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Vol 38 Issue 46
Epworth Park
off gym list
By Matthew J. Permar
"Epworth is dead." These
were Glynn County Commis
sioner Don Hogan's (At Large
Post 1) exact words last week
when the county’s finance com
mittee discussed a location for
the proposed St. Simons Sports
complex.
Commissioner Tony Thaw
(Dist. 3), who chairs the
finance committee, concurred
that Epworth’s neighborhood
park is off the table for consid
eration for the sports complex,
which has been scaled back to
include only a gymnasium.
Epworth Park was one
of four potential sites on the
island for the gym.
Epworth residents showed
up en masse at a recent town
hall meeting to voice vigor
ous objections to the use of
their neighborhood park for
the gym.
Last week, during the
finance committee's Tuesday,
Nov. 9 meeting, the committee
discussed a proposal for the
gym’s architectural design.
The committee voted unani
mously to recommend Doug
Neal, Architect’s low propos
al of $43,000 for the project
design to the full commission.
Christian said, “We chose
Neal’s quote and since it
was under $50,000 an RFP
(Request for Proposals) was
net required.”
“We don’t know where
the gym is going to go yet,”
explained Christian, “This
design is so when you do decide
on a location, we’ll be ready to
go with the project.”
According to Assistant
County Administrator Paul
Christian, the county received
three quotes for the design.
Along with Neal, JFK Archi
tecture and Larry Bryson,
Architect submitted quotes for
the job.
Commissioner Jerome Clark
(Dist. 5) asked why Christian
chose those three architects.
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Gym design
B0E hears
budget, master
plan reports
The November 9 Glynn
County Board of Education
meeting was basically a pre
sentation and discussion of old
information.
The BOE took another look
at the $16 million in budget
reductions for 2010-2011 which
have not changed since they
were approved in June 2010.
Andrea Preston, Assistant
Superintendent of Finance,
told board members that the
digest was definitely decreas
ing next year. "Only 50 percent
of Glynn County property was
revalued last year," Preston
said. "The rest of it should be
revalued next year."
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School board
’Liberty Belle’ visits St. Simons
Two generations of aircraft: with turbo
props sitting idle on the runway apron, the
Liberty Foundation's fully restored WWII era
B-17 Flying Fortress (top photo), the Liberty
Belle, lands at St. Simons McKinnon Airport
Monday, Nov. 8 for a week long stay.
Local Navy League 1st Vice President Britt
Elrod (bottom photo, left to right) reviews
the schedule for the week with Liberty
Belle pilots Cullen Underwood and Ray
Fowler. Fowler is the Liberty Foundation's
Chief Pilot. Islander Staff Photos - Permar
Navy League hosts historic
B-17 to raise money for
Wounded Warriors Project
By Matthew J. Permar
It couldn’t have landed at a
better time, according to local
Navy League member Britt
Elrod while talking to the
media about the Liberty Foun
dation’s restored World War II
B-17G bomber that spent the
week at St. Simons McKinnon
Airport last week.
Elrod is the 1st Vice Presi
dent of the Golden Isles Coun
cil of the Navy League and
CEO of Skywanior Aviation,
Inc.
Briefing local media on Mon
day, November 8 prior to their
flight on the historic bomber,
Elrod said the Navy League
had negotiated for weeks to
schedule a visit for the plane.
‘When they told us that one
of the few available dates was
this week, with Veteran’s Day
on Thursday, we jumped at
the chance,” said Elrod, “What
could be a more appropriate
way to honor our veteran’s
than to have this B-17, the Lib
erty Belle, here on Veteran’s
Day.”
The Liberty Belle was at
McKinnon from Monday
through Friday last week with
ground tours available on
Tuesday and Wednesday.
‘We had great crowds all
week,” said Liberty Founda
tion pilot Ron Gause, “the folks
on St. Simons were very appre
ciative of us and the Liberty
Belle. They started coming out
not long after we got here. I
must have been asked at least
50 time, ‘when are you coming
back?”’
Flights on the B-17 were
available for $430 on Thursday
and Friday. The cost of the
flights was to pay for main
tenance and operation of the
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Liberty Belle
Surfin’
the
News
Eagle Scout
Community News
- Pg 2
County-Wide News - Read County-Wide
Football Contest
Feature Section
- Pg 8 & Pg 9
It’s kind of a
funny story
Movie Review
-Pg 12
Back Talk
Editorial Column
-Pg 20
