I sland T imesVolume V, Number 15 Pensacola Beach, Florida November 17, 2009

ABounty

ofOptimism

Pensacola Beach Optimists share their abundant energy and good spirit all year long through community projects. Newly elected Club President LouiseGreenley has big plans for little optimists in creating a Junior Optimist Club at the Beach School. Kindergartners Max Kronlage, left, and Skylar Farej, center,shared stories about Thanksgiving with Greenley during her visit to the school last week. For more on this story, see page 2.

PAGE 2 Island Times November 17, 2009

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Sometimes a small communitylike Pensacola Beach gets reallylucky. Along comes an organiza-tion which looks after its own - agroup of men and women withboundless energy whose supportstarts with the elementary schooland then reaches out and touchesalmost everyone in the community.

Members of the PensacolaBeach Optimist Club complete allthese arduous tasks through thegoodness of their expanded hearts.

Louise Greenley, who was afounding member, was elected thisyear's president and already hasvision of making the club a greaterinfluence on the Beach than everbefore. Her desire is to begin aJunior Optimist Club, composed ofthird, fourth and fifth graders. Shehas foreseen the wisdom of instill-ing the caring and giving nature

Optimist Gems Sparkle In Sands of Pensacola Beachof the Optimists in the receptiveyoung minds of Beach kids. Itwould undoubtedly be a conceptthat will stay with most of themthe rest of their lives.

Projects completed each yearby the Beach Optimists vary fromcharity for the needy to entertain-ment for Beach residents.

The best known of all theprojects is a fundraiser which isheld at Flounder's every Spring.

The goal is to raise funds. Theobject is to help others. The themeis classic homespun, like a settingin the old Wild West. What hap-pens is the Club throws an elabo-rate party, and everyone buys aticket and arrives at Flounder'sBeach wearing a costume. Thenthey party down.

Listing their many projectswould take the rest of the Island

Times space, but here are a few: Thanksgiving at Favor

House. Optimists provide com-plete turkey dinners for the fortyor so families at the shelter.

Joy For The Beach. AChristmas musical, using local tal-ent, attracting audiences of 500.

Poster contests, Bike SafetyDay, Oratorical contest, TeacherAppreciation, First RespondersDinner, and a fundraiser for child-hood cancer research

Working with those whoare visually challenged, foster chil-dren and a scholarship program

Members of the Optimists meettwice a month in the Fellowship Hallat the Pensacola Beach CommunityChurch. Their relentless energy andunwavering diligence plus their ad-herence to the Optimists Creed aretheir way of life.

This year's officers, in addi-tion to President Greenley, areBeverly Defrechou and SandiJohnson, vice-presidents; DaveSundstrom, treasurer; and ScottNeal, secretary.

Board members are Bettie LeeSundstrom, Gayle Crume, PaulineHuddleston, Mary Claus, SkipPeirce and Debbie Campanella.

Louise Greenley, the presi-dent of this organization who are"Friends of Youth," will guide herfellow Club members well. Al-though Louise now lives in Lillian,Alabama, she and her husbandJack, now deceased, lived formany years on Little Sabine Bay.She makes the long trip toPensacola Beach frequently, andsings in the Community Churchchoir. Louise has been a teacher,so she knows intimately the ins

and outs of working with young-sters.

The Optimists are asked topromise themselves that they willbe so strong that nothing can dis-turb their peace of mind. The prom-ise reads on through nine moretenets promoting cheerfulnessand good will. Finally, the prom-ise reads, "Be too large to worry,too noble for anger, too strong forfear, and too happy to permit thepresence of trouble."

When you are not feelingquite up to snuff, do as the Opti-mists do - look on the bright side.

Or better yet, sign up to jointhe Optimists on the Beach. Thenext meeting will be at 6 p.m. atthe Beach Church Fellowship Hallon November 17. You will be wel-comed with smiles, hugs and un-failing optimism.

The holidays will be a whole lotbrighter and merrier this year sincethe Boardwalk merchants have ac-quired the famous ZooLights todecorate the entire Boardwalk. Theybrought their request to the SantaRosa Island Authority at their No-vember 3 meeting saying that itwould be necessary to plug intoSRIA electricity.

"I am requesting that the IslandAuthority approve the use of ourelectricity," said SRIA Executive Di-rector Buck Lee. "These lights mayattract 20 to 50 thousand people."

"I think this is awesome," DavePavlock, Board member said. "Weshould pay for the power, and dowhatever we can do to help in pub-

settled, but there was still some con-fusion about the task of the 13 mem-ber committee.

"We can't have a committee ifthey don't have a goal and knowwhere they are going," Pavlock said."We should tell the Committee whatour expectations are."

To address the charge of theCommittee, SRIA attorney MikeStebbins, said the committee coulduse some of the scope and docu-ments provided by the planners asguidance to what their task is sup-posed to be.

Ryan Ross, assistant Countyattorney, spoke to the Board aboutthe possible inclusion of PensacolaBeach in a County ordinance that isbeing considered to designate zon-ing for bingo parlors and adult ar-cades. Board members had mixedfeelings about being a part of thisordinance and at the present time,they will not be included in the draftordinance.

The report from the Visitor'sCenter reflected a total of 1,162guests at the Center in October. Thetop five states represented wereFlorida, Tennessee, Georgia, Ala-

Christmas ZooLights Come To Life on the BoardwalkMerchants Carry On Popular Holiday Custom

lic areas. We should supply mainte-nance workers to get it to look firstclass."

Boardwalk merchants paid$5000 to rent the lights which willremain in place from Thanksgivingthrough New Years coinciding withthe Beach Chamber's Season YourHolidays promotion.

The Board voted to approvepaying the power bill and provideworkers to help with placement andother labor assistance.

Another project which is under-way to improve the appearance ofthe area along Santa Rosa Sound isthe Morgan Park renewal.

"A new six foot by three footsign will be placed on the front of

the park," Lee said. "Mulch andplants are on the way and we aresteam cleaning the walks and ga-zebo. This is a jewel everyone justdrives by. We want them to see itand stop."

The Full Board also approvedthe funding for the postcard mailoutto leaseholders with directions tosign up for the inaugural e-newsmailing list.

"We need about $900 for thismailout," Lee said. "Items would in-clude messages on hurricane evacu-ations, returning to the Beach aftera hurricane, status of the roads,alerts, public meetings on the mas-ter plan, just this type of message.No event notices."

