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Published by Permar Publications • P.O. Box 20539 • St. Simons Island, Ga. 31522 • 912-265-9654 • ssislander@bellsouth.net
July 6, 2009 Established 1972 Vol 37 Issue 27
Torras barrier
raising concerns
• Wall will hamper
emergency efforts
By Matthew J. Permar
Ask Glynn County Com
missioner Tony Thaw (Dist. 3)
how he feels about the Georgia
Department of Transporta
tion’s (DOT) proposed F.J. Tor
ras Causeway barrier wall and
he will not mince his words
about his opposition to it.
Thaw opposes the barrier
wall for several reasons.
One of Thaw’s concerns is
that when the barrier is built,
if it causes more problems than
it solves, which he believes
it will, Glynn residents will
wrongly blame the county
commission for a project that
was initiated and constructed
by the DOT.
Thaw points out that Glynn
County Commissioners, while
divided on the subject, have
never taken a public stand
either for or against the bar
rier.
Talking with The Islander
last Wednesday, July 1 Thaw
said, “According to statistics
from (Glynn County) Police
Chief (Matt) Doering, acci
dents are down since the DOT
widened the Causeway and
added the center emergency
lane, rumble strips and turn
lanes in 2007. The county com
mission asked for this project
and I thank the DOT for it,
they have been wonderful to
work with.”
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Problems with wall
New name, new status, new President, new direction
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2 Administration Building
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5 Campus Center
6 Central Energy Plant
7 Coastal Community Center
for the Arts
8 Coffin Classroom Building
and Gymnasium
9 Coffin Building Annex
10 Energy Plant Facility
11 Field House
12 Gould Memorial Library
13 Hargett Administration
Building
14 Health & Science Building
15 Jones Science Building
16 New Academic Building
17 Plant Operations
18 Plant Operations Warehouse
19 SE GA Conference Center
20 Student Housing, Phase 1
21 Student Housing, Phase 2
22 Student Housing, Phase 3
23 Teacher Education &
Learning Center
Above: The pro
posed plan for
growth at the Col
lege of Coastal
Georgia (CCG)
over the next
decade.
Graphic by Eva Klein
& Assoc,
Left: CCG Presi
dent Dr. Valerie
Hepburn in what
will be the new full
service student ser
vices building that
is currently under
going renovation.
Islander Staff Photo
New president
prepares local
college for future
• Part One
By Matthew J. Permar
Founded in 1961 as Bruns
wick College with Earl Hargett
as its first president, the Col
lege of Coastal Georgia has
come a long way from the origi
nal two-year institution.
And now, after four name
changes, an upgrade to a Level
II, four-year, Baccalaureate
college status and with its
Turn to Page 20
College of Coastal Georgia
City prepares
for the census
By Ben Friedman
When William the Conquer
or had a great survey made of
the English lands the records
were called The Doomsday
Book because the findings
were a great reckoning. Since
the Middle Ages, government
has adopted a different type of
reckoning that does not have
nearly the connotations of
doomsday.
Nine years have pasted
since the last federal census
and the government is getting
ready for next year’s counting.
Lauren Lewis, a partner
ship specialist with the U.S.
Census Bureau spoke with the
Brunswick City Commission
on July 1 in order to form
a partnership to make sure
accurate census information is
collected.
Collecting accurate informa
tion is of upmost importance
because of the high stakes
involved with the census.
Turn to Page 7
2010 census
Clean-up Norwich
program underway
In August 2008 the Down
town Development Authority
(DDA), Community Develop
ment and Weed & Seed met
with Norwich Street mer
chants to discuss Norwich
Street's problems and how to
revitalize the Street.
According to the merchants
the appearance of the street,
the dilapidated structures, and
the appearance of safety were
the main concerns.
Since that first meeting last
year the City's Public Works
Department has begun to clear
the alleys and remove trash
from vacant lots, City Police
are patrolling more frequently
and on foot as well, and the
City's demolition specialist is
working with the legal depart
ment to determine who owns
the dilapidated structures
so they can be cleaned up or
removed.
It's these structures that
are causing the most problem
according to Jamie Duckworth,
Turn to Page 5
Norwich clean-up
