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AROUND TOWN
Alabama Tax Free Holiday slated Aug. 5-7
Beginning at 12:01 a.m. (CST) on Friday, August 5 and ending
at twelve midnight on Sunday, August 7, Alabama will hold its
eleventh annual sales tax holiday giving shoppers the opportunity to purchase certain school supplies, computers, and clothing
free of state sales or use tax. Local sales and use tax may apply.
Retailers are required to participate and may not charge tax on
items that are legally tax-exempt during the Sales Tax Holiday.
Please visit our website for a list of tax free items.
.For more information, visit revenue.alabama.gov/salestax or
call call 334-242-1490 or 866-576-6531 weekdays from 9 a.m. ‘til
5 p.m.
Tickets on sale for SBCT’s Beauty & The Beast Jr.
Play opens Aug. 5 at Gulf Shores’ local theatre
Hwy. 59 in Foley will close during off-peak hours Aug. 8-9
Pedestrian bridge will be hoisted between towers north of Hwy. 98
A new Foley landmark is scheduled to be installed on the night of Aug.
8, when a pedestrian bridge will be hoisted into place between two towers located on Hwy. 59 just north of the intersection with U.S. 98. City officials say that on Aug. 8, Hwy. 59 is expected to be closed from roughly
8:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. the following morning to allow a crane to lift the
bridge into place, and again on Aug. 9 during the same hours for the pouring of lightweight concrete on the bridge deck.
The bridge will allow safe crossing for pedestrians over the busy highway. Stairs and elevators on each side provide access to the bridge. The
floor of the bridge will be 18 feet above Hwy. 59. The bridge was designed
to match other downtown landmarks, including Centennial Plaza, built in
Heritage Park to commemorate the city’s 100th birthday, and the columns
located along the Wilbourne Antique Rose Trail. The bridge was designed
by Sted McCullough of McCullough Architecture.
“I am very excited to see this project moving to completion,” said Foley
Mayor John Koniar. “It will be a big step forward for our downtown revitalization efforts and a have a positive impact on pedestrian safety. A
great addition to our community.”
A map showing the detour route will be available several days before
the highway closure. It will be available on the city website at cityoffoley.org, and also at Foley’s city hall, the Welcome Center and the library.
The bridge is a component of Foley’s TRIP (Transportation Regional Infrastructure Pedestrian System) plan, developed with citizen input to
make Foley a more pedestrian-friendly city. The bridge is one of three projects funded by a federal TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating
Economic Recovery) Grant, which the city received in 2013. Foley was
awarded $4.7 million, which required a 25 percent match, bringing the
project total to $6.3 million.
Other components in this project include almost 30 miles of new sidewalks and walking paths. An important section of pedestrian path currently under construction is located along the north side of U.S. 98,
running from Juniper Street to Hickory Street. A path located along the
east side of Hwy. 59 south of U.S. 98 is also under construction.
Additional components of the plan include pedestrian cross walks and
signals at major intersections. These will be installed along Hwy. 59 at
intersections with Azalea Avenue, Michigan Avenue and County Road 20.
Tickets are on sale now for the South Baldwin Community
Theatre’s six run production of Beauty & The Beast Jr., which
runs Friday, Aug. 5 thru Sunday, Aug. 14 at the Gulf Shores.
Friday and Saturday evening shows start at 7:30 p.m., and the
curtain rises at 2 p.m. for the Sunday matinees.
Featuring songs from the Academy Award-winning animated
film, this classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a
provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince
trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can
learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be
transformed to his former self. But time is running out. If the
Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will
be doomed for all eternity.
Beauty & The Beast Jr. is the last of three Young Artist Series productions for the 2015-2016 season.
Director Jamie Barrow is not a newbie when it comes to
directing plays. She has also directed 101 Dalmatians, Don't
Stop Believing, Lil Abner and Alice In Wonderland for SBCT.
Assistant director is Savannah Barrow, choreographer is
Macy Barrow, student director is Abigail Thompson, and musical director is Jackie Dalhman.
Beauty & The Beast tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children and available now online at sbct.biz. Tickets are also
available at the theatre box office (2022 W. 2nd St. in Gulf
Shores (251-968-6721 or Box office hours are Monday thru Friday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Pictured: Rehearsals for Beauty & The Beast Jr.
AROUND TOWN
Commemoration of Battle of siege of Fort Morgan Aug. 6
A commemoration of the Battle of Mobile Bay and siege of Fort
Morgan is scheduled from 9 a.m. ‘til 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6 at
Fort Morgan Historic Site, located at 110 Hwy. 180 in Gulf Shores.
This one day living history event will remember the sacrifices of
the United States Armed Forces and Confederate States Armed
Forces during this pivotal naval battle and siege. Uniformed interpreters will bring the fort to life through demonstration of period drills on the fort's parade ground as well as artillery
demonstration at the water battery. Special talks given by the
site historians will provide insight into the events that transpired
as well as introduce topics little written about in books.
For more info, call 251-540-5257 or visit fort-morgan.org.
The Battle of Mobile Bay is one of the iconic confrontations of the
American Civil War at sea. During the three-day event, the fort’s
museum will feature rarely exhibited artifacts from three of the
fleet of ships engaged during the battle; the USS Tecumseh, USS
Philippi, and the CSS Gaines.
The USS Tecumseh, an ironclad ship widely thought to be unsinkable, sank during the Battle of Mobile Bay when she struck
a mine called torpedoes during the war. The ship capsized and
rests upside down northwest of Fort Morgan.
Union Admiral David Farragut, lashed to the rigging of his ship,
saw his fleet pulling back after Tecumseh went under. That’s
when Farragut yelled out his now famous order, paraphrased as,
“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.”
The USS Philippi was set afire by Confederate artillery and destroyed while following Admiral David Farragut’s fleet into Mobile Bay. The CSS Gaines was heavily damaged during the Battle
of Mobile Bay and as she took on water became grounded within
500 yards of Fort Morgan.
Overlooking Mobile Bay, Fort Morgan went on to contribute during the Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II.
Today, it stands as a testament to the work of seacoast fortifications and adaptations made by the U.S. Army. Pictured: Photos
by Ft. Morgan resident Janice Neitzel.
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AROUND TOWN
Mystics $5K Thunder Run & Poker Showdown Aug. 5-6
The Mystics of Pleasure, a Pleasure Island based Mardi Gras
krewe, will offer a $5,0000 grand prize at its 16th Annual Thunder Run & Poker Showdown August 5-6. In addition to the grand
prize, the krewe will draw two $500 cash drawings from sponsor
receipts.
The captain’s party is slated on Friday evening at 6 p.m. at Calypso Joe’s Caribbean Grill, located at the Happy Harbor Marina
on Marina Rd. in Orange Beach. In addition to live entertainment, the party will feature a cash bar, packet pick-up table and
light hors d’oeuvres.
Saturday’ after-party and poker showdown will begin at 5 p.m.
at the Wharf Marina in Orange Beach Outfitter Store and boardwalk. That party will also feature
food and live entertainment.
The event is being promoted as a
fun day on the water poker run
rather than a fast boat poker run,
and participants are even welcome
to drive to the different stops to pick
up playing cards.
Entry options include two hands
and party entry for $250 or one hand
and party entry for $150. Additional hands are $100, and additional cards (three card limit) are $25 each.
For more info or an application, visit the Mystics on facebook, at
mysticsofpleasure.org, or contact Trey Steber at 251-583-4040 or
trey.steber@kone.com, or Marlo Webb at 251-269-2212 or MarloW@alwharf.com.
The list of Thunder Run stops continues to grow, but businesses
already participating include: Anchor Bar & Grill, Cobalt the
Restaurant, Cowgirls Orange Beach, Driftwood Bar and Grille,
Flora-Bama Yacht Club, Grander Marine, Gulf Coast House Of
Jerky, High Cotton Bath Company, Island Time Daiquiris at The
Wharf, Montego's Cafe & Bar, Our Cigar Bar, Pleasure Island Tiki
Bar, Pirates Cove, Sassy Bass Caribbean Grill, Seaside Shoes &
SWIM, Shades Sunglasses, Tacky Jacks Grill & Tavern at Ft Morgan, Gulf Shores & Orange Beach, The Hot Spot Music and Grub
and Wolf Bay Lodge in Orange Beach. Additional sponsors include: Bama Breeze Beach Condos, Blankenship Air Control,LLC,
Cactus Cantina of Orange Beach, Cosmo's Restaurant & Bar, De
Soto's Seafood Kitchen, Ginny Lane Bar & Grilll, Lynn Layton
Chevrolet, Paradise Marine, The Wharf, Tool Expo, Villaggio
Grille at the Wharf and Zeke's Landing Marina.
Drag boats will race
on Lake Shelby Aug. 27
Gulf State Park will present its
inaugural Southern Outlaw Drag
Boat Race on Lake Shelby August 27. The race will thrill those
who enjoy high speed drag boat
racing, and there will also be
other activities during the family
friendly event.
Gates open at 9 a.m. and racing
starts at 11 a.m. Presale tickets
are $10; tickets at the gate are
$12 (12 and under admitted free,
but shuttle rates apply unless infant on lap).
There will be no parking at
event site, but $5 all day shuttles
will run from the Gulf State Park
Beach Pavilion and Gulf Shores
High School.
Small soft sided coolers are allowed, but no tents or outside alcohol. Bring chairs or blankets
for comfort. More info: GulfStateParkDragBoatRace.com.
Mirams raffling off
3 fall football packages
The Mystical Order of Mirams,
an all female Pleasure Island
mardi gras krewe, will raffle off
football weekends for three separate games this fall. The drawing
for winners will take place on October 1.
Tickets are $50 for each of the
packages. Tickets are available
from any Miram or by calling
Marie Dunlap at 251-979- 0359.
The football packages are:
• New Orleans Saints vs. Seattle
Seahawks on Oct. 30 at noon; includes two club level seats at the
Superdome, a gift certificate to
Outback Steakhouse or one of its
affiliates and a two night stay at
the dog friendly Drury Inn of
New Orleans, located just a couple blocks from The Superdome.
• Alabama Crimson Tide vs. LSU
Tigers on Nov. 5 at Tiger Stadium
in Baton Rouge; includes two
home side 40 yard line seats (Section 303, Row 6), a gift certificate
to Outback Steakhouse or one of
its affiliates and a two night stay
at the DoubleTree on Constitution.
• Alabama Crimson Tide vs.
Auburn Tigers at Bryant Denny
Stadium at noon on Nov. 26. Includes two home side 50 yard line
seats (Lower level H, Row 5), a
gift certificate to Outback Steakhouse or one of its affiliates and a
two night stay at Country Inns &
Suites on McFarland.
Council candidates Corcoran, Sinak debate Aug. 16
Kevin Corcoran and Gary Sinak, the two candidates running
for Carolyn Doughty’s place 2 on Gulf Shores City Council, will
debate at 6 p.m. on Aug. 16 at the Gulf Shores Cultural Center Auditorium, located at 19470 Oak Rd. (West County Rd. 6)
in Gulf Shores. The debate is sponsored by the Coastal Alabama Chamber of Commerce Civic & Governmental Affairs
Council. Pollng will be held on Aug. 23 at the Erie H. Meyer
Civic Center from 7 a.m. ‘til 7 p.m.
Gulf Shores Mayor Robert Craft, Councilman Garris, Councilman Harris, Councilman Dyken and Councilman Jones, as
the only candidates to qualify for office of City Council for their
respective places, are deemed re-elected to the City Council for
the 2016 – 2020 term without opposition.
Also deemed re-elected as the only candidates to qualify for
the positions are Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon and council members Annette Mitchell, Jeff Boyd, Jerry Johnson, Jeff
Silvers and Joni Blalock.
Magnolia Springs voters will asked to choose between Bob
Holk and Jim Gaines in the mayor’s race and between Donna
Esslinger and Harry Dwyer for place 2 on City Council. Dotty
Johnson, Marley Gardner, Nick Shields and Ben Dykema are
unopposed.
Rick Blackwell and Frances Holk-Jones, contesting the place
4 council seat, are the only two candidates on the Aug. 23 ballet in Foley.
As usual, every race in Fairhope is contested. Karrin Wilson
is running against incumbent mayor Tim Kant. Incumbent
Jack Burrell faces Meredith Smith for place 2, Incumbent
Rich Mueller squares off against Jay Robinson for place 3,
Diana Brewer is being challenged by Jimmy Conyers and Murray Lawrence, and incumbant Kevin Boone faces Gary Gover
for place 5, and Phil Nix faces Robert Brown for the place 4
council seat.
Back to School Beach Bash Aug. 18 at G.S. Public Beach
The City of Gulf Shores will host its annual Back to School
Beach Bash at 6 p.m. on Thursday, August 18 at the west end
of the Gulf Shores Public Beach.
The Back to School Beach Bash will feature music from a live
DJ, campfires and all of the makings for s’mores. These familyfriendly events started in 2010 and have quickly become the
perfect recipe for families of all ages who are looking for a little free fun and excitement before gearing up for the school
year.
Families are encouraged to bring their blankets, chairs,
friends and family to join the fun and relax on the beautiful,
white sand of the Gulf Shores Public Beach. For more information, contact the Special Events Division at 251-968-1172.
AROUND TOWN
About Boating Safely Class Aug. 6 at O.B. Community Center
The About Boating Safely class is being presented by Flotilla 310 of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary on Saturday, August 6 from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Orange Beach Community
Center. Upon completion of this eight hour boat safety course,
participants will receive a boating safety education certificate
that satisfies the Alabama requirements for a boating license.
The course provides instruction in types of boats, boating law,
boat safety equipment, boat handling and navigation. The course
is open to ages 12 and above at a cost of $35 per student or $45
for two family members sharing a book. Cost includes a textbook,
instructional materials and lunch. Registration is required. To
register, contact Malcom Chase at 251-284-1461 or
malinmo@yahoo.com. Information is also available at cgaux.org.
Pictured: Frank Shepard, Mindy Shepard, Tammy McKenzie
and Malcom Chase proudly show their Certificates of Accomplishment from the About Boating Safely course.
America’s Boating Course offered Aug. 20 in Foley
The Perdido Bay Power Squadron, a unit of the United States
Power Squadrons, is offering the premier boating safety education class, America’s Boating Course on Saturday, August 20 from
9 a.m. ‘til 5:30 p.m. at the Coleman Factory Outlet store located
at 1705 McKenzie St. in Foley. Cost is $50 for student materials
and lunch. Instruction is provided at no cost by certified instructors from the PBPS. A 265-page student manual, graduation certificate, and copies of federal and state rules comprise student
materials. Two persons in the same household may share a single book. For those sharing a book there is an $8 charge for the
additional lunch.
The course addresses boating rules of the road, safety measures,
and boat handling among others. Classes are limited to 20 students. Minimum age is 12, and those under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Successful completion of the course meets
educational requirements in the state of Alabama, as well as several other states, for obtaining boat operator licenses.
Register and buy student materials at the Coleman Outlet or
Bluewater Ship’s Store. Additional information is available at
251-980-1536. Make checks payable to Perdido Bay Power
Squadron. Walk-ins are welcome if space is available.
Foley High Sports Hall
induction at Aug. 26 game
Foley High School will honor
11 former athletes during its
annual Hall of Fame ceremony on Friday, August 26
before the Foley Lions’ varsity football game vs.
Fairhope at Ivan Jones Stadium.
A reception hosted by the
FHS Alumni Association will
be held in the Foley Elementary School gym/auditorium
on Oak Street next to Ivan
Jones Stadium’s west
end
zone
beginning
at 5:15 a.m.