The Board addressed some ofthe Sunshine Law concerns with re-gard to the planning process and theSteering Committee.

"The nature of the committeewould make us fall under the Sun-shine Law," Fred Gant, Board Chair-man who serves on the SteeringCommittee said. "Although we arenot going to vote, we are still a partyto the final result."

Meeting in the Sunshine was

bama and Kentucky.It was noted that information

about weddings and receptionswhich have created a noise andnuisance problem for local resi-dents will be delivered to theBoard by the staff at the Novem-ber 18 meeting. Action is expectedon how to solve this problem tothe satisfaction of the surround-ing residents as well as the own-ers of rentals used for weddingsand receptions.

During the Board Member'sForum, Dave Pavlock suggested apromotional idea to advertise thefact that Pensacola Beach is locatedbetween two national parks.

"Sand and sunshine and saltywaves plus promote the nationalseashores," Pavlock said. "This isan advantage we have over everyBeach in America. It is not being pro-moted."

Lee told the Board that the ad-vertising budget is only $115,000.

The next meeting of the IslandAuthority will be the committees onNovember 18 at 5 p.m. at 1 Via deLuna. All meetings are open to thepublic.

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Who are we? We live onPensacola Beach, often precari-ously. Are we renters who leaseour property or are we ownerswho have all the rights and privi-leges and drawbacks which goalong with ownership? In my opin-ion, we cannot be both renters andowners. It just doesn't make anysense. But, the taxing authority inEscambia County is not interestedin making sense. They are onlyinterested in collecting dollars.They go absolutely google-eyedwhen they realize what they aremissing by not being able to col-lect ad valorem taxes on the Beach.However, that mindset was so yes-terday. Already, suits filed sepa-rately by the business sector, byPortofino residents, and the Holi-day Inn and Holiday Inn Expresshave been decided in favor of thetax man. They have been orderedto add the payment of ad valoremtaxes to the lease fees they alreadypay.

Who are we?The residents of Pensacola

Beach have filed a suit, in an at-tempt to protect the contractwith the tenets, both real andimpl ied , when they becameleaseholders. The final argu-ments were heard more than ayear and a half ago by Judge

Michael Jones. He has not yetrendered a decision.

The tax assessor has beensending ad valorem tax bills toBeach leaseholders for years. Hedoes this, in spite of the fact thatthe decision in the Florida Su-preme Court in 1984 declared advalorem taxation on the Beach il-legal. This law is still on the books,a part of the state statutes and inmy opinion still in effect. Is thetax gang breaking the law?

Some mortgage holders, thosewho hold new leases, and othersare paying taxes right now. Themonies are allegedly held in es-crow pending the outcome of theresidential suit. The rest of theleases show clearly that mostBeach properties are rented to theoccupants by the County.

Lots of signs point to theend of the tax free days. SantaRosa County was among the firstin the courts to lose their battle,so added to the commercialleases on Pensacola Beach, resi-dential leaseholders' prospectslook dim. Well, it's not over tilit's over and the suit will prob-ably show up in Appeals Court.If we lose in all the courts, let'ssurmise what could happen.Keep in mind th is i s jus t athought - my thought.

We should get fee simple titleto our property making us own-ers. However, we would still bepaying lease fees, fattening ever-more the County coffers. So, wetake the next step. We incorporate.Now, the City of Pensacola Beachis no longer under the thumb ofthe County which previously hadto approve every nit picking littleitem which showed up. We wouldbe governed by an elected set ofofficials instead of a board, ap-pointed by the Commissioners.

We have tried on several oc-casions to incorporate the Beach,but the efforts always failed, pri-marily because we did not meet thecriteria, one of which was the abil-ity of the proposed city to collectad valorem taxes. We could not dothat. We were only renters.

Suppose the Legislaturesmiled favorably on incorporationthis time. Would incorporation endall our troubles? Not so fast, therewould be gigantic bumps in theroad if we were to become an in-

corporated city. Big bumps. Couldwe overcome them? I think wecould. Would anything be worsethan not having a clear identity?Leaseholder or owner? I don'tthink so.

This scenario has been playedover and over in the minds ofmany Beach residents. Going backto the final suit in the 1980s whenMatt Langley Bell, tax assessor,lost to Rupert Bryan, a Beach resi-dent in a precedent setting ad va-lorem tax case. To be sure, Rupertnever dreamed the day of a newad valorem tax fight would come.

But it has. It has returned witha furor and all sorts of beliefs, non-beliefs, and misbeliefs. Until wehear from Judge Jones, we stilldon't know who we are. And eventhen we are not likely to find theanswer to this question.

We know what we would liketo be - an enterprising little coastalresort town, so breathtakinglybeautiful; it will soon take its placeamong world class resorts. We

want to be an open-minded com-munity, welcoming tourists from allover the planet as well as ournearby neighbors. We would liketo be able to control our own des-tiny. And we would want to pre-serve what we have, the ability tosend our children to the BeachSchool, to pray in our Beachchurches, to host and enjoyevents such as the Mardi Grasparade and the Blue Angels AirShow, to boldly offer a month longChristmas celebration.

I believe, this is me again justthinking, we have all the basics tomake such a plan work. Basically,it all comes down to our indestruc-tible love for Pensacola Beach. Wewould like to live peacefully andhappily in the community, gov-erned by its own constituents.

And we would like to knowwho we really are. Just ordinarycitizens who pay taxes like every-one else. Just ordinary citizenswho happen to live in the mostextraordinary corner of the Earth.

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P E O P L EP E O P L EP E O P L EP E O P L EP E O P L E T ? ??? ??r i v i a ?The lady veterans who always

rode in the Pensacola Beach Veteran'sDay parade commanded the utmostrespect from the patriots viewing theprocession. The Trivia Master askedfor the name of one of the severalparading female veterans.

Kathy Christoff was the first toemail, "Lil Kamphuis has passedaway, but she was a proud veteran."Kathy wins the t-shirt.

Sir Morrie Drees, Knight of theTrivia Roundtable, wrote that Lil hadmarched in the very fist parade whichhe founded and Helen Cotton hadridden in many parades since then.

Lil was an Army officer sta-tioned in England and Helen servedin the Coast Guard. Veteran LorettaBrowder was also a Veteran's Dayparade rider, named by Chuck Steele.

Other correct answers camefrom Lynda Knell; and Ella Hesswho offered last year's paradeGrand Marshal Thelma Ryan as

her answer.Denise Keever, who summed it

all up respectfully for Beach resi-dents when she emailed, "HelenCotton and Lil Kamphuis are ourwomen of the service. They havebeen in the Veteran's Day parade onthe Beach many times. I salute themand many other veterans."

