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By John MullenGulf Shores suspended the rules

during the Jan. 25 council meeting toadd food truck regulations to its zon-ing ordinance.

“This is an amendment to the zon-ing ordinance to place the mobilefood unit regulations that we usedfor the pilot program into the zoningordinance to make them a perma-nent regulation and to permit use,”City Planner Andy Bauer said.

Also, during the meeting, the coun-cil approved about $10 million in ex-pense vouchers, a higher than usualamount and Mayor Robert Craftasked Finance Director Cindy Kingto present a breakdown of the ex-penditures.

On the food trucks, concerns wereraised over having units along StateRoute 59 north or along an arterialfive-lane highway.

“At a meeting in December of 2020there were questions and debateabout the locations,” Bauer said. “Wetook a chance and made one modifi-cation. What we modified is previ-ously the mobile food units would beallowed in any nonresidential areasof planned unit developments. “Thatchange does not cap the amount ofpermit applications we allow for foodtrucks but I think it addresses thequestions and concerns brought upat the last meeting,” Bauer said.“Staff recommends approval of thiszoning text amendment.”

Big Beach Brewing General Man-ager Ryan Shamburger, a big propo-

nent of food trucks for Gulf Shores,thanked the council and those in thecommunity for backing the proposal.

EXPENSE VOUCHERS

January Expense vouchers were at$9.7 million which is a higher thanusual amount so Mayor Craft askedKing to break it down. King reportedthat $976,530 was for regular oper-ating expenses, $2 million for inter-city transfers and another $8.8million was for with certificates ofdeposit for $5 million expected toyield $25,000 over a year.

Several capital improvement andtransportation costs were $2.8 mil-lion with a breakdown of:• $918,745 in city school improve-ments• $609,301 in improvements to themedical facility• $51,146 for Waterway East work• $31,800 for land and improve-ments• $75,815 for retainage payable• $824,998 for Coastal GatewayBoulevard work• $98,972 for transportation im-provements• $247,285 for beach walking districtwork

GRANT REIMBURSABLE ITEMS INCLUDED:• $629,723 for Hurricanes Sally andNate• $65,000 for improvements at theGulf Coast Center for Ecotourismand Sustainability• $36,808 to match a grant for LittleLagoon from the Alabama Depart-ment of Economic and Community

Affairs and the Land and Water Con-servation Fund• $95,904 for improvements to theFort Morgan Trail• $19,636 for BUILD grant improve-ment• $23,400 for improvements to theOyster Bay Fire Station• $70,000 in a transfer to the debtservice fund for final payment on theOyster Bay Fire Station

DURING THE COMBINED REGULAR

& WORK SESSION, THE COUNCIL ALSO:• Authorized the mayor to execute aletter of agreement with Volkert for$27,500 to assist the mayor andcouncil on the program criteria andsite selection for the relocation of acity justice center, a new fire stationand a new training tower for currentand future public safety needs. Thescope of services provided by theVolkert program management teamwill include providing the city coun-cil assistance in selecting a site innorth Gulf Shores for a new fire sta-tion and training area, finding a lo-cation for a new justice centerinclining police offices, jail beds, po-lice dispatch and municipal courtand help selecting an architect forthese projects. • Authorized the mayor to execute aconstruction contract for about $4million to Ben Radcliff Contractorand adjust the architectural servicescontract for $420,511.68 to WalcottAdams & Verneuille and GoodwynMills Cawood for an elementaryschool addition that includes six ad-

ditional classrooms and two STEMlabs so to accommodate school enrol-ment and generally enhance ele-mentary school education. CouncilOK’d $3.3 million for the project inJuly.• OK’d an application from two fam-ilies in the Granite Cove Subdivisionoff of County Road 8 West for annex-ation into the city.• Declared Feb. 27 as Arbor Day inGulf Shores which has been declareda Tree City for the past 25 years.Trees will be handed out at the drivethrough at Gulf Shores Elementaryfrom 8:30-10 a.m. with a limit of fourtrees per car.• OK’d a zoning change for 162 acreson Coastal Gateway Boulevard, for-merly County Road 8. Developers ofRaley Farms want to decrease thenumber of houses from high densityto three per acre. The city councilvoted unanimously to approve thezoning change after much discussionabout a road between the develop-ment and Stonegate subdivision tothe east.• OK’d a resolution accepting fourstreets in Craft Farms Phase 5 sub-division for city maintenance. Theyare portions of Alton Street, Inver-ness Circle, Craigend Loop and RossDrive.• Reappointed John Turberville andGrant Brown to the board of zoningadjustments and appeals. Bothmembers terms expired on Jan. 7and both have agreed to continue toserve and would like to be reap-pointed.• Accepted a bid for athletic uni-forms for the 2021 youth sports sea-sons from Ad-Ware & Specialty ofTexas. They were the lowest con-forming bid of the eight received bythe city.