All friends,
f a m i l y,
classmates
and well-wishers are invited
to congratulate the inductees
at this time. The Hall of Fame
Class of 2016 will be introduced to the crowd at 6:35 before kickoff of the game.
The inductees include the following:
- Dr. Dodson Creighton was a
standout athlete on the great
Ivan Jones teams of the early
1960s.
- Mr. Thurston Lauder excelled in
football and track in the early
1960s.
- Mr. Richard Pickens starred for
Coach Lester Smith in the early
1980s.
- Ms. Charlene Dinish led the
Lions in basketball under Coach
Tommy Catlin in the early 1980s.
- The late Mr. Johnny Goodwin
was a standout running back for
Coach Lester Smith in the early
1980s.
- Mr. Ben Todd led teams in the
1980s in tackles under coaches
Lester Smith and Barry Pennington.
- Mr. Erick Crosby played defensive line for Coach Barry Pennington in the 1980s.
- Mr. J.T. Hall was a standout
football and soccer player in the
late 1980s and early 1990s for
- Coaches Teddy Suttle, Jimmy
Nazary, and Bryan Edwards.
- Mr. Ryan Gill was an excellent
offensive lineman for Coach
Jimmy Nazary in the 1990s.
- Mrs. Krystal Dawson Korhonen
starred at goalkeeper under
Coach Al Borchardt in the late
1990s.
- Ms. Paige Huff was a standout
in basketball, softball and
weightlifting in the/early 2000s.
Sandstock returns to Flora-Bama Aug. 6
Wear your favorite "hippie" attire on Saturday, August 6, as the FloraBama goes back in time in a tribute to celebrate the 47th anniversary of
the "3-day festival of Love and Music" that would come to define the "hippie" generation.
Festivities begin at noon with all your favorite artists dressing up while
performing renditions of their favorite songs made famous by "Creedance
Clearwater Revival, The Grateful Dead, Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin, Bob
Dylan and other greats from that fabulous era! Featured artists to include Hotel Oscar, Foxy Iguanas, LeaAnne Creswell, John Joiner, Darrel
Roberts, Mario Mena, Logan Spicer, Jack Robertson, Stolen Faces, Federal Expression, Dallas Moore Band and the rest of your favorites.
The first 100 folks will receive complimentary "Love Beads" and “FloraBama Brownies” while they last. Souvenir "Tye-Dye" shirts will also be
available in the Gift Shop with a portion of proceeds to benefit the local
Community Drug and Alcohol Council. For more information, contact
Jenifer Surface at jenifer@florabama.com or visit florabama.com or facebook. The Flora-Bama is located on the Gulf of Mexico at the AlabamaFlorida state line.
SBCT’s Aug. 28 annual meeting will be entertaining
Come and join fellow theatre supporters for a fun afternoon during the South Baldwin Community Theatre annual meeting and
party scheduled on Sunday afternoon, August 28 at 2 p.m. at the
theatre, located at 2022 W 2nd St. in Gulf Shores (251-968-6721
or sbct.biz).
In addition to a reception the party will include songs from Gray
and Scarlet, two short 10 minute plays, Mayo Sandman, and a
reading of a Shakespeare sonnet. And the meeting is open to anybody with a desire to be part of SBCT!
The SBCT Board has accepted the report of the nominating committee and will present the following slate of officers and board
members for the board: President, Jan Hinnen; 1st VP (Production), Sharon Watson; 2nd VP (House), Steve Heath; 3rd VP (Publicity), Dave Perry; Secretary, Laura Pfizenmayer; Treasurer,
Jessica Breland.
For two-year Board at-large terms: Rio Barlow, Jennifer Dawson, Frank Lehman, Julie Wessler, Dixie Overby. The following
volunteers are serving their second year: Dennis Bohac, Debbie
Holmes, Liz Reed.
PICTURES OF THE WEEK
More Pictures of the Week on Page 62
At 67, Brent Burns kinda/sorta thinking about slowing down
Local trop rocker invites friends to join him on a fall tour of Ireland
Carol Smith shares a sunrise view from her balcony at Caribe.
“Painted by God, enjoyed by all,’’ Carol wrote.
“We found and released this little guy on Tuesday, July 19 in Perdido Key while staying at Perdido Sun,’’ writes Tyler Matthews.
“Heard it was a rare starfish. It was alive and well when we found
it tumbling in the surf and set it free about 3 minutes after finding it.’’
By Fran Thompson
Brent Burns says he would be comfortable if he
retired today.
He and Pam, his youthful wife of almost seven
years, already live in Craft Farms, where Brent,
at age 67, is still a youngster in the neighborhood
full of seniors.
Besides, most people would not consider what
Brent does for a living - writing songs and playing his music live all over the country - work.
And if it wasn’t for the getting there, the setting
up and the getting home, neither would he.
This Saturday, for instance, when he is driving
to the Pensacola Airport to catch a 6 a.m. flight to
play that evening in Ohio, he may have second
thoughts about his sometimes hectic schedule.
But don’t count on it.
“Really, I’m having the
time of my life,’’ said
Brent, who will be making his third trip to the
midwest to play since
March. “I’m pumped up
and ready to go. I talk
about slowing down, but
when the phone rings
and the offer is for a good
bit of money...
“I know I’m going to
have a good time when I
get there,’’ he adds. “But
the traveling is harder. I
still love it and I would
be bored without music.
It’s who I am. I look at it
like every time I go out, it’s two round trip tickets somewhere. That allows Pam and I to travel
and do bucket list stuff.’’
Yes, life is busy but good for Brent. Just last
month, he played a fest in Key West, and earlier
this summer, he traveled to France, Austria and
Southern Germany with Pam. “She doesn’t want
to go with me on the trips to gigs in Illinois,’’
Brent said, while also making it clear that marrying Pam has moved his needle nicely across the
turntable.
Brent is even hosting his own excursion to Ireland this fall. The Oct. 1-8 Brent Burns Gone
Irish Tour is Brent’s first trip to the Green Isle,
the birthplace of Pam’s grandmother.
“It’s also the first trip that has my name on it,’’
he said. Brent said there are still around six
seats left on the tour bus that can take 45
tourists comfortably around the country.
Brent is more familiar with all-inclusive resorts,
and he is also part of the musical line-up for next
April’s Rendezvous In Roatan at the Mayan
Princess Beach & Dive Resort in Honduras sponsored by the Oklahoma Parrotheads.
“I know just about everybody going on the trip
to Ireland,’’ he said. “I don’t want to call them
fans. In my world, they are friends from all over.’’
There will be 18 states represented on the Irish
tour bus. Fellow trop rocker Bob Karwin will also
be on the trip.
“I’ll probably pick up a guitar every day, and I’m
sure we’ll play a show in Dublin,’’ Brent said.
“Hopefully, we will also get to integrate some
with the local musicians.’’
Brent, a Purple Heart recipient and Pleasure Island’s official musical ambassador, also has another album in the works.
So much for slowing down.
“I’m not complaining. I have a great time working for great people when I get there. But it does
get a little tiring,’’ he said. “Sometimes I think I’d
just rather go to happy hour.’’
There will come a time when Brent is less the
road warrior and more the happy hour regular at
the Craft Farms clubhouse. But as long as songwriting royalty like Bill Whyte, Roger Sovine and
Bobby Weinstein are
willing to write songs
with him, he’ll buy the
beer and snacks for the
sessions.
“Roger was the top dog
in Nashville for a long
time, and all three have
had way more success
than I have,’’ Brent said.
“I’m just glad they find it
in their heart to write
with me.’’
A song about the first
time he heard his Baptist
mother say the F-word is
currently germinating
somewhere on the right
side of his brain. And he’s
written three songs with
Whyte for the new CD
that he mentions will be more sparsely produced
than the 12 he’s released since 1999’s Livin’ The
Life (Jimmy Buffett Only Wrote About).
Brent doesn’t mention his 10 Trop Rock awards,
including Song and CD of the Year for 2012’s
"Don't Come Knockin' If The Tiki Hut's Rockin."
He’s too busy looking forward. He and Pam are
already planning a trip to Croatia next year.
Want to join them?
Brent Burns Gone Irish
There are around six slots open for this fall’s
Oct. 1-8 “Brent Burns Gone Irish Tour,’’ which includes three castle tours, a banquet, visits to the
Dingle Peninsula and the Cliffs of Mother and an
authentic working farm and tickets to the country’s annual Sheepdog Trials. Brent and fellow
trop rocker Bob Karwin will play several times
throughout the trip. Cost is $1,675 per person
(double occupancy) plus airfare. Info: happygeckotravelwebs.com or call Brent Burns at 251-9488863.
Rendezvous In Roatan
The Copa All Inclusive Rendezvous In Roatan
at the Mayan Princess Beach & Dive Resort in
Roatan, Honduras is scheduled April 22-29 with
prices starting at $133 per night per person.
Hosted by the Central Oklahoma Parrotheads, it
will feature Burns and Rick Lamb, accompanied
by Colleen Keener on bass, performing trop rock
songs daily. Info: copa-nut.com.
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Bone
By George Ridder
A squirrel was sitting in an
apple tree. All of a sudden a cow
started climbing up the tree.
Surprised to see a climbing cow
the squirrel asked the newcomer, "What the heck are you
doing here?"
The cow replied, "I thought I'd
eat some oranges."
"But this is an apple tree."
"I know. I brought my own."
••••••••••
Before celebrating a baptism,
the deacon approached the
young father and said solemnly,
“Baptism is a serious step. Are
you sure you’re prepared for it?”
“I think so,” the man replied.
“My wife has made appetizers
and we have a caterer coming
to provide plenty of cookies and
cakes for our guests.”
“I don’t mean that,” the deacon
replied. “I mean, are you prepared spiritually?”
“Oh sure,” came the reply. “I’ve
got a keg of beer and a case of
whiskey.”
••••••••••
I got a dog and named it
Twenty Miles. This way I can
tell people that I walk twenty
miles everyday.
••••••••••
A drunk stumbled out the door
of the bar. He stood on the corner waiting for the light. He
wife calls and asks if he is
drunk. The man replies, "Of
course not!"
Being suspicious that he is
drunk, she says, "Okay then,
tell me where you are and I will
come and get you."
The drunk replies, "I am at the
corner of WALK and DON'T
WALK!"
••••••••••
Boudreaux was feeling guilty,
so he went to confession. "Father, I kinda took a little lumber from that new construction
site."
Priest: "What did you do with
the lumber, my son?"
Boudreaux: "Well, Father, my
porch, she's had a hole for a
long time. I'm 'fraid someone
will break their leg, so I fix the
hole."
Priest: "Well, that's not so
bad."
Boudreaux: "Well, Father, I
had a little lumber left."
Priest: "What did you do with
it?"
Boudreaux: "Well, my poor
dog, Phideaux, he ain't never
had no place to get outta the
weather, so I make him his own
little doghouse."
Priest: "OK, anything else?"
had a little lumber left. So you
know, my truck, she ain't never
had no place to get outta de
weather either, so I make her a
two car garage."
Priest: "Now, this is getting a
little out of hand."
still had a little lumber left."
Priest: "Yes?"
Boudreaux: "Well, my wife, she
always want a bigger house. So
I add two bedrooms and a new
bathroom."
Priest: "OK! That's definitely
too much. For your penance, you
are going to have to make a
Novena. You do know how to
make a Novena, don't you?"
Boudreaux: "No, Father... But,
if you got the plans, I got the
lumber."
••••••••••
An old minister had all of his
remaining teeth pulled out.
New dentures were being made.
The first Sunday, using his
new dentures, he only preached
10 minutes. The second Sunday,
he preached only 20 minutes.
On the third Sunday, he
preached 1 hour 25 minutes.
When asked about this by
some of the congregation, he responded this way: “The first
Sunday, my gums were so sore
it hurt to talk. The second Sunday, my new dentures were
hurting me a lot. The third Sunday, I accidentally grabbed my
wife's dentures and I couldn't
shut up.”
••••••••••
Why is Popeyes the best fast
food chain around?
They fry their chicken in olive
oil!
••••••••••
An artist asked the gallery
owner if there had been any interest in her paintings that
were on display. "Well, I have
good news and bad news," the
owner responded. "The good
news is that a gentleman noticed your work and wondered
if it would appreciate in value
after your death. I told him it
would and he bought all 10 of
your paintings."
"That's wonderful," the artist
exclaimed. "What's the bad
news?"
"The gentleman was your doctor."
••••••••••
The phlebotomist entered the
hospital room to draw blood.
Noticing an apple on the patient's nightstand, she remarked, "An apple a day keeps
the doctor away."
"That's true," the patient
replied. "I haven't seen a doctor
in three days."
••••••••••
I never knew what real happiness was until I got married.
Then it was too late.
AROUND TOWN
Aug. 4-6 Moore Foundation Rodeo includes adult kick-off party
Police Dept. hosts Aug. 11 Kids’ Night Out at O.B. Waterfront Park
The Orange Beach Police Dept. will host a kids’ night out water
themed event on Thursday, Aug. 11 from 5-7 p.m. at Orange
Beach Waterfront Park on Canal Rd. Children should wear swim
clothes for a fun evening of “get wet’’ activities. Frozen treats, popcorn and drinks will be provided. For more info, contact the OBPD
at info@obpd.org or ask for Kris Roberts or Karen Keith at 251981-9777. The event is open to all children 13 and younger accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
Children’s Literacy Project tutor training Aug. 11 in Lillian
Although many of us told our children that if they could read,
they could accomplish anything, there are some children in Baldwin County who don’t get the support they need to be good readers. The Children’s Literacy Project has been
helping Baldwin County students for 20 years.
The 501(c)3 organization is looking for tutors to
help them continue their mission to increase
reading ability. The service is free to the students.
A Volunteer Tutor Information Session will be
held from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Aug.11 in
the Lillian Community Club.
Men and women who are interested in making
a difference to children are invited to attend. Volunteer reading tutors will receive materials, training and ongoing
support to help a child learn to read. To register and for information call (251) 929-8436 and visit AugustineLiteracyProject.com.
Join the Jennifer Claire Moore Foundation on August 4 for a new event in downtown Foley to kick off the 19th Annual Jennifer Claire Moore Foundation Professional Rodeo scheduled Aug. 4-6 at The Foley Horse Arena. The rodeo benefits Peer
Helpers in Baldwin County. This year’s Kick Off Party will feature live music by
Brittany Bell and catering by LA BBQ. All of the entertainment will take place at
Bryant Bank in Foley and will begin at 5:30 p.m. Tickets for the JCMF Rodeo KickOff Party are $50 per person and will include rodeo admission. Must be 21 and up
to attend the Kick-Off Party.
Also new to the Rodeo this year is reserved preferred seating. This will allow
guests to experience the action within twenty feet of the contestant gates and will
include a souvenir seat cushion. Limited reserved seating tickets are available for
$35 each on the JCMF website (JenniferMooreFoundation.com).
Rodeo action begins at 8 p.m. Aug. 4-6 at the City of Foley Horse Arena, with free
kid’s activities starting at 6 p.m. Rodeo tickets are $12 for adults, $6 for children
ages 4-12 years old, and free for ages 3 and under. General admission tickets will
be available each night at the gate.
All rodeo proceeds benefit the Jennifer Claire Moore Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides training, funding and support to 50 Peer Helper Programs
in 47 public and private schools across Baldwin County impacting the lives of children pre-k through 12 grade facing academic or personal struggles. For more info,
visit jennifermoorefoundation.com or call 251-971-3633.
