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Page 2, March 4, 2019, The Islander AG IE '2 Hall of Fame schedules benefit golf tournament by Kevin Price The Glynn County Sports Hall of Fame will host the second Sports Hall of Fame Golf Classic on Sunday, March 10, at the Sea Island Golf Club Retreat Course at 1:30 p.m. shotgun start. “We certainly are thankful that Sea Island allows us to hold our benefit tournament on one of their courses,” said Hall of Fame president Kevin Price. “We have been fortunate to estab lish a great relationship with Sea Is land, its leadership team and the golf staff there. We’re just excited to have this great venue for our event and have such great supporters who help us provide really attractive prizes to give away to our players to go along with the top-notch golf experience pro vided by Sea Island.” The entry fee for a four-person team in the scramble tournament is $600 per team or $150 per player. This in cludes cart, greens fees and lunch plus a complimentary 2019 tournament hat from the Hall of Fame. Players will also have access to the practice range and putting green prior to play. Registration is currently under way. There is room for the first 22 teams that sign up. One team will be put on each hole for the shotgun with two teams being placed on the four par-5 holes with a capacity field. Make registration fees payable to Glynn County Sports Hall of Fame. Payment can be mailed to the hall of fame at P.O. Box 1521, Brunswick, Ga., 31521. All teams are also asked to submit the tournament registration form in addition to the payment. The form should include the names of the four participating players for each team if possible along with their official in dividual handicaps. Should you not be able to provide each team mem ber’s name at the time of registration, please due so as soon as possible prior to tournament week so player names and handicaps can be used for vari ous purposes by the Sea Island staff and the Hall of Fame tournament committee. The Hall of Fame is also seeking hole sponsorships. These can be pur chased for $100 each. All sponsors will get public recognition in a press release on our new web site, through Hall of Fame social media platforms and in several ways the day of the tournament. The registration form for both teams and sponsors is available in the Event listing on our web site. You can also request this form from any cur rent board members, all of whom are listed on the web site or by sending an email to gcsportshall@gmail.com. There will be prizes for the top teams in both Gross and Net Divi sions. The prizes will likely be compli mentary four-person rounds of golf on some of the finest courses in the area including those right here in Bruns wick and on St. Simons Island and Jekyll Island. All players also will have the chance to win prizes for long drives and also close-ups on the par-3 holes. Players will also have a chance to purchase mulligan tickets prior to play which make them eligible for a drawing for a 50-inch flat screen tele vision from H and H Lifestyles on St. Simons Island. The tickets also will be used to draw players’ names for an assortment of door prizes including golf apparel and equipment, restaurant gift certificates and much more. An awards ceremony will be held as soon as possible following the comple tion of play. All proceeds will benefit the Hall of Fame. We are a non-profit orga nization which formed in 2011. The first induction class was honored in March 2012 with the first five induc tion groups named through the 2016 induction banquet which was the last of the annual ceremonies. The Hall of Fame Board of Direc tors voted that year to begin hold ing inductions every other year. The last induction ceremony was held in March 2018 and brought the Hall of Fame membership to 35 honorees. All HOF members and their biographical sketches are also a major component of the new web site. Georgia's Republican National Committeewoman to Speak at GIRW The Golden Isles Republican Women will meet on Monday, March 11. The guest speaker will be Ginger Howard, Georgia’s Republican Na tional Committeewoman. Howard serves as the state’s Re publican National Committeewom an and is one of the 168 members of the Republican National Committee, whose responsibilities include voting on the rules, regulations, budget, plat form, and chairman of the Party. A native of Waycross and gradu ate of UGA, Howard has been actively engaged in local and national politics for 30 years. She currently serves as the President of the Buckhead Repub licans, a member of the Fulton County Republican Party, and a State Com mittee member. The meeting will be held at the Bonefish Grill in Retreat Plaza on the Island. Check-in and seating starts at 11:45 with the program starting promptly at noon. The cost is $20 which covers lunch, beverage, dessert, and gratuity. Advance reservations are requested by Saturday, March 9 by calling Ruby Robinson at 912-261- 8807 or 912-266-0466, or by emailing Gloria Burns at gloriaburns@comcast. net. Soccer group balks at Paulk Park fees By Matthew J. Permar Years ago, before Glynn County took over the operation of the city’s Howard Coffin recreation park, the city signed a Memorandum of Un derstanding (MOU) with Shawn Williams of Coastal Outreach Soc cer (COS) allowing the organization to use the large athletic field at no charge. Coastal Outreach is a non-profit organization that provides soccer in struction, league play, and camps to Glynn County children. The program is open to all kids but focuses on kids living in downtown Brunswick who may not have access to soccer pro grams which are further outside the city limits. When the county took over the op eration of Coffin Park in January of 2013 they agreed to honor the city’s MOU with COS and continue allow ing the soccer program to use the park at no cost. Last week (Tues. Feb. 26), the Glynn County Finance Commit tee was hesitant to approve another MOU with COS that would allow the group to use the newly renovat ed Paulk Park recreation facility on Wylly Ave. in Arco. County staff recommended charg ing the standard $25 an hour fee for the park. COS’s executive director Shawn Williams wanted the same deal at Paulk Park that he has at Coffin Park. But finance committee members Bill Brunson (Dist. 4) and David O’Quinn (Dist. 2) were concerned if they allowed Coastal Outreach to use Paulk Park for free, other private athletic programs would want the same treatment. Finance Committee chairman Al len Booker (Dist. 5) disagreed and said Coastal Outreach has been in volved with the Paulk Park renova tion since the beginning and felt they should be able to use it without pay ing a fee. Williams stated he did not want special treatment and withdrew from participation in the MOU. And as of Wednesday, Williams told county recreation staff that he was no longer interested in the MOU for Paulk Park. The County received a donation of $28,000 from Rebuilding Together of Glynn County and an in-kind dona tion valued at $10,500 from the Sea Island Foundation to renovate the Paulk Park field in 2018. The balance of the renovation cost (approximately $6,300, not including grading and clearing work performed by the County’s Public Works Depart ment, was paid by the County. The County has allocated $183,000 for Paulk Park Phase 2 to construct a restroom and playground at the park. Rental fees help offset expenses associated with costs of ongoing maintenance of the field and facilities including mowing and irrigation of the field. McGinty-Gordon Associates Connecting clients to confidence LET US HELP YOU PROTECT YOUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET—YOUR FAMILY! 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