesdaymorning. Liz and Harry packedup, climbed in their car to drive tothe airport, and waved goodbye.Poof! Just like that. The ten dayshad evaporated like a fleetingdream.

Time is supposed to be stan-dard, unchangeable, day in andnight out, as the earth rotates

around the sun. I have news forthis spinning planet where welive, time is a capricious pirate.Time is fickle. The unscientificproof is tabulated in Jane's timetable. See chart below.

You can't hold time in yourhand. You can't keep it in a bottle.You can't make it go backward.You can't push it forward. So, it'sbest to follow the advice of thewisest philosophers of the ages."Savor the moment."

Time is like a debit card. Youhave twenty-four hours in yourpossession every day to use anyway you want. Some of your time

is already dedicated to work orschool, eating and sleeping, get-ting caught in traffic snarls andmowing the lawn. Mostly, the restof the hours are yours.

You can fly to the moon,waltz with the penguins in Ant-arctica, help build a Habitathouse, hug your kids, spend a fewminutes with an elderly neighbor,baby sit for a younger neighbor,or just hang out.

The hours are yours to keepfor one who day. You can squan-der them, create fabulous paint-ings, write heart rendering poetry,dance, sing, or tell jokes.

And, here I am, already look-ing forward to Liz's next visit. Idon't know when it will be, so Ineed to find a whole lot of fun tomake the time fly. However, I mustcalm down and count my bless-ings. I'll follow the ways of thoseancient who sit around with theirlegs crossed beneath them. "Ahgo forth and smell the roses alongthe pathway of life."

First, I have to take time tosee if any roses are blooming onPensacola Beach. If I don't findthem, I guess I'll just stop andsmell the Panic Grass.

As always I eagerly awaitthe arrival of my Island Times.I open and immediately turn toJane's Barefoot on the Beach.This week imagine my surpriseon the subject. It must be Kis-met.

I, too, have a special storywhich Jane helped me to findstuck in my mother board, mymemory bank in the brain.

Maybe my fascinationwith the Indian cultureslifestyles etc... began as a childof 6 or 7 at a large family reunionheld in Idaho. My fantasticbeloved outgoing fun AuntieBarbara would grab me, sit mein her lap, and tell me wondrousstories of me being an IndianPrincess. I believe the lovecontinued or deepened whenwatching television with my fa-ther, you know, the old west-erns and I always rooted for theIndians. Why didn't they everwin?

My awakening followedme through life when in a highschool history class, we had todo a project selecting two In-dian tribes. My project was asuccess with the help of twogreat parents. My funny dadwho finally learned how to workwith paper mache' instead ofsaws, nails, etc. made the Hopivillage. You know they builttheir homes on cliffs and theremains are still out west. Thenit came time for the verbal and Igot to Chief Joseph and all Icould do is cry.

Never got to tap dancewith an Indian Chief.

Please keep telling yourstories. Hugs and kisses to mybeach family. With the help ofIsland Times the stories will goon and the connection will stayin tact, and for that I am grate-ful.

Kathryn CurleNavarre

Letters To The EditorMORE INDIAN MOMENTS

JANE’S TIME TABLEEvent Time Feels Like

Dentist’s Chair

Acapulco Honeymoon

Driving Across Texas

Weekend in DisneyWorld

Lying on the Beach in June

SRIA Meeting

Living on Pensacola Beach

Sixteen Minutes

One Week

Fifteen Hours

Two Days

Three Hours

Two Hours

Twenty-Six Years

Two Hours and Ten Minutes

Speed of Light

Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?

Did Mickey Mouse turn the clocks forward?

Help, I’ve been lobsterized. I was only out there 15 minutes.

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YIPEE YI OJackie Henderson took her

son, Thomas and his buddy, MattSchang, to Arkansas during theirrecent school break to visitJackie's mother. Matt outfittedhimself for the trip to the "north-west" with a cowboy hat, bootsand overalls.

ITALIAN HOLIDAYBeth and David Morgan of

Pensacola Beach and BatonRouge have returned from a va-cation in Italy. They drove thebackroads and savored wine tast-ing and feasting in quaint old Ital-ian villages.

SOUTH FLORIDA ALERTBatten down the hatches.

Lock up the kegs. Clear the streetsfor action. A South Florida windis blowing Lenny and Murphback to the Beach for a five dayblowout. Headquarters will be atBobby D's and the Shaker. Go findthem. They will be waiting.