Pictured: Scenes from the 2015 rodeo.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
WED, AUG 3
• Shinedown, Halestorm, Black Stone
Cherry & Whiskey Myers: 630; The
Wharf Amphitheater; Orange Beach.
• Flora-Bama Possible Probables: 2 p.m.
‘til; (Sched. on pages 32-33), Flora-Bama,
Perdido Key.
• Summer of Fun Art El Fresco: 11 a.m.;
Tacky Jacks, Gulf Shores.
• Wonderful Wacky Women Night: 6-9
p.m.; Ladies get their first drink free,
Flora-Bama, Perdido Key.
• Orange Beach Running Club: 6 p.m.;
Orange Beach Restaurant; Marina Rd. in
Orange Beach; all levels welcome; social
at Calypso’s afterwards.
• John Lee Sanders: 6; Voyagers Restaurant; Perdido Beach Resort; Orange
Beach.
• John Brust: 7; Perdido Beach Resort
Lobby Bar; Orange Beach.
• Broken Down Car: noon; Pool Bar; Perdido Beach Resort; Orange Beach.
• DJ-Karaoke: 10; The Jellyfish, Perdido
Key.
Sirens of the Sea Drawdown
Sept. 23 at O.B. Event Center
Sirens of the Sea, a local
women’s Mardi Gras krewe,
will host the Island Theme
Drawdown at the Orange
Beach Event Center at The
Wharf on September 23,
starting at 6 p.m. The band
Fuego will fire up the night
and food will be catered by
Down South BBQ.
The drawdown grand prize
is a hefty $5000. There will
be a silent auction with outstanding items to bid on.
There will be a chance to
win a two night stay at a
French Quarter condo in
New Orleans. A portion of
the proceeds support several
selected local charities each
year, including Christian
Service Center.
The Annual Sirens Scholarship Fund is awarded to a
local high school senior for
college tuition. Tickets are
now on sale. For more information or tickets, contact
any Siren member or Drawdown Chairperson Dot Bailey @ 205-837-5930.
Pictured: Dot Bailey, chairperson and Cindy Latiolais,
president
Oct. 8 Fest of Flavor qualifier for World Food Championship
The South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce sponsored Festival of
Flavor has been named as a designated qualifying festival for a
Golden Ticket to the World Food Championships that will be held
November 9-13 at The Wharf in Orange Beach. The winner of the
World Food Championships will receive $100,000 in cash and
prized and receive the title of The World Food Champion!
The Festival of Flavor will be held in the streets of historic downtown Foley, October 8 and is open to the public. The fesdt will offer
sample tastes, not only from the Chefs competing for a Golden
Ticket, but also from Local breweries, wineries, restaurants,
mom-and-pop shops and so much more.
The Festival of Flavor will host its own competition for People’s
Choice and the winner will receive over $1,500 in cash and prizes.
All are welcome all to be a part of this competition, so sign up
today.
If you are a restaurant, vendor, back-yard cook, food truck or
someone looking to promote your business, participate in the awesome, local festival! Visit mylocalchamber.net for more info.
Picturd: Demonstrations were a popular attraction at the 2015
fest.
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850-492-5221 • 251-968-5683
• Holly Shelton Band: 7; The New Malibu
Lounge, Pensacola.
• Marty McIntosh: 6; Tacky Jacks, Orange Beach.
• Piano Man Edward Lee: 7; Our Cigar
Bar, The Wharf in Orange Beach.
• Karaoke & Trivia at The Tiki Bar: 7; (all
ages); Live Bait Restaurant; Orange
Beach.
• Karaoke: 7; American Legion Post 44,
Gulf Shores.
• Marty McIntosh: 6; Tacky Jacks Orange
Beach.
• Open Mic Pickers Party: 6; The Purple
Parrot, Perdido Key.
• John Joiner & Darrel Roberts: 7; Hub
Stacy’s, Innerarity Point.
• Jim Andrews: 6. Cayman Grill, Orange
Beach.
• Smokey Otis & Mark Laborde: 8; Pappa
Rocco’s; Gulf Shores.
• UPA 8 ball League: 7; The Office, Foley.
• Flora-Bama Bingo: 1-4 p.m.; FloraBama Loung Tent Stage; Perdido Key.
• Open Mixed Doubles Tennis: 7:30 a.m.;
all levels welcome; Gulf Shores Tennis
Center; corner of West 19th Ave. and West
WHAT’S HAPPENING
2nd St.
• Veteran’s Bingo: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; American Legion Post 99, Foley.
• Trivia Night: 6:30 p.m.; The Gulf Coast
Elks Lodge 2789, Foley; 251-550-1060.
• Quilting Party: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Perdido Bay UMC Activities Center, 13660
Innerarity Point Rd., learn new techniques, exchange tips and tricks, 850-4970000.
• Prayer Shawl Ministry: Noon; Perdido
Bay UMC Activities Center, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (Innerarity Point) Pensacola.
• Food Ministry For Hungry Families:
noon-1 p.m.; Grace Lutheran Church, corner of West 23rd Ave. and West 4th St. in
Gulf Shores; 251-968-5991.
• Bread Ministry: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Orange Beach United Methodist Church
Brook's Center.
• Food Bank: 9 - 11 a.m every Wednesday,
Perdido Bay Baptist Church, 12600 Sor-
LOUISE MCCLANTOC EARNS COAST GUARD AWARD: Louise McClantoc, a loyal and faithful member of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary for 14 years,
has been awarded the group’s VE/RBSVP Performance Award. Louise is Foley
Flotilla 32’s staff officer (FSO) for vessel examinations. She has completed over 60
vessel exams in the first six (6) months of this year—an incredible feat for auxiliary
members. Flotilla Commander Wayne Kindred presented Louise the Auxiliary Vessel Examination and RBS Visitation Program Service Performance Award. The
VE/RBSVP Service Performance Award is awarded for completing a total of 60 or
more vessel examinations. “We congratulate Louise for an excellent display of dedication and duty of public service to her community,’’ Kindred said.
Members of Flotilla 32 received the Prestigious Award of Flotilla of the Year (2013)
above all of the CGA flotillas in the United States presented by Boat US, the largest
insurer of marine vessels. Flotilla 32 has their monthly meetings at Ryan's in Foley
on the third Thursday of each month at 11:30 a.m. For information on joining this
group, call Wayne Kindred at 251-965-3100, or Karl Andrews at 251-533-5593, or
Duke Dupuy at 251-978-8211. For more information about membership in the US
Coast Guard Auxiliary please visit uscgaux.info/content.
Pictured: (L-R) Wayne Kindred presenting Louise McClantoc The VE/RBSVP Service Performance Award to Louise McClantoc. (Photo by Karl Andrews)
rento Rd. Pensacola; call for eligiblity requirements at (850) 492-2604.
• Perdido Key Rotary Club: 7:30 a.m.;
every Wednesday at Triggers.
850.492.8335.
• Storytime at Pensacola Southwest
Branch Library: free; infant to 5; 10:3011; 1-2238 Old Gulf Beach Hwy; (850)4537780.
• Gulf Shores Garden Club: 9:30 a.m.;
first Wednesday of each month September thru May; Harry Roberts Senior Community House; 300 E. 16th Avenue, Gulf
Shores; new members and guests always
welcome; 251-975-1111.
• Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 3-10:
1st Wed. of each month; 6:30 p.m.; Harry
M. Roberts Community House, 300 E.
16th Ave. in Gulf Shores: 251-284-1461.
• AA: Noon; Perdido Bay UMC Worship
Center, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (Innerarity Point) Pensacola.
• AA: 7:30 p.m.; Perdido Bay UMC Wor-
ship Center, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd.,
(Innerarity Point) Pensacola.
THU, AUG 4
Perdido Key.
• 19th Annual Professional Rodeo: Kids
activities at 6 p.m.; rodeo at 8 p.m.; Foley
Horse Arena.
• DJ Loaded Gun: 10; Live Bait Too; Orange Beach.
Beach.
• Kristen Long & Live Jam: 7; Sassy
Bass Amazin Grill, Downtown Ft. Morgan.
• Ole River String Band: 6; The Original
Point; Innerarity Point.
Beach.
ONO LADIES’ CLUB DONATES TO LOCAL CHARITIES: The Ono Ladies' Club recently made donations to Meals on
Wheels and Refuge for Women. (Above Left) Lawanna Sharpless (right), Ono Ladies' Club president, presented a check to Doris
Milford, a Meals on Wheels volunteer and Ono Island resident and club member. (Above Right) The Rev. Martha Kreamer, president of The Refuge for Women board of directors; Ladies' Club Member Carol Lewis; Nancy Robertson, director of The Refuge;
and Ladies' Club Member Mary Mullings. The funds were generated by sales from the Ono Island Boutique. The Boutique sells
Island merchandise and is staffed by Ono Ladies' Club volunteers.
OPTIMIST CLUB OF PERDIDO BAY LUNCHEON FASHION SHOW
By Sally McKinney
The Optimist Club of Perdido Bay was host to more than 150
men, women and children at the 8th Annual Luncheon Fashion
Show in the Lillian Community Club recently. The fashions were
presented by Cato's and Van Heusen, both located in Foley.
D.J. Neutron provided background music during the lunch and
fashion show. Chairman Liz Whitehurst coordinated the event.
Thanks to all who participated including the Optimist members
and their friends who provided the food and table decorations, the
models and those who purchased tickes.
The Fashion Show, the "Streets of Red, White and Blue" program
and proceeds from the Mullet Festival on Labor Day make these
programs and projects possible to "Bring Out the Best in Kids."
Pictured Right: (l to R) Lydia Williams, Nathan Hess, Gary
Bobleter, Michael Williams, Thomas Washington, Cato Manager
Pat Washington, Louis Pope, Jim Roth, Barbara Roth, Cato Assistant Manager Laquita Parrish, Rose Adams, Leticia Andrade, Lorraine Standish and Florence McLendon. In front are Van Heusen
Manager Tina Wittington and her husband/model, Robert.
Marie Blurton and Betty Hopkins;
Florence McLendon and Louis Pope ;
Thomas Washington;
Robert Wittington;
Emma Fell;
Leticia Andrade
• Ryan Balthrop: noon; Pool Bar; Perdido
Beach Resort; Orange Beach.
• Still Standing: 6; Tacky Jacks Orange
Beach.
Key.
• Knee Deep: 7; Hub Stacy’s, Innerarity
Point.
• Melissa Joiner: 6; The Purple Parrot,
Perdido Key.
Beach.
• Scott Koehn & Woody Pierce: 6:30;
Flipper’s, Orange Beach.
• Smokey Otis & Mark Laborde: 8;
Pappa Rocco’s; Gulf Shores.
• Texas Hold ‘Em & APA 8 Ball at 7:30:
The Office, Foley.
• Karaoke: 8; Tacky Jacks, Ft. Morgan.
• Karaoke: 9; The Undertow; Orange
Beach.
• Tai Chi w. Rio Barlow: noon-1 p.m.;
Every Tuesday, all levels welcome; Gulf
Shores Cultural Arts Center; County Rd.
6 West.19470 Oak RD West
• Flora-Bama Bingo: 1-4 p.m.; Flora-
WHAT’S HAPPENING
Bama Loung Tent Stage; Perdido Key.
• Rotary Club of Gulf Shores/Orange
Beach: noon; Gulf Shores Golf Club; visiting Rotarians and guests invited.
• Gulf Shores United Methodist Church
Bread Ministry: 9-10; every Thursday;
room 103 on the south campus, next to
Crossroad; 251 968-2411.
• Grumpy Old Men: 8 a.m.; Perdido Bay
UMC Activities Center, 13660 Innerarity
Point Rd., (Innerarity Point) Pensacola;
850-497-8625.
• Grief Support Group: noon-1:30 p.m.;
First Presbyterian Church of Foley; 195
E. Berry Ave.; for all who are grieving;
943-8325.
• Adult Bible Study: 10 a.m.; Gulf Shores
Presbyterian Church; all welcome; (251)
968-7720.
• Gulf Shores Library Pre-school (3-5)
Story Time: 10:30 a.m.; 251-968-1176.
• Orange Beach Bridge Club: Tue. &
Thur at noon; Orange Beach Senior Center; 251-981-3440.
• AA: 7 p.m.; Perdido Bay UMC Worship
FRI, AUG 5
• 21 Pilots Emotional Road Show: 7:30;
The Wharf Amphitheater; Orange Beach.
• Beauty & The Beast: 7:30 p.m.; South
Baldwin Community Theatre; Gulf
Shores; 251-968-6721.
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Horse Arena.
Perdido Key.
• Shawna P Duo: noon; Pool Bar; Perdido
• Blackberry Breeze: 10; Live Bait Too;
Orange Beach.
• John Lee Sanders: 7; Perdido Beach
Resort Lobby Bar; Orange Beach.
• Three Bean Soup: 4; Pool Bar; Perdido
• Music Man & Company: 7; American
Legion Post 44, Gulf Shores.
• Oyster Bake Friday Live Music: noon;
WHAT’S HAPPENING
Tacky Jacks Gulf Shores.
• Open Juke Box: 7; The Office, Foley.
• Shuffleboard Tourney: 7; The Office,
Foley.
• Damian Lamb: 6; Tacky Jacks Gulf
Shores.
Beach.
• Shiny Objects: 6; Tacky Jacks Orange
Beach.
• Piano Man Edward Lee (all requests): 9;
Our Cigar Bar, The Wharf in Orange
Beach.
• Karaoke & Trivia at The Tiki Bar: 8-10
p.m. (all ages); Live Bait Restaurant; Orange Beach.
• Crosstown Band: 7; Hub Stacy’s, Innerarity Point.
• The Clark Brothers - Direct From Las
Vegas: 7; Franco’s Italian Restaurant, Orange Beach.
• Mark Sherrill & James Daniel: 6; The
Purple Parrot, Perdido Key.
• Marty McIntosh Duo: 4:30; Blue Chair
Bar; at The Driftwood; The Wharf, Orange Beach.
Key.
• Karaoke w. Kelli: 7; Snapper’s; Orange
Beach.
• Karaoke w. Tim Dean: 7; American Legion Post 99, Foley.
• Class Act Duo: 8; Pappa Rocco’s; Gulf
Shores.
Beach.
• Bubba & Them Bluegrass Band: 6; The
Original Point; Innerarity Point.
• Open Jam: 8, American Legion Post
199; Fairhope.
Center; corner of West 19th Ave. and
West 2nd St.
• Flora-Bama Bingo: free; 1-4 p.m.; great
prizes, family friendly; 17401 Perdido
Key Dr., Perdido Key.
• Bingo: Early bird at 5:30; Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 5658; 24230 Highway
98 Elberta, 251-986-8201.
• First Friday Art Walk: 7 p.m. til; historic downtown Fairhope.
• Bingo: Early bird starts at 5;30; every
Friday at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
5659 on Hwy. 98 in Elberta.
• Celebrate Recovery: 6 p.m.; The Brooks
Center at Orange Beach United
Anchored Beach Fest Aug. 13 at Lighthouse Retreat Center
2,000 guests expected at free Christian gathering in O.B.
The Anchored Beach Fest will be held on
Saturday, Aug. 13 from 4-9 p.m. at the
Lighthouse Retreat Center in Orange
Beach. The family friendly worship event
will be held right on the beaches of the
Gulf of Mexico in front of the Lighthouse
Christian Retreat Center at 23370 Perdido
Beach Blvd. in Orange Beach.
Anchored is a free community event, open
to the public and hosted by partnership of
local churches, businesses, outreach / charity organizations and individuals.