City lists January’s $9.7 million in expense vouchersAs was always expected, food trucks are now permanent part of zoning

GULF SHORES CITY COUNCIL

CENTRAL BALDWIN CHAMBER ANNUAL AWARDS: Congratulations to the Central Baldwin Chamber of Commerce 2020 annual award recipients recognized at the Chamber’s recent annual meeting. Pictured:(l to r) Small Business of the Year - Stastka Insurance Agency & owners, Dennis and Joan Stastka; Good Government Award - Donna Givens, formerly with Baldwin EMC; Generations Award Furniture City (picturedJonathan Kitchens); Fell Gilbert Mack Pearson; Founder's Award - Silverhill Mayor Jared Lyles; Volunteer of the Year, Roma Kerby, Owner, Kerby Custom Renovations; Emerging Small Business of the Year - Roberts-dale Urgent Care (owner Amy Younce).

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Foley Art Center hosts Feb. 20 pop-up art showThe Foley Art Center will host an outdoor Members Pop Up

Local Arts & Crafts Show on Saturday, Feb.20 on the grounds ofits gallery, located in a historic 100 year old building at the footof the pedestrian bridge (211 N. McKenzie St.) in historic down-town Foley. The event will be held from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. andvendors will be social distancing. The pop-up will include around25 current Foley Art Center members. The gallery will be open toshowcase artwork from over 100 juried members, fine artists andcrafters, local and from New Orleans to Atlanta. Gallery hoursare Mon-Fri from 10 to 4 and Sat. from 11 to 3.

Local Boy Scouts will offer drinks for sale during the pop-up,and a The Foley Rocks program will be set up for those who wishto paint a rock. The alley behind the Foley Art Center will beblocked to vehicular traffic and visitors are encouraged to dine,shop, and visit the museums of downtown Foley while in theneighborhood. For more info, email [email protected], call251-943-4381 or visit foleyartcenter.com or facebook.

SBCT’s production of Sylvia continues Feb. 12-14 & Feb. 19-21South Baldwin Community Theatre will present three weekend

showings of the Sonya Urquart directed Sylvia in February at itsGulf Shores home. February 12, 13, 19 & 20 shows are at 7:30p.m. February 7, 14 & 21 Sunday matinees start at 2:30 p.m.

In order to ensure social distancing, all tickets must be pur-chased in sets of two. Tickets can be purchased online at sbct.bizor at the Gulf Shores City Store on Hwy. 59.Greg and Kate have moved to Manhattan after 22 years of child-

raising in the suburbs. Greg's career as a financial trader iswinding down while Kate's career as a public school Englishteacher is beginning to offer her more opportunities. Greg bringshome a dog he found in the park-- or that has found him—bear-ing only the name “Sylvia” on her name tag. The dog becomes amajor bone of contention between husband and wife. The mar-riage is put in serious jeopardy until, after series of hilarious and touching complications, Greg and Kate learn to compromise and Sylvia becomes a valued part of their lives.

Big Lagoon Kiwanis Club Golf Tournament April 17 at Lost KeyThe Kiwanis Club of Big Lagoon Take Stock in Children Golf

Tournament will be held on April 17 at Lost Key Golf Club onPerdido Key. Registration starts at 11 a.m. with lunch and the 1p.m. shotgun start to follow.. The tourney features a $10K hole inone contest, a $2,500 putting contest and a $250 ball drop. To reg-ister, visit kiwanisclubofbiglagoon.com.

Gulf Shores-Orange Beach Rotary Scramble Feb. 26 at GlenLakesThe First Annual Gulf Shores Orange Beach Rotary Club Scram-

ble will be held beginning at noon on Friday, Feb. 26 at GlenLakesGolf Club in Foley. Check-in is at 11 a.m., and entry fee is $80 perperson or $320 per team. Entry fee includes, green fees, cart fees,range balls and a chance to win great prizes, including a car fromSouthern Chevrolet for a hole-in-one. Hole in one sponsorsips arebeing solicted for $100.For more information, contact TerryHamann at 618-210-4374 or [email protected].