BEACH WHO DATSDid you happen to notice

that Conner Cagle and Jim and LilaCox were among the 70,000 spec-tators at Monday Night Foot-ball? The thrill of a Saints fan’slifetime was watching the teamrack up 23 points against a pow-

erful Atlanta team. Geaux, Saints.

PANIC, ANYONE?Poker mogul, Rick

Uzdevenes, wants to know if weshould panic over the discoverythat Panic Grass is sprouting inBeach dunes. Who knows?Would a plant by any other namebe acceptable?

BIRTHDAY STORMPREDICTION

Stormy Gale is brewing up aCategory Five birthday party andwants all her friends to come toThe Islander Lounge, Saturday,October 21 at 8 p.m. Stormy’s likesto blow out some candles andraise a little money for charityevery year. She says that’s thebest present anyone could re-ceive.

WEEKEND IN ALABAMAChristy Jones spent a recent

weekend in Anniston visiting herfamily. She hates to leave herBeach family but she had a list ofrelatives - Chris, Buffi and James,Maleia, Malichai, Matthew, andher mom - who all wanted to seeher. How did she fit all that intoone weekend?

NEW MEETING PLACEChrissy Cook, president of

the Pensacola Beach Woman'sClub has announced that thegroup will meet at noon on thethird Thursday of the month atHunt Hall in Our Lady of the As-sumption Mission on PensacolaBeach. New faces are welcome.

SWIMMING SUMMERSummer Schuler learned to

swim on Pensacola Beach. Thehigh school student is now breez-

ing by the competition as a mem-ber of the Gulf Breeze High SchoolSwim Team. Summer lives on theisland with her parents Vicki andCharlie Schuler.

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Where will you find them?

A few wrong guesses madetheir way to our trivia box in an-swer to last issue's question untilSandi Johnson emailed the cor-rect answer. We moved into thepolitical arena and came up withthis question, "What is the nameof the Florida Senator-Elect whoran unopposed in District 4?"The correct answer is Don Gaetz.Sandi, who lives in Portofino, getsthe Island Times t-shirt.

District 4 includes PensacolaBeach so the new Senator will beoverseeing Island constituents.He lives in Niceville with his wifeVicky, and children Erin and Matt.

We're sticking with politics,again, this week. "Who is the self-styled Mayor of Pensacola Beachwhose office is a chair in the sandat Casino Beach?" (Clue: He fre-quently holds meetings with bi-kini clad ladies.) To win the t-shirt,be the first to email the correctanswer.

Rules are the same.Email your answer with

“Trivia” in the subject line [email protected] be-fore 5 p.m. October 18. Be sureto include your name and phonenumber.

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“Students are excelling in theComputer Lab which offers soft-ware lessons to compliment theirclasswork,” said computerteacher Monika Springer.

Techno-savvy BeachSchool kids who were chosen asComputer Lab Students of theWeek on September 15 are: Kin-dergarten Hannah May; firstgrade, Blair Amberson; secondgrade, Shelby Dunne; thirdgrade, Marley Taylor; fourthgrade, Katt Crowdis, and fifthgrade Drew Holk. Students of theWeek tapped on September 22 areKindergarten, Thomas Niven;first grade, Zosia Uszok; second

grade, Daniel Green; third grade,Maguire Foreste; fourth grade,Ian Price, and fifth grade, GunnarKnost. Students are recognizedfor hard work and good citizen-ship in the computer lab.

Beach School student ColinHightower, who has a special

knack for working with comput-ers, is the official computer techassistant to Mrs. Springer.

“Colin has been my helper fortwo years. The kid is amazing. Iam very proud and grateful for hishelp in the computer lab, “ saidMonika.

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GOOD COVERAGEGreat job on the coverage of

the SRIA. I'd be interested inwhat kind of response you get.

Thanks for everything,Lila S. CoxPensacola Beach

POWER GRABI would like to comment on

the recent attempt by theEscambia County Commission toabolish the Santa Rosa IslandAuthority

This effort is a political powergrab, plain and simple!!! There isno practical reason to considereliminating the SRIA. There is,however, a political agenda. Askyourself why is "a countycomissioner" proposing thiscourse of action? Why is the is-sue to eliminate the SRIA?