“It is a vision spearheaded by the Orange
Beach United Methodist Church, and others have joined in,’’ said Renee Smith, Anchored Beach Fest coordinator. “Last year
was year number one, and with virtually
no advertising, we had an estimated 1,500
people. This year, we are hoping for 2,000.’’
The main event will be from 4-8 p.m., with
8-9 p.m. being time for checking out resource areas, meet and greets, and book
signing from guest speakers.
“We invite people to come bring their coolers (no alcohol please), beach chairs, and
blankets and just enjoy the beach, watch
the sunset, listen to some music and hear
some great inspirational speakers,’’ Smith
said.
Concessions will be available.
Guest speakers and musicians include TC
Stallings, Travis Crim, Teddy Milton,
Caleb Reynolds and Blake Reynolds.
Pastor Blake Reynolds is lead pastor at
One Church in Cadiz, KY and Caleb
Reynolds (his brother) was on Big Brother
and Survivor.
The Lighthouse Christian Retreat hosts
groups, both local and visiting the area, for
Christian events, so long as they are willing to abide by the rules of a Christian Retreat Center.
The center is co-located within Romar
Beach Baptist Church, and the 1st floor
Sanctuary is reserved for Romar Beach
Baptist Church use. Guests are asked to
treat it as they would their church.
From California to Georgia and from
Minnesota to Florida, groups large and
small have returned year after year to
enjoy the peace, the views, the fellowship,
and the atmosphere lending itself to worship.
For more Anchored Beach Fest or Lighthouse Retreat Center info, call 251-2137223 or 251-981-8959 or email
anchoredbeachfest@gmail.com.
Methodist Church 28751 Canal Rd., Orange Beach; a joint effort of Worship on
the Water, Orange Beach UMC, and Perdido Bay UMC.
• Foley Rotary Club: 12:15 p.m.; Gift
Horse Restaurant in Foley; foleyrotary
@gulftel.com.
SAT, AUG 6
• Commemoration of the Battle of Mobile
Bay and Siege of Fort Morgan: 9 a.m. - 5
p.m.; Fort Morgan Historic Site, Gulf
Shores, 251-540-5257.
• Customer Appreciation Day: 10 a.m.
‘til; brunch, door prizes, open juke box;
The Office, Foley.
• Jason Able Project: 9; The Office, Foley.
Horse Arena.
Shores; 251-968-6721.
• Alabama Required Boating Safely
Course: 7:45 a.m.; Orange Beach Community Center; (251) 284-1461.
Perdido Key.
• Coastal Alabama Farmers and Fishermans Market: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.; 20733 Miflin Rd. (County Rd. 20), Foley.
Actor, pro footballer Stallings
is one of festival’s speakers
After stunning football campaigns in both high school
and college, T.C. Stallings
went on to play professionally in the Arena, Europe,
and Canadian leagues. Following his success in athletics, T.C.’s desires shifted to a
career in film and television.
In 2004, T.C. landed a spot on
Animal Planet's King of the
Jungle, a
reality
show in
which he
emerged as
the show's
champion.
He then
landed the
role of"T.J."
in the 2011
hit movie
Courageous.
A relocation to California
and three more film roles followed. But TC's career
reached new heights with his
break-out performance as
"Tony Jordan" in the 2015 hit
film, War Room. TC can also
be seen in national TV commercials. TC entered ministry in 2003, and has since
been a busy keynote speaker
in and out of the country. On
December 1, 2015, TC added
"author" to his resume by releasing his new book, "The
Pursuit: 14 Ways in 14 Days
to Passionately Seek God's
Purpose For Your Life." TC
is married to his college
sweetheart, Levette
Stallings. They have two children and make their home in
Southern California.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
• Two of Hearts: 6; American Legion Post 44, Gulf
Shores.
• The Clark Brothers - Direct From Las Vegas: 7;
Franco’s Italian Restaurant, Orange Beach.
• Blackberry Breeze: 10; Live Bait Too; Orange
Beach.
• Damian Lamb: noon; Tacky Jacks, Orange Beach.
• Shiny Objects: 6; Tacky Jacks, Orange Beach.
• Porch Ninjas: noon; Perdido Beach Resort Pool Bar;
Orange Beach.
• Vickie Bailey: 4; Perdido Beach Resort Pool Bar; Orange Beach.
• John Brust: 7; Perdido Beach Resort Lobby Bar; Orange Beach.
• Soul Food Junkies: 6; Tacky Jacks Gulf Shores.
• Sing Along w. Billy: 6:30; American Legion Post 99,
Foley.
• Platinum Premier Band: 7; Hub Stacy’s, Innerarity
Point.
• Jim Andrews: 6. Cayman Grill, Orange Beach.
• Lyden Up: 5; Pirates Cove, Josephine.
• Smokin’ Elvis: 6; The Purple Parrot, Perdido Key.
• Open Mic w. Hollis Sellew: 1 p.m.; Pirates Cove,
Josephine.
• Scott Koehn, Woody Pierce, Curtis Lance: 7; Flipper’s, Orange Beach.
• Karaoke & Trivia at The Tiki Bar: 8; (all ages); Live
Bait Restaurant; Orange Beach.
• Class Act Duo: 8; Papa Rocco’s; Gulf Shores.
• D.J. Hunter Odom: 8; Snapper’s; Orange Beach.
• DJ-Karaoke: 10; The Jellyfish, Perdido Key.
• Open Jam: 8; American Legion Post 199; Fairhope.
• Karaoke: 10; The Undertow; Orange Beach.
• Sandra Kaye w. Midnight Confessions: 7:30;
Nolan’s, Gulf Shores.
• Bubba & Them Bluegrass Band: 6; The Original
• Texas Hold ‘Em Tourney: 7:30; The Office, Foley.
• Optimist Club of Perdido Bay: Breakfast every Saturday at 7 a.m. at the Lillian Community Club in Lillian; (251) 961-2620.
• AA: 10 a.m.; Perdido Bay UMC Worship Center,
13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (Innerarity Point) Pensacola.
• AA: 7 p.m.; Perdido Bay UMC Worship Center,
• Ladies AA: 9 a.m.; Perdido Bay UMC Worship Center, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (Innerarity Point)
Pensacola.
SUN, AUG 7
• Flora-Bama Possible Probables: 2 p.m. ‘til; (Sched.
on pages 32-33), Flora-Bama, Perdido Key.
• Beauty & The Beast: 2 p.m.; South Baldwin Community Theatre; Gulf Shores; 251-968-6721.
• Worship @ The Water: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.; FloraBama Tent Stage, Perdido Key.
• Unity Church Beach Service: 10:30 a.m; Gulf
Shores State Park Beach Pavilion, Hwy. 182 in Gulf
Shores.
• Turkey Shoot: sign-up at 11 a.m.; Elberta VFW, Elberta.
• Destiny & Chase: 6; Tacky Jacks Gulf Shores.
• Marty McIntosh: noon; Tacky Jacks, Orange Beach.
• John Lee Sanders: 6; Voyagers Restaurant; Orange
Beach.
• Hippie Jim: 6; Tacky Jacks, Orange Beach.
• Daily Guided Tours of Ft. Morgan: 10-11 a.m.; Fort
Morgan State Historic Site; 18 miles west of Hwy. 59
on Ft. Morgan Rd. (Hwy. 180); 251-540-5257.
• Open Mic w. Scott Bryan: 1 p.m.; Pirates Cove,
Josephine.
• Melissa Joiner & Live Jam: 7; Sassy Bass Amazin
Grill, Downtown Ft. Morgan.
• Delta Donnie: 4:30; Blue Chair Bar; at The Driftwood; The Wharf, Orange Beach.
• Music Man & Company: 5; American Legion Post
44, Gulf Shores.
• Live Jam: 7; Sassy Bass Amazin Grill, Downtown
Ft. Morgan.
• Jim Andrews: 11 a.m. Cayman Grill, Orange
WHAT’S HAPPENING
Beach.
• Scott Koehn: 5:30; Flipper’s, Orange
Beach.
• APA 8-Ball League: 6; The Office, Foley.
• John Joiner & Darrel Roberts: 4; Hub
Stacey’s at the Point; Innerarity Point.
• Open Mic Karaoke w. Tim Dean: 6:
American Legion Post 99, Foley.
• Classic Art Duo: 8; Papa Rocco’s; Gulf
Shores.
• Northwest Fla. Blues Society Jam: 7;
The New Malibu Lounge, Pensacola.
MON, AUG 8
SEASON’S FINAL FULL MOON PADDLE IS AUG. 20: The City of Orange Beach – Friends & Family Relay for Life Team will host its final Full Moon
Paddle of the seaosn on Wolf Bay on Saturday, Aug. 20 at the Wind & Water Learning Center located directly west of the Orange Beach Library on Canal Rd. Dinner
will be served at 6:15 p.m. Thereafter, everyone will don their headlights and PFD’s,
take to their kayaks or canoes and paddle in the moonlight from 7-8:30 p.m. Registration fee is $20 per person, and everyone must pre-register either online at
eventbrite.com or by downloading a form at obparksandrec.com or at all recreation
facilities in Orange Beach. All of the registration fees will benefit the American Cancer Society – Relay for Life. For more information, contact Relay Team Captain
Jeanne Fitzgibbons at 251-981-1524 or jfitz@cityoforangebeach. com.
Perdido Key.
• Open Mic w/ Cathy Pace: 5 til; FloraBama; Perdido Key.
• Brent Burns: 6; LuLu’s at Homeport
Marina, Gulf Shores.
• Smokey Otis & Mark Laborde: 7; Papa
Beach.
• Bingo: 6; American Legion Post 44, Gulf
Shores.
West 2nd St.
• Celebrate Recovery: (Christ centered
12 step program); Monday evenings at 6
p.m.; Christian Life Church in Orange
Beach; 251-967-4840.
• Overeaters Anonymous: 6; Holy Spirit
Episcopal Church; Gulf Shores, 616 Ft.
Morgan Rd.; 251-709-5907.
NEWCOMERS DONATE TO CHARITIES & PRESENT SCHOLARSHIPS: The South Baldwin Newcomers Club presented checks to 18 Baldwin County charitable organizations and scholarships to three students with a total value of more than
$23,000 at its June meeting. Brittney Gay of Faulkner State College, Bailee Alford of Gulf Shores High School and Wilson McWatters of Foley High School (pictured right) each received $2000 scholarships. The charities receiving checks from the SBNC and
their representatives (pictured above) are as follows: Alabama
Gulf Coast Zoo; Baldwin County Humane Society, Stephen Savage; Baldwin Pops Band, Dr. Roger Jones; Day Break, Dolly
Crewes; Disabled American Veterans (van program), Leon
McGhee and Patrick Reddy; Family Promise of Baldwin County,
Mike Brokowsky; Gulf Shores Art Alliance, Maria Bastin and Pam
Winstead; Gulf Shores High School Band, William Mixon; Mary's
Shelter, Kay Trattles; Orange Beach Friends of the Arts, Paul
Sykes; Refuge for Women, Nancy Robertson; Share the Beach,
Mike Reynolds; South Baldwin Community Theater, Jan Hinnen;
South Baldwin Literacy Council, Stacey Lazaro; Star Swim Team,
Sissy Flanigan; The Lighthouse, Joan Sheils; Under His Wings,
Angie Michal; Youth-Reach Gulf Coast, Richard Crawford. The
Newcomers raise funds for these individuals/organizations with
several projects. Their biggest fund raising event is Toast to the
Coast, a gala held the first of each year featuring specialty dishes
served by 25 to 30 local South Baldwin restaurants. Membership in the South Baldwin County Newcomers Club is open to any
local residents. Luncheon meetings are held monthly at a variety of local restaurants with educational and entertaining speakers. Special interest groups include book clubs, wine tastings, movie goers, Bunco and more. The club will take a hiatus for the
month of July and will reconvene with an August brunch. If interested go to southbaldwinnewcomers.com.
• Flora-Bama Bingo: free; 1-4 p.m.; great
prizes, family friendly; 17401 Perdido
Key Dr., Perdido Key.
• T.O.P.S. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly):
weigh-in 5:30; meeting 6; First Presbyterian Church of Foley; (Berry & Highway
59).
• Cocaine Anonymous: 8 p.m. every Monday; Holy Spirit Episcopal Church, 616
Ft. Morgan Rd.
• Ladies AA: 10 a.m.; Perdido Bay UMC
Worship Center, 13660 Innerarity Point
Rd., (Innerarity Point) Pensacola.
TUE, AUG 9
Perdido Key.
• Texas Hold'em at 7:30: The Office,
Foley.
• Open Mic w. Delta Donnie Mathis: 7; Bywater Bistro, Gulf Shores.
• Karaoke w. Kelli: 6; The Purple Parrot,
Perdido Key.
• Scott Koehn, Lisa Zanghi, Doug
Habbena: 6:30; Flipper’s, Orange Beach.
• Open Mic W. Mel Knapp: 7; Moe’s BBQ,
Foley.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
Beach.
-• Free Line Dance Lessons: 7; American Legion Post
44, Gulf Shores.
• Karaoke: 8; The New Malibu Lounge, Pensacola.
• Flora-Bama Bingo: 1-4 p.m.; Flora-Bama Loung
Tent Stage; Perdido Key.
• Taco Tuesday: 5, tacos & music; Elberta VFW, Elberta.
• Coastal Alabama Farmers and Fishermans Market: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.; 20733 Miflin Rd. (County Rd.
20), Foley.
• Orange Beach Grief Support Group: 10 a.m.; Orange Beach Senior Activity Center, 26251 Canal Rd.;
251-943-5015.
g• Bingo: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.; The Gulf Coast Elks Lodge
2789, Foley; 251-550-1060.
• GriefShare Support Program: 6-8 p.m.; every Tuesday; Point Baptist Church, 13801 Innerarity Rd., Penlsacola; pointbaptist.org.
e• Celebrate Recovery Meeting: 6; includes free dinner; open to all; Orange Beach United Methodist
Church; 251-981-6751 or 850-419-1141.
• Orange Beach City Council Meeting: 5 p.m.; City
Hall; 980-INFO.
• L.A. Fleet Feet Running Club: Tuesdays at 6 p.m.
at Gulf State Park Fishing Pier; 5K, 10K, or walk;
Info: visit lafleetfeet.com.
• Sonora Masonic Lodge: 7 p.m.; 202 E. Jackson Street
in Summerdale; sonora635.com.
• Celebrate Recovery: 6 p.m.; Perdido Bay UMC Activities Center, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (Innerarity Point) Pensacola.
• Orange Beach Bridge Club: Tue. & Thur at noon;
Orange Beach Senior Center; 251-981-3440.
• Orange Beach Library Children’s Story Time: 10
a.m.; preschool; 981-2923.
• Southwest Branch Library Children’s Story Time:
10:30 a.m.; preschool; 12248 Gulf Beach Hwy, Pensacola; (850) 453-7780.
• Overcomers Outreach: 7 p.m.; First Baptist
Church of Orange Beach; 980-1705.
• Gulf Shores Kiwanis Club: Palmer Dining Room at
Craft Farms; noon; new members and guests always
welcome; 251-981-9999.
• Kiwanis Club of Big Lagoon: Breakfast meeting
each Tuesday at 7:30 a.m.; speaker first three Tuesdays and a business meeting the fourth Tuesday;
Perdido Bay UMC Activities Center, 13660 Innerarity Point Road, Pensacola, 262-749-4241.
• Kiwanis Club of Foley: Noon on Tuesdays at Ryan's
in Foley; 251-968-6288.
