I sland T imesVolume I, Number 26 Pensacola Beach, Florida April 26, 2006

The Pensacola Beach Woman’s Club will officially open all sporting venues on Game Day this Friday at 10 a.m. at the Bay Beach Inn, Gulf Breeze. Sponsors expect more players thanspectators at the tables which will feature a vast array of games, ranging from bridge to Mah Jong. A gourmet lunch will be served from noon until 1 p.m. The games will then resume and theclosing ceremony is at 3 p.m. A raffle and auction will add to the festivities. Game Day is the once-a-year fundraiser sponsored by the Woman’s Club. All proceeds this year will be donated tolocal organizations to help in the rebuilding of Pensacola Beach. Woman’s Club Board members who have spent months planning and preparing for Game Day are: back row (L to R) MildredPrice, secretary and Chrissy Cook, president. Front row (L to R) are: Jane McGrath, first vice president, Shelby Smith, second vice president and Kathy Christoff, treasurer.

DEALIN’ DIVAS GET GAME DAY READY TO ROLL

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The Board of the SantaRosa Is land Authori ty re-mained firm in their resolveto requ i re the owners o fCapt'n Fun and the Celebra-t ion Room on Quie twaterBeach Boardwalk to sign astandard lease.

The Board held a specialmeet ing on Apri l 12 wi thowners , Mike and JuneGuerra, and their attorney,M.J. Menge in attendance.

The Guerras had askedfor several concessions andchanges to the proposed leasewhich the Board den ied ,

based on the advice of theirlegal counsel. The proposedlease would bring the Guerra-owned Boardwalk propertiesinto compliance with leasesheld by Alvin's Island, andKey Sa i l ing , which a reoutparcels of the Boardwalk.

The Guerras will be al-lowed to continue the privateuse of the waterside deck ar-eas for their restaurants andbars.

The Guerras had not signedthe lease at press time, so theirdecision to accept or reject thelease as written is unknown.

George Eckes, former presi-dent of the Pensacola Beach Resi-dents and Leaseholders Associa-tion and a former member of theSRIA board, urged the PBRLAto concentrate on rebuilding theirmembership, at their April 14meeting at Crabs.

"You should create a three-year plan that focuses on littleelse but building the member-ship," George said. "A newslet-ter should be mailed out to lease-holders."

George also suggested thatthe Association should have apermanent meeting place. He

recommended the SRIA board-room. He told the members thatthey needed to focus on member-ship first, and then to take smallsteps.

"Once the membership hasreturned to its normal number,you should then concentrate onbuilding relationships with theSRIA and community leaders,"he said.

Tona DeMers, president,conducted the meeting andstressed the importance of gettingthe PBRLA website up and run-ning again.

"When the time comes that

Eckes Urges Beach Association To Build Up Membershipwe do get the website running, itwill be informational only," shesaid. "There will be no jokes onit."

Members approved writinga letter in opposition to offshoredrilling which will be sent to theappropriate authorities and agen-cies.

"It is our belief that drillingoff the shores of Pensacola Beachwould affect tourism and ourbeach," the president said. "Weknow the SRIA and the BeachChamber of Commerce havevoiced their opposition to off-shore drilling."

A discussion on easementsto the Beach resulted in a requestby the membership to ask theSRIA to recognize the need foreasements to the Gulf in the corearea. They also will request thateasement signs be replacedthroughout the Beach.

The PBRLA is a 30-year-old

organization dedicated to the bet-terment of the Beach community.All residents and leaseholdersmay join the Association. Thenext meeting is Tuesday, May 9at the Beach Church at 6 p.m.Dues are $20 per year per person.Call Tona DeMers at 932-2190 toarrange to join the organization.

Island Authority Board StandsFirm on Quietwater Lease

The following students atPensacola Beach ElementarySchool have been named to theHonor Roll for the third nineweek grading period:

Debbie Campanella’sSecond Grade Class

All A Honor RollJace AmbersonMegan CroninLia Lampone

A/B Honor RollJacob BaldwinAnna LarsenEmily LarsenMakayla ReichertLani SmithMarley TaylorAbbigail WesterRobert Wright III

Marie Wright’sThird Grade Class

All A Honor RollZane Gill

A/B Honor RollDanielle Conley

Jett CrowdisSavannah CrowdisWilliam GreenJon GrigsbyPeyton HooverMadeline MateerSavannah McClearyDucan NivenSara PostIan PriceDavid Taylor

Susan Goff’sFourth Grade Class

All A Honor RollSage DunneMichelle Robbins

A/B Honor RollReghan ElliottAlyson FrancisCate HodgesDrew HolkWilliam MclinStephanie MoraesBailey Trzcinski

Margie Pitts’Fifth Grade Class

A Honor RollSage Baird

Jack EttelsonAdam FoleySavahhah GreenKendall HooverHarley Taylor

A/B Honor RollThomas FitzgeraldMadison MurphyMichael NealSlater Trout

Tina Reichert’sFifth Grade Class

A Honor RollAriel CantrellP.J. DunneMarina JohnsonOceane Ziegler

A/B Honor RollT.J. BaughnMatt BayerTaylor BaynesKelsy Carver-WiremanPearl ClarkinJessica KochAlexa McKnightAlexandra NivenEric Post

Beach School Honor Students Make The Grade

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The tenth annual MattMartin Memorial Surf Contestwill be Saturday, May 6 at thePensacola Beach Fishing Pier.

