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Surfin’
the News
Published by Permar Publications • P.O. Box 20539 • St. Simons Island, Ga. 31522 • 912-265-9654 • ssislander@bellsouth.net
August 4, 2008 Established 1972 Vol 36 Issue 31
Pier residents
oppose new
Mallery eatery
By Matthew J. Permar
Even with the wide selec
tion and number of restau
rants already open for busi
ness in the four block stretch of
Mallery St. between Magnolia
St. and the St. Simons Island
pier, Lance Williams is con
vinced that another restaurant
will do well in the island's 'pier
village' area.
The roadblock is, a number
of area residents are opposed
to the restaurant because of
the traffic and parking prob
lems they are afraid it will
generate.
One resident, Mary Wil
son, who lives on Magnolia
St. adjacent to the back side
of the building, is also con
cerned about having a restau
rant dumpster next door to her
house.
Since sometime in the 1980's
Mallery St. has been classified
a 'Core District' by the Glynn
County Community Devel
opment Department, which
means a 'Special Use Permit'
(SUP) is required for new res
taurants and nightclubs.
Note: New restaurants
and nightclubs also used to
be required to provide park
ing, but that requirement was
omitted a couple of years ago
by the Glynn County Commis
sion.
Williams appeared before
the Island Planning Commis
sion (IPC) at their July 15
meeting with a SUP applica
tion for a restaurant at 408
Mallery St. called Mallery St.
Cafe.
Williams wants to put the
restaurant in one of three
emits in a building between
Magnolia St. to the north
and the back side of Parker's
Express convenience store to
the south. Murphy's Tavern
and J. Mack's restaurant are
across the street.
According to Glynn County
Planner I Kristina Wright, who
presented Williams's applica
tion, the proposed restaurant
is about 1,146 sq. ft. and would
serve breakfast and lunch only
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New village restaurant
Glynn Senior 4-H
in San Diego for
ESRI award
After traveling to 120
coastal communities from Del-
ware to Texas over the last
nine months, on a National
Geographic sponsored grant,
teaching their innovative
Evacuation Mapping program
to emergency management
officials, five members of the
Glynn County Senior 4-H pro
gram's 'Pirates of Evacuation
Mapping' are in San Diego this
week to be honored for their
work and achievement.
Initially, the 4-H'ers were
asked to present their program
at ESRI software manufactur
er's International User Con
ference this week. Glynn 4-
H Agent Robi Gray was then
notified the group was also
being honored with a presti
gious 'Speical Achievement In
GIS Award.'
The Glynn 4-H program
wishes to express their sincere
ly appreciation to the Glynn
County businesses who pro
vided funds for this trip. □
Valdosta named
Titletown USA
By Jake Harrison
Valdosta, Georgia is often
called Winnersville by its sup
porters and opponents alike on
account of its athletic excel
lence, especially in football.
Last Monday night that
name was formally recognized
by the rest of the nation as
ESPN named Valdosta win
ner of a month long contest to
find “Titletown USA.” Valdosta
beat out 20 other finalists that
included New York City, Los
Angeles, Boston, and Chicago.
Fans could vote on espn.com
or via text message. The votes
were cast July 23-27 and on
July 28, at 6 p.m., Valdosta was
named Titletown USA.
Valdosta was named Title-
town for three reasons, football,
football, and, oh yeah, football.
Valdosta’s Lowndes High has
won three out of the last four
5AAAAA state championships,
but even those impressive
accomplishments pale in com-
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Titletown USA
Second Harvest seeks growing room
Above: Glynn Facilities
Management Supervisor
Ben Mauney (left to right),
SHCG Exec. Dir. Mary
Jane Crouch and Assist.
County Administrator Paul
Christian review prelimi
nary plans for SHCG's pro
posed Brunswick ware
house.
Middle: SHCG Branch
Manager Chandra
Mahony (right) climbs
on the Second Harvest
delivery truck to help with
unloading.
Bottom: SHCG is outgrowing
their 2,000 sq. ft. Whitlock St.
facility. In the rear, House
Manager Ruth Levy of Amity
House, shops for food items
for the shelter's kitchen.
Islander staff photos
County helps
Second Harvest
with space needs
By Matthew J. Permar
It’s not official yet, and
won’t be until the Glynn County
Commission gives final approv
al, but there is a very good
possibility that Glynn County
will lease their former records
storage facility on Stonewall St.
to America’s Second Harvest of
Coastal Georgia (SHCG) for a
food distribution center.
Founded in 1981, SHCG
“utilizes food resources to feed
hungry people and to build
community,” says the organiza
tion’s literature.
Based in Savannah, it is a
volunteer-driven, charitable
food distribution center whose
mission is to feed people in a
21-county service area, which
includes Glynn.
Accepting donations of
large quantities of food, SHCG
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Second Harvest
