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Published by Permar Publications • P.O. Box 20539 • St. Simons Island, Ga. 31522 • 912-265-9654 • ssislander@bellsouth.net
November 10, 2008 Established 1972 Vol 36 Issue 45
Garden Club helps with park improvement
Taking part in the ground breaking for the Demere Park butterfly garden last week
were: (left to right) landscape architect Roger Steffens, who designed the project;
Ann Ritchie of the Live Oaks Garden Club (LOGO); Peg Shorey, LOGC co-president;
June Sortwell, LOGC; Kitty Larkins, LOGC and inspiration for the garden; County Com
missioner Uli Keller (Dist. 2); Patsy Harrison, LOGC co-president; Betty Lou Schoneker,
LOGC; Vance Wayne, Glynn Recreation Dept.; and Wesley Davis, County Recreation
Director. Islander Staff Photo
Live Oaks Garden Club to fund and install
butterfly garden in Demere Park
Beach Blanket
Bingo '08
• County gets proactive
for next year's Ga.-Fla.
By Matthew J. Permar
1980. Georgia's ball on their
own 8 yard line. Third down
and 11. Florida up by 1 point.
1:04 left on the clock.
Many University of Geor
gia Bulldog faithful remem
ber Larry Munson's famous,
fevered "Rim, Lindsey" call as
if it happened yesterday.
Wide receiver Lindsey
Scott paved the way for Geor
gia to win the 1980 National
Championship with a 92-yard
touchdown reception from the
scrambling Buck Belue that
beat Florida 26-21 that year.
As Scott scored, Munson
yelled "Lindsey Scott" three
times and went on to talk about
the "metal, steel chair" he broke
in the broadcast booth...
Then Munson said this, "Ya
know, this game has always
been called the world's great
est cocktail party... do you
know what is going to happen
here tonight... and up at St.
Simons... and Jekyll Island...
and all those places where
all those Dog people have got
these condominiums for four
days... Man! Is there gonna
be some property destroyed
tonight!!!"
I don't know about any
property destruction after this
year's Georgia-Florida game
but Glynn County did have a
massive amount of trash on
the beach to clean-up before
the game even started.
While the end result of this
year's dismal Georgia-Florida
game was a far cry from 1980,
thousands of Georgia fans
migrated to St. Simons Island,
as they do every year for the
cocktail party, in anticipation
of what some sports writers
called the "biggest Georgia-
Florida game ever."
With both teams ranked
in the top ten and SEC and
National championship impli
cations surrounding the game,
the fans began arriving on St.
Simons the Thursday before
game in search of a party.
And on Friday afternoon
about 3,000 of them found
Turn to Page 5
Beach party
Jail expansion
waits on State's
high court
By Matthew J. Permar
Yet another stumbling
block has landed in the path
of Glynn County's Detention
Center (CDC) expansion proj
ect.
After a one day hearing
Monday, Nov. 3, Atlantic Judi
cial Circuit Superior Court
Judge Charles Rose, Jr. ruled
that Glynn County is prohib
ited from taking possession,
by eminent domain, of two lots
owned by Bob Torras, Sr. and
Brunswick Landing, LLC until
Torras's appeal of the case is
heard by the Supreme Court
of Georgia.
Glynn County has obtained
the entire block between I
St. and J St. to the north of
the detention center with the
exception of the two lots owned
by Torras at 1914 Newcastle
and 406 J St.
The county plans to expand
the detention center into the
Turn to Page 6
Supreme Court appeal
School system
rezoning task
force finalizes
district map
By Pamela Permar Shierling
The Glynn Comity School
System rezoning task force
voted last Thursday to approve
staffs redistricting map.
The map will be presented
at two public hearings: Mon
day, Nov. 10, 6 p.m. at Jane
Macon; Monday, Nov. 17, 6
p.m. at Needwood.
Howard Mann, Assistant
Superintendant of Operations,
who made the presentation
told the group the plan dis
rupted the minimum of stu
dents.
The plan evenly distributes
the system's middle school stu
dents among Glynn Middle,
Jane Macon and Needwood
and keep each school under
the 900 student mark. Next
year the Risley Early College
Academy (RECA) will include
grades six, seven, and eight
Turn to Page 11
School rezoning
On Thursday November 6,
the Live Oaks Garden Club
held a ground breaking cer
emony for a butterfly garden
that will be installed in Deme
re Park on St. Simons Island.
For many years the Live
Oaks Garden Club has been
selling poinsettias to earn
money for the beautification of
St. Simons Island.
And now, thanks to the gen
erous folks who have support
ed the sales, the club has been
able to contribute to a number
of beautification projects.
The latest is the creation of
the butterfly garden in Deme
re Park.
The project is being done
in conjunction with the Glynn
County Department of Rec
reation and Parks and from
additional contributions from
the Friends of Demere Park.
The club approached Copun-
ty Commissioner Uli Keller
(Dist. 2) about constructing the
garden in Demere Park early
this year. The request came at
a time when the county was
developing plans to update the
park, which will include the
skateboard pad.
Commissioner Keller asked
the park planner to allot the
site of the old firehouse for the
garden.
Roger Steffens, a well known
local landscape designer, has
created a beautiful plan incor
porating ideas from garden
club members and Commis
sioner Keller.
Linda Lamb, an expert on
butterflies and native vegeta
tion, is acting as a consultant.
The irrigation system should
be completed within the next
couple of weeks after which
time perennials and landscape
items will be installed.
Entry into the garden will
be through a vine covered trel
lis. It will contain a butterfly
bath and a bench which was
put in the park a number of
years ago by Friends of the
Park.
It will have plants that
attract butterflies and also
provide food for the egg and
caterpillar stages of reproduc
tion. It is anticipated that not
only will the garden beautify
the park but it will also serve
as a educational opportunity
for local children.
The county has already
made some improvements to
the park such as refurbishing
the playground equipment and
moving it to a more shady loca
tion under the oaks.
They will be planting a pit-
tosporum hedge in the front
and side of the park and updat
ing the parking area with pav
ing and curb and gutter.
The skateboard pad will be
buffered by a fence and plant
ings.
Turn to Page 6
Butteifly garden