Divisions will include boys14 and under; junior men, 15-17; men, 18-29; senior men, 35and up.

There will also be alongboard division for men 39and under and 40 and up.Women's divisions will beshortboard, all ages and

longboard, all ages.Entry fees are $35 with a

$20 fee for each additional di-vision if registered before May4. The late fee after that date is$10.

Check in time is 6:30 a.m.and contests will start at 7 a.m.For more information, callInnerlight Surf Shop at 850-932-5134 or 850-434-6743.

See Espo's Surf Report,page 13.

Surfers Ready For AnnualMatt Martin Memorial Contest

Kindergarten registration atthe Pensacola Beach ElementarySchool will be Friday, April 28,according to Jennifer Neal, kin-dergarten teacher.

"Our kindergarten class fornext year will come to our class-room at 10 a.m. and spend sometime with a buddy," Neal said.

While the children are busyin the classroom, parents will befilling out necessary paperworkin the multi-purpose room. Achild must be five-years-old bySeptember 1 to be eligible to at-tend school this fall. An originalbirth certificate will be requiredon registration day.

Beach School KindergartenReg is t ra t ion Date Set

Jennifer Neal will have im-portant information to give to theparents. She will also have cop-ies of the Kindergarten Hand-book available.

Lunch will be on the schooldeck at eleven o'clock. For moreinformation, the number at PBESis 934-4020.

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A couple of weeks ago, myfifteen year old Smith Coronaelectric typewriter crashed andburned. Well, not all the way tothe ground. Its first symptom wasits inability to print the letter "k."I could live with that. But next,every time I flipped the switch,it would immediately begin typ-ing "x's." While I sat, staringhelplessly, my typewriter typedrows and rows of "x's." The onlyway to stop it was to shut it off.Was this some kind of messageto me? Was my trusty friend say-ing goodbye? Was the typewritersending me pages of farewellkisses?

I hoped it was just some tem-porary flaw like a slight headcold. Maybe, I could revive it. Iwiggled some wires, blew on thekeys, dusted the interior, read-justed the cartridge, and turnedit on again. Off it went on its de-moniac mission, typing goodbyekisses.

Sadly, I shut it down. WhenI announced the demise of mytypewriter, chaos raged in thenewsroom. Everybody knowsthat my major eccentricity is myaddiction to an electric typewriteras my only writing vehicle. Nopens, pencils, computers or anyother printing device. No otherbrand of typewriter. Only SmithCorona. Without it, my creativegenes dry up and blow away.

So, we had a crisis. It wastwo days before deadline for theIsland Times and I owed thenewspaper two critical stories.

The frenzy to find a replace-ment began. Liz, who was visit-ing, went online, found the SmithCorona Corporation, ordered atypewriter, and gave explicit in-structions to overnight the ship-ment. Shelley went to the officesupply store and bought aBrother, just in case I wouldbreak down and try it. And myhusband, Frank , the resourcefuloptimist, loaded up the ailing

Smith Corona and said he wastaking it to a repairman in town.I kept telling him he was wast-ing his time. Who's going to re-pair an archaic, broken type-writer? And even if he findssomeone, the repair won't last.Frank paid absolutely no atten-tion to me, as he backed out ofthe driveway.

There I was with a few halfformed ideas in my head, somenotes on my desk and no equip-ment to help me blend it into areadable newspaper story. Then,a little blurb I had read in USAToday crossed my mind. J.K.Rowling was having equipmentproblems, too, as she worked onher seventh and last Harry Pot-ter book. It's hard to believe, butshe has run into shortages oflined paper in the United King-dom. As she writes, she relies onher pencil and lined paper. Ithought about her plight, but itdidn't really comfort me verymuch.

Wow, if all I needed waslined paper and, oh, if only I waswriting any kind of book aswildly popular as the Harry Pot-ter series. Dream on, Jane.

Back to reality. I struggledwith the Brother, a pencil andlegal pad, and finally pieced mystories together. Liz, who willtackle any challenge, scooped upthe almost undecipherable mess,and typeset it.

So, what does my typewritersupply look like today? Thewhereabouts of the Smith Coronawhich was allegedly overnightedare still unknown. Some bun-gling mistake has thwarted themachine's journey to Paradise.The Brother has been returnedto the office supply store.