The SRIA is performing itsmandate. It can and should dobetter, but it's working. Where isthe outcry from beach residents

KEEP SRIAWe should keep the SRIA as

it is the only buffer between theBoard of County Commissioners(BCC) and the Beach. MikeWhitehead is no stranger to Is-landers. He has tried to take con-trol of the Beach when he was firstelected to the BCC some yearsago and is at it again. He is anegomaniac. He will do anythingto keep his name visible in anyway that he can; good or bad.Remember the huinting trip? TonaDe Mers (PBRLA President) is forincorporation. I agree with her. Iwas one of the people whoworked on Incorporation someyears back and rememberWhitehead's comment, at onetime, when he said to one of ourmembers, "I dare you". He wantsto control this island so badly thathe will do anything, even breakthe law, to get control.

The SRIA has done a goodjob. It is in a unique position, thatno matter what the members do,there will always be someone whowill disagree with some of theirdecision on certain issues. That'sthe nature of the beast. As for asincorporating the beach in a city,the work has already been doneand it is the only way that we canbecome independent of the BCC.We took a poll back then and 90%of the islanders voted for incor-poration. Whitehead wants therevenue so that he can make hisconstituency benefit. He is typi-cal of a small-time politician. Hegets a little power and then triesto gobble as much as he can.Don't be fooled by his rhetoric.It's all for Whitehead and no oneelse. Folks, he'll drop you like ahot potato if it suits his purpose.

Joe BarronPensacola Beach

and leaseholders?Where are the articles in lo-

cal news media reporting grossincompetence? How about cor-ruption? Have our political lead-ers voiced concern expressed bytheir constituents that the SRIAis mishandling its responsibilities,abusing its authority? Where isthe concensus from those of uswho are directly dealing with theSRIA? Do you see what is obvi-ous? There is no indication thatthe SRIA is under attack by itsconsitiuents.

These things are not evi-dent. There is no motivation tofix a problem. So, we have to con-clude that this decision comesfrom those who are not using duediligence, not guided by populardemand, and not acting on behalfof those of us who call PensacolaBeach home. You have to askyourself, where did this issuecome from?

When decisions are made

without due diligence, it meansthat those decisions are madebecause they are part of anagenda or made in ignorance.

Someone decides a course ofaction based on their own per-sonal agenda and not on the ra-tional merits imposed by due dili-gence. This is what's happening.

It is not a difference of opin-ion. It is not ignorance!

Consider the recent effort bythe county to tax improvementson leased property which thecounty owns on PensacolaBeach. If the county were to winthis suit, what would their nextmove be? Maybe they would tryto build out the beach to maxi-mize revenue from property taxes.When I say build out, I meanchange zoning and densities androut the beach as we know it. Ifthe county also took direct con-trol of the beach, wouldn't it beable to implement a new Compre-hensive Land Use Plan?

Now, let's talk about "acounty commissioner". I've nevermet the man and I have no per-sonal axe to grind. So, I can notsay with certainty what his moti-vation is, but I can deduct fromthe situation some observationsabout potential outcomes. If theSRIA were to be abolished, thecounty would assume direct con-trol over the level of service tobeach leaseholders. It would as-sume direct control of all rev-enues generated by PensacolaBeach. So, the county could makethe decision to minimize servicelevels and increase revenue tomaximize the net contribution tothe county.

With county coffers flushwith property taxes, with controlover development, with controlover service levels, with controlover appraisals, and with controlover millage rates, what wouldmotivate the county to adopt a

moderate growth plan? Howwould "a county commissioner"spolitical base react to more moneyfor his district? Would it make himmore popular? Would it make himmore powerful? Would that con-centrated power make a bettercandidate for higher political of-fice?

In summary, I see nothinggood, for the beach, coming fromabolishing the SRIA. I do see thethreat of destroying the beach.We should all object to this courseof action and invite all beach lov-ers to strongly voice your con-cerns.

Johnny JohnsonPensacola Beach

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I certainly got the wonder-ful weather I have been askingfor. And what a lovely night forLynn Cieutat's September 29birthday celebration. My grand-son, Jesiah, shares Lynn's birth-day, so this was the first time Iwas able to celebrate with her,since we had Jesiah's celebra-tion on Saturday. That also co-incided with the Dee Lambert’sSOB Bridal Shower, which I co-hostessed. Dee is DebFriedman's daughter. So, I hadquite the busy week and week-end, but I managed to attend ev-erything.

