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THE m SLANDER Published by Permar Publications www.theislanderonline.com • November 15, 2010 Established 1972 ssislander@bellsouth.net 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. Turn to Page 5 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." Turn to Page 5 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 Turn to Page XX 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