Holy Jalapeno!And why is Frank strutting

around with this macho grin onhis face? Because, at this verymoment, I am typing on my reli-able old typewriter. The "k"

works and so do all the otherkeys. It is no longer typingfarewell kisses on it sown. Therepair man (Bless him) said thetypewriter just needed to becleaned, and "now, she's goodas new."

I have two things left tosay. It is to the credit of every-

one involved in this melee, thatno one said, "Why don't youmove into the twenty-first cen-tury?"

I must say I appreciate allthey did to get me back on trackand let me live in my own cre-ative century.

Secondly, I hope J.K.

Rowling, has found a supply oflined paper somewhere in Brit-ain. What a tragedy if HarryPotter was killed by a papershortage instead of all thoseterrifying, death defying eventswhich have some so close totaking him away.

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Remember, everyone is eli-gible to email answers to thetrivia question. The question is"Two popular Beach businesseswere sold and renamed Tucker'sand The Break. What were thenames of the businesses beforethey were sold?"

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LOUIE AND LANCEThere's nothing quite so sat-

isfying as catching up on goodold Beach times with a goodfriend. Louie Bohannon, Beachentrepreneur, and Lance Mossreminisced about days gone byduring Lance's visit to the Beach.Lance now resides in Hawaii.

LIFEGUARD TURNSTEACHER

Dylan Donahue who grewup on Pensacola Beach andserved as a lifeguard for severalyears, is attending college in St.Petersburg, and is about to re-ceive his degree in education.Dylan wants to be a teacher. Hisdad, Brad, well known Beachbusinessman and resident,couldn't be prouder.

MOVE OVER INDIANAJONES

Bunny Quina who was thefirst woman Exhalted Ruler ofthe Pensacola Beach Elk's Lodgehas never been one to shy awayfrom a new adventure. She hasleft the Beach for Idaho whereshe has a new career with theUnited States Army Corps ofEngineers.

FOUR-ELEVEN-ELEVENMadison Murphy, a fifth

grader at the Pensacola BeachElementary School celebratedher eleventh birthday on Aprileleventh.

TAKE BACK THE BEACHA red hot rumor is circulat-

ing on the Beach right now thata band of vigilantes will take overthe Beach some time next fall.Output from the rumor mill wasvague, but leaders from variousgroups are already plotting a oneday coup to bring back the goodold days. Names have leaked outincluding the Council of Winos,Wooly Booger Social Club, theSOBs, and an assortment ofprominent Beach bums. The Is-land Times will continue to trackthis rumor. Stay with us.

NO HURRICANES JUSTTORNADOES

Les and Carlene Neighborsmoved from Gulf Breeze to Ten-nessee recently in order to escapehurricanes only to find them-selves in the midst of tornadoes.Fortunately, last month's stormsin their area did not damage themor their new home.

LUCKY FREDFred Simmons is returning

to the slot machine jungle onceagain after Lady Luck smiled onhim in a big way during his re-cent trip to Las Vegas. He's hop-ing Lady Luck will be once againlooking over his shoulder.

GRIFFITH KITTENSGO HOME

Bill and Pat Griffith andtheir bevy of kittens have movedback to their Villa Sabine homewhich suffered severe hurricanedamage. The Griffiths aren'tcomplaining about the manymonths they lived away fromtheir house. Like all returnees,they just feel so very lucky to beback home again.

PILING ONNever in their wildest

dreams did Bill and Kathi Lewisthink they could get so excitedabout pile driving. But the Beachcouple are cheering the sinkingof their pilings and the arrival oftheir new home on PensacolaBeach. It won’t be long until theyhave sand in their shoes onceagain.

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Donation jars overflowed atthis year's Krewe of Wrecks RedBeans and Rice Luncheon. Thegenerosity of the guests at theworld's largest free lunch duringMardi Gras enabled the Wrecksto distribute funds to five orga-nizations including the BeachAmerican Legion Post, $400 tosponsor youngsters for the youthcamp and the Pensacola BeachElk's Lodge, $360 also to spon-sor kids for youth camp.

In addition, the Wrecks do-nated $250 to Dr. James P. Mor-gan Memorial Park, $250 to the

Pensacola Beach ElementarySchool, and $300 to CovenantHospice of Pensacola.

Andrea Brunt, Head Wreck,

Wrecks Keep Good Times Rollingthanks everyone for their contri-butions which will go a long wayin helping local organizationsfund their projects.

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A reason to party never es-capes the Mardi Gras Krewe ofJunkanoos, so on Easter Satur-day, they hippity hopped all overthe Sandshaker giving grown upsa chance to play childhoodgames.

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photos by Amy DePew, Junkanoocaptain were: Golden Egg, DarlaPermenter; Easter Bonnet Con-test, Beverly Sarasua, Most Cre-ative; Nancy Kittel, Most Tradi-tional; and Sherry Stricula, MostOutrageous.