Sam Magee was a superbcaptain on their new pontoonboat, where she very smoothlycarried us from the Elks Lodge,past the awesome sunset, un-der the bridge and to ParadiseBar. Once we arrived at the dockbehind Paradise, a very sweetyoung man named Tyler as-sisted in catching and tying offlines for the boat.

After some entertainmentand food, we sailed back to theElks so that Captain Sam couldparticipate in the celebrationthat continued through severalbeach bars and back to PauletteProvost's until late into thenight. We may be older, but westill got it! (We just don't knowwhat or where it is!)

Okay, so I'm exhausted andI have a lot still to do; such aspainting my house. It's an ab-solute thrill to see Tony andPam Scott, next door, movinginto their new home after livingin FEMA trailers!

I would also like send twovery special "Happy Birthday"wishes to Deb Friedman andMarie Steele.

There was a little confu-sion on when the relatives were

coming but we've worked it outfor this weekend. Yea, the cav-alry is on the way!

This also brings us to thisweek's recipe, since it's one Iwould love for my sister Gail tocook for us.

First, I have to tell youabout someone who said to me,"You put a recipe into every oneof your columns!"

I replied that indeed I did,it is a cooking column. I know Idisguise it well, sometimes. Welaughed and laughed. Everyoneneeds to laugh more! But it's acooking column, so, let 'scook….

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GLAZE:½ Cup powdered sugar2 to 3 tsp. milk1 tsp. butter flavoring (ifdesired)

Line 8 X8 baking pan withone pack of crescent rolls,pinching seams to close. Mixcream cheese, egg, sugar andvanilla thoroughly. Pour andspread over crescent rolls. Usesecond package of crescentrolls to make a crust on top ofmixture, again pinching seams.Bake at 350 degrees until goldenbrown (approx. 15 to 20 min-utes) Combine ingredients forglaze and pour over warm CreamCheese Puff.

Enjoy, share with a neigh-bor. Join the Krewe of Wrecksand I'll see you in the kitchen…

Melanie Waite wears many hats - mom, grandmother, Beachturtle monitor, Mardi Gras Queen and educator. She hung up herteacher’s hat on September 29 after forty years in education. Areception in her honor was hosted at Gulf Breeze Middle Schoolwhere she always was a friendly face to the Pensacola Beachstudents. Melanie says she might just be the Beach Bum of theYear next year.

The Sisters of the Beachshowered Deanna Lambertwith love and good wishes ather September 30 weddingshower. She donned thetraditional hat made fromribbons and bows for goodluck. Mom Deb Friedman anda group of the beach sisterswill travel to South Carolina forthe November 10 wedding.

Deanna is a graduate ofPensacola Beach ElementarySchool and Gulf Breeze HighSchool.

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John Pinzino, Island Realty,called to voice his appreciationfor all the details on the SRIA inthe last issue of Island Times."Best paper so far," John said.

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nist Pete Della Ratta is trying toget kids hooked on good thingslike fishing and community spirit.Pete, athletic director atWoodlawn Beach Middle School,was recognized by the Gulf BreezeOptimist Club for his efforts. Hewas awarded the OutstandingService Award for organizing Jun-ior Optimist Clubs in Gulf Breeze.

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Pensacola Beach residentswho have been looking forwardto hearing an announcement thatroad rebuilding would soon starton County Road 399 to Navarreand the roadway into FortPickens will have a long wait infront of them.

Colleen M. Castille, secretaryof the Florida Department of En-vironmental Protection, sent anupdate on rebuilding the roads inthe Gulf Islands National Sea-shore locations to Buck Lee, gen-eral manager of the Santa RosaIsland Authority.

"Unfortunately it does notlook too promising at this time,"Buck said.

The first segment ofEscambia County Road 399 is pro-jected to open to the public fromNavarre Beach to Opal Beach asearly as April of 2007. The sec-tion from Pensacola Beach toOpal Beach will be open at aboutthe same time to emergency ve-hicles only. The scheduled datefor the reopening of the road fromPensacola Beach to Opal Beachis the Spring of 2008.

“After Ivan 399 was open toeveryone within 8 months,” Bucksaid. “Now, we are looking atthree years from the time Hurri-cane Dennis destroyed the roaduntil its opening.”

