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JSlflND€R_ • Dave Barry - 8 • Editorial Back Talk - 20 • Health -14 • Movie Review Kit Kittredge: An American Girl- • 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 August 11, 2008 Established 1972 Vol 36 Issue 32 ’No Mercy' team wins King Classic By Jake Harrison There were 175 boats out on the water Friday and Sat urday. One of them hit it big. Captain Gary “Doodle” Ryals and his fishing team No Mercy out of Darien, Georgia, won the 2008 Golden Isles Kingfish Classic (GIKFC) with a 49.18 lb. monster fish. No Mercy was awarded the grand prize, a 21’ Yamaha® 'Contender' fishing boat and a Loadmaster® trailer, in a ceremony after all the fish had been weighed on Satur day afternoon. The second and third place winners were Captain Alden Thornton and The A Team from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida and Captain Rusty Kennedy and High Hook. The Junior Angler award was won by Ryan Macchel- la of St. Simons with a 41 pound fish and the Lady Angler award was won by Allison Thornton of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The Classic as a whole was a success. The tournament entries exceeded original expectations of 155-165 boats with 175 boats competing, and large crowds gathering all three days at Gascoigne Turn to Page 11 No Mercy wins GIKFC County unsure of additional liquor license regulations By Matthew J. Permar There have been two traf fic fatalities on the F.J. Tor- ras Causeway so far this year and, according to Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering, alco hol was a “contributing factor” in one of them. The driver in that particu lar accident had a BAC (blood alcohol content) of .21%, said Doering. The police chief also reported that his investigation revealed that the driver had been drinking at the Oyster Shack restaurant in Brunswick prior to the accident. Reporting to the Glynn Coun ty Commission diming their regular meeting on Thursday, Aug. 7, Doering said the other fatality this year was caused by a “distracted driver.” “We can’t say with 100% cer tainty that the driver was work ing on his computer,” Doering told the commission, “but the computer we found in the vehi cle was open and turned on. So it is an educated guess.” Doering was reporting to the commission at the request of Commissioners Uli Keller (Dist. 2) and Cap Fendig (At Large #2). Keller was absent from the meeting attending a military Turn to Page 5 Liquor license regs The 'No Mercy' fishing team won First Place in the GIKFC with their 49.18 lb. King. Captain Gary Ryals (left to right) and his team John Hall, Ike Maulden, and Lindsay Duffield with the prize catch. Photo by and courtesy of SKA New island health facility breaks ground At 8:30 last Friday morning the Southeast Georgia Health System (SGHS) broke ground on a new physician's office complex and expanded outpatient services facility on St. Simons Island adjacent to the Immediate Care Center at 5000 Wellness Way. Above, Mark Bedner (front center), chairman of the Hospital Authority's Building and Grounds committee, addresses the crowd with remarks about the new facility. "The complex is designed to pro vide a beautiful home for several of our Cooperative Healthcare Services Inc. physicians as well as community physicians," said Bedner, "These physicians are purchasing their offices similar to those in the Health System's Outpatient Care Center. The complex will also include expanded outpatient services such as lab, x-ray and physical therapy for the convenience of our patients on St. Simons." Also on hand were: (left to right) Carl Alexander, Authority vice chairman; Robert Griffin, Authority member; Michael Sullivan, MD; Gary R. Colberg, president & CEO, SGHS; James Greene, MD; John Limburg, MD; Thomas "Beau" Sasser Jr., MD; Ralph "Buck" Cavalier, MD; Ashley Cavalier, MD; Marjorie Mathieu, vice president, SGHS; and Carla Yarbrough, Authority member. The new two-story, 20,000 sq. ft. facility was designed by island architect Larry Bryson. It will take a year to complete at an estimated cost of $6.8 million. The facility will be constructed by Solid Rock Co. of Jesup, with Johnny Campbell as Project Superintendent. Photo by and courtesy of Cindy Robinson, SGHS Public Relations Coordinator Si’s Altama Plantation set for long term development By Matthew J. Permar After 63 years in the Jones family, the Sea Island Co. has slated Altama Plantation, a large tract of land in the north ern part of Glynn County off of Hwy. 99, for long term develop ment. In a proposal that is unique for Glynn County, Sea Island joined with two other property owners, Satilla Forest Devel opment Co. and DMR Invest ments, LLC, combining their adjacent property into one large 7,800 acre tract and submitting a joint rezoning application to the Glynn County Community Development Department. While the companies still own their individual tracts, they submitted an application for one Planned Development (PD) zoning, with one PD zon ing text, to the Glynn County Mainland Planning Com mission (MPC) last Tuesday, August 5. Satilla Forest Development (SFD) is owned by Richard McKinna and Ray Richard. DMR is owned by Richard McKinna, Ray Richard and Terry Driggers. The entire combined tract of land, which has been named the 'Northwest Quad rant,' is approximately 7,820 acres including 4,814 acres of upland and non-jurisdictional wetlands, approximately 1,052 Turn to Page 7 Joint development