Seventeen deviled egg chefs

Junkanoos Shook Up Beach Easter With Big Kid Contestscompeted for honors in the tra-ditional Easter contest. Winnerswere Dee Riley, Most UnusualIngredient; Tracey Barry, Judges'Pick; and Sandy Huggins, EggsMost Like Grandma's.

Samantha Rogers won theFishing-For-Eggs Basket. The

Jelly Bean in a Jar GuessingGame ended in a tie between twofriends, Sandy Huggins and PamHoitt who guessed 1999. Theanswer was 2006. They sharedthe prize.

Lois Jernigan and TerryConnell didn't win anything but

they were celebrating birthdays,so the party after the party wasfor them. Judges for the contestswere Shaker Bar Court JesterTommy Grice and SharonMattair. Not pictured are theBunny Hop winners Monty andRick Sellers.

Beverly Sarasua, Nancy Kittel and Sherry StriculaDee Riley, Tracey Barry and Sandy Huggins

Birthday girls- Lois Jernigan and Terry ConnellSandy Huggins and Pam Hoitt

When it comes to Beachcontests, the competition is stiff.Judges Tommy Grice and SharonMattair were very serious abouttheir choices.

Darla Permenter found theGolden Egg and was declared theBest Egg Hunter on the Island. Shevows to defend her title next year.

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As I write this, I am lookingout from our “home on wheels,”listening to and looking at themost wonderful sound and sightin the world! No, it's not the"hard bodies" on the work crew.My husband said he would gotake a nap and I could look at theyoung men working. I told himthat he had no idea how beauti-ful those pilings look to methrough the window of the RV,although I didn't stay for all thepile driving. I will never for-get how good it felt to sleep onour property for the first timein nearly 19 months. Webought an RV to stay on ourproperty in an effort to detertheft; something I neverthought I would have to worryabout in Paradise.

Do you remember the dayswhen nobody ever locked theirdoors? Of course, you could al-ways end up with some unex-pected "house guests", but youusually recognized them.That's about as bad as it got andeven that wasn't always bad,sometimes it was just time togo out and play again. I real-ized those days were over whensomeone actually sawed thepadlock off our overturned stor-age unit (courtesy of H. Dennis).What were they thinking? Atleast, our Tiki umbrella survived.It's way over 20 years old and thatwas about the most importantthing left when we evacuated thestorage unit before the storm.

Another reason we bought atow-behind RV was because Billsaid he saw a "lot of evacuationsin our future". That means thathe's accepted the fact that I in-tend to live on our Island as longas possible. It's my home! Heonce briefly suggested buying alot in Gulf Breeze. I have noth-

ing against Gulf Breeze exceptHighway 98 traffic and it's noton the Island. I do have a lot offriends there and, of course, Ishop there to avoid crossing an-other bridge.

Of course, we'll end up do-ing a lot of the work on our houseourselves, because contrary topopular belief, we are not richpeople. Even if we had a lot ofmoney, we'd still count our richesin the love of family, friends, andthe wonderful gift of living sur-rounded by the beauty God cre-ated. Our grandson will walktwo blocks to the Beach Schoolfor kindergarten this year. Thatalone makes it all worth it!

Easter in Georgia waswonderful. When I get togetherwith my sisters and their fami-lies, it's kinda like an SOBfunction (minus the alcohol),but with 20 conversations go-ing on at the same time. Atfirst we thought my nephew’swife, Chris, was very quiet andshy until she recently admittedshe had never seen anythinglike our gatherings. Now, she'slearned to jump in with the bestof us.

Don't forget Queen ShugahPaulette of the Wooly Boogersis working on a "No HurricaneBawl" possibly in May. Staytuned for more details.

Since we're all hot, tired,and have been constantly on themove for the last few months,I'm suggesting we all take abreak, even for one day, andtreat ourselves. We deserve it!This recipe comes from mynephew, Richard. It's quick,easy and very good. So, insteadof cooking, let 's mix somedip…

Refreshing Dill Dip

1 Cup mayonnaise, low-fat, ifdesired1 Cup sour cream2 tbsp. Dried dillweed2 tbsp. Minced onion

Combine all ingredients.Chill ing allows flavors tomingle. Serve with your favor-ite chips, crackers and thedrink of your choice. This goesvery well with Martinis.

Relax, enjoy and I'll seeyou in the kitchen….

Elodie Cardin wants shop-pers to imagine they have crossedinto the romantic French coun-tryside - when all they have re-ally done is crossed the ThreeMile Bridge. The "French FleaMarket on Ninth Avenue" will beSaturday April 29 from 9 a.m.until 4 p.m.