Amen, Denise. Well said.The Trivia Master knows you

would love to have one of thosecoveted Island Times t-shirts. Getyour answer in by email in a hurry."There was once a United StatesPost Office on Pensacola Beach.Where was it located?"

Rules are the same. Be the firstto email the correct answer to wina coveted t-shirt. Send youranswer to i s l and t imes@bellsouth.net with “trivia” in thesubject line and include your name,phone number. Deadline to answeris Tuesday, November 24, 2009.

FROM NEAR AND FARThe membership report in the

November issue of the Spreader,Pensacola Beach Yacht Club'snewsletter, announced the namesof new members from nearby andfar away. The Yacht Club acceptedRalph and Kathleen Bush fromGulf Breeze, Steve and Gayle Hill,Navarre; Dawn Pfeifer, Pensacola;Victor and Laura Tucker, Decatur,Ala.; and Danny and Gilda Green,Slidell, La.

BILL TO ARIZONABill Greene's many friends on

Pensacola Beach will miss him nowthat he has relocated to Arizona. Billwill be viewing the paper atMyIslandTimes.com so he can stillstomp on the Trivia Master from afar.His answer to the last question was,"Fran Crichton, a charter member ofthe Beach American Legion Postand a World War II veteran."

WOW BIG 50Jeff Colley made it a whirlwind

birthday to remember for his wifeTerry three weeks ago. After hittingall the hot spots in Key West andHollywood Beach, they cruised toMiami to see the Saints beat theDolphins. What a great way to cel-ebrate!

RAT-A-TAT-TATMusical talent runs in the

Holway family. Talented BeachSchool music teacher MaryHolway is accompanying her sonJack to Nashville next week whilehe auditions for Music City Mys-tique, the nation's top drum line.Jack, 20, resides in Gulf Breeze andhas wanted to play with the Mys-tique since eighth grade. He audi-tioned last year, got two call backsand then was cut. Jack and fellowdrummer Brandon Mattair performwith the Pensacola Civic Band.

WHO DATPensacola Beach is well repre-

sented at the Superdome and be-yond. Villa Sabine resident Jim Cox

celebrated his November 4 birthdayin the Big Easy with his wife Lila andneighbors Mike and Chrissy Cook.They thought they spotted a TammyBohannon look-alike, but it was thereal deal. The SRIA board memberand beach resident was in New Or-leans for the Saints game, too.

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surfed his way onto The WeatherChannel with is daring attempt tocatch a wave during TropicalStorm Ida. It did not work out verywell, but he was interviewed atlength by infamous weathermanJim Cantore.

MR CHRISTMASLeo Puhlmann is as busy as

Santa Claus this year. He is spread-ing the good news that Our Lady ishosting its first Christmas Festivalfrom 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. December 6.Music by John Wheeler and guestappearances by locally famous art-ists and crafters.

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After SundownFLOUNDER’S CHOWDER HOUSE

Celebrating 30 years of Floundering 'neath the moon andstars. Offering fresh Seafood including Tuna, Mahi and of courseFlounder! Award winning chowder, po boys, burgers andPensacola Beach Style baked oysters. Sample our Fresh catchincluding the Shrimp Boat Platter- loaded with shrimp cocktail,BBQ shrimp, fried shrimp, popcorn shrimp and U-peel ems.Kids love our Pirate Ship playground located on our beach - wellwithin view of dining parents. For late night revelers- Flounder's ishost to the world's finest beach bands. Dance all night on Flounder'sbeach to the most popular bands from across the south.

Open 7 days a week. Sunday Brunch. At the Traffic Light onbeautiful Pensacola Beach, 850-932-2003www.flounderschowderhouse.com

CRABS - WE GOT ‘EMOnly restaurant on Pensacola Beach offering breath taking views

of the Gulf while dining directly on the beach. Come as you arestraight off the sandy beach and enjoy our indoor/outdoor bar and gulfside deck. Crabs has the largest selection of Crab on the beach, wasvoted Best Crab by News Journal readers. She Crab Soup, StuffedBlue Crabs, Alaskan Snow, King or Dungeness - you'll find them all!We have many other seafood favorites on our menu as well as a greatassortment of chicken, steaks and pasta dishes. Don't forget to try oneof our signature drinks like 'The Crab Trap' which come with a souve-nir glass to keep!

Open 7 days a week. Sunday Brunch with live Steel Band. Lookfor the Red Roof on Pensacola Beach. 850-932-0700www.crabswegotem.com

MCGUIRE’S IRISH PUBOne of America's great steakhouses; proudly serving USDA

Prime Steaks, seafood and Irish specialties including Irish fisherman'sbouillabaisse, Corned Beef and Cabbage and Shepherd's Pie all insidea turn of the century New York Irish Saloon themed pub. McGuire'sis celebrated for its atmosphere, boasting more than 750,000 signeddollar bills hanging from the ceilings of the pub. Live entertainmentcoupled with great food and warm and friendly service by Employeeswho Give a Damn! Visit our on-site brewery and the O'Tolf WineCellar featuring the complete vertical collection of the Chateau Mou-ton Rothschild Artist Series. Featured on NBC's 'Today' Show, highlyrecommended by Fodors, Frommers and AAA travel guides, FloridaTrend Magazine Hall of Fame Member.

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big screens, 42 televisions. If it runs, jumps, races, it’s here.Famous for Thursday Wing Night. Burgers. Seafood and Ribs.Kids menu for the JV players. Full bar. Indoor or outdoorseating. Video sports games.

Centrally located on Via de Luna, just east of the mainparking lot and the traffic light. Kick off at 11 a.m. seven days aweek. 934-3660.

NATIVE CAFEOpen at 7:30 a.m. six days a week. Closed on Tuesday. Owned

and operated by friendly natives serving locally produced seafoodand delicacies. The Fish Tacos are an experience to enjoy. The own-ers say their goal is to preserve the unique flavors of the Gulf Coast.Go fresh. Go native. Specialty desserts top off expertly preparedmeals. Seating is informal. Art gallery setting with local artists dis-playing whimsical works.