The report by Mollie Palmer,DEP deputy chief of staff, wassent to Deena Reppen, DEP chiefof staff. The report follows:

This is an update on the De-partment of EnvironmentalProtection's efforts to supportroad rebuilding and beachrenourishment at Gulf IslandsNational Seashore.

SUMMARY:Sections of the road in Gulf

Islands National Seashore onSanta Rosa Island were destroyedby several storms in 2004 and2005. The Fort Pickens area (lo-cated west of Pensacola Beach)and the Santa Rosa area (locatedbetween Pensacola Beach andNavarre Beach) roads remainsclosed.

Over the past year, DEP hasworked with the National ParkService (NPS) to encourage themto allow a beach renourishment/dune restoration project thatwould not only provide a healthybeach system, but also providesufficient protection for a rebuiltroadway. Should the Navy dredgePensacola Pass, we would have8,000,000 cubic yards of sandavailable.

Although the NPS initiallydid not want a beach

renourishment project, preferringto "let nature take its course" andinitially agreed to placement ofonly 500,000 cubic yards of sandon their beach, they have morerecently agreed to 2,600,000 cu-bic yards. However, they have notagreed to allow the placement ofthis material in front of the dam-aged roadways. DEP staff contin-ues efforts to convince NPS toallow this material to be used toprotect the roadway.

On June 2, the Federal High-way Administration notified theNPS that they would not fundroad work at the National Sea-shore without a minimum amountof hardened underground protec-tion.

I also recently learned fromNavy Regional Southeast that theNavy no longer plans to dredgePensacola Pass. Nevertheless,we intend to continue the permit-ting process for the Pass dredg-ing and beach renourishment sothe Navy/Corps will have a per-mit in hand should they decide to

dredge the pass in the future orfor periodic maintenance dredg-ing.

BACKGROUND:In September 2005, Secretary

Castille contacted Fran Mainellaencouraging the NPS to considersome level of beach and/or dunerestoration, which DEP believeswould provide sufficient protec-tion for a rebuilt road. SecretaryCastille directed DEP staff to workwith the Gulf Islands NationalSeashore and other parties tosupport rebuilding of the road.

Beginning in fall 2005, DEPparticipated in a Corps of Engi-neers working group on thedredging of Pensacola Pass,which would provide a sandsource for beach and dunerenourishment at the NationalSeashore.

On March 10, 2005, SecretaryCastille sent a letter to FranMainella asking about the parksroad rebuilding progress, request-ing that the NPS reassess thebenefits of placing sand on the

beach within the national sea-shore and offering assistance inrepairing the road.

In March, I talked to the Na-tional Seashore superintendentabout our desire for beachrenourishment and support forthe road rebuilding.

DEP staff has met severaltimes with National Seashore staffto brief them on the benefits ofbeach renourishment. Thesemeetings have resulted in theNPS agreeing to accept moresand on their beach. Staff is hope-ful that the NPS will allow beachplacement on Santa Rosa Islandto protect the Ft. Pickens road-way. However, there will not besufficient sand to protect the roadbetween Navarre Beach andPensacola Beach.

Should the Navy decide todredge in the future and the NPSaccept beach renourishment, DEPwill work with the Federal High-way Administration to documentto them that a beachrenourishment program would

provide sufficient protection tothe roadway with out a seawall.

DEP will continue to workwith all parties to support beachrenourishment and road rebuildingat Gulf Islands National Seashore.

Journey To Road Repair Completion Through National Seashore Slow Going

Members of the PensacolaBeach Chamber of Commerceheard an exciting presentationat their September 26 businessmeeting, when Richard Berg,University of West Florida ath-letic director and Ray Palmer,executive director of thePensacola Sports Association,gave a preview of the NCAADivision II Fall Festival, whichwill be held November 14-19.Seventy teams totaling 800 ath-letes from all over the UnitedStates will make PensacolaBeach their Olympic style vil-lage during the competition.

Opening ceremonies will beat Seville Square in Pensacolawith a parade of athletes, liveentertainment and exhibits.

"Athletes will compete incross country running, fieldhockey, volleyball and soccer,"Berg said. "Also, they will workon a number of Habitat for Hu-manity homes while they arehere."

Palmer estimates the eco-nomic impact of the event lo-cally at $1,181,750. This figureis from the athletes only anddoes not include parents, fansand support groups.