Participating Retailers in-clude: Antique European Linensat 9 S. 9th Avenue. Feast yoursenses on fabulous antiques lin-ens, textiles and decadent downpillows; La Maison d’Elodie islocated at 824 East La Rua,which is the corner of 9th Avenueand La Rua. Mais, oui. It’sFrench all the way with furniture,chairs, lighting, art, pottery, andFrench bistros sets; Early’s An-tiques at 822 East La Rua is nextto la Maison d’Elodie. It’s a greatnew Antique Mall full of good-ies to decorate your home; BettyPaul’s Antiques is located at thecorner of 9th Ave and Gadsden.Look for Old Paris and other por-celain, furniture, art, and lots ofbeautiful Victorian jewelry.

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If you have any questionscall Elodie at 433-6427.

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The African American Heri-tage Society will host the "Wine& Cheese - Beer & Pretzel Jit-ney into History" fundraiser topromote African American tour-ism in Pensacola.

The event will be Saturday,May 6 from 5:00pm until 7:00pmand will begin at the historic KateCoulson House at 200 E. ChurchStreet downtown. For more in-formation and reservations, con-tact Jamie Bristow at 469-1299.

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James P. Morgan MemorialPark will have to be completelyrestructured after hurricanes Ivanand Dennis destroyed so much ofthe vegetation, according to JimRandol, Chairman of the ParkFoundation.

"We will have to replaceplants, bushes, and trees in orderto bring the park back the way itwas before the storms," Jim said.

The park which is located onSanta Rosa Sound next to the BoatLaunch, has preserved the wet-lands area there in honor of thelate Dr. Morgan.

Before Ivan, the park was alush oasis, filled with vegetationindigenous to Pensacola Beach.Walkways, memorial benches, andgazebos offered a tranquil settingfor visitors. There were separateareas for various plantings includ-ing a Japanese garden and a min-iature evergreen forest.

The park which is open everyday from sunup to sunset, has beenthe setting for numerous wed-dings, christenings, and memori-als.

Now, it will be like starting allover for the Foundation Boardmembers who oversee the park.Jim Randol and Dave Morgan, Dr.Morgan's son, do much of theplanting and gardening workthemselves. The park has alwaysbeen a labor of love for everyoneinvolved. Recently, the Krewe ofNaugas donated $700 to the parkand the Krewe of Wrecks sent acheck for $250. Contributions arealways welcome. Anyone inter-ested in helping put Morgan Parkback together can mail a check; c/oJane Waters Cooper, Morgan ParkFoundation, 1203 Ariola Drive,Pensacola Beach, FL 32561.

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Ole’ - Pensacola Beach Optimist Club members Debbie Campanellaand Allen Lambert got in the spirit with icy margaritas and cold Coronas atthe Club’s Mexican Fiesta at Flounder’s on Pensacola Beach . The annualfundraiser was held Saturday, April 8 to raise funds to support local youthprograms. Photo by Lizzard

IN THE PRESENCE OF PRESIDENTS - Each of these volunteers hasbeen a Pensacola Beach Optimist Club President at one time during theClub’s many years. Former presidents enjoying the Mexican Fiesta, April 8at Flounder’s are: (L to R) Bev Dufrechou, Louise Greenley, Bettie LeeSundstrom, and Dave Sundstrum. Photo by Lizzard

Flounder’s Beach provided the perfect setting for Beach residentsand Optimist Club members (L to R) Sandee Bredesen, Sharon Peirce, SkipPeirce and Mike Bredesen to enjoy the spicy Mexican buffet and hot tunesof Tim Spencer at the Optimist Club’s Fiesta, April 8. Photo by Lizzard

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of the season lives on. If we couldcapture the happiness and joythat comes to each child overfinding one of the brightly col-ored eggs, and scatter those atti-tudes throughout the year, whata wonderful world of peace andjustice we would have. We can’tput the responsibility on others,each of us must take our part ofthat responsibility.

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Pensacola Beach Community Youth Group members who are raisingmoney for the Relay for Life event are: (L to R) Ukaia Roby, Bobby Radcliffe,Brianna Paulus and Shelby Hobbs.

Beach Youth Group Plunges Into FundraisingBy Sherry HobbsThe Pensacola Beach

Church Middle School YouthGroup is raising money for theAmerican Cancer Society. Theyhave formed a team and will beparticipating in the Relay for Lifeevent held at the Gulf BreezeHigh School track, April 28-29.

One fundraising effort of thegroup was to crown a King andQueen of the Relay to “flush can-cer.” The royalty is dressed witha toilet seat robe and a plungerscepter.

Please call the church officeat 932-6628 to make donationsto this worthy cause.

We have been very busy hereat Pensacola Beach ElementarySchool. Lately, most grades havebeen having Stanford 9 testingand Escambia Writes!