Mary’s Shelter presents “Be My Valentine’’ fundraiser on Feb. 13Mary’s Shelter Gulf Coast will present Be My Valentine, an in-

person and virtual drawdown extravaganza from 1-3:30 p.m. onSaturday, Feb. 13 at Meyer Park (across from Our Lady of theGulf Catholic Church). Tickets are $100 each and the last ticketdrawn wins $10,000. The event will be live streamed throughout with entertainment

and interviews with some of the Moms who have found a home atMary’s Shelter. The Gulf Coast’s very own Elvis will be on handto perform. To purchase tickets, go to maryssheltergulfcoast.org orcall Judie Flanigan, 251-554-4889.

Mary’s Shelter is a home for homeless pregnant women whochoose life for their unborn child. The staff supports the womenbefore and after the birth of the child. The facility is staffed 24hours a day, seven days a week.

AROUND TOWN Four trees per householdat Feb. 27 G.S. Arbor DayThe 34th annual Gulf

Shores Arbor Day Celebra-tion will take place on Sat-urday, February 27 from8:30 - 10 a.m. at the GulfShores Elementary School.This year the event will op-

erate as adrive-throughto provide asafe environ-ment for allparticipants.Residents of

each household within theGulf Shores corporate limitsmay select four differenttrees from six different vari-eties: Persimmon, Pecan,Witch Hazel, Turkey Oak,Bald Cypress and Red Bay.To receive the trees, resi-

dents must show proof ofresidency. The trees are pot-ted in one-gallon containersand are ready for planting. Abrochure giving specifics oneach tree is available to resi-dents. Members of the GulfShores Landscape Divisionwill be onsite to answerquestions about the trees. For more info, call 251-968-

1166.

OWA Downtown Wine Fest Feb. 13The inaugural OWA Wine

Festival presented in part-nership with C’est Le VinWine Bar & Shop, will beheld Feb. 13 from 2-4 p.m.Guests can enjoy the soundsof acoustic guitar music as

they strollthroughDowntownOWA andtaste winefrom variousvendors. Thesocially dis-

tanced, ticketed event is theperfect way to spend Valen-tine’s weekend.

The first 250 to purchasetickets in advance will re-ceive a free fest wine glass.If the event does not sell out,a limited number will beavailable on fest day. All par-ticipants must be 21 to at-tened the socially distancedevent. Info & tickets: Visi-tOWA.com/Events.



By John MullenThanks to a unanimous vote by the

Orange Beach City Council, Zeke’sLanding Marina will add 1.6 acres tothe east of its current complex to putin an additional 149 parking spaces.

During theJan. 19 com-bined regularsession andwork session,the council hada public hear-ing on the proj-ect and a firstreading on ana m e n d m e n tchange to theplanned usedevelopment.

Normally, ano r d i n a n c emust have twohearings and

readings before it can come to a votebut the council voted to suspend therules and consider this ordinancechange immediately. Zeke’s won ap-proval with a unanimous 5-0 votewhich is required when the rules aresuspended. Councilman Jeff Silverswas not in attendance.

“Zeke’s is our last true marina forour fishermen and I try to do every-thing we can to protect our fishingcommunity,” Councilman Jeff Boydsaid to Zeke’s owner Lynn Swafford.“They’ve worked very hard to rebuildand support that fishing community.It’s good to see you here and wantingto work with us and I appreciate y’allworking with it and coming to thetable with it.A similar change sought by Popeye’s

Orange Beach for a parcel north ofthe Dollar General on State Route161 was pulled by the applicantwhen city officials raised concernsabout the traffic it would bring.

The first step for Zeke’s was com-bining two lots currently zoned resi-dential with a total of 1.6 acres intoto one lot to contain the parkingwithin the PUD and then approvethe ordinance change. The planningcommission had a unanimous 6-0 fa-

vorable vote for the change andparking lot at its December meetingsubject to the neighbors to the eastagreeing to an exterior lighting planbetween the marina and the home-owner to the east, Elizabeth Brink-ley.“I am very eager to reach an agree-

ment with Mrs. Brinkley on thelighting situation,” Swafford said.“One reason we haven’t is after theprevious request we’ve been workingon a supplemental plan to make surethat actually lowering the lights to14 feet on the east we were still dis-cussing would still give proper light-ing and not to allow any light to goover to her property. We have foundthat that is the case and they we canactually install all 13 lights at 14feet and I’m happy to do that if Mrs.Brinkley is happy with that.”

