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October 28, 2019
Established in 1972
Vol 47 Issue 43
Terrors win!
From left: Glynn Academy head coach Rocky Hidalgo, Nolan Grant and Hall of Fame President
Kevin Price. Photo Courtesy Glynn County Sports Hall of Fame
Glynn Academy’s Grant named GA-BHS Player of Game
Oversight
committee gets
SPLOST report
By Matthew J. Permar
Glynn County’s SPLOST
2016 Citizen’s Oversight
Committee (SCOC) got up
dates from the county, City of
Brunswick, Jekyll Island Au
thority, and Joint Water and
Sewer Commission during the
meeting last week (Wed. Oct.
23).
Two county projects of sig
nificant interest were the road
improvements at the intersec
tion of King’s Way and Fred
erica Rd. on St. Simons Island
and the proposed new Animal
Control facility at the Public
Safety Complex off of SPUR
25.
According to County Public
Works Director Dave Austin,
the intersection of Frederica
Rd. and King’s Way is still on
hold waiting for a final deci
sion by the County Board of
Commissioners (BOC).
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Oversight committee
Roundabout to
open on time
• Project under budget
By Matthew J. Permar
What has become a some
what controversial road proj
ect, the roundabout at the
intersection of the East Beach
Causeway and Ocean Blvd. on
St. Simons, is set to be com
pleted on schedule before the
Georgia / Florida game this
weekend.
Last Friday workers for
the contractor, Curb and Gut
ter Professionals (CGP), were
laying out the temporary
road striping and building
the frames in preparation to
pour two of the four “splitter
islands.” Splitter islands sepa
rate the traffic that is going
straight from the traffic that
is turning.
They expected to get at
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East Beach roundabout
Glynn Academy senior run
ning back Nolan Grant was
named the Glynn County
Sports Hall of Fame Player
of the Game Friday night af
ter helping the Red Terrors
to a thrilling 24-21 triumph
over rival Brunswick High in
the annual City Champion
ship Game at Glynn County
Stadium.
Grant carried 20 times
for 96 yards and scored a go-
ahead touchdown on a 6-yard
run for Glynn in the fourth
quarter that made it 21-14 in
favor of the Terrors.
The small but quick run
ning back also came up big for
Glynn on its game-winning
drive after the Pirates tied
the score at 21-all. Grant car
ried four straight times for 17
yards on the drive before turn
ing a short pass into a 26-yard
gain to the Brunswick 23-yard
line on a third-down play that
gave Glynn a new set of downs.
Shortly thereafter, Glynn
called timeout with three sec
onds left from the Brunswick
9 to set up a 26-yard field goal
by senior Chase Gabriel to win
the game. Gabriel’s kick was
right down the heart as the fi
nal seconds ticked off the clock
and the Terrors stormed the
field in jubilation.
“He’s clutch,” Grant said of
his classmate Gabriel.
Grant is big-time, too, ac
cording to GA head coach
Rocky Hidalgo.
“The guy is the consummate
team player,” Coach Rock not
ed. “He could carry 40 times or
three. It doesn’t matter as long
as we win. He’s tough as nails,
everything you want in a high
school football player.”
Glynn topped the Pirates a
sixth time in a row to tie the
longest winning streak in the
series which the Pirates ac
complished first in the late
1990s.
Grant became the fifth
straight Glynn player to win
the Player of the Game award
which the Hall of Fame first
presented in 2015. Grant is
also the fourth GA running
back for the run-heavy Terrors
to win the honor.
Grant said he loved having
his number called so many
times on that final drive for
the game-winning kick.
“It felt great. It was great to
be trusted like that,” he said.
Also after the game, Gabri
el received the Farm Bureau
Player of the Game.
“I love that kid. He’s great,”
Grant said.
GA-BHS Football Players
of Game
2015 - Garrison Hurd (GA)
2017 - Caine Crews (GA)
2016 - Kendall Cross (GA)
2018 - Tyshawn Wallace
(GA)
2019 - Nolan Grant (GA)
County-Wide News - Read County-Wide
Page 2 - Kings Bay trespassers found guilty Page 8 - JIA Assn. November exhibit
• Hodges honored with live oak dedication Page 11 - Football with Dave Jordan
DOL commissioner to host Brunswick summit Page 15 - ACS Fashion Show
Page 4 - Communities in Schools Page 16- Back Talk
Exchange Club
celebrates 68
years of Fairs
By Matthew J. Permar
Growing up in Glynn Coun
ty in the late 1960s and early
1970s the sting of returning
to school in the fall was eased
by two things - Friday nights
at Glynn Academy football
games at Lanier Field and for
a brief week in November, the
Exchange Club of Brunswick’s
Annual Fair - the ‘Zipper’ was
a favorite of island kids.
Kicking off Tuesday of this
week and running through
Saturday November 2, the
Exchange Club will host their
68th Annual Fair, accord
ing to Club President George
Barnhill.
The fair, held at the Ex
change Club fairgrounds on
Emory Dawson Parkway, will
open at 5:00 Tuesday through
Friday and Saturday at 1:00.
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Exchange Club Fair
Attorneys in
Scarlett Williams
class action file
for fees
By Pamela Permar-
Shierling
On Friday, October 18, at
torneys for plaintiffs J. Mat
thew Coleman and Elizabeth
Blair Coleman, class action
representatives for the three
class action lawsuits involving
the contested application of
the Scarlett Williams property
tax exemption, filed an appli
cation in Glynn County Supe
rior Court for attorney’s fees,
reimbursement of expenses
and service award to the class
representatives.
Attorney James L. Roberts
is requesting $7 million in
fees, $93,455 in expenses and
a service payment of $350,000
to the Colemans as class
representatives.
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Scarlett Williams suit
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