• AA: Noon; Perdido Bay UMC Worship Center,
• Al-Anon: Noon; Perdido Bay UMC Activities Center, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (Innerarity Point)
Pensacola.
WED, AUG 10
• Wonderful Wacky Women Night: 6-9 p.m.; Ladies
get their first drink free, Flora-Bama, Perdido Key.
• Orange Beach Running Club: 6 p.m.; Fisher’s
Restaurant; Marina Rd. in Orange Beach; all levels
welcome; social at Calypso Joe’s afterwards.
• Holly Shelton Band: 7; The New Malibu Lounge,
Pensacola.
• John Lee Sanders: 6; Voyagers Restaurant; Perdido
• John Brust: 7; Perdido Beach Resort Lobby Bar;
Orange Beach.
• Broken Down Car: noon; Pool Bar; Perdido Beach
Resort; Orange Beach.
• Karaoke: 7; American Legion Post 44, Gulf Shores.
• Piano Man Edward Lee: 7; Our Cigar Bar, The
Wharf in Orange Beach.
• Marty McIntosh: 6; Tacky Jacks, Orange Beach.
• Open Mic Pickers Party: 6; The Purple Parrot, Perdido Key.
• John Joiner & Darrel Roberts: 7; Hub Stacy’s, Innerarity Point.
• Smokey Otis & Mark Laborde: 8; Pappa Rocco’s;
WHAT’S HAPPENING
Gulf Shores.
Beach.
Key.
West 2nd St.
• Veteran’s Bingo: 10 a.m. -2 p.m.; American Legion Post 99, Foley.
• Trivia Night: 6:30 p.m.; The Gulf Coast
Elks Lodge 2789, Foley; 251-550-1060.
• Bingo: 6 p.m.; American Legion Post
240; 8666 Gulf Beach Hwy.; Pensacola.
• Grief Support Group: 10 a.m.; Perdido
Bay UMC Activities Center, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (Innerarity Point) Pensacola; 850-492-2135
• South Alabama Senior Travelers: 9
a..m; Foley Senior Center; visitors welcome; 251-928-4494.
• Orange Beach Friends of the Library:
10; Library meeting room; 978-4106.
Gulf Shores; 251-968-5991.
Brook's Center.
• Food Bank: 9 - 11 a.m every Wednesday, Perdido Bay Baptist Church, 12600
Sorrento Rd. Pensacola; call for eligiblity
850-492-5221
251-968-5683
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Hoop It Up 3x3 Tourney at Tanger Aug. 20-21
Tanger Outlets and Foley Sports Tourism are bringing the region
its inaugural Hoop It Up™ 3×3 basketball tournament on the
Tanger Outlet grounds in Foley (2601 S McKenzie St.) August 2021 from 8 a.m. ‘til 8 p.m. each day. The tourney is part of the national Hoop It Up tour. The spring and summer schedule includes
tour stops in six other cities around the country. the rear Tanger
parking lot will be transformed into hoops heaven with dozens of
courts set up for this popular 3-on-3 half court tournament.
The tournament format is the popular 3-on-3 half court game
played in gyms and on playgrounds around the world. Hoop It Up
plays the FIBA Basketball 3×3 Rulesa and divisions include:
- Youth (5 Age Groups) - Tournament Play is for fun; score is kept,
but competition level is determined by team; 8 & Under, 10U, 12U,
14U and 16U. Registration is $35 per player ($140/team). Teams
consist of 3–4 players.
- High School & Up (2 Age Groups) - Tournament Play is more
competitive, including high school travel leagues and potential/enrolled college aged athletes; 18U and 18O. Registration is
$40 per player ($160/team). Teams consist of 3–4 players.
- Top Gun Division - Highest Level of Competition, with players
who travel for Basketball and compete in Top Gun HIU Tournaments and FIBA qualifiers.
- 18+ 6 ft. & Over Division — Registration is $45 per player
($180 team). Teams Consist of 3-4 players. Must Register with
FIBA to have tournament play count towards overall basketball
score. Check In and game times will depend on number of teams
registered and distributed to players and coaches the week of the
event. Info: foleysportstourism.com.
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requirements at (850) 492-2604.
• Gulf Shores Woman's Club: 11 a.m.;
Palmer Room at Craft Farms; all intterested women invited to attend; 251-9805722.
850.492.8335.
• Gulf Shores Lions Club: noon; 2nd &
4th Wednesday; noon; Gulf Shores Community House, 300 E. 16th Avenue; 251968-2823.
Branch Library: free; infant to 5; 10:3011; 12238 Old Gulf Beach Hwy; (850)4537780.
THU, AUG 11
Perdido Key.
Key.
• Hippie Jim: 6; Tacky Jacks, Orange
Beach.
Beach.
• DJ Swiger: 10; Live Bait Too; Orange
Beach.
The Office, Foley.
• Bar Stool Surfers & Live Jam: 7; Sassy
l
WHAT’S HAPPENING
COOKIN’ WITH CAROLYN
BY CAROLYN GODFREY
Apple-Caramel Sundae Tart
35 caramels
1 cup plus 3 Tbsp. cold milk, divided
1 ready-to-use graham cracker crumb crust (6 oz.)
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) Jell-O vanilla flavor instant pudding
1-1/2 cups thawed Cool Whip
1 can (21 oz.) apple pie filling
Microwave caramels and 3 Tbsp. milk in microwavable bowl on
HIGH 1 min. or until caramels are completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring after 1 min. Pour 1/3 cup sauce into
small microwavable bowl; refrigerate until ready to use. Pour remaining sauce into crust: sprinkle with nuts. Beat pudding mix
and remaining milk in medium bowl with whisk 2 min. Stir in
Cool Whip; spoon into crust. Freeze 4 hours or until firm. Spoon
apple pie filling over pie. Microwave reserved caramel sauce on
HIGH 30 sec. or until warmed; stir. Drizzle over pie. Let stand 15
min.
Enjoy!
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Beach.
• Les Linton: noon; Pool Bar; Perdido
• Raising Karma: 7; Hub Stacy’s, Innerarity Point.
• John Cowart: 6; The Purple Parrot, Perdido Key.
• Scott Koehn & Woody Pierce: 6:30; Flipper’s, Orange Beach.
Beach.
• 40 & 8 Club: 2 p.m.; American Legion
Post 99, Foley; 251-943-7391.
850-497-8625.
• U.S. Coast Guard Flotilla Meeting: 11:30
a.m.; Ryan's in Foley; 251-965-3100 or 251752-6654.
Crossroad; 251 968-2411.
• Grief Support Group: 11 a.m.; 3rd
Thurs. of month; library; First Presbyterian Church of Foley; 943-8325.
968-7720.
Story Time: 10:30 a.m.; 251-968-1176.
• Western Gate Chapter of the Florida
Trail Association Monthly Meeting: 6:30
p.m. Monthly meeting; visitors welcome.
Details: (850) 932-0125 or http://westgate.floridatrail.org
FRI, AUG 12
Shores; 251-968-6721.
Perdido Key.
• Train w. Special Guest Andy Grammer:
8; The Wharf Amphitheater; Orange
Beach.
• GoldyLocks: 10; Live Bait Too; Orange
Beach.
• Scott Koehn & Lisa Zanghi: noon; Pool
Bar; Perdido Beach Resort; Orange
Beach.
• People’s Friends: 7; The Office, Foley.
Vegas: 7; Franco’s Italian Restaurant, Or-
:
s
WHAT’S HAPPENING
Top of the Hops Beer Fest
Aug. 13 at Wharf Marina
The 5th Annual Top of the Hops
Beer Festival presented by New Belgium returns to the Marina Lawn at
The Wharf in Orange Beach from 4-8
p.m. on Saturday, August 13. General
Admission, VIP and designated
driver tickets are available at Montego’s Caribbean Café & Bar in Orange Beach and through
Ticketmaster. General Admission
tickets are $35 through July 22. Presale VIP tickets are $75. For more information, visit
TopOfTheHopsBeerFest.com
Tickets include a commemorative
sampling mug and unlimited, twoounce samples of over 150 worldclass craft beers.
The Brew University will hold education sessions throughout the afternoon on topics such as pairing beer
with food and Brewing 101. Patrons
can also look forward to great live
music, food and the official Top of the
Hops Cornhole Tournament where
the winner goes home with a custom
cornhole board set. Step inside the
Silent Disco where patrons can put
on a pair of headphones and dance to
music that only they can hear. The
Mixology Garden returns with sweet
samplings of hand-crafted beer cocktails crafted by Orange Beach bartenders.
ange Beach.
• Oyster Bake Friday Live Music: noon; Tacky Jacks
Gulf Shores.
• Mason & Friends: 6; Tacky Jacks Gulf Shores.
• Retrobution: 6; Tacky Jacks, Orange Beach.
• Piano Man Edward Lee (all requests): 9; Our
Cigar Bar, The Wharf in Orange Beach.
• John Joiner & Darrell Roberts: 6; The Purple Parrot, Perdido Key.
• Bubba & Them Bluegrass Band: 6; The Original
• Sharon Moore & Lee Yankie: 4:30; Blue Chair Bar;
at The Driftwood; The Wharf, Orange Beach.
• Crosstown Band: 7; Hub Stacy’s, Innerarity Point.
• Sandra Kaye w. Midnight Confessions: 7:30;
Nolan’s, Gulf Shores.
44, Gulf Shores.
• Karaoke w. Tim Dean: 7; American Legion Post 99,
Foley.
• Karaoke w. Kelli: 7; Snapper’s; Orange Beach.
• Class Act Duo: 8; Pappa Rocco’s; Gulf Shores.
• Open Mixed Doubles Tennis: 7:30 a.m.; all levels
welcome; Gulf Shores Tennis Center; corner of West
19th Ave. and West 2nd St.
• Bingo: Early bird at 5:30; Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 5658; 24230 Highway 98 Elberta, 251-986-8201.
• Flora-Bama Bingo: free; 1-4 p.m.; great prizes,
family friendly; 17401 Perdido Key Dr., Perdido Key.
• Celebrate Recovery: 6 p.m.; The Brooks Center at
Orange Beach United Methodist Church 28751
Canal Rd., Orange Beach; a joint effort of Worship on
the Water, Orange Beach UMC, and Perdido Bay
UMC.
• Foley Rotary Club: 12:15 p.m.; Gift Horse Restaurant in Foley; foleyrotary @gulftel.com.
SAT, AUG 13
• Beauty & The Beast: 7:30 p.m.; South Baldwin
Community Theatre; Gulf Shores; 251-968-6721.
• Top of The Hops Beer Festival: 4-8 p.m.; The
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
Foley High to induct former athletes in annual Hall of Fame
Ceremony will take place before Aug. 26 game vs. Fairhope
Foley High School will honor 11 former athletes during its annual Hall of Fame ceremony on Friday, August 26 before the
Foley Lions’ varsity football game vs. Fairhope at Ivan Jones
Stadium.
A reception hosted by the FHS Alumni Association will be held
in the Foley Elementary School gym/auditorium on Oak Street
next to Ivan Jones Stadium’s west end zone beginning at 5:15
a.m. All friends, family, classmates and well-wishers are invited
to congratulate the inductees at this time. The Hall of Fame
Class of 2016 will be introduced to the crowd at 6:35 before
kickoff of the game.
The inductees include the following:
- Dr. Dodson Creighton was a standout athlete on the great
Ivan Jones teams of the early 1960s.
- Mr. Thurston Lauder excelled in football and track in the early
1960s.
- Mr. Richard Pickens starred for Coach Lester Smith in the
early 1980s.
- Ms. Charlene Dinish led the Lions in basketball under Coach
Tommy Catlin in the early 1980s.
- The late Mr. Johnny Goodwin was a standout running back
for Coach Lester Smith in the early 1980s.
- Mr. Ben Todd led teams in the 1980s in tackles under coaches
Lester Smith and Barry Pennington.
- Mr. Erick Crosby played defensive line for Coach Barry Pennington in the 1980s.
- Mr. J.T. Hall was a standout football and soccer player in the
late 1980s and early 1990s for
- Coaches Teddy Suttle, Jimmy Nazary, and Bryan Edwards.
- Mr. Ryan Gill was an excellent offensive lineman for Coach
Jimmy Nazary in the 1990s.
- Mrs. Krystal Dawson Korhonen starred at goalkeeper under
Coach Al Borchardt in the late 1990s.
- Ms. Paige Huff was a standout in basketball, softball and
weightlifting in the/early 2000s.
Wharf Marina Lawn; Orange Beach.
• Smokin Elvis: 6; The Purple Parrot; Perdido Key.
• Scott Koehn, Woody Pierce, Curtis
Lance: 7; Flipper’s, Orange Beach.
• Dr. Bill & The Band-Aids: 5; Pirates
Cove, Josephine.
• GoldyLocks: 10; Live Bait Too; Orange
Beach.
• 3 Bean Soup: 6; Tacky Jacks Gulf
Shores.
• Bruti: 6:30; American Legion Post 99;
Foley.
• Open Juke Box: 9; The Office, Foley.
• Melissa Joiner: noon; Tacky Jacks, Orange Beach.
• Damian Lamb Duo: 6; Tacky Jacks, Orange Beach.
• Larry T Wilson & Jon Cook: 4:30; Blue
Chair Bar; at The Driftwood; The Wharf,
Orange Beach.
Vegas: 7; Franco’s Italian Restaurant, Orange Beach.
• Open Mic w. Hollis Sellew: 1 p.m.; Pirates Cove, Josephine.
Beach.
• The Blenders: 7; Hub Stacy’s, Innerarity Point.
• Bruti & Danny: 6:30; American Legion
Post 99, Foley.
• Vickie Bailey: 4; Perdido Beach Resort
Pool Bar; Orange Beach.
• Piano Man Edward Lee (all requests): 9;
Our Cigar Bar, The Wharf in Orange
Beach.
Key.
• Sandra Kaye w. Midnight Confessions:
7:30; Nolan’s, Gulf Shores.
• D.J. Hunter Odom: 8; Snapper’s; Orange Beach.
• Open Jam: 8; American Legion Post
199; Fairhope.
• Class Act Duo: 8; Papa Rocco’s; Gulf
Shores.
• Two of Hearts: 6; American Legion Post
44, Gulf Shores.
Beach.
• Bubba & Them Bluegrass Band: 6; The
Original Point; Innerarity Point.
• Texas Hold ‘Em Tourney: 7:30; The Office, Foley.
• Baldwin County Genealogical Society:
10 a.m.; public invited; Foley Library;
319 East Laurel Ave.
• Optimist Club of Perdido Bay: breakfast every Saturday at 7 a.m. at the Lillian Community Club in Lillian; (251)
961-2620.
• AA: 10 a.m.; Perdido Bay UMC Worship
• Ladies AA: 9 a.m.; Perdido Bay UMC
Activities Center, 13660 Innerarity Point
Rd., (Innerarity Point) Pensacola.
SUN, AUG 14
• Beauty & The Beast: 2 p.m.; South
Shores; 251-968-6721.
• Worship @ The Water: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.;
Flora-Bama Tent Stage, Perdido Key.
• Unity Church Beach Service: 10:30
a.m; Gulf Shores State Park Beach Pavilion, Hwy. 182 in Gulf Shores.
Perdido Key.
• John Lee Sanders: 6; Voyagers Restaurant; Orange Beach.
• Loose Ends: 6; Tacky Jacks Gulf
Shores.
• Jerry Gambino: noon; Tacky Jacks, Orange Beach.
• Jessie Howell: 6; Tacky Jacks, Orange
Beach.