Brinkley was in the audience andsaid she agreed with the plan.

Mayor Tony Kennon raised ques-tions about the safety concerns therenow entering and exiting the marinaduring summer when it is packedwith cars but agreed with Boyd onthe importance of the fishing fleet.

He also pointed out that this typeof zoning change – removing landfrom residential to another designa-tion – was something this councilhas tried not to do in the past but feltit works in this case. A perfect exam-ple of this happened when theseparcels were the subject of a PUD re-quest for Gulf Shores Power Sportsin 2017 which was denied by the citydo to noise and other concerns of theimpact to the surrounding residen-tial properties.“The restaurants feed off of the en-

vironment of the charter boat fleetbeing in there,” Kennon said. “Thecharter boat fleet absolutely benefitsfrom the people walking and seeingwhat the charter boat fleet can do.Because charter fishing is such a bigpart of who we are and our historyand I was good with evaluating itand deviating from what we’ve nor-mally done.”

Zeke’s currently has 237 parkingspaces available and the new lot will

give them an additional 149 for atotal of 386. In addition to the light-ing modifications, zoning ordinancesrequire a 30-foot buffer between thePUD and the residential lots to theeast. The proposal didn’t meet thatrequirement but agreed to put up 10-to 14-foot trees and grass in a bufferof about five to 10 feet. There will bea 22-foot buffer between the parkinglot and Cotton Bayou with trees andgrass as well.

Developers will also be required tohave a three-lane entrance/exit tothe parking lot from beach roadwhich is subject to approval by theAlabama Department of Transporta-tion.

POPEYES

Up-zoning to allow Popeyes to moveinto the State Route 161 parcel andthe traffic issues drew concern fromKennon.

“I think Popeyes there with fastfood and high volume in and out theyneed to be successful would be a traf-fic nightmare right there at DollarGeneral,” Kennon said. “It’s not thatwe’re against fast food or we don’twant fast food here. They just needto go where it’s appropriate for themto be and it’s not a rezoning of thatproperty to accommodate that.”

DURING REGULAR SESSION, THE COUNCIL:• Passed a resolution extending themoratorium on the issuance of build-ing permits for single and multi-fam-ily developments to be located ingeneral business districts.• Passed a resolution authorizingthe purchase of Scoreboards for theParks and Recreation Departmentthrough Sourcewell in the amount of$28,896.48.• Passed a resolution authorizingthe sole source purchase of Waste-water Treatment Plant 2 clarifier re-pairs from Schreiber for the UtilitiesDepartment in the amount of$68,344.• Passed a resolution authorizingthe sole source refurbishment of abeach rake from H. Barber & Sonsfor the Coastal Resources Depart-ment in the amount of $31,325.66. • Passed a resolution authorizing

the purchase of a pickup truck forthe Landscape Department throughSourcewell in the amount of$30,853.74. • Passed a resolution authorizingthe purchase of a pickup truck forthe Street Department throughSourcewell in the amount of$30,853.74. • Passed a resolution authorizingthe purchase of a mower for theStreet Department throughSourcewell in the amount of$36,919.96.• Passed a resolution authorizingthe purchase of a Ladder Truck forthe Fire Department through theHouston-Galveston Area Council inthe amount of $1.25 million.• Had a first reading of an ordi-nance amendment to add a new ar-ticle entitled, “Perdido Key HabitatConservation.”

DISCUSSED DURING WORK SESSION:• A resolution to update the list ofvolunteer firefighters and reservepolice officers covered under work-ers' compensation insurance.• A resolution authorizing the pur-chase of a Mini Excavator for theLandscape Department throughSourcewell in the amount of$31,849.82. • A resolution authorizing the pur-chase of a surveillance trailer for thePolice Department through GeneralServices Administration (GSA) inthe amount of $29,300.• A resolution authorizing the exe-cution of a laboratory services agree-ment with South Baldwin RegionalMedical Center.• Setting a public hearing date for azoning change to three lots at thesoutheast corner of Canal Road andWhite Avenue to change them fromgeneral business to single-familyresidential. In January, the OrangeBeach Planning Commission gave a7-0 favorable recommendation forthe change. The suggested publichearing date in Feb. 9. The requestwas made by former NFL kickerMatt Bryant who has a home onCanal Road on Bayou St. John eastof this property.• A reminder of a public hearing andfirst reading for an ordinanceamendment for CoastAL Beach De-velopment on Feb. 2. This is the pro-posed restaurant development byowners of the Flora-Bama and a citylot for public parking on the beacheast of the Hampton Inn.