Closing ceremonies will beat Flounder's on November 19from 7 to 10 pm. The ceremony

will include a fireworks display,live bands, and entertainment.

Anyone who wants to signup as a volunteer to help dur-ing the competition can do soon October 19 at Seville Quar-ter. Details on ticket sales willbe announced.

In their regular businessmeeting, Sandy Johnston,Chamber executive director, an-nounced that Blues on the

Nation's Athletes Swarm Pensacola Beach800 Competitors Arrive in November

Beach would continue on Tues-day nights through October.

Chamber membership isopen to businesses and also toindividuals. For membership in-formation and applications, callSandy Johnston at 850-932-1500.

The next business meetingis at 8:30 at the Comfort Inn onTuesday, October 31. BusinessAfter Hours is the same day at5:30 p.m. at the Hampton Inn.

Members of the Krewe ofJunkanoo are the first to jumpaboard the Mardi Gras train bythrowing an Octoberfest Party atthe Sandshaker Lounge, Saturday,October 14, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

There will be a great selectionof German foods, and barrels ofbeer. Oom pah music will be byBoogie, Inc.

"We're going to mix the spiritof Mardi Gras and the fun ofOctoberfest together to come upwith an exciting Junkanoo festival,"said Marcia Wiles, speaking onbehalf of the Krewe.

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Somewhere I read that thosewho forecast hurricanes havepredicted that there will be justone more major hurricane thisseason. That’s good news forthose of us who live on thecoastal areas. There has been alot of good news lately - peoplein the hospital who have beengiven encouraging news; one ofour local celebrities going to doa ten-week show in Las Vegas;

the four lane highway work tobe completed in early 2007; re-cycling will be a reality on thebeach; and many of the homesand businesses on PensacolaBeach will be ready for occu-pancy during 2007.

October is not necessarilyknown for being a “good newsmonth” - we can be grateful andhope that November and Decem-ber follow suit.

It's coming back, bigger andbetter than ever. The PensacolaBeach Elementary School FallFestival is returning to theschool grounds on October 27from 5 to 7 p.m. and it will be apremier event, according to Fes-tival Committee member KatieCronin.

"We want to invite the en-tire community," Katie said."We want everyone to knowthat we are planning an awe-some silent auction."

There will be something for

Beach School Hosts Fall Festivaleveryone including the famousbeach barbecue by WallyPecevich. There will be severallarge inflatable slides, a moonwalk and obstacle course.

"No festival is complete without a clown and a cake walk,"Katie said. "Of course, we willhave lots and lots of traditionalfestival games."

Cotton candy and popcornbooths will round out Wally'sfood court.

For more information, callKatie Cronin at 850-255-4825.

Move over Whistler andWyeth, Beach artists are going tolet their inner artist blossom atOur Lady of the Assumption’sWatercolor classes. The church,which is located at 920 Via deLuna, Pensacola Beach, will beoffering watercolor classes to thepublic (even if you can’t draw astraight line).

Classes will be held in HuntHall on Wednesday morningsfrom 9 a.m. till noon beginning Oc-tober 18. The classes will run six

Our Lady of the AssumptionMission is pleased to announcetheir Halloween Party/ SpaghettiDinner is Friday, October 27, 6p.m. in Hunt Hall at 920 Via deLuna Drive, Pensacola Beach.Reservations are required andadmission is $5 per person over12 years old, $3 for small chil-dren, and infants are free. The

Bring Carved Pumpkins to Halloween Party at Hunt Hallfamous beach meal will includesalad, spaghetti with meatballsauce, garlic bread, dessert, cof-fee, or iced tea. Wine by the glassis available as well as a mulledwine bar.

We will have games, costumecontests for adults and children,and a pumpkin carving contestwith prizes for best dressed, most

original and scariest pumpkins.Carve your pumpkin before youcome and bring it with you to theparty for judging. Celebrityjudges will include Pete Mooreand Nina Fritz.

To make your reservation, callDottie Hepworth at 916-1681 byOctober 23. Proceeds go to OurLady of the Assumption Mission.

Artists Ready To Brush Up On Watercolor Skillsweeks with the participants com-pleting a painting each week.Supplies will be available ifneeded. All proceeds will be do-

nated to Our Lady of the Assump-tion Mission.

To register contact KarenPeterson 850-974-6589.

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