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JSlflND€R_ • Dave Barry - 8 • Editorial Back Talk - 20 • Health -14 • Movie Review Hancock-12 • Pet Page -13 • Pew News -18 Surfin’ the News Published by Permar Publications • P.O. Box 20539 • St. Simons Island, Ga. 31522 • 912-265-9654 • ssislander@bellsouth.net July 14, 2008 Established 1972 Vol 36 Issue 28 State asked to rule on validity of County candidate • Hatch Act violation in question By Pamela Permar Shierling In a letter to Georgia Sec retary of State, Karen C. Han del, Brunswick resident Sandy Dean has requested that Han del's office investigate the can didacy of Richard Strickland who is running as a Republican for the Glynn County Commis sion At Large Post 2 position. Ms. Dean asked that the sec retary's office "conduct a thor ough review of this situation and that you instruct the Glynn County Board of Elections to follow the existing law and to rule Strickland's candidacy as terminated due to an improper qualification due to an ongoing violation of the Hatch Act." According to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel in Wash ington, D.C. "The Hatch Act Turn to Page 7 Candidacy questioned School board challenges political ad By Matthew J. Permar At least one candidate for the Glynn Comity Board of Education may have trouble finding a future ally on the board next year if he gets elect ed this week. While hearing a facilities committee report during their regular meeting last week, the Board of Education (BOE) challenged a statement made in a newspaper ad paid for by the “Friends of Jerry Mancil.” Mancil is the candidate who is looking to unseat BOE At Large Post 2 incumbent Lance Turpin. According to BOE member Millard Allen, who chairs the board’s Facilities Committee, the offending statement in the ad was: “**News Alert** BOE did not acquire Glynn County building permits and is not allowing Glynn County build- Turn to Page 5 Political ad Island Roundabout gets finishing touch Inspecting the new Live Oaks planted in the Roundabout last week were: (front row, left to right) Live Oaks Garden Club members Sandy Dunlap, Jane Johnson, Patsy Harrison, June Sortwell, Kitty Larkins, and Betty Lou Schoneker. Joining them were: (back row, left to right) Glynn County Commissioner Uli Keller (Dist. 2), Sea Island Co. landscape architect Bill Edenfield, County Tree Advisory Board acting-chairman Roger Steffens, SSI Land Trust business manager Susan Crawley and garden club member Peg Shorey. Islander staff photo Live Oaks Garden Club and St. Simons Land Trust fund Roundabout landscaping St. Simons residents had a little shock last Wednes day during their morning commute when, overnight, three large live oaks magi cally sprang up in the center of the Demere/Frederica Road roundabout. The three, 25 ft. trees are a gift from the Live Oaks Garden Club of St. Simons Island. The garden club donated $35,000 for the trees from money they have made over the years sell ing poinsettias at Christmas. The St. Simons Island Land Trust agreed to match the gar den club donation, according to Trust Executive Director Russ Marane, with funds raised to finish the roundabout land scaping. Glynn County had included about $20,000 in the project’s road construction budget, but it was mainly for grassing, so the garden club and land trust agreed to chip in and finish Beginning about 11:30 Tuesday night July 8, a landscape the job. installation crew from the Sea Island Co. planted three 25 The Sea Island Co. did their ft. Live Oak trees in the center of the Demere Rd./Frederica Turn to Page 2 Rd. roundabout on St. Simons. Roundabout Oaks Photo by and courtesy of Meredith Trawick