ORANGE BEACH CITY COUNCIL

Zoning amendment will allow Zeke’s Landing to add 149 parking spotsCity reluctant to rezone Hwy. 161 parcel to accomodate Popeyes

“Zeke’s is ourlast true ma-rina for ourfishermen andI try to doeverything wecan to protectour fishingcommunity.”


O.B. Hurricane Sally roadside debris pickups end March 16Orange Beach’s Hurricane Sally roadside debris pickup operations for

residential properties will end on March 16.After March 16, removal of large debris will be at the expense of the

property owner, according to the city.To help expedite the process, separate debris for service. Vegetative de-

bris like tree limbs need to be separate from construction and demolitionmaterials like drywall and carpet. White goods, such as appliances, will bepicked up as well. Keep debris away from storm drains, low power lines,other utilities and mailboxes.

Commercial-generated waste, such as new construction, cannot - andwill not - be picked up by the city debris contractor. That is the responsi-bility of the business or contractor.

As of Feb. 3, approximately 397,000 cubic yards of debris from the cityright-of-ways has been removed. That’s equivalent to 20,000 dump trucks,which would stretch about 91 miles if parked end to end. Collection totalsincluded 31,000 cubic yards of marine debris, 21 vessels removed by thecity (out of roughly 625 displaced vessels, of which nearly all were re-trieved by boat owners), 20,000 cubic yards of trail debris and 5 units ofwhite goods (refrigerators, stoves, water heaters, washers/dryers, etc.).


AROUND TOWN

OB & GS FIREFIGHTERS COMPLETE SMOKE DIVER CERTIFICATION: (l to r) Gulf Shores Fire Rescue Fire Fighter/Para-medic Stone Collins and Fire Fighter/Paramedic Nicholas Anagnostopoulos, and Orange Beach firefighters Jordan Flynt, FrankMinervini III, and Owen Shivers recently completed the Smoke Diver course at the Alabama Fire College. The week-long certifi-cation course is extremely physical and mentally challenging. The grueling five day class includes up to twelve hours a day of men-tally and physically exhausting training. The primary purpose of it is to train personnel to rescue victims, other firefighters, andthemselves when they are trapped in a burning structure. If you fail a portion of the class, you go home.

March 6 Dolphin Dash5K registration only $25The Second Annual Gulf Shores City Schools

Dolphin Dash 5k and 1 Mile Fun Run will beheld on Saturday, March 6 at Gulf Shores PlaceTown Green (By G.S. Public Beach west en-trance). The 5K starts at 8 a.m. and the FunRun at 9 a.m. The event includes great raceawards, a swag bag, a fun after-party and a t-shirt for all who pre-register by Feb. 21. Cost isonly $25 per person to pre-register at run-signup.com. Registration after Feb. 21 andthrough race day is $30. Rigester atrunsignup.com Race site opens at 7 a.m. forpacket pick up and same day registration.The event is sponsored by the Gulf Shores City

Schools Parent Teacher Student Organizationand proceeds benefit all three city schools.For race info, email gscsdolphindash@

gmail.com. For sponsorship info, call KarenHarmon at (251) 978-5241.Early packet pick-up events will be held at Big

Beach Brewery on Thursday and Friday from5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Covid protocols will be in placewith masks required for everyone over twoyears old. Runners and walkers do not have towear a mask while they are actively participat-ing in the race.

Orange Beach Arbor Daytrees for residents Feb. 27The City of Orange Beach will observe Arbor

Day with tree giveaways on Saturday, February27 and again on March 13 to launch Re-Tree-OB, a new grassroots effort aimed at replantingtrees lost during Hurricane Sally.On both Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.,

trees will be given away in 1, 3 and 6-gallonpots - for Orange Beach residents only - in frontof the Orange Beach Community Developmentbuilding at 4101 Orange Beach Blvd.The potted trees that will be given away will

consist of a variety of hardwoods for citizens toplant in their yards. There will be a limitedquantity per resident. The March 13 kickoff event will have volun-

teers on hand to explain Re-Tree OB and moreinformation will be shared in coming weeks.