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SANDSHAKER LOUNGEThe " World Famous Sandshaker"- a Pensacola Beach Tradition

since 1973. It’s the Home of the Original Bushwacker and has beenselling this signature drink for over 30 years. The Shaker was the 1stbar on the Beach to offer this tasty frozen concoction. Live MusicWed, Thurs, Fri, Sat & Sun. Karaoke Tuesday. “Grilling & Chillin”with Lost Kees, Sat-Sun 1:30 to 6:30 p.m.

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PARADISE BAR AND GRILLA little bit of paradise at this open air, island style bar with its

own private white sand beach. Pull up a rattan stool. Cold beer. LiveMusic. Exotic Libations. Friendly locals. Lunch and Dinner every-day. Sandwiches. Salads. Fresh Catch of the Day. Renee’s FamousShrimp Salad. Happy Hour 11-7. Live Bands. Poker on Mondayand Wednesday.

Tucked away in the parking lot of the Paradise Inn, it’s di-rectly on Santa Rosa Sound. Boat and Bicycle parking. Open 7days. 850-916-5087.

PEGLEG PETE’SAhoy, Matey. You’ve found a Pensacola Beach treasure.

Pirates welcome. Fresh Gulf seafood served in the galley oroutside on the awning covered deck. Glass front bar overlooksLaFitte Cove. All kinds of oysters. Live lobster. Gumbo. Din-ner specials nightly. Sizeable sandwiches and burgers for Land-lubbers. Take home a t-shirt.

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Residents drive over them ev-ery day, but no one seems to knowwho is responsible for all the road-ways on Pensacola Beach. In hisreport to the Island Authority onNovember 4 , Mike Langs ton ,Baskerville Donovan engineer, saidhe has been researching this ques-tion with the County.

"The s ide roads are publ icroads," Langston said. "But as faras a maintenance agreement goes,there is not one. At this point wehave not been able to produce anywritten document that states whois responsible for maintenance ofthe roads on Pensacola Beach. Noone seems to know. I will continuemy search."

Tammy Bohannon , Boardmember and Realtor, said that Viade Luna, Ft . Pickens Road andPensacola Beach Blvd. are stateroads.

"When the bridge (Bob SikesBr idge) was tu rned over toEscambia County, the County was

charged with the responsibility tomaintain those roads."

"In the sixty years we have hadroads on the island has the Countynever come out and repaired theroads?" Dave Pavlock, Board mem-ber asked.

Buck Lee, executive director,thinks there is just an unwrittenagreement between the County andthe Authority.

Other discussion included:Reclaimed water - Permitting is

complete. Notice to proceed was is-sued on September 9. Currently, theproject is underway. Undergroundelectrical work has been completedand the contractor, Vision Con-struction, is waiting for Gulf Powerto set the transformer and pull wirefor the new power service.

Li t t le Sabine Restorat ion -Dalton Brothers received the greenlight to proceed on September 9.Shop drawings have been submit-ted, approved and returned to thecontractor. Materials have been de-

livered. It is very visible as youdrive down Sabine Drive. The con-tractor fused the pipes and thetrench was created on Friday, Nov6. As soon as the trench is com-plete the pipes will be laid in themand the project will proceed. Thisis a $975,000 project.

Little Sabine Dredging - Deepand Wide Dredging was given thenotice to proceed on October 12.The spoil area is located on thewestern side of Pensacola BeachBlvd . The work i s p roceed ingquickly so Langston estimates thatis will be complete prior to the 90day allowable time constraint.

"I would not be surprised tosee the dredging complete by theend of this month," he said. "Itslows a bit when the spoil area be-comes full and the contractor hasto wait for the spoils to settle be-fore he proceeds."

The spoils will be used by theSRIA.

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by Kathi Lewis

November 17, 2009

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Mardi Gras on the Island2010January 9 Nereids King Kake Party, Paradise, 3 PM

January 15 Nereids Moonpie Party, SandshakerJanuary 16 Krewe of Junanoo, Chili CookOff, Shaker, 1 PM

January 23 Nauga Champagne Breakfast, Dock, 10 AM

January 23 Krewe of Brewe Black Tie Ball, Elk’s LodgeJanuary 30 Nereids Mystical Ball, Elk’s LodgeJanuary 30 Bananimals Ball, Bay Beach InnJanuary 31 Beach Babe Contest & Cajun Boil, Shaker, 3 PM

February 6 Krewe of Kids ParadeFebruary 6 Wrecks Grand Costume BallFebruary 8 Queen’s Dinner, Flounder’s, 7 PM

February 8 King’s Dinner, Elk’s Lodge, 7 PM

February 13 Wrecks Champagne BreakfastFebruary 14 Krewe of Wrecks Parade, 2 PM

February 15 Red Beans and Rice Luncheon, Casino Beach, 11February 16 Krewe of Coma, Sandshaker, 7 PM

KREWE OF WRECKS MEETINGS2009-2010

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at each meeting; $30.November 23Wrecks Meeting Bimini BarNovember 30Wrecks Meeting ParadiseDecember 7Wrecks Mtg Bamboo Willie’sDecember 14Wrecks Meeting The BreakJanuary 4Wrecks Meeting Flounder’sJanuary 11Wrecks Mtg Paddy O’Leary’sJanuary 18Wrecks Meeting PegLeg’sJanuary 25Wrecks Meeting The IslanderFebruary 1Wrecks Meeting Elk’s Lodge

More details will appear as the season nears.Not all events are open to the public.Some events require tickets.

When Wooly Booger QueenShugah says, “There will be no hur-ricanes during my reign,” I mean it,by God! Although I hate to say Itold you so…..well maybe not reallyhate it (perhaps might even enjoy ita bit) - I did tell you so. Although Idid suggest we continue blowingkisses to the south because that hasbecome a very effective tool in steer-ing away storms.

In fact, Queen Shugah took theprecaution of lining up all the vari-ous magical/ceremonial/powerfulitems given to me at the “Kiss theHurricanes Away This Season Bawl”held in May. Oh yeah, I had my "hur-ricane catcher" given to me by JaneCooper and the Lakota Indians. AsI wore the ceremonial earrings andchanted the powerful spell given tome by D.J. Zemenick, I also contin-ued to blow the magic shell I re-ceived from Chrissy Cook. All thiswhile holding the powerful crystalsgiven by Shelley Johnson and re-lieving my dry lips with the magicallip balm from Lila Cox. The Queen'selixir given by Shaker Queen SandiJohnson was most certainly a hugerelief for the dry throat caused by allthat chanting. I was certainly keep-ing in mind that former QueensShugah Paulette Provost was acti-vating her voodoo magic, whileRenee Mack was casting her ownpowerful spell. Moon Maiden Char-lotte Spencer was well in tune withher moon magic. I could also hearthe chanting of Christine “Bunkie”Hewerdine along with the sound ofthe knife being driven into theground by Lynn Cieutat all the wayover in Mexico Beach.