We recently had six studentswho will go to a district compe-tition for "Boat Safety" posterssponsored by the PensacolaPower Squadron. The sponsors ofthe contest are Walmart,Pensacola Sailing and Power andBoats US. The winners for thelower level were eight-year-oldsSara Post, first; Jace Amberson,second; and Lia Lampone, thirdplace. In the upper level SlaterTrout, 11, captured first place;Tony Baughn, 11, second; andKimberly Stilson, 10, in thirdplace.

Savannah Green is our Stu-dent of the Year. Savannah andJack Ettelson are finalists in theFather of the Year Essay Com-petition. Their essays will bejudged along with otherEscambia County students. Thewinners will be announcedThursday, April 27 at a banquetat New World Landing inPensacola.

Congratulations to ArielCantrell, who is our "ShiningStar." Ariel will attend a recep-tion at PJC, Thursday, April 27.

This is the time of year forfield trips and events. The fourthgrade class went to visit Talla-hassee on April 12. The third andfourth grade classes were treatedto a visit from the PensacolaSymphony Orchestra on Monday,

April 24. The whole school isgoing to see Beauty and the Beastat the Saenger Theater onWednesday, April 26. Then theywill have a picnic lunch at Shore-line Park.

The whole school will seeWilliam's Window on Tuesday,May 2 at the Pensacola LittleTheater. It is a play about Will-iam Shakespeare.

The second and third grad-ers will soon visit the MobileExploreum and on May 11 thefifth graders will make their an-nual trip to New Orleans. Theywill take a steamboat ride up theMississippi River and visit theAudubon Zoo. Then they willstroll, shop and eat in the FrenchQuarter. They are really excited.

Pensacola Beach Elemen-tary School will have four teamsof mathematicians head to TateHigh School, Saturday, May 6,to compete in the annual Sun-shine Math Competition. Ourthird grade team is Jett Crowdis,Katt Crowdis, Peyton Hoover andDuncan Niven. Our fourth gradeteam is made up of Sage Dunne,Mitchell Robbins, DJ Vann andStephanie Moraes. This yearwe'll have two fifth grade teamand they include PJ Dunne, ArielCantrell, Kendall Hoover, AdamFoley, Jack Ettelson, SavannahGreen, Marina Johnson and SageBaird.

If you have any questionsabout what is going on at theBeach School, check out ourwebsite, www.beachschool.org.

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I’ve often wondered aboutthe saying referring to a dog asman’s best friend. I just read anarticle in Psychology Today thatstated the ideal source of socialsupport may just be a pet dog.The article quoted a study per-formed at the State Universityof New York at Buffalo where480 participants were moni-tored under various stress in-duced situations. The partici-pants took on these tasks eithersolo or with a spouse or withthe family dog. In the end, theresearchers concluded thatthese participants were lessstressed when their dogs werepresent. To quote the article,Take Two Collies and Call Mein the Morning, “typically, asubject's heart rate was 30 beatsper minute slower with caninecompanionship than with thespousal equivalent.” So why isit my 15-year-old mutt,Charlie, is causing me to bestressed?

As I write this column, heis sound asleep on his red Ma-rine Corps blanket in my office.His once black facial markingshave faded beyond grey and arenow white. The fur on his el-bows, if dogs actually have el-bows, is gone and what showsis calloused, hardened skin. Hisbeautiful blond fur is pocketedwith fatty cysts and skin tags,something the vet says is nor-mal for a dog his age. His vi-sion is dwindling due to cata-racts and his hind legs aren’twhat they used to be. He no

longer sports puppy breath andcan clear a room when he startspanting.

With all that said, Charliecan still chase a squirrel up a tree;eat a plate full of homemadecookies off the counter; jump upon the sofa; tear through thetrash; bark and growl at thePostal Carrier; and pull on hisleash during a nightly walk likea dual engine power boat towinga petite water skier.

For the life of me I can’t fig-ure out why Charlie is makingmy heart race, my palms sweatand my throat constrict. Maybeit’s the signs that he is slowingdown and the end is near. Ormaybe it is the voice of the localvet that keeps ringing in my ears.“Mrs. Hewson, good old Charlieis doing great and it wouldn’tshock me to see him live for an-other five years.” Oh my good-ness, I think I just felt my bloodpressure rise.

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One of Pensacola’s premierrunning events is back on trackand set for Saturday, May 6, at8:00 a.m. The Fiesta 10K/5KRun has long been a favoritevenue for runners throughout thesoutheast. Hurricane Ivan and theCervantes St. Bridge construc-tion forced organizers to modifythe route in 2005.

The 32nd annual event willstart on Airport Blvd. nearPensacola Junior College.The10K finish and post raceparty is in Seville Square. The 5Kfinish is on 12th Avenue.

New for 2006 is the desig-nation of the 10K route as theRRCA Florida state 10K cham-pionship. The designation is ex-pected to bring more seriouscompetition to the event.