For the city’s part, it continues to meet thestandards to be a Tree City USA community: ithas a tree board or department, a tree-care or-dinance, an annual community forestry budgetof at least $2 per capita and an Arbor Day ob-servance and proclamation. For more info, contact Woody Speed at 251-

981-1062 or [email protected].

Orange Beach SeafoodFest & Car Show Feb. 27The Annual Orange Beach Seafood Festival

and Car Show returns to the Wharf on Satur-day, February 27, with modifications in placedue to Covid-19. The 29th annual event will runfrom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festival is the major fundraising event for

the Makos Academics Arts & Athletics Club(MAAAC) and Orange Beach schools. In orderto help with social distancing for this year'sevent there will be no Kids' Zone with children'sactivities, there will be less vendors and theywill be spread out more. There will be sanitizingstations throughout the site and while it is anoutdoor event, attendees are asked to wearmasks.There is no admission charge and plenty of

parking. There will be a $2 per car donation col-lected that is going directly to Orange Beachschools. MAAAC is also hosting a Seafood Festi-val 5K at 8 a.m. Saturday, February 27. Visitrunsignup.com to register for that event.The open car show features antique, classic

and hot rod vehicles. Awards are presented toTop 10 cars and there is a 50/50 split the potraffle.

Festival Entertainment ScheduleMarlin Stage9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Webb Dalton & Friends1-4 p.m. - Lea Anne Creswell and Lisa ZanghiMain Street Stage (by Ferris wheel)9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. - JERI11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m. - Platinum Premier Duo2 p.m.-4 p.m. - Brent Burns

Red Cross blood drive Feb. 25 at First Presbyterian of G.S.The First Presbyterian Church in Gulf Shores will host its next Red

Cross Blood Drive on Thursday, February 25 from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.To sign up to donate blood, visit the American Red Cross website. Sun-day worship services include a virtual online service and a Drive-In Serv-ice in the East Parking lot of the church at 11:00 a.m. All are welcome.

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New Orleans Mayor LatoyaCantrell issued an edict shuttingdown bars from the Friday beforeMardi Gras until Ash Wednesdayand closed popular gathering areassuch as Bourbon, Decatur, andFrenchman streets to pedestriansand vehicles.Mobile is closing downtown streets

to vehicular traffic on Fat Tuesdayin hopes it will keep people outsideand provide a safer option thangathering in the usually packeddowntown bars and restaurants.Both cities have cancelled all pa-

rades.Meanwhile, South Baldwin

County businesses plan to LaissezLe Bon Ton Roulet on Mardi Grasweekend, and one municipality, El-berta, will host a parade on Satur-day, Feb. 13. The Elberta parade is expected to

attract mardi gras krewes from Or-ange Beach, Gulf Shores, Pensacolaand Mobile. It will roll on a twomile route through town beginningat 2 p.m.Parade founder Vicky Norris, who

is also on the town’s council, urgedall attendees to mask up and followother Covid-19 related protocols. “Similar to our July 4th and

Christmas festivities and the un-known circumstances of theCovid19 situation, we ask that youconsider wearing your masks forthe comfort of others and practiceyour social distancing measures bytailgating and setting up your par-ties at least six feet apart,’’ Norrissaid. “Let's all do our part and con-tinue to enjoy the outdoor activities,as we try to safely bring them toyou.’’Norris added that any civic

groups, krewes, businesses or indi-viduals interested in participating

in the parade can contact her at251-232-5393.The parade will start on Illinois

Street, continue east onto Highway98, and north onto County Road 83,ending at Kichler Circle.The Flora-Bama, located on the

Gulf of Mexico at the Alabama-Florida state line, will offer a freedrink to the first 100 peoplethrough the doors beginning atnoon on Fat Tuesday, with festivi-ties scheduled to continue all daylong at the world’s greatest honky-tonk.Patrons are encouraged “to dress

up, come dance to a fantastic musiclineup, eat some king cake, getsome beads, and have some bush-whackers.’’Musicians scheduled to play on

Fat Tuesday include T-Bone Mont-gomery, Johnny Barbato, Al &Cathy, Ricky Young, the PerdidoBrothers, Johnny Hayes and TheOle River Junkies.The Bon Secour River Mardi Gras

