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V Thg 500 JSLAND€R_ • Dave Barry - 8 • Editorial Back Talk - 20 • Health -14 • Movie Review The Haunting in Connecticut - 9 • 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 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 Turn to Page 6 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 Turn to Page 7 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 Turn to Page 7 Park almost done