I want to say what an amazingjob was done by all who participatedin downsizing this Hurricane to amere tropical storm.

This year’s Wooly Booger “Kissthe Hurricane Season GoodbyeBawl" will take place at Paradise onSaturday, Nov. 21. I know it's a littlebefore the official end of the seasonbut Queen Shugah has many thingson her plate this year. I don't think Ihave another open date until afterMardi Gras and that's waaayyy toofar away to announce a new Queen

Shugah! Besides I'm quite eager topass this tiara on…..it's a tough joband we need a fresh Queen eachyear!

God smiled upon us and clearedour Paradise just in time for theVeteran's Day Parade! My grand-children particularly love this Paradeand I enjoy it with them each year.Four-year-old Sissy calls it the"Happy Heterans Day Parade" andwaves her flag constantly with prideas the "heterans" pass by. Last yearher Mama, Mel tried to teach her thecorrect pronunciation to no avail.

If you're tired of the regularpumpkin pie, try this week’s recipe.It's a definite keeper, so get out yourscissors and let's cook……

Pumpkin Pie Crumble Cake

1 Box yellow cake mix1 Stick butter/margarine at roomtemperature4 Large Eggs2 Cans (15oz. ea.) pumpkin1 Can (3 oz.) evaporated milk1 (8oz.) cream cheese, roomtemperature1 ¼ Cup Sugar1 tsp. Nutmeg3 tsp. ground Cinnamon2 Tbsp. Good Rum, optional4 Tbsp. butter, chilled1 Cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees;grease and flour 13 X 9 baking pan.Reserving one cup cake mix for top-ping, combine remaining mix, but-ter and an egg in large mixing bowlthen mix on low speed with blenderuntil well combined. Using finger-tips, press into bottom of bakingpan.Combine pumpkin, evaporatedmilk, cream cheese, one cup sugar,remaining 3 eggs, nutmeg, cinna-mon and rum into same mixingbowl and blend on low speed untilcombined (about 30 seconds. Noneed to clean bowl or beaters.) In-crease mixer speed to medium andbeat 1 - 2 minutes longer until mix-ture lightens in color and texture.Pour over crust and set aside.For topping, place remaining ¼ cupsugar, chilled butter and reservedcake mix in a clean bowl. Usingelectric mixer, beat on low speeduntil just combined and crumble

(30 seconds to 1 minute) Stir inpecans and knead with fingers intomixture. Distribute evenly over fill-ing and bake until the center jiggleswhen you shake the pan and thepecans on top have browned (70-75 minutes).

You can top this with Sweet-ened Cream when served. (Sweet-ened Cream is made by beatingheavy whipping cream (2 cups) ina chilled bowl with chilled beaterson high speed until cream thickens(90 seconds). Add ½ cup confec-tioners sugar and beat 1 or 2 min-utes longer until stiff peaks form.

Enjoy, share, have a safeand happy Thanksgiving anddon't forget to join the Krewe ofWrecks!

See ya in the kitchen….

In YourEstimationIf you are having a party,estimate your wine needs by figuring ahalf-bottle of wine per person, as a mini-mum. This yields about two and a halfglasses of wine per person. Bear in mindthat most people will be sipping their wineover the course of a few hours, in whichcase it cannot hurt to have more wine onhand. Better to have too much than to runout. Unopened bottles can always be en-joyed at a later date. As for opened bottles,recork them and put them in the refrigera-tor to preserve their freshness. White winewill be ready the following night, straightfrom the refrigerator. Allow red wine toreturn to room temperature first.HINT: As a general rule of thumb, mostopened bottles of wine remain good forabout three days.

Our staff at Beach Wines and Liquors,Inc. is very knowledgeable about wines,and what wines best complement vari-ous foods. We also would be happy toassist you in estimating quantities as youplan your holiday parties. We carry greatwines from all over the world, and in allprice ranges. We are conveniently locatedin the Soundside Market at 5 Via de Luna.Ring 850-932-8850 with questions.

He’s IT on Pensacola Beach - Akindred spirit to Island Times,Cousin IT appeared on the beachfor Halloween. Errol Putfarkdressed as the famous televisioncharacter and his friend Marta Raysubmitted the photo.

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Tips for ship shape holidaypacking are provided by Linda andWally Schiessl at the UPS Store.

1) Pack your precious presentsin corrugated boxes with plenty ofcushioning material. Do not wrapshipping boxes in paper.

2) Liquor boxes are not allowedeven if there is no liquor in them.The Post Office cannot accept themeither.

3) Shipping of alcohol and to-bacco products is prohibited.

4) Bubble wrap all breakableitems. Cushion with at least 2 inchesof Styrofoam "peanuts" around eachitem. Peanuts or other packing cush-ions can be purchased. (Newspapertraditionally has been used. It's agood way to recycle Island Times!)Rule of thumb - when a box isshaken, no sound should be heard.

5) Secure along all seams of thebox with shipping tape. Strappingtape is a good option. Masking tape,electrical tape and duct tape shouldnot be used.

6) If box is being reused, re-move all previous labels to avoidconfusion.

7) Ship early.

Wrap, Rattle And Roll - It’s Shipping Time8) Bring items to be shipped to

the UPS Store and we will gladlypack and ship.

Mark these dates on your cal-

endar. Guaranteed Ground Deliv-ery should be shipped by Decem-ber 11. We can ship for Christmasas late as December 21.

MessagingSystem SetTo Launch

Pensacola Beach residentsand leaseholders will soon be ableto receive critical messages fromthe Santa Rosa Island Authorityvia email. The messaging system,which will launch in the near fu-ture, is designed to alert residentsduring emergencies.

The SRIA will send a post-card to Beach leaseholders withinstructions on how to “opt-in” tothe messaging system.

“The process will be relativelysimple,” said Matt Mooneyham,SRIA Director of DevelopmentalServices. “Anyone who would liketo receive alerts will be able to signup by going to the SRIA website,clicking on the special tab and fill-ing out the form.”

For security purposes, a postsign up email will be transmittedto the individual, to confirm theirparticipation.

Although Tropical StormIda delayed the launch, the ser-vice should be available verysoon . The SRIA webs i t e i swww.sria-fla.com.