Parade is scheduled on Sunday, Feb.14 at 2 p.m. The parade will start atThe Galley on County Rd. 10, andthe restaurant will be a well pre-pared host at the prime viewingspot.The City of Orange Beach and The

Wharf have teamed up to celebrateMardi Gras on Saturday, February13 during the Boom Boom MardiGras Fireworks event beginning at5 p.m. While Wharf parades have been

canceled, this socially distant eventwill still allow some good times toroll in a safe manner. Guests canwatch the fireworks display from avariety of locations.DJ Silky will fun music under the

palms. The SPECTRA Laser LightExperience shows will play at 6

p.m. and fireworks will fill the skyat 7 p.m.Stick around and get your boogie

on at The Sandshaker at TheWharf, which will host its AllKrewe Mardi Gras Party beginningat 9 p.m. featuring music from Mid-Life Crisis.

The City of Gulf Shores and LucyBuffett’s LuLu's canceled plans fortheir respective Mardi Gras and boatflotilla parades, but LuLu’s will stillmove forward with its annual FatTuesday birthday party, offering freebirthday cake all day and live musicbeginning at 11 a.m.

Papa Rocco’s in Gulf Shores willopen, as usual, at 9 a.m. on Fat Tues-day. And since there will be no pa-rade rolling down Hwy. 59 in front ofthe popular restaurant, owner BillMcGinnes is hosting a “Yardi Gras”party. Festivities include drink spe-cials, beads, moonpies, and throws.

Big Beach Brewery in Gulf Shoreswill kick off its always spectacularFat Tuesday party with the Steve &Joe Dueling Piano Show at 11 a.m.The excellent Grateful Dead tributeband, East L.A. Fadeaway, plays at 2p.m., and a contest to determine thebest decorated bicycle starts at 3p.m.As part of the 2021 Winter Lecture

Series presented by Gulf Shores &Orange Beach Tourism, CraigRoberts will talk about the true his-tory of the western hemisphere's old-est Mardi Gras on Friday, Feb. 12 at10:30 a.m. at The Port at the Wharf.Mobile's Carnival season culminat-ing with Mardi Gras day is the na-tion's 2nd largest community festivaland the first Mardi Gras in America(Take that New Orleans!). Visit gulf-shores.com or call 251-968-7511 forregistration info. Masks are re-quired.

No parades, but plenty of Mardi Gras fun on Pleasure IslandFeb. 13 Elberta parade, Grateful Dead tribute band at Big Beach, Papa’s “Yardi-Gras” among highlights








All of Foley mourns the loss of the great Coach Ivan JonesIt is fitting that the funeral service for for-

mer Foley High School football coach andprincipal Ivan Jones will was held at theschool’s football stadium. In 2004, the Foleyfootball stadium was named the Ivan JonesStadium and in 2010 a statue at the new en-trance to that stadium was dedicated to him.The funeral was aired and streamed live on

WHEP radio and App or Baldwin1310 on the web. “This is the first ever funeral to

be broadcast,’’ said Zana Price, alifelong Foley resident. “ClarkStewart felt there were so manywho live away and older who willbe unable to attend due to Covid19.’’Price added that longtime Foley

Onlooker reporter and columnistJohn Underwood said he couldhave filled an entire newspaperwith stories about what CoachJones meant to his players, tod-dlers he taught to swim, and former stu-dents he mentored well into their adulthood.Underwood’s story will be in today’s On-

looker.A lifelong Alabamian, the beloved Jones

was born March 10, 1926 in rural ClarkeCounty and grew up near Jackson. Draftedinto the Navy before finishing high school,he served in the war in the Pacific from 1944until the Japanese surrendered in 1945. Dis-charged from the Navy a year later, he fin-ished high school and then attended TroyUniversity, where a severe bus accidentended what been a standout football career.He graduated from Troy in 1951 and laterearned a Master’s degree from the Univer-sity of Alabama.He took over the football program at Foley

in 1955 and over the next 14 years turned itinto one of the most dominant and winningprograms in the state. His 1961 and 1962football teams were undefeated and werevoted state champions (there was no play-offsystem at the time). The Lions won 23straight games from 1960-1962 and posted a47-3 record from 1960-1964. His teams won9 county championships and never had a los-ing season in 14 years.Although smart and savvy, his greatest

skill was his ability to relate to his players

and build them up to play to a level farabove their God given talents. He coachedmany great athletes who went on to star atvarious SEC schools, play in the Senior Bowland the NFL.