• Destiny Brown: 2:30; Blue Chair Bar;
at The Driftwood; The Wharf, Orange
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
Beach.
44, Gulf Shores.
• Scott Koehn: 5:30; Flipper’s, Orange Beach.
• Joe Gilchrist’s Music Jam: 3; The New Malibu
Lounge; Pensacola.
Foley.
• Open Mic w. Scott Bryan: 1 p.m.; Pirates Cove,
Josephine.
• Jim Andrews: 11 a.m; Cayman Grill, Orange
Beach.
• John Joiner & Darrel Roberts: 4; Hub Stacey’s at
the Point; Innerarity Point.
• Monthly Potluck Birthday Bash w. live music: 4 ‘til;
American Legion Post 99, Foley.
• Classic Act Duo: 8; Papa Rocco’s; Gulf Shores.
MON, AUG 15
• Smokey Otis & Mark Laborde: 7; Papa Rocco’s;
Gulf Shores.
• Brent Burns: 5; LuLu’s at Homeport Marina, Gulf
Shores.
• Celebrate Recovery: (Christ centered 12 step program); Monday evenings at 6 p.m.; Christian Life
Church in Orange Beach; 251-967-4840.
• Prayer Shawl Knitting Group: 9; every Monday at
Gulf Shores First Presbyterian Church, 309 E. 21st
Ave.; (251) 968-7720.
• Overeaters Anonymous: 6; Holy Spirit Episcopal
Church; Gulf Shores, 616 Ft. Morgan Rd.; 251-7095907.
• Bingo: 6; American Legion Post 44, Gulf Shores.
• Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 5-7 p.m; Foley Presbyterian Church; 965-2737.songwriters all original open
mic from 9:00-12:00 pm.
TUE, AUG 16
• Songwriter Series at the Point: 5 p.m.; Original
Point; Innerarity Point, FL; sandyrootssongwriterseries.com.
• Texas Hold'em at 7:30: The Office, Foley.
• Open Mic: 6; The Office, Foley.
• Karaoke: 7; The Purple Parrot; Perdido Key.
• Broken Down Car: noon; Pool Bar; Perdido Beach
• John Brust: 7; Perdido Beach Resort Lobby Bar;
Orange Beach.
• Karaoke: 8; The New Malibu Lounge, Pensacola.
• Melissa Joiner & Live Jam: 7; Sassy Bass Amazin
Grill, Downtown Ft. Morgan.
• Smokey Otis & Mark Laborde: 8; Pappa Rocco’s;
Gulf Shores.
• Scott Koehn, Lisa Zanghi, Doug Habbena: 6:30; Flipper’s, Orange Beach.
• Open Mic W. Mel Knapp: 7; Moe’s BBQ, Foley.
• Taco Tuesday: 5, tacos & music; Elberta VFW, Elberta.
• Free Line Dance Lessons: 7; American Legion Post
44, Gulf Shores.
• Bingo: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.; The Gulf Coast Elks Lodge
2789, Foley; 251-550-1060.
• Panhandle Senior Travelers: Asbury Place, Pensacola, social - 4:30; meeting - 5; 850-434-1757 or
G.S. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BIBLE SCHOOL ADOPTS CSC AS MISSION
PROJECT: The children of Gulf Shores First Presbyterian Church Bible School chose to collect groceries
for the Christian Service Center Food Pantry as their Mission Project this year. The children are shown with
their collection Reverend Steve Kurtz is the pastor of GSFPC. In its 25th year, the Christian Service Center is a “Hand Up” rather than a “Hand Out” agency. Clients are given immediate emergency aid as well
as guidance on finding solutions to their problems. The CSC is a 100% volunteer agency funded by the
churches of Pleasure Island, various community organizations, including the United Way of Baldwin
County, and interested individuals. For more information please call the CSC at 251-968-5256 or visit
cscgs.com.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
Two of Hearts dares audience to stump the band
Lillian couple plays at Gulf Shores American Legion every Sat.
By Fran Thompson
Frank Baker’s love of music stretches all the way back to a childhood spent backing up the choir on guitar while he was still in
elementary school up near the music hotbed of Muscle Shoals.
After a career in the Navy, Frank took a civil service job with the
NAS Schools Command, giving him 45 years of military tenure in
one capacity or another. At that point - about 10 years ago - it
was time for Frank to chase the music that had been his passion
since childhood.
“All along, I would play in bands on the weekends,’’ he said. “But
after retiring, I decided it was my time, and I was going to do
what I wanted to do.’’
About that same time, Frank’s
wife Vicky, also a musician, retired from the state attorney’s office in Milton, and the Two of
Hearts do was hatched. The couple
has been playing music together
ever since, including a Saturday
evening 7-11 p.m. residency at
Gulf Shores American Legion Post
44.
A stellar player on any string instrument, including pedal steel
guitar (He often plays that instrument with Southern Star), Frank
is also comfortable around percussion and keyboards. He uses that
musical melange to merge his
recorded arrangements with live riffs from a variety of instruments to give Two of Hearts its unique sound.
“That merging of electronic and live creates a hybrid,’’ Frank
said. “Not too many people in this area do it. We build a basic
skeleton of a song and hang other tracks on as needed. We end up
being able to do with two or three people what would usually take
six, and it sounds good.’’
In addition to Saturday evenings in Gulf Shores, the Bakers
plays regularly at the Pensacola Beach Elks Club, the Nix Center
in Fairhope, and American Legion Post 99 in Foley.
“There aren’t too many places around here that we haven’t
played,’’ Frank said.
Frank says at one point during every Post 44 show, he challenges
the audience to a game of stump the band. “We say ‘you guys tell
us any song that comes to mind, and we’ll do it.’ You just about
can’t stump us, as long as it’s an older crowd out there. People
enjoy the heck out of it.’’
The Post 99 flyer advertising Two of Hearts states that you can
expect to hear “country, blues, oldies & rock ‘n roll hits’’ when they
play. And to that you can add big band and Latin riffs.
“We have such a varied play list that the audience is not going
to get bored,’’ Frank said. “And I don’t like just playing one kind
of music anyway. We try to read the audience. Lately, we’ve
takaen a little side turn by getting into ball room and Latin stuff.
I spend days on the computer making arrangements and learning
that stuff. My wife says I must be married to the computer, but
she gets into learning the parts, too.’’
Frank added that when he plays pedal steel with Southern Star,
he expects to play mainly old-time country. With Two of Hearts,
he and Vicky don’t play “mainly’’ any style of music.
“I call them death derge songs,’’ he said. “We play a few of them.
But if we played too many, we would lose the audience. Those old
country songs are mostly based on cheating, lying, drinking or
dying.’’
For more information about activities at the Gulf Shores American Legion, visit americanlegionpost44gulfshoresal.org
Fairhope Museum hosts
Elderberry Fest Aug. 13
The Fairhope Museum will host
the 8th annual Elderberry Festival at the Fairhope Museum of
History on Saturday August 13.
Festivities begin at 10 a.m. with
demonstrations, tastings, a pieeating contest, music and more
throughout the day. The Kracker
Dan Band will perform from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m. This event is free
and open to the public. For further information, contact the museum at (251) 929-1471. The
public is invited to submit their
favorite elderberry pies, cakes,
breads, jams, jellies and juice as
well as other elder-flower creations for the Elderberry Cookoff Contest. The deadline to
submit elderberry goodies is 5:00
p.m. on Friday, August 12.
Ryan Miller author talk
Aug. 4 at Foley Library
The Foley Public Library will
host an author talk by Ryan
Miller, author of Echoes in the
Rain, on Wednesday, August 4 at
2 p.m. in the library's upstairs
meeting room.
Mr. Miller's story is about love
and commitment which is derailed by the action of others. It
is a factual story of the true life
romance of Ryan and Leah
Miller. It took 3 1/2 decades for
their love to come full circle and
it proves that true love, if held in
reverence, once found will never
die.
Locally, this work is available at
The Book Exchange in Foley. It
is also available online via Amazon Books and CreateSpace. For
more information, please call the
library at 251-943-7665 or go to
the website at foleylibrary.org.
Inside Out on a big screen
Aug. 4 at Fairhopers Park
The City of Fairhope’s Glow in
the Park Summer Movie Series
concludes on Thursday, August 4
with a showing of Inside Out at
Fairhopers Community Park on
Church
St. in
downtown
Fairhope. Moviegoers are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn
chair and a picnic (no alcohol or
glass containers) and relax with
the whole family. The movies will
begin at 8 p.m. The Downtown
Fairhope Business Association
will be giving away glow-in-thedark items. Info: 251-929-1466.
PSTravelers.org
• L.A. Fleet Feet Running Club: Tuesdays at 6 p.m. at Gulf State Park Fishing
Pier; 5K, 10K, or walk; Info: visit lafleetfeet.com.
• Lillian Women’s Club: third Tues. of
month; 11:30 a.m., Lillian Community
Club; lunch & meeting at noon; 251-9611449.
• Ostomy Support Group; 5:30-7 p.m.;
Thomas Hospital, Fairhope, 4th Fl. Ste
400; light supper, guest speakers; (770)
312-8638, UOAA.org,or barbaraphillipsandcompany.com
• South Baldwin Numismatic Society: 7
p.m.; second Tuesday of each month;
Foley High School cafeteria; 251-9431486.
• Pleasure Island Junior Women’s Club: 6
p.m.; Gulf Shores Adult Activity Center;
enjoy meeting other ladies from our area;
food & beverages provided; 251-213-3757.
• Foley Lions Club: noon; Wolf Bay Lodge;
987-5471.
• Southwest Branch Library Children’s
Story Time: 10:30 a.m.; preschool; 12248
Gulf Beach Hwy, Pensacola; (850) 4537780.
• Orange Beach Library Children’s Story
Time: 10 a.m.; pre-school; 981-2923.
• Orange Beach Fisherman’s Assn.:
Meets the second Tuesday of each month,
7 p.m. at the Orange Beach Community
Center.
• Gulf Shores Kiwanis Club: Palmer Dining Room at Craft Farms; noon; new
members and guests always welcome;
251-981-9999.
• Kiwanis Club of Big Lagoon: Breakfast
meeting each Tuesday at 7:30 a.m.;
speaker first three Tuesdays and a business meeting the fourth Tuesday; Perdido Bay UMC Activities Center, 13660
Innerarity Point Road, Pensacola, 262749-4241.
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Key.
• Open Mic Pickers Party: 6; The Purple
Parrot; Perdido Key.
• Piano Man Edward Lee: 7; Our Cigar
Beach.
• Holly Shelton Band: 7; The New Malibu
Lounge, Pensacola.
Beach.
• Karaoke: 7; American Legion Post 44,
Gulf Shores.
Beach.
• Flora-Bama Bingo: 1-4 p.m.; FloraBama Lounge Tent Stage; Perdido Key.
• Knights of Columbus: 6 p.m. potluck; 7
p.m. meeting; Our Lady of the Gulf
Church; 404-386-9859.
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Sonny Throckmorton
at New Malibu Aug. 7
Reel hope Classic Fishing Tourney Aug. 26-27 at O.B. Marina
The second annual Reel Hope Classic fishing tournament is set
for August 26-27 at the Orange Beach Marina (27075 Marina
Road). Hosted by the Mobile Big Game Fishing Club, the event
will benefit patients treated at the Alabama Center for Childhood
Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s of Alabama.
The Reel Hope Classic will kick off the tournament weekend
with the Captains’ Meeting and pre-party at 6:30 p.m. on Friday,
August 26, at the Orange Beach Marina. Participating crew members can bring one guest each to enjoy dinner, drinks, a live auction, and live music.
On Saturday, four-man teams can compete in categories including inshore fishing for $250 per boat and offshore fishing for $500
per boat. A jackpot category is also available for an additional $25
per boat. All boats must be under the bridge at Orange Beach Marina by 6 p.m. Weigh-in will run from 4-8 p.m.
To register or get more information about the tournament, visit
give.childrensal.org/reelhope or call Kerrie Benson at 251-6104969. Updates can also be found on Facebook (ReelHopeClassic).
Last year, Children’s treated more than 3,200 patients from the
Gulf Coast region. More than 90 percent of all Alabama pediatric
cancer patients are treated at Children's of Alabama.
Children’s of Alabama has provided specialized medical care for
ill and injured children across the state and throughout the
southeastern U.S. since 1911. Children’s offers inpatient and outpatient services across its Russell Campus on Birmingham’s historic Southside with additional outpatient surgery and diagnostic
imaging services provided at Children’s South and Children’s on
3rd. Primary care is provided at more than a dozen offices in communities across central and north Alabama. The Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children is the only hospital in Alabama
dedicated solely to the care and treatment of children and is recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Magnet-designated hospital for excellence in nursing care. For the
past three years, Children’s has been ranked among the best children’s hospital programs in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. It is a private, not-for-profit hospital that serves as the
primary site of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
pediatric medicine, surgery, research and residency programs.
Last year, patients made more than 634,000 outpatient and
nearly 14,000 inpatient visits to Children’s from every county in
Alabama and from 47 other states. More information is available
at childrensal.org.
Frank Brown Songwriters
Festival veterans Sonny
Throckmorton (pictured) and
Rock Killough will make a
special joint appearance at
Joe Gilchrist’s New Malibu
Lounge in Pensacola on Aug. 7
from 3-7 p.m. Banana Republic will follow at 7 p.m.
Throckmorton has had over
1,000 of his songs recorded by
such artists as Tanya Tucker,
Dave & Sugar, Merle Haggard, Jerry Lee Lewis, the
Oak Ridge Boys, Doug Stone
and even comedian George
Burns.
After college, Throckmorton
moved from Texas to San
Francisco and played rock &
roll in area
clubs. At the
urging of guitarist and publisher Pete
Drake, he
switched to
country music
and moved to
Nashville in 1964, working as
a bass player for Carl and
Pearl Butler for two years. In
1965, Bobby Lewis had a Top
Five hit with Throckmorton's
"How Long Has It Been."
In 1975, Throckmorton
moved to Texas because he
had promised himself that he
would quit music if he didn't
succeed by age 35. His fellow
songwriters continued trying
to sell Throckmorton's songs,
however, and six months later
he returned and was rehired
by Tree. In nine months, over
150 of his songs were
recorded.
Between 1976 and 1980, a
Throckmorton song appeared
on the charts almost every
week. His 1978 hit for Jerry
Lee Lewis, "Middle Age
Crazy," even became the basis
of a major movie, and he was
named Songwriter of the Year
by the Nashville Songwriters
Association three years in a
row starting between 1978
and 1980.
A member of the Nashville
Songwriters Hall of Fame,
Throckmorton retired to his
Texas farm to be with his family and is making this special
appearance while here visiting friends, including Malibu
owner Gilchrist. The Malibu is
located at 1000 Gulf Beach
Hwy. (850-456-0999).
West 2nd St.
• Veteran’s Bingo: 10 a.m. -2 p.m.; American Legion Post 99, Foley.
• Quilting Party: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Perdido Bay UMC Activities Center, 13660
Innerarity Point Rd., learn new techniques, exchange tips and tricks, 850497-0000.
• Orange Beach Sportfishing Club: social
at 6 p.m.; meeting at 7 p.m.; downstairs
at Tacky Jacks in Orange Beach. Info:
251 980-1585.
• The Island Quilters' Guild: 9:30 a.m.;
third Wednesday of month at the Harry
Roberts Community House in Gulf
Shores.
Gulf Shores; 251-968-5991.
• Food Bank: 9 - 11 a.m every Wednes-
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Sorrento Rd. Pensacola; call for eligiblity
requirements at (850) 492-2604.
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850.492.8335.