Registration forms are avail-able at area health clubs, sportsoutlets and online atwww.pensacolarunners.com.Early registration with discountentry fees will end April 27. Formore information, contact racedirector Ray Yarbrough at 850-476-8765 or by email atckraygae@aol.com

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PAGE 13Island TimesApril 26, 2006

Pirates in Paradise Contest Answers

by Freddy Esposito

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Who is Matt Martin?Matt was the son of longtime

local surfer Robin Martin.A great kid. A great surfer.We called him Critter. His

Dad’s nickname is Animal. A puresoul surfing family!

Matt died skateboardingwhen he fell next to a truck he washolding on to.

We were all stuck quite hard.A fine young man...gone. It shookup the surfing world here. We hadlost one of our own. We had to dosomething to ease the pain.

That next year Robin Martinstarted the Matt Contest to raiseawareness and some money forour young friend Cody Cobia, a

son of another surfer Ted Cobia.The event grew year after

year. We later included Tom

Davis, a young man who wasparalyzed, in a wheelchair. Theseare very special young men.

Brave ones.The contest is now the high-

light of the year for all of us.It's the day to

see oldfriends,and surftogether like chil-dren.

We raisethousands of dol-lars and we allsleep better for it!

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Cost is $45.Beginning surfers learn and

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the surf is almost perfect eachtime.

Out of all the days we havein the water, this is the one thatmakes you proud to be a surfer.

Thanks Matt.This is the tenth year for the

contest. It’s at The Pier May 6.Please come out and witness

the vibe of that day. It’s like noother. Bring your kids. Bringyour surfboards!Bring yourhearts.

My friend, Matt would havebeen 25-years-old this year.

I miss him daily...sometimesmore...

And, to my friend Robin,Remember Everything.

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Six-month-old Kendal Homewood (center) couldn’t quite get the hangof hunting for eggs at the Beach Church Egg Hunt, Saturday, April 15 butshe did make a fashion statement with her cool shades. Her sister Kyla, 3and brother, Kett, 2, found plenty of eggs to share with her. She cheeredfrom the sidelines with her parents, Steve and Kim.

Little Lauren Pinkston found a purple egg full of candy at the BeachChurch Egg Hunt which suited her just fine. The fifteen-month-old granddaughter of Bettie Lee and Dave Sundstrum thought the egg hunting wasyummy stuff. Her mom, Tracey didn’t let her eat too much candy, though.

Pensacola Symphony Or-chestra Music Director PeterRubardt announced the PSO'supcoming 81st season, and it "isshaping up to be another banneryear for the orchestra," saidRubardt. Symphony Board Presi-dent Robert de Varona and Ex-ecutive Director Edgar Herrera-Arizmendi joined Rubardt forthe announcement.

"Popular favorites abound,including Beethoven's FifthSymphony, Tchaikovsky's FourthSymphony, Smetana's Moldauand Debussy's La Mer to namejust a few," said Rubardt. The tra-dition of world-class guest art-ists continues through the 2006-07 season with a stellar line-upof instrumentalists, Rubardtstated.

The 2006-07 season opensSeptember 22 and runs throughApril 2007. The season consistsof 17 concerts, which include twonew Stained Glass concerts andone additional GE Music forFamilies concert. "We arepleased to add another Familyconcert and additional concertsto our popular Stained Glasschurch series," said Rubardt.

Season subscription ticketsare now available by calling theSymphony offices at (850) 435-2533. Current season subscribershave first preference for seating ifthey renew their subscriptions byMay 31, 2006. After that time,new subscribers have the oppor-tunity to choose their seats for theupcoming season.

Pensacola SymphonyUnveils Season

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Atkinson outlasted them all.Harley riding Jeff Lockwood hadthe second largest stack of chipsthat night.

A pair of gentlemen put TomRinker on top in the last hand ofthe April 12 poker game at thehistoric Islander Lounge. Thepocket Kings were too much forrunner-up Jamie Prowant to over-come. Tourist Brad Robillardfrom Dayton,Ohio showed localshis game face when he took allthe chips Wednesday, April 19 atthe Islander. He defeated localpoker great Fran Cox.

Texas Hold ‘Em 4 Funpoker games begin at 7 p.m. onMonday and Wednesday eve-nings on Pensacola Beach. It isfree to play and only a basicknowledge of poker is neces-sary to get in the game.

“Everyone is welcome to trytheir skill and luck at the tables,”noted promoter Rick Uzdevenes.“It’s a friendly atmosphere whererookies and old timers can putthemselves to the test.”

Texas Hold ‘Em 4 Fun evenhas official poker-wear. Get tothe games on Monday orWednesday nights before 7 p.m.Sign up, buy a shirt and sit your-self down at a table. The actionwill follow.

Justin Robbins with StephanieMarlowe at the Paradise Bar andGrill after his Monday night win onPensacola Beach..

All the way from Ohio - BradRobillard piled up chips for the winat the Islander. Visitors are alwayswelcome at the weekly games.