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Paddy O'Leary's is continuingthe presentation of a free Thanks-giving dinner started by AaronGrimsley at The Islander Loungemany years ago. Christy Sullivan willbe on hand to keep things rollingafter owners Gary Humphrey andSeamus Hunt prepare turkeys anddressing. Guests bring covereddishes to the dinner which will beserved around 5 p.m. O'Leary's willopen at 11 a.m.

"Please sign up with Christy, sowe'll have an idea of how many arecoming," Humphrey said. "All arewelcome to come and have a mealand enjoy each other's company.”

The Sandshaker will feature apotluck dinner beginning at 5 p.m.The bar will open at noon. TheSabine Sandbar will be open at 3 p.m.for football and fun. Sidelines willopen at 2:30 p.m. Native Café will beopen regular hours, from 7:30 a.m.to 3 p.m.

Miniature golf fans can get in18 holes at Tiki Island between noonand 6 p.m. and card players can trytheir luck at Texas Hold 'Em 4444 Funat 7 p.m. at Paddy's.

Restaurants which will beclosed all Thanksgiving Day areParadise Bar and Grill, Flounder's,McGuire's Irish Pub, Crab's We Got'Em, PegLeg Pete's and Bullfeathers.

Shoppers who can hardly waitfor Black Friday will not be disap-

pointed. Island Style beach storeswill be closed on Thanksgiving,but will swing the doors wideopen at 9 a.m. Tiki Jake's CordovaMall location will open at 5 a.m.and at 10 a.m. in Gulf Breeze. BlueSky Gift Shop is dark on Thurs-day, but will be ready for shop-pers beginning Friday morning.

Our Lady of the AssumptionCatholic Mission and thePensacola Beach CommunityChurch will not have specialThanksgiving services, but will holdregular services on Sunday. Catho-lic Mass is at 9:45 a.m. and the BeachChurch service is at 10 a.m.

In case you don't already know,

Green Bay will face Detroit at 11:30on Fox Channel 10. Oakland andDallas will meet at 3:15 on CBS andfinally, Denver and the New York Gi-ants will play at 7:20 p.m. on the NFLNetwork.

The Pensacola Beach Elk'sLodge will host a closed event, aThanksgiving dinner for 45 UnitedStates Marines from MATSG-21who cannot go home for the holi-day. Dinner will be cooked andserved by Elk's volunteers, accord-ing to Ron Christian, Elk's manager.Beach resident, Jim Knell, a retiredMarine Corps major, is coordinatingthe event.

Turkeys And Touchdowns ServedUp At Beach Thanksgiving Day

Frankenstein’s monster and his bride will be dancing the monster mashat Paradise Inn during Mardi Gras weekend, February 13-14. Tommyand Felicia Fisher won the two-night stay as the grand prize winners ofthe Halloween Costume Contest at Paradise October 31. The couplemay be dressed as longtime Mardi Gras partiers for that gig.

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Just in time for holiday shop-ping, the Gulf Breeze HospitalAuxiliary will host a Jewelry Salefundraiser Monday and Tuesday,December 7-8, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.It will be held in the Ciano Build-ing on the Gulf Breeze Hospital

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The Saintly influence of NewOrleans' now famous undefeatedNFL football team is carrying overto many less populated areas thanthe Superdome. Like the PensacolaBeach Elementary School whichhastened to complete its businessmeeting November 2 before theMonday night clash between theSaints and the Falcons.

Prior to the game, the Boardheard the financial report from Boardpresident Todd McCurdy.

"The treasury is stable," hesaid. "The balance is up $12,446 this

Saints Football Rushes Monday Night Meetingmonth. This includes monies fromthe State for being an A School anddonations."

Donations totaled $23,548 plus$1,115 collected from the Texas Hold'Em poker tournament, which was ear-marked for the Music Department.

"This year's Fall Festival was ahuge success," said third gradeteacher Joy McLaurine. "It was awonderful evening. The childrenwere free to move about in a safeenvironment. The parents enjoyedthe food and entertainment."

Although the amount raised by

the Festival was not yet determined,the estimate is between seven andeight thousand dollars.

The Principal Jeff Castleberryreported that the escalating com-puter problems have been solved bythe purchase and installation of anew server.

Fall Break will be November 23to 27, Thanksgiving Week.

The next meeting of the SchoolBoard will be Monday, November 30at 6 p.m. at the School. This will bethe final meeting of the year. All meet-ings are open to the public.

He started as a grommet carv-ing up waves on Pensacola Beach,and now Slater Trout, 14, is a StandUp Paddler of elite status. The BeachSchool graduate, who moved to Ha-waii, has a long list of honors in-cluding being the youngest competi-tor invited to the 2009 QuicksilverKaikika Big Wave Stand Up Chal-lenge at Makaha Point. He has takenthe Stand Up Paddle world by storm,but he has not forgotten his friendson Pensacola Beach.

Trout, in cooperation with his

sponsor Paddle Surf Hawaii, hasdonated a custom-shaped WoodVeneer Slater Trout Model Stand-Up-Paddle (SUP) board, made espe-cially for Pensacola Beach Elemen-tary to be raffled off.

"It is 10 feet in length and 30inches wide, a great SUP for flat watercruising or wave riding with a retailvalue of $1800," according to Trout.

This board could be yours. Tick-ets are on sale now for $20 and areavailable at Innerlight Surf Shop andBetta Stor It in Gulf Breeze, and

Waterboyz on 9th Ave. Or just makeyour check payable to PBES, Inc, andmail to the school at 900 Via de Luna,Pensacola Beach, FL 32561. Thewinner's name will be announced atthe Beach School's Holiday Pro-gram, December 4 at Our LadyCatholic Mission.

“All funds raised will go to sup-port Beach School projects,” saidKen McCurdy, project coordinator.“This will be a collector’s item.”

For more information call KenMcCurdy at 850-501-4788.

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ROAD CLOSURES - At press time the following roads wereclosed due to storm damage: Ft. Pickens Rd from the gate to the fortJ. Earle Bowden Way (SR 399) From Park East to NavarreNational Seashore road updates 850-934-2600

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By Joey MerrittTo cook a turkey, first

you need to cook it andfreeze it. Then, put specialsauce, salt, pepper, and hotsauce on it. Next, cut up themeat. That was yummy,good and special.

By Max MateerTo cook a turkey first,

you have to buy it. Next,you have to put pork in itbecause they’re made ofpork. Last, you put it on 450degrees and 12 minutes.Now it’s ready to eat.