Branch Library: free; infant to 5; 10:3011; 12238 Old Gulf Beach Hwy; (850)4537780.
• AARP Lillian Chapter: 10 a.m.; Lillian
Community Club; 961-3430.
• Orange Beach Lion’s Club: Meet the
BUSINESS BRIEFS
LILLIAN ARTIST GROSS LAUNCHES JEWELRY
COLLECTION: Our area’s steamy summer nights provided
the theme for the launch of Lillian jewelry designer Laura
Gross’ new Silverline Jewelry Collection. Gentle breezes and a
gauze cabana greeted guests at a “Hot Summer’s Night Party”
hosted by Lillian residents Monica Leonard and Lucy Smith.
Laura began designing jewelry about 8 years ago, and the
newly launched Silverline Collection represents the evolution
of her design process. The collection features dazzling handmade wire wrap jewelry, primarily in sterling silver and aluminum. Among the stones featured in her collection are
turquoise, coral, lapis, jade and, soap stone. Signature necklaces, bracelets and earrings range from $15-$120. She also invites custom orders. For more info, visit SilverlineJewelry.com.
••••••••••
Laura Gross;
Keith Newton;
Deann Servos
Heather Gisczinski;
Marcilla Dale;
RYAN WOOD IS SBCC’S DIPLOMAT OF MONTH:
Christy Childress;
Rick Miller;
Ryan Wood, of Alabama Credit Union, was presented the Diplomat of the Month award during the South Baldwin Chamber’s
Business After Hours at Pen Air Federal Credit Union. Ryan
became Branch Manager for Alabama Credit in September
2015. He brings eight years of experience in banking to the
Foley location and is responsible for overseeing day to day operations and is tasked with bringing new business to the Credit
Union. Ryan enjoys meeting new people both in his role with
Alabama Credit Union and serving his local Chamber as a
Diplomat. He has been a Diplomat since March 2016 and has
already made an impact by volunteering to assist at many of
the Chamber networking events. Ryan is from Elberta. He attended William Carey University on a soccer scholarship and
received a degree in Business Administration. Ryan enjoys
watching soccer and spending time with his wife and two small
children.
••••••••••
WCI recently began construction on two new neighborhoods at
Lost Key, including 28 three-story Resort Villas and 90 townhomes. The homes will offer expansive floor plans, top-notch
amenities and spectacular views of the resort’s award-winning
golf course and nature preserve. WCI also plans to break
ground soon on an exclusive Gulf-front Beach Club and a new
pool-and-fitness center. Lost Key is a 413-acre gated community nestled amid the sugar-white sand and turquoise water of
Northwest Florida’s Gulf Coast. Surrounded by more than 300
acres of natural preserves, the master-planned community offers the best in Florida living — including an 18-hole golf
course, superb dining, a yacht club with wet and dry slip leases
and a complimentary beach shuttle. To learn more about the
Lost Key lifestyle, visit lostkey.wcicommunities.com or call
850-549-2120.
••••••••••
SBRMC ON BEST PLACES TO WORK IN
HEALTHCARE LIST: South Baldwin Regional Medical
Center announced today it has been ranked in the Top 100 Best
Places to Work in Healthcare list by Modern Healthcare magazine. South Baldwin Regional Medical Center is the only hospital in Alabama to make this prestigious list. This marks the
fifth year in a row the hospital has received this recognition.
Now in its ninth year, Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work
in Healthcare honors workplaces throughout the healthcare industry that empower their employees to provide customers and
patients with the best possible products, services and care.
“Being named for the fifth year in a row is a clear indication
that being a great place to work is a permanent part of the culture of South Baldwin Regional Medical Center,” said Keith
Newton, CEO. “We work very hard to make certain our employees feel valued and supported. Our capacity to provide the
best medical care depends on our ability to attract and retain
the best healthcare professionals. It makes this award especially gratifying.”
••••••••••
BALDWIN EMC DONATES CFL BULBS TO
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS: Baldwin EMC recently made
the switch from carrying CFL (compact fluorescent light) bulbs
to LED (light emitting diode) bulbs, a more energy-efficient and
long-lasting option. With a small inventory of CFL bulbs still on
hand, the co-op elected to donate the surplus of unused CFL
bulbs to local charitable organizations. Approximately 800
bulbs were divided among ARC Baldwin County, Baldwin
County Boys Ranch, Prodisee Pantry and Youth Reach Gulf
Coast. Prodisee Pantry Director Deann Servos accepted the donation of CFL bulbs for his organization. Program Director
Heather Gisczinski and Administrative Assistant Marcilla Dale
accepted on behalf of the ARC. Baldwin EMC Energy Marketing Specialist Kim Frank delivered a donation to Youth Reach
Gulf Coast Director Richard Crawford, and Executive Director
Jim Harmon accepted on behalf of the Baldwin County Boys
Ranch.
••••••••••
LOST KEY NAMES CHILDRESS ITS COMMUNITY
REP: WCI Communities has named Christy Childress com-
munity representative for Lost Key Golf & Beach Club, a luxury, master-planned community in Perdido Key. Childress, who
has more than seven years of experience in real estate, will be
responsible for introducing prospective residents to the community’s lifestyle and premium amenities. Her appointment
comes on the heels of a flurry of new development at the resort.
Jim Harmon
Ryan Wood
RICK MILLER TO SERVE AS YEA! INSTRUCTOR:
For the fourth year, Rick Miller has agreed to serve as Lead Instructor for the South Baldwin Educational Foundation‘s Young
Entrepreneur Academy. Rick serves as Operations Director for
the South Baldwin Chamber and CEO of Pro356 Consulting.
Rick has spent the last 30 years starting businesses and/or
helping small business grow. He was a CPA with a large multinational accounting firm in New York and holds business degrees from Harvard and the University of Alabama. “When I
was running the Business Support Center after the BP Oil Spill
and Donna Watts brought this program to me, I knew this was
a perfect fit with my passion: entrepreneurial education. I love
the opportunity to help young people take their dreams and
turn them into a real enterprise,” Miller said.
A nationally developed program the Young Entrepreneur
Academy is a 30 week program for middle and high school
youth. The program takes business ideas and through a business plan development, investor panel presentation, and helps
the students create their own startup business. The businesses
are then licensed and launched through a Chamber of Commerce trade show. The South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce
was the first in Alabama to launch the Academy. If you know a
young person who you think could benefit from a program like
this, contact Gale Croft, Executive Director, South Baldwin
Chamber Foundation at 251-943-5520 or gale@sbchamberfoundation.org
first and third Wed. of the month at
Shipp’s Harbour Grill at noon. Info: 251967-2514.
THU, AUG 18
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
Art into Words
Match Party
Aug. 11 at SBCT
Songwriters Series returns to The Point Aug. 16
Meadows, Norsworthy, Killough, Branch & Parker will play
The 5th installment in the Sandy Roots Songwriters Series will
be held on Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the Point Restaurant (14340 Innerarity Point Rd.) on Innerarity Point beginning at 6 p.m. Songwriters Travis Meadows, Derek Norsworthy, Rock Killough, Nick
Branch and Chad Parker will play original
songs in an in-the-round setting. An open mic
night for songwriters will follow the concert.
Info: sandyrootssongwriterseries. com.
A longtime possible-probable at The FloraBama, the beloved Killough (pictured above)
has songs on platinum albums by Hank, Jr.
and Sammy Kershaw. Other artists who have
recorded his songs are include Johnny Rodriguez (top 10 single), Brenda Lee (top 20 single), Jerry Jeff Walker, Jeannie Seeley, Mickey
Newbury, Carole King, Waylon, Jeannie
Pruett, Marty Raybon and Randy Travis.
He and his friend and mentor, Hank Cochran, opened shows for
Willie Nelson's summer and fall tour of 1980. Around that time he
appeared on the first songwriter's special on Austin City Limits.
with Floyd Tillman, Sonny Throckmorton, Cochran, Red Lane,
Willie and Whitey Shafer.
Meadows’ tunes have been recorded by Dierks Bentley, Eric
Church, Jake Owen, Blackberry Smoke, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hank
Williams Jr., Wynonna Judd and Randy Houser.
Between the death of his brother, divorce of his parents and a
battle with cancer, the Jackson, Mississippi native was exposed
to nothing but pain before he even learned to shave.
Raised by his grandparents and the nightlife of the local blues
bars, Meadows abused drugs and alcohol for most of his adult life.
Even after he became a touring preacher, his addictions steered
the wheel all the way to Nashville, Tennessee where he attended
rehabilitation multiple times before gaining traction in country
music. “I’m a riser, I’m a get up off the ground, don’t run and
hider,” he sings.
Norsworthy’s (pictured above left) lyrical vulnerability, magnetic
personality and vocally stellar live performances provide songs
that are clean, real and connect. He’s been featured on CMT,
American Songwriter Magazine and is founder of the Roots Foundation, a philanthropic group that focuses on promoting music
education in schools.
A match party for next
month’s (Sept. 22) Art into
Words event will be held on
Thursday, August 11 at 6:30
p.m. at the South Baldwin
Community Theatre in Gulf
Shores.
Art into Words, a cultural
evening celebrating different
mediums and interpretations of art is the result of a
unique collaboration between the
City of Gulf
Shores, Gulf
Coast Arts Alliance and the
South Baldwin Community Theatre.
The Sept. 22
event will pair eight artists
with eight playwrights who
will write a short play based
on that particular piece of
art. The plays will be the
centerpiece of an evening
which will include a four
course meal prepared by
Four Brothers Catering,
drinks, as well as live and
silent auctions. Lisa Christian will be the master of
ceremonies for the evening.
During the Aug. 11 match
party, artists and playwrights will be paired, and
patrons will have the chance
to mingle with the artists
and preview the art. Tickets
for the match party are $10
and can be purchased online
or in person at the South
Baldwin Community Theatre, located at 2022 W 2nd
St. in Gulf Shores (251-9686721).
Tickets for the main event,
Art into Words, are $50 and
go on sale Monday, August
15 at 8 a.m. Fans may reserve a table or purchase individual seats by visiting
gulfshoresal.gov or stopping
by the City Store Box Office
located at 1821 Gulf Shores
Parkway, Gulf Shores. For
more info, call 251-968-1434.
• Fairhope at St. Paul’s Varsity Football:
7; Mobile.
Perdido Key.
Key.
The Office, Foley.
• Knee Deep: 7; Hub Stacy’s, Innerarity
Point.
• Kristen Long Duo: 6; Tacky Jacks, Orange Beach.
• Scott Koehn & Woody Pierce: 6:30; Flipper’s, Orange Beach.
Beach.
Beach.
• Tim Spencer: noon; Pool Bar; Perdido
Beach.
Beach.
• U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary-FL32: 11:30
a.m.; Ryan's in Foley.; Info: 252-965-3100
Gulf Coast Martial Arts owner guest instructor at national camp
Mark Barlow, owner and Head Instructor at Gulf Coast Martial Arts in Foley was
the guest instructor at a Jujutsu national camp recently in Starkville. Students and
instructors from five states attended the two day event which offered training from
high ranked Black Belts from Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. Barlow (above
right) was the senior instructor present and taught a session on conflict avoidance
and maintaining balance and control during an assault. A student of the martial
arts for over forty years, Barlow teaches Japanese Jujutsu and Aikido at his dojo in
Foley and oversees several schools scattered across the United States, Canada and
the Caribbean.
To show support for Law Enforcement, Barlow provides free training to area police.
For further information on classes, he can be reached at 251 979-6019 or at
akayama_ryu@yahoo.com.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
HealthSouth co-founder tells Foley MOAA chapter his story of fraud and deceit
Aaron Beam, the co-founder and former Chief
Financial Officer of HealthSouth, spoke to over
60 Military Officers Association of America Baldwin County Chapter members at the group’s July
luncheon meeting at the Gift Horse Restaurant
in Foley. Beam made headlines by admitting
that he cooked the books at HealthSouth, the
Birmingham, Alabama-based provider of inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services.
“By 1994 or ’95 we were a Fortune 500 company
and the largest company in Alabama. We had
40,000 employees in all 50 states,” said Beam. “
But as we matured, it got more and more difficult to make our numbers. You can’t
keep growing at 20% to 30% every
year on the bottom line. To keep the
Street from lowering its estimates,
we started lowering our reserves for
bad debts. When we did acquisitions
we changed the companies’ value estimates so we could apply those estimates to our earnings as we went
forward.
“We committed fraud in the summer
of ’96, when we could no longer
change estimates to make earnings.
We thought we could make a lot of
entries small enough that the auditors wouldn’t detect them. So one
night, during the second quarter of ’96, I said,
‘OK, let’s do it,’ and we credited revenue that did
not exist and we debited assets that did not
exist.”
Nine months after cooking the books, Beam left
the company, but the fraud continued.
In 2003, after the Securities and Exchange
Commission accused HealthSouth of falsely inflating earnings. Beam came forward. He pleaded
guilty to bank fraud and gave evidence against
his former boss, Richard Scrushy.
“You couldn’t tell Scrushy ‘no’ on anything. I
have seen him so mad over minor things that I
actually feared for my physical safety. I often joke
with people, that if Richard Scrushy and Hannibal Lecter were in a fight, I would bet on Richard
Scrushy,” said Beam.
“I felt rotten. It was terrible. My hope was that
after we had done it once, we wouldn’t have to do
it again. But after doing it for four quarters, I felt
like it wasn’t going to end, so that’s when I left.
We had dug ourselves into a hole.”
Beam spent three months in a federal prison
and will be known as a felon for the rest of his
life.
“The correct thing that I should have done at
the critical point when we weren’t going to make
our numbers was to say no to any
illegal actions. If I got fired, I got
fired. Once you actually commit
fraud and have blood on your
hands, getting out of the trap is
very difficult,” said Beam.
The four men who succeeded
Beam as finance chief also confessed to the $2.7 billion accounting
fraud, which took place between
1996 and 2002.
All five CFOs pleaded guilty to
criminal charges and testified that
HealthSouth co-founder and CEO
Scrushy was behind the fraud. But
the defense hammered away at
their credibility during Scrushy’s 2005 trial, and
Scrushy was acquitted of all charges.
Since 2009, Bean has spoken to over 275 groups
about corporate fraud and is the author of two
books, "HealthSouth: The Wagon to Disaster" and
"Ethics Playbook" (co-written with Birmingham
writer Greg Womble), in which he shares his personal and professional insights on avoiding what
he calls "ethical landmines."
He said, “I’m trying to turn a big negative into
a positive, because there is such a need for ethics
in the business world today, and I’m in a unique
position to talk about it.” Pictured: MOAA President Jerry Davis and Aaron Beam.
POST 44 LEGION RIDERS: A group of American loving military supporting motorcyclists, The Legion Riders (pictured), is
now representing American Legion Post 44 in Gulf Shores. The group gets together for informal dinner rides and will sponsor its
Observation Ride in September and the Trike, Bike, Care and Truck Show in November. Both events will be headquartered at
American Legion Post 44, located at 6781 Hwy. 59 in Gulf Shores. For more Legion Rider info, call 251- 948-6119 or visit americanlegionpost44gulfshoresal.org.
or 251-945-5678.
• Pensacola Numismatic Society (Coin
Club) Meeting: 6:30 p.m.; Sonny’s Barbeque, 630 North Navy Blvd.; (850) 3326491.
• VFW Post 5859 Monthly Membership
Meeting: 7 p.m.; Elberta.
850-497-8625.
• Warrington Elks Bingo: $3800 pay-off;
sales at 5 p.m.; early birds at 6 p.m.;
South 72 Ave. & Hwy. 98, Pensacola.