Tex Atkinson showed thecrowd that experience and daringmake for a winning combination.

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The commotion has startedagain and the buzz is on here onthe Gulf Coast. Besides beingSnapper season and hopefullyone of the best of all times, thissummer might turn out to be thebest on record for everyone on theisland and on the mainland. Fora moment in time everyone canbe categorized into one categoryof family, “restructuring.” Get-ting our lives together after thestorms has proven to test our pa-tience to the end and just whenwe thought it would get worsesomething great happens and wesee the light again. This is whywe moved here, were raised hereand stay here - because we havefound that little piece of Paradisethat we want to firmly hold onto. Being an angler who has theability to live, work, and fish inour local waters is the reason Ikeep my feet planted on theground and call this home.

Fishing has proven not onlyto be a profession but also a rec-reational activity which allowsanybody from any walk of life toenjoy our waters and the fish itproduces. With conservation inmind and with the help of ourlocal, state, and federal overseersthis area will continue to pros-per and produce a source of food,income, and a sport which allowsall ages to participate.

The fishing report now lookslike this; Snapper is the fish ofthe month ever since the seasonopened up on April 15. Remem-ber to measure that fish. It hasto be at least 16 inches for you to"put it on ice" and only 4 per per-son are allowed per day. Pods ofbait are being swarmed by Span-ish Mackerel in the Sound andBay. Catching one of these tastyfish may require a spoon orgotcha lure attached to a wireleader because they can cutthrough monofilament like awarm knife through butter. Co-bia is still the prize for anyonewilling to track them down or trytheir luck on the Pier. The onlydifference between the boat andthe Pier is you have to wait forthe Cobia to come to you at thePier. Then, hopefully, you are oneof the first or second ones to seeit. If you want the fight of yourlife, then Amberjack is the fishfor you. The bigger the bait thebetter for these horses or you cantry artificial baits such as the newbutterfly rig. Reds and Specks

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are still being caughtinshore with a varietyof presentations fromlive shrimp under apopping cork to arti-ficial such as the infa-mous D.O.A. Whitetrout in the Bay atnight or early morn-ing has been a success for somelucky anglers as well. Pompanoare still being caught in the surfwith fresh and frozen sand fleas,shrimp, and with the common jigor small lure with a weightedhead.

If you enjoy sitting on thebeach, this kind of fishing is foryou. If you want to take advan-tage of seeing your youngstercatch a fish then tipping a hookwith little pieces of squid is theway to go. Nothing will compareto seeing the look on the face ofa child when they have success-fully reeled in a fish on their own.

Either Gulf Breeze Bait & Tackleon Highway 98 or Outcast Bait& Tackle on Barrancas acrossfrom the golf course can handleall of your needs from the novicefisher looking to take theiryoungster fishing for the firsttime to the angler looking for abetter technique to improve theodds of a hookup.

Come prepared with thefishing license, sunscreen, hat,polarized sunglasses, and a vari-ety of tackle. Either way just getout there and enjoy the day whilehaving the time of your life in ourown little piece of paradise.

Well, we got on the LivelyOne II, with a new deckhand,Jeremy, and broke him in.

There were 11 of us and wecaught our limit of Snapperearly. Then we fished for someGrouper and caught two real niceones. We got some Scamp andTrigger, too.

I got seasick, but nevermissed a hole. Roche and Keithcaught lots of fish. Charlescaught the biggest. It was aGranddaddy Snapper. He wonthe big fish braggin’ rights.

Dee Dee Pugh broughtfriends and clients. They all hada blast. Keith gave them a cook-ing lesson on Snapper throatsand backbones. He fixed us allup a bag to take home and cook.

As always, Eddie Lively dida bang up job, putting us on thefish, and holding the boat still.Now I don't know how high theseas were, but it felt like five tosix foot seas. It was rough, but,like I said, Captain Eddie did agrand job of fish finding andholding down the boat.

Everybody brought lots ofgood food. We had fresh melon,wild turkey sandwiches, chips,cookies, pickles, oh and the bestdeviled eggs made by one of DeeDee's guests. Of course, there waslots of beer for all to have.

Tennis Bob hooked a whalesized fish but we just couldn't getit on the boat. He will be goingback soon in hopes of bringingthat one in.

We coasted along the beach

in search of Cobia. All the guyson board joined Captain Eddie ontop to lookout for the fish. Theysaw more fun than fish.

It was just another great dayon board the Lively One II. Weall felt a little more blessed aftera day of fishing with friends.

Lookin’ and Landin’ on the Lively One IIBy Christy Jones

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Stu Reynolds, GulfCoast Beach Team, andJoe Woodall created an in-vestors paradise at theCapital Gains Seminar,April 13 at the Bay BeachInn. A cocktail receptionpreceeded the presenta-tions by professionals inbanking, law, real estateand investments.

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