One of his players, Kenny Stabler, won aSuper Bowl and was enshrined into the NFLHall of Fame. Coach Jones and Stabler

shared a special bond that lastedthroughout their lives. “Well, hecould throw going to his right aswell as he could going to his left,”Coach Jones once said of Stabler.“He was a tremendous athlete.”Jones retired from coaching

after the 1968 season and servedas a principal at Foley for thenext 20 years. After retiring, hebecame an avid and talentedgolfer, playing regularly until hislate 80’s. He once shot a round of78 at age 81.Jones was loved by his players,

students and school staff throughout his ca-reer and he loved Foley back. For decades, hevolunteered coaching summer league base-ball, taught swimming lessons and was avolunteer middle school football coach untilhis late 80’s. He was a positive influence onlocal youth for three generations.A charter member of the Foley High School

and Baldwin County Athletic Halls of Fame.He was selected Coach of the Year in thestate and served as president of the Ala-bama Coaches Association. He representedAlabama at the National Coaches conven-tion in Las Vegas in the late 1960s. In 1994,he was inducted into the Alabama HighSchool Sports Hall of Fame. In 2005, he re-ceived the L’ Arche Mobile Lifetime Achieve-ment Award. In 2015, he received theAlabama Football Coaches Association Life-time Achievement Award.Coach Jones is survived by his wife of 58

years, Julia Bristow Jones, and a loving fam-ily. As well as active pallbearers, his funeralservice included honorary pallbearers thatincluded all of the former Foley athletes thatplayed for him. Memorial contributions can be made to the

Ivan Jones Scholarship, in care of the SouthBaldwin Education Foundation: PO Box1600, Foley, Alabama 36535.

Undertow randomly selected for golf contest paying $100KA hole-in-one at Phoenix Open would have paid $1 million Golf, and more specifically the PGA Phoenix Open, was on

all the TVs and the minds of owner Sanford McLain andhis loyal patrons at The Undertow last weekend. Specifi-cally McLain, who opened the popular locals bistro onCanal Rd. in Orange Beach 13 years back, had a vested in-

terest in how well Nate Lashley, BillyHorschel and Jordan Spieth played in thetourney.

The Undertow was one of 20 accountsfrom throughout the country that wasrandomly selected by Waste ManagementInc. to participate in a contest that wasworth $100,000 to the winner. Only 20 ofWaste Management’s hundreds of thou-sands of accounts across the country wereselected to participate in the contest.

Each of the 20 businesses was assigned three golfers. Thebusinesses whose three golfers garnered the best totalscores would earn $100,000 for the Waste Management ac-count they represented.

In addition, if any player was able to score a hole in oneon the 16th hole, the business that golfer was represent-ing would win $1 million. All 20 finalists received freeWaste Management Inc. services for a year.“When they first called, I thought it was somebody trying

to sell me something,’’ McLain said. “But to be one of only20 among the hundreds of thousands of accounts they havewas pretty cool. Waste Management regional people camedown and shot a video in case I won.’’Thinking it might jinx his chances, McLain said at first he

did not share news of the contest with his customers. Butwhen his team entered the tourney’s final day in secondplace, he posted info about it on social media and createda sudden interest in a PGA golf tourney among his patrons.

“It would have been incredible if we had won, but it wasstill fun, and I got a free year of service,’’McLains said.“They also gave me a Waste Management hat.’’Located at 25025 Canal Rd. in Orange Beach, the Under-

tow (251-981-3331) features live music at least threenights a week and karaoke on other nights. OB Vapors islocated in the front of the business. Afficionados of bar food,have always given high marks to its hamburgers andwings. Its all-you-can-eat Royal Red shrimp, potatoes, corn,and sausage for only $10 is easily among the best food val-ues on the island. The feast is served buffet style every Sat-urday and Sunday beginning at 2 p.m.

AROUND TOWN


Our intrepid pierpounding fishing columnist finally is able to include Gulf State Park Pier in his report as the pier opened back up for business on Jan. 31. “A lot of smil-ing faces that day. And not just mine,’’ David reports.

In case you missed it, Gus, the Gulf Shores Ground Mullet sawhis shadow on February 2, so that means six more weeks of win-ter fishing. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but indications arewe