• Foley Garden Club: 3rd Thursday of
each month, September through May;
12:30 p.m. at the Foley Public Library
conference room on East Laurel St.; 251972-8721.
Crossroad; 251 968-2411.
• Grief Support Group: 11 a.m.; 3rd
Thurs. of month; library; First Presbyterian Church of Foley; 943-8325.
968-7720.
• Christian Women’s Club Lunch: Gift
Horse Rest. in Foley; 11 a.m.; free nursery; 251-961-1610 or 987-1062.
Story Time: 10:30 a.m.; 251-968-1176.
• Western Gate Chapter of the Florida
Trail Association Monthly Meeting: 6:30
p.m. Monthly meeting; visitors welcome.
Details: (850) 932-0125 or http://west-
SOUTH BALD. CHRISTIAN WOMEN’S OUTREACH: From left, Haley
Wolfe, Gary Porter, Dr. Quentin Srnka, Dr. Robert Valkana and Marge Monahan participated in the recent South Baldwin Christian Women’s Outreach held in Foley at
the Gift Horse Restaurant. The South Baldwin Christian Women’s Outreach meets
monthly for a buffet luncheon. This month's program "Affordable Bling" will begin
at 11 a.m. on Thursday, August 11 and will feature Iris Chandler with Paparazzi
Accessories. Guest speaker Rebecca Womble of Buies, NC will present "A Divine
Makeover Is Eternal." Music will be provided by Carrie Hubbard. Cost is $8.50 per
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From luaus to backing up Wayne Perdew & Shine Powell to poolside at the Holiday Inn, J R Owen has been part of Island’s music scene
By Fran Thompson
They might not know that the J R in
his name is an acronym for Jelly Roll,
but Pleasure Island’s longtimers might
remember J R Owen as a member of the
original Wayne Perdew All-Star Band
that packed them in at Shirley &
Wayne’s Supper Club, a gig that first
brought J R over to Pleasure Island from
Mobile in 1986. J R also immediately
picked up a gig playing behind Shine
Powell at The Pink Pony on Sunday afternoons upon entering Island time.
“It was kind of a weird thing that right
away I was able to plug into the island’s
two musical entities, other than Brent
Burns,’’ Owen said. “I stumbled into the
two main scenes in Gulf Shores music.’’
A Michigan native, J R came by his love
for music naturally. His mother was a pianist at his church in the small town of
Williamston (outside East Lansing). He
always sang, but he was well into high
school when he picked up a guitar for
the first time.
Already playing music full-time for six
years, J R said his life changed immediately (“sparks flew”) when he met his
wife, Dottie, while playing a hotel gig in
Greenville back in 1981. The two moved
to Mobile to be closer to Dottie’s parents
in Evergreen, and the couple moved to
South Baldwin soon thereafter.
John Brust, a keyboard extraordinaire
who still plays in the lobby lounge at
Perdido Beach Resort, replaced J R on
bass with the Wayne Perdew All-Star
Band in 1987, when J R left to back up
Powell at his new club behind the original Souvenir City in Gulf Shores.
That gig was short lived. But J R continued to find work. Backed by a trio of
dancers, he packed the place playing
twice weekly luaus at Gulf State Park
Resort. (Billy Pelletier took over that gig
when he left.)
“I enjoyed playing the Hawaiian music,’’
he said. “We had big fun doing that show.
It was easy to get people to put on grass
skirts and get up and dance.’’
J R also played for 14 consecutive summers poolside at the old Gulf Shores Holiday Inn from 1990 til 2003, the year he
started playing with Cool Rayz.
“I guess you can look at the bad or the
good in anything in life, but I realize
that to be able to play music for a living
for all these years is a groovy thing,’’ he
said.
J R still plays solo gigs as well as in an
acoustic version of Cool Rayz, J.E.R.I. In
addition, he plays a number of ballroom
dance clubs between Pensacola,
Fairhope, Robertsdale, Spanish Fort and
Mobile.
“I didn’t really want to do it at first. But
these people dance to every song. And
it’s fun to play chachas, tangos, waltzes
and Rat Pack music,’’ he said. “I get to
play A Girl From Ipanema. And it adds
another slice to what I do. There’s one
guy in Pensacola who is 101, and he
comes to every dance I play there. He
dances and is sharp witted. They all love
to dance and have a good time.’’
J R said the most lucrative gigs in his
eclectic career are the convention and
corporate meetings that he’s been
booked to play at up and down the
beach.
He has played for the Alabama Pest
Control Assn. at Perdido Beach Resort
for 27 consecutive years and is now entertaining a second generation of exterminators. “One guy come up to me with
his four or five year old and said he was
the same age as his kid when he first
heard me play,’’ he said.
J R also played in a duo at Papa Roccos
with Powell and alternated weekends at
that bistro with Burns, his longtime
friend.
He and Dottie, who still keeps her real
estate license active, ran a booking
agency and also booked the music and
ran the stages during the Shrimp Fest
for many years. Dottie was also the general manager at the short lived but
much loved Best Little Warehouse in
L.A. nightclub on Hwy. 59 in the early
1990’s.
Just over a month from turning 65, J R
said he has not thought about retiring.
“I enjoy all the different things I do,’’ he
said. “I like playing in the little acoustic
band. I like getting funky with Cool
Rayz. I get to croon a little bit at the
ballroom dances.
“Sometimes I think it’s not as fun as it
used to be, but really it is,’’ he added.
“It’s not always perfect. But it’s been
wonderful to be able to make a living at
it. So, I guess I’ll play ‘til they pull my
cold dead fingers from the guitar strings.
As long as I can play and sing and make
a little money, I’ll be playing. Or more to
the point, I’ll keep playing as long as
people still want to hear me.’’
19 Questions With J R Owen
1. What is one thing that most people do
not know about you?
I wish I had worked on being a stand-up
comic. I love those people
2. Considering anyone dead or alive, with
whom would you like to have a conversation?
I think I would like to a conversation
with Cleopatra. What a different culture
and slant she would have on life.
3. Other than parents, who is one person
that has greatly influenced your life?
So many people but the writer, Alan
Watts, help me have an epiphany.
4. What is one thing that you would like to
change about yourself?
I am pretty lazy so I would like to have a
tad more drive.
5. What is one thing you would not want to
change about yourself?
Despite all indications to the contrary I
believe things will work out the way they
should. I don't want to change that.
6. How do you cope with stress?
Take a deep breath and realize that
things will work out the way they should.
7. What is your favorite childhood memory?
I had a great childhood. Grew up on a
small dairy farm. After chores my brother
and I played sports and I loved that.
8. What are your biggest pet peeves?
Sometimes folks seem to create drama
when there's no real reason.
9. Who are your favorite entertainers?
I love stand up comedy (Daniel Tosh, Ron
White). But I also love great music (too
many to name).
10. What was your first and your worst
job?
I grew up on a farm so I worked as soon
as I was able. I did work on the railroad as
a track repair man. I don't like cold
weather so working outside in December
and January was not good for me.
11. If you had the political pull, what is one
issue you would address?
Health care insurance and costs. I think
the USA should have medicare for everyone and I think that the system should
have the ability to negotiate with drug
makers for reasonable prices.
12. What is the dumbest thing you ever
did?
Well I worked at the post office when I
was young and could be retired very comfortably from that. Instead I played music
for a living. Wouldn't change it, but it could
be considered 'dumb'.
13. If you won the lottery, what is the first
thing you’d do with the dough?
Pay off bills. Invest carefully. Take care of
family. Travel. Sorry you the 'first' thing.
I'd buy Dottie a new car.
14. What is your greatest fear?
I guess a stroke where I was aware but
couldn't express my feelings or move.
15. What is your greatest extravagance?
I buy musical instruments that I don't really need.
16. Which talent would you most like to
have?
I like to have the ability to know when to
shut up.
17. What is your motto?
Everything is going according to God's
plan.
18. What is your most treasured possession?
Not really a possession but my wife, Dottie, has been the best thing that's ever happened to me.
19. A perfect day is ...
Leisurely having coffee and breakfast.
Maybe a short trip to the gym. A short
drive on some road I've not been on before.
Perhaps a round of golf. Hear some live
music while eating a nice dinner. Relaxing.
Oil spill memories fade at Dauphin Island Fishing Rodeo
By David Rainer
Al. Dept. of Natural Resources
Dr. Bob Shipp stood in amazement last weekend at the 83rd
annual Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo (ADSFR) as he watched
the frenetic activity on Dauphin
Island.
Shipp, Professor Emeritus at the
University of South Alabama’s
Marine Sciences Department,
never would have imagined the
resilience of the Alabama Gulf
Coast, its ecosystem and related
recreational activities when he
was sitting at Dauphin Island Sea
Lab six years ago.
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill
had cast an ominous pall over all
life on the Gulf Coast in April
2010, and Shipp thought coastal
living had been forever altered.
For obvious reasons, ADSFR officials had to cancel the 2010 rodeo.
“When it happened, I thought
our way of life was gone,” said
Shipp, longtime judge for the
ADSFR, which attracts more than
3,000 anglers annually to the Alabama coast.
“I really never expected it to rebound like it has. The first year,
when things didn’t look too very
bad, I was still really suspicious.
But as time goes on, there appears to be no impact at all. And
the rodeo is a good example. We’re
getting the same kind of fish as
before, maybe even better than
before. Certainly red snapper are
bigger and there are more than
there’s ever been before.
“From a fisheries standpoint,
you’d never notice there has been
any impact at all. That’s not to
say there’s not stuff going on in
the sediments in deep water, but
as far as the fisheries are concerned, you’d never know we had
an oil spill.”
Although the red snapper season
in federal waters is closed,
Alabama state
waters out to 9
miles are open
through July 31
for red snapper.
And the rodeo
showed how big
red snapper can
grow this close
to shore. The
winning red
snapper, caught
by David Silcox,
weighed 29.05
pounds, followed
by Matthew O’Brien at 27.63 and
Ryan Kennedy at 26.51.
Shipp continues USA’s Marine
Sciences research work on the red
snapper population off the Alabama coast. In fact, he and his
crew made a trip into the Gulf on
Wednesday before the rodeo
started. Some of the spots
checked were not regular sites
but had been discovered during
by the charter captains while
traveling from site to site.
“What we’ve done for the last
two years is go to some of these
(discovered) spots,” Shipp said.
“We don’t know who put what
down and don’t know what kind
of material it is. We go to the
spots and put the camera (via remotely operated vehicle) down
and fish them for 15 minutes.
Every one of them is totally
loaded with red
snapper. The
people I bring
along on the trip
don’t believe me
that it’s not a
honey hole.
What you see on
the camera is
validated by
what we catch
on hook and
line.”
Last week’s research trip consisted of fishing
five different
spots for 15 minutes at a time.
Every red snapper that hit the
deck on the boat was either kept
for post-mortem research or
tagged and released. Shipp said
about 250 snapper were caught in
about an hour and 15 minutes of
fishing.
There was one disturbing aspect
of last week’s research trip. Shipp
said the ROV camera picked up
not only plenty of red snapper but
also far too many of the invasive
lionfish.
“One of the spots with chicken
coops probably had 40 to 50 lionfish on it,” he said. “I think lionfish are a serious, serious threat. I
think it’s more of a threat than
overfishing. They feed on young,
live fish, fish that are an inch or
inch-and-a-half long, which
means they are competing with
other species for food. Plus they’re
wreaking havoc on juvenile fish.
“The one fortuitous thing about
red snapper is that juvenile red
snapper are not on the reef. They
are on rubble or rough bottom. By
the time the snapper recruit to
the reef, they are too big for the lionfish to eat. But they’re still
competing for food. With so many
red snapper out there, I don’t
know why they all don’t starve to
death.”
Fortunately, Shipp said examinations of the stomach contents of
red snapper indicate they can forage on species like eels and invertebrates that live in the
substrate.
“Believe it or not, red snapper
can also filter feed,” he said. “Not
a whole lot, but it gives them
something. But I don’t know
what’s going to happen down the
“I think lionfish
are a serious,
serious threat. I
think it’s more of
a threat than
overfishing.’’
line with lionfish.”
From an economic standpoint,
Jeff Collier, Dauphin Island
Mayor for the past 18 years, said
the rodeo, which started in 1929,
is part of the fabric of this coastal
community.
“The rodeo is one of the biggest
events we have on the island,”
Collier said. “We’ve found more
ways to leverage and partner
with the Mobile Jaycees (rodeo
sponsors) than we ever have in
the past. It’s a very positive impact on our island community.
“Most of the people down here
have forgotten about the oil spill.
What’s remarkable about our
community is that we have recovered to the extent we have. If you
roll the clock back six years, we
had no idea what we would be
doing in the next one year, five
years, 10 years or whatever. Here
we are six years later and our
economy has rebounded to better
than pre-oil spill conditions. I
think it’s nothing short of a miracle.”
Collier said as bad as the oil
spill was, it has provided an opportunity to learn valuable lessons about unexpected
catastrophes.
“We know hurricanes and what
we have to do in the aftermath,”
he said. “The oil spill was a totally
different situation. Fortunately,
we made lemonade out of the oil
spill. We’ve been able to come up
with new events and rebranding
Dauphin Island. We’re now calling the island the ‘Sunset Capital
of the World.’
“So as bad as it was, some of the
things that came from the oil spill
turned out to be positive. We
came out of it a much better community. I’m very proud to have
been a part of that recovery
process.”
However, Collier is aware there
may be consequences from the oil
in the future.
“The one thing we have hanging
over our heads is the long-term
effect of the oil on the fisheries or
the environment in general,” he
said. “We can easily gauge the
economic recovery, but we have to
rely on the scientific community
to help us determine the impacts,
short and long term, to the environment.”
Chris Blankenship, Director of
the Alabama Marine Resources
Division (MRD), said he and the
MRD staff will remain vigilant in
the monitoring of the marine environment in the aftermath of the
oil spill, but he hopes saltwater
anglers will take advantage of the
great fishing opportunities available right now.
“The fishing in Alabama is really
outstanding overall,” Blankenship
said. “The spotted seatrout, red
snapper and triggerfish fisheries
have been off the chart this year.
We are also seeing a lot of big yellowfin tuna and some of the
biggest ground mullet I have ever
seen.
“There are still several fisheries
that Marine Resources is concerned about, including blue crabs
and flounder. Those fisheries’
landings are still below average.
We are continuing to monitor all
the fisheries for lingering effects
from the oil spill or other factors.
But, we are building inshore and
offshore reefs like crazy with
money from the oil spill, and that
should pay great dividends in the
future.”
Pictured: (top right) Longtime
Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo judge,
Dr. Bob Shipp, center, checks the
weight on a red snapper weighed
in at the 83rd annual rodeo. (left)
Researchers from the University
of South Alabama/Dauphin Island
Sea Lab, Crystal Hightower and
Reid Nelson, place a tag in a 7.1pound live speckled trout.
PICTURES OF THE WEEK
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John Graves shares a picture of Jack and Vickie Freeman fishing the surf in Gulf Shores.
Steve Ward shared pictures
of a beautiful Gulf Shores
sunset and a magnificent
morning sunrise over the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo.
“Formation of a face in the thunderheads that knocked out power
to our home in Robertsdale,’’ writes Sherri Enlow.
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Cathy Deal shares the peacefulness of Innerarity Point at sunset. “Sky & water were dull blue & grey,’’ she wrote. “After the
sun went down, look what colors appeared! Wow! My spirit exploded with joy!’’
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A beautiful sunset on West Beach. (Photo by Morgan Plash)
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