By Macy Claire CroninMy dad goes to hunt for a tur-

key. Then, he brings it in the house.Next, we put it in the fridge. We takeit, then we cook it.

By Bridgett WolfeMy mom catches the turkey and

she cooks it for me and my brother. Ilove to put some butter and salt onmy turkey before I eat it!

By Lauren ThompsonTo cook a turkey, first you let it

cool down because it’s frozen. Thenyou put it in the stove. I put salt andpepper on my turkey. At last you eat it.

By TaylorFirst, I pick my favorite tur-

key. Then, I put it in the fridge.Then, I let it cool off. Next, I putit in the oven. We put the tem-perature on. Then we eat it.

By Ryland McCurdyFirst, you have to buy one.

Then, you need to cook it for 80minutes on 340 degrees. Last,you need to decorate it with hotsauce.

By Joselyn ReevesFirst, you will need to go to

the store to buy one. Next, let itfog out. Then you put it in theoven.

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Halloween decorations and it’s timefor Thanksgiving. Why is it timeflies when you are together as a fam-ily, but drags on forever when aloved one is deployed overseas? Ihave been very fortunate as the wifeof a Marine that the majority of myhusband’s deployments were duringthe spring and summer months. Wedid endure a couple of fall and win-ter separations, and of course, hismost recent deployment as a fleetMarine began in the fall and endedthe following summer. So onceagain, I am very grateful that I havemy family, my Colonel and my Kid,to gather around our Thanksgivingtable and to give thanks for all thatwe have been blessed with. Not allservice members and their familieswill be so fortunate this year.

Think about this. There are wellover 150,000 military personnelserving in Iraq and Afghanistan.That’s almost twice the populationof the cities of Pensacola and GulfBreeze and Pensacola Beach com-bined. No telling how or even if theywill celebrate Thanksgiving, but itcertainly won’t be with family. Restassured CNN will show some cutesynews clip at a chow hall within thesafe confines of the Green Zone, butsomehow a mass prepared meal justdoesn’t sound like home cooking to

me. Does it to you?Now think about their families.

Our military personnel come fromall over the country and with onegoal in mind and that is to serve thisnation and its people. When we werestationed in California and the Colo-nel was overseas, I would gather upthe Kid and head to the one wife’shome that could hold the most fold-ing chairs and card tables. Thesquadron spouses would show upwith food, fine china, silverware, lin-ens and lots of wine. By sharing ourcollective sadness, we found com-fort and joy in our common bondand inevitably discovered that it wasokay to laugh and eat until we hadto undo the top button on our jeans.I used to, however, think about allthe parents of the single Marines thatwere in our squadron. How did theyhandle having one less personaround the holiday table? Who wastheir support? Family? Neighbors?No one?

I realize after eight years offighting a war on terror (OperationEnduring Freedom in Afghanistanbegan October 7, 2001, followed byOperation Iraqi Freedom, on March19, 2003) that some might begin tothink it’s a natural occurrence or it’stotally common to have so manymilitary personnel deployed inharm’s way or having so many ser-

vice members attending specializedschools in preparation to deploy. Ican tell you it is not, especially forthe families. This continued wartime tempo has worn everyone quitethin.

This Thanksgiving, however,you can make a difference in thelives of military personnel stationedin Pensacola and their families fromall over the United States. ThePensacola USO can use and needsyour help. The wonderful volunteersof the Pensacola USO are making ahome cooked meal for more than1000 sailors, Marines and airmenwho cannot make it home this holi-day and are also planning a fullweekend of festivities. Please callKathy Karsten, USO Pensacola Pro-grams Manager at 455-8280 ext. 4or e-mail her at kkarsten@uso.org.In the grand picture of what our mili-tary men and women are being askedto do, year after year after year, yourgesture of reaching out to help theUSO Pensacola might seem like asmall sacrifice in comparison, but itis significant in its message - that youstill care. Now that is something wecan all celebrate. Happy Thanksgiv-ing. Until next time…

Pensacola BeachAmerican Legion mem-ber Jim Hill salutes af-ter placing the MIA/POW drape on theEmpty Chair duringVeterans Day ceremo-nies, November 11 atthe Gulfside Pavilion.

Beach resident and World War II veteran Frank Cooper, left, paraded with hisson-in-law Richard Johnson, right, in the Pensacola Beach Veteran’s Day pa-rade. Cooper, who served in the Coast Guard and Johnson, a former Marine,proudly flew their branch of service flags from their electric vehicle.

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Pensacola Beach will be merry andbright during the Pensacola BeachChamber’s Season Your Holidayswith Island Spirit. The Chamber’spromotion kicks off Friday, Novem-ber 27 at 6 p.m. with a flip of a switch.Island businesses and residents willsparkle with twinkling holiday deco-rations. The merry merchants on theBoardwalk will be delighting visitorswith their zooful of lighted animalsalong with a live Christmas tree.

“We have rented theZooLights and want everyone tocome to the island to enjoy them atno charge,” said Mike McLaughlin,Boardwalk Merchants Association.“We will have carolers around thetree at the Season Lights Up eventon November 27.”

The excitement continues witha thirty-five day calendar full of freeevents.

“The highlight of our promotionis the parade weekend,” said Cham-ber President Jeff Elbert. “The LightedBoat parade is Friday, December 11,followed by our Surfing Santa Beachparade on December 13.”

The Chamber has launchedan event website where infor-mation and parade entry formscan be downloaded a t

December 1Children's Coloring Contest kicks off.Limitless imaginations guide small handsin creating Island holiday works of art.Coloring sheets are available at theVisitor's Information Center, Island Styleand Beach hotels. All art will be dis-played in Island Style's Tropical Christ-mas Room. Free.December 5Kowabunga Breakfast with SurfingSanta - Surf Burger - 8 to 10:30 a.m.This Santa has a surfboard sled pulledby magical dolphins. Kids should havetheir wish list ready. Free mimosas forparents.December 6Christmas Festival - Our Lady of theAssumption Catholic Mission - 9 to 4Gingerbread House Make and Take -Tiki Island Golf and Games, Noon to 2p.m. Bring a bag of hard candies to deco-rate your Beach version of the tradi-tional sweet house. Free.Santa and His Paparazzi Photo Ses-sion - Boardwalk - 2 to 4 p.m.Island memories are forever when youhave your photo taken with Santa infront of palm trees decorated by Beach

elves. Nominal charge for photo.Tis the Season Open House - Lee Tracy- Boardwalk - 2 to 4 p.m. ExperienceLee Tracy's Southern charm. Hospital-ity is the norm and shopping is hasslefree. Goodies for kids of all ages. Santawill be in the Amphitheatre for photos.Hope you have been nice.December 7Joy For The Beach -Presented by thePensacola Beach Optimists at Our LadyCatholic Church - 6:30 p.m. This eventdishes up abundant Island spirit. Servedby high energy singers and performerscostumed for the holidays. Free.December 11Lighted Boat Parade - Pensacola BeachMarina to Boardwalk - 7 pmDecember 12Ornament Making - Days Inn - 1 to 4The Gulf of Mexico offers her treasuredsand dollars and starfish that evolve intofabulous decorations for the tree. FreeIsland Style Tropical Holiday OpenHouse 4 to 6 p.m. The home of theChristmas Room on the Island. Chat,munch cookies, sip cider and enjoy theoriginal art by coloring contestants. Free.

pensacolabeachparades.com.The Chamber events are free

and open to the public.“This is our gift to the commu-

nity. We want everyone to share ourjoy for the season and the beauty ofthe beach,” said Nan Harper, Cham-ber events chairman.

The first twelve days of Decem-ber include:

For more information call theChamber at 850-932-1500.

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"Not everyone can play cardsuntil 10 or 11 p.m. and be ready forwork the next day, so we haveadded a Saturday afternoon timeslot to our weekly schedule," saidRick Uzdevenes, poker promoter."There are multiple televisionscreens with college football, sothere is no excuse not to join us!"

November games have a cor-nucopia of new winners. All SaintsDay games at Paddy O'Leary'searned Richard Foster the winover Justin Scher. On Monday

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In action at Paddy O'Leary'son November 3 Eric Weatherfordtook down defending champ Ri-chard Butler with "trip nines" onthe final hand.

Sgt. Amy Metcalf dropped infor a win on November 5.

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Kristin Larmier made a threehand come-from-behind run toclean out chip leader Pete Falgouton November 7.

Eric "The Postman"Weatherford delivered winninghand after winning hand to outlastRussell Patterson on November 8.This was Weatherford's second winin November.

The ladies took top billing onNovember 10 with Billie Urquhartsqueaking past red hot Mary KayWood in the final. Mary Kay cleanedout all the boys on the table beforeher luck changed on the final threehands.

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Texas Hold ‘Em 4444 Fun dealt a wininng hand to the students at PensacolaBeach Elementary School with a $1115 donation to the Music Department.In ceremonies hosted during the School’s Fall Festival, October 30, (L toR) Principal Jeff Castleberry, accepts a check from Richard and JanieUzdevenes, Texas Hold ‘Em 4444 Fun owners. Beach School Music teacherMary Holway, right, says it’s music to her ears.

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Wooly Boogers invite all Wanna Be’s, Almost Wooly, Not Even Close To Being, and Woolies-in-WaitingKiss The Hurricance Season Goodbye Bawl

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Knock, knockWho’s there?IdaIda who?Ida come to Pensacola Beach sooner, but I wanted to wait untilHurricane Season was over.

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So instead of everyone sayingtheir philosophy or religious booksays this, and is the only correct wayor thinking, perhaps, it is time tolook toward the future with no morephilosophy than to treat everyonelike we would like to be treated.

It’s a beautiful thought, and inthis day and age, one we need to em-brace.

Cub Scouts fromPack 11 had to createtheir own fair winds andfollowing seas at the an-nual Raingutter Regatta,Sunday, November 1 atthe Beach School. NicWehrenberg built anddecorated his sailboatwhich he huffed andpuffed to the finish line.Each Cub Scout earned abadge for participation.

Tropical Storm Ida’s storm wavescrashed into the Gulf Fishing Pier onPensacola Beach, Monday, November 9. TheWooly Booger Social Club will drink a toastto Ida at their November 21 Kiss The Hurri-cane Season Goodbye Bawl at the ParadiseInn. Everyone is welcome to attend this partywhich begins at 6:30 p.m. Beach Time.

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Thanksgiving occurs in manysettings. A pastor tells of Thanks-giving eve at his church. They hadworked with a community agency toreceive the names of ten differentfamilies which they could care forat Thanksgiving. The congregation

gathered on Thanksgiving eve, andset out ten boxes on tables in theirfellowship hall. They invited the tenfamilies to come, and as the congre-gation put food into each box-tur-key and ham, vegetables and piesand bread-everyone was filled withjoy, those who could give and thosewho would receive. Then the un-thinkable happened. An eleventhfamily came in the door, somebodyin need. They piled out of an olddilapidated pickup truck, a father, amother and three children. They hadheard there was food being distrib-uted by the church. The pastor hadto explain that they didn't haveenough for an extra family, but hewould do what he could. Then an

amazing thing happened. Withoutany prompting, one of the womenreceiving the food, and already hadher box in her arms, went back tothe table, and sat her box down. Shepulled an empty box from under thetable, set it beside hers, and beganto take food out of her box and putit in the eleventh box. Then the oth-ers who were to receive boxes wentto theirs, and took food out of eachof their boxes to share, until soonthe eleventh box had the most in it.And then they turned and gave it tothe new family.

Gratitude and sharing are two ofthe qualities we see in many areas.May we all experience those quali-ties as we share this Thanksgiving.

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The Texas Hold ‘Em pokergang headed off to Ft. Pickens onSaturday, November 7 after the af-ternoon card game at Paddy’s. It wasa lucky night with the Bull Reds.Justin Scher, Todd Lentini and hisdad Robert Lintini, EricWeatherford and his girl, AngelaHartzog, all caught a Redfish or two.Angela Hartzog caught her first everfish, a huge Redfish. The gangcaught and released 14 big ones to-

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Do yourself a favor and gofishin' !

Local Pet Sitter Hosts Food DriveCash and pet food donations are

being accepted during December aspart of the Hungry Bowl Pet FoodDrive spearheaded by Pet SittersInternational.

“Hungry and homeless animalsare given shelter at the PensacolaHumane Society,” said Mary Wrightof Wright Pet Sitting in Gulf Breeze.

“The Shelter needs your support.”Donation will be accepted un-

til December 12 at Wright Pet Care,1304 Windsor Park Rd. in GulfBreeze, FL 32563, Animal Hospitalof Tiger Point or the Gulf BreezeRecreation Center.

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