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Published by Permar Publications • P.O. Box 20539 • St. Simons Island, Ga. 31522 • 912-265-9654 • ssislander@bellsouth.net
April 6, 2009 Established 1972 Vol 37 Issue 14
Comment period
OK’ed; Coleman
not happy
By Matthew J. Permar
An open, public comment
period during Glynn County
Commission meetings, similar
to the one the Glynn County
Board of Education has during
their meetings, was the brain
child of County Commissioner
Bob Coleman (At Large #2).
And even though the comi
ty commission approved the
comment period dining their
Thursday, April 2 meeting,
Coleman was not happy with
the final result.
Coleman first proposed the
public comment period back in
February. That time, he asked
to defer the issue in order to
work out concerns expressed
by his fellow commissioners.
At the March 19 meeting,
Coleman brought back a pro
posal for the comment period
with six stipulations for the
public to follow in order to be
allowed to speak.
Coleman’s motion to enact
the comment period died for
lack of a second because sever
al commissioners had a prob
lem with one stipulation they
thought was too punitive.
Last week, Commissioner
Don Hogan (At Large #1),
who had voiced strong convic
tions that the public should be
allowed to address the com
mission, presented his version
of a comment period. Hogan’s
proposal included six sections
and was about a page and a
half long.
Hogan thanked Coleman
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Comment period OK’ed
Tea Party - April 15
A group of citizens in Glynn
County are organizing a TEA
Party demonstration near
Marina Drive (by the boat
ramp on the causeway) on
April 15, the day tax returns
are to be mailed, from noon
- 2 p.m. The TEA Party is
part of a national movement
to protest the spending of tril
lions of dollars by Washington
that will leave a massive debt
for generations to come. For
more information, e-mail ssite-
aparty@gmail.com or call 912-
399-5928. □
Vet loses license
for six months
By Pamela Permar
Shierling
In a consent order dated
March 25, 2009, citing Bruns
wick veterinarian Dr. Richard
Stobaeus' conduct relating to
several cases as grounds for
sanctions, the Georgia State
Board of Veterinary Medicine
(Board) suspended Dr. Sto
baeus' license to practice vet
erinary medicine in Georgia
for six months plus $600 to
reimburse the state for admin
istrative fees.
Dr. Stobaeus operates the
Animal Care Teaching Hospi
tal in Brunswick. The follow
ing was cited in the order as
the reason for license suspen
sion:
May 2006 - During a Board
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Vet's license suspended
Island resident
stabbed at
Massengale
Brunswick resident Mark
A. Williford turned himself in
last Wednesday four hours
after allegedly stabbing St.
Simons Island resident Harry
Edward Reese to death in a
Massengale Park bathroom.
Shortly after 6 p.m. on
Wednesday, April 1, Glynn
County police responded to a
call at Massengale Park, 1350
Ocean Blvd., St. Simons Island,
in reference to an assault.
There they found 70 year old
Reese who had been stabbed.
At 10 p.m. that same eve
ning, Williford surrendered
at county police headquarters
on the mainland. He told a
communications officer that
"he wanted to turn himself
in for something that hadn't
been reported yet," police Capt.
Marissa Tindale said. He then
told an officer that he had
stabbed a man on St. Simons
Island.
Williford has been charged
with Reese's murder. The
investigation continues by
Investigator Len Davis.
Asked about motive in the
attack, Police Chief Matt Doer
ing declined to comment say
ing the investigation was ongo
ing. □
New pool and putt putt nears completion
The new Neptune Park
'Family Zone' (above),
a major component
of the Neptune Park
master plan, is close
to completion. Mas
ter plan committee
member Robert Uss-
ery expects the swim
ming pool and minia
ture golf facility to be
ready for its proposed
Memorial Day open
ing.
In recognition of his
leadership and work
on the Neptune Park master plan, the Glynn County Commission honored former mem
ber Uli Keller (center in right photo), with an oak tree that was planted in the park last
week. Assisting in the tree planting ceremony were: (left to right) former County Com
missioner Cap Fendig who worked with Keller on the park plan; County Commissioner
Tony Thaw (Dist. 3) who also worked closely with Keller; Keller; County Administrator
Charles Stewart; and Sea Island Co. landscape architect Bill Edenfield (the local resort
company donated the tree in addition to the landscaping around the Family Zone).
Islander Staff Photos
County honors Keller with Neptune Park oak tree
"Recent county commis
sions have gotten a lot done
in all areas of Glynn County,"
Glynn County Commissioner
Tony Thaw (Dist. 3) told a mid-
morning crowd last week, "The
Neptune Park master plan is
one of those things and Uli
(former county commissioner
Uli Keller) was the main force
behind it."
Thaw was speaking to a
By Matthew J. Permar
group of Keller's friends and
dignitaries who had shown
up at the Old Casino building
to see the county commission
honor their former colleague
with an oak tree planted in his
name.
Referring to the renovated
Neptune Park as "a diamond
on the east coast," Thaw said,
"Uli was always hard at it and
is a large part of the results. He
also worked on the skateboard
park, tennis courts; we now
have a lot of renovated ten
nis courts thanks to him; the
East Beach water and sewer
system renovation, the Casino
renovation, the Joint Water
and Sewer Commission and
the Golden Isles Career Acad
emy. He's been great to work
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Park almost done
