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August 27, 2018
Established in 1972
City, County
hear from EPA
on Terry Creek
By Pamela Permar
Shierling
Last week (August 21) in a
joint session City and County
Commissioners heard a pre
sentation from Scott Martin
of the federal Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) on
the Terry Creek Superfund
Site.
Martin went through the
history of the Superfund Site
noting that it is made up of
three operable units and that
the current Consent Degree
only covers 0U1 (Operable
Unit One) which is the Outfall
Ditch that empties into Terry
Creek.
The Consent Decree pro
poses to move forward with
the Terry Creek site remedies
proposed in the Interim Re
cord of Decision (IROD) June
2017.
The Consent Decree com
ment period, originally ending
Aug. 21, 2018, has been ex
tended until Sept. 20.
Martin discussed the new
method of analyzing weath
ered toxaphene which is what
is in the Outfall Ditch.
Previously the EPA only
had a way to analyze the toxa
phene product itself, not how
it changes in the environment.
Martin pointed out that
during the 1999-2000 dredg
ing operation 35,000 cubic
yards of material was removed
mostly from the Outfall Ditch
and mouth of the ditch and
taken to a land fill.
“We are now addressing the
residual waste in the ditch,”
he said.
The interim remedy will re
route the stream into a new
outfall ditch, seal off the old
outfall ditch and cover with
backfill to cover the remaining
sediment.
The long term monitoring
will determine the remedy’s
effectiveness, he said.
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Terry Creek cleanup
Makin' a mess...!!!
Above: Brunswick
Library staff and
Marshes of Glynn
Libraries (MOGL)
Board of Trustees
members made
a mess last week
kicking off their long
awaited renovation
project by throwing
paint balloons at the
entrance wall. Vandals
included: (left to right)
Matthew Permar,
MOGL Board; Hesper
Montford, Cataloging
Specialist; Lori Hull,
Library Manager;
Brittany Alderman, Library Assistant; Steve Croft, Senior Library Assistant; Jane Lafferty, MOGL
Board, Donna Wade, MOGL Board; Sandy Turbidy, MOGL Board; Joan Campbell, MOGL Board;
Ben Bryson, MOGL Assistant Director; Gloria Burns, MOGL Board; Mike Martin MOGL Board
chairman; and Geri Lynn Mullis, MOGL Direcdtor.
Bottom: Senator William Ligon who, with assistance from Representatives Don Hogan and Jeff
Jones, secured state funding for the project, takes the first shot with a paint balloon.
Mike Martin, Chairman of the Marshes of Glynn Libraries Board, spoke during the “ground breaking”
ceremony for the renovation. Martin told the crowd, “The Library represents an opportunity for our
citizens to improve their literary skills and is a great resource for the community.”
“I am thankful for those of you who were on the board of trustees when we split from the Three
Rivers System,” he said. “It allowed us to move on through this exciting period.”
Martin thanked the Georgia Public Library Service for the $2 million in funding as well as the Glynn
County Commission for their $1.5 million in matching funds for the renovation. He also thanked
Sen. Ligon and Rep. Hogan for their help in acquiring the state funds. He thanked former Glynn
County Commissioner Clyde Taylor, whose support of the library was instrumental in getting out
of the Three Rivers Regional System, and his mother, Hildreth Taylor, for her early and long term
service as a library board member. Islander Staff Photos - Shierling
County-Wide News - Read County-Wide
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Page 3 - Manning Aviation breaks ground
for new FBO
Page 6- ACS holds Meet / Greet for models
Page 9 - Pets of the Week
Page 10 - Pew News
Page 11 - 2018-2019 Ritz Season
Page 12 - Back Talk
Vol 46 Issue 35
BOC still
pondering
islands ferry /
trolley service
By Matthew J. Permar
In October of last year
Stephen Williams of Anchor
Shipping Group came to the
Glynn County Board of Com
missioners (BOC) with an idea
to start a transit company
that would provide both a fer
ry service between Jekyll and
St. Simons Islands and a trol
ley service to shuttle the ferry
customers around the islands.
The primary issue for Wil
liams and the BOC at the time
was Williams needed a place
to dock his ferry on St. Simons
and asked the commission if
he could attach a floating dock
to the county pier at the end of
Mallery St. in the St. Simons
‘village.’
No action was taken last
year and Williams was back
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Ferry / trolley service
Property owners
speak to Glynn
Ave. plan
By Pamela Permar
Shierling
“You have nine miles of
marsh to look at when you
cross the Torras Causeway,”
said Jerry Edwards. “You
don’t need access to my prop
erty to view the marsh.”
Edwards was one of several
property owners and inter
ested persons who spoke at
last week’s (Aug. 22) meeting
held for the public and proper
ty owners to discuss the City
Commission’s pending Glynn
Avenue Design Framework.
One of the areas of dis
agreement was over the
Framework’s required 45 ft.
marsh setback.
Mayor Cornell Harvey said
at the August 15 City Commis
sion meeting that he wanted
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Glynn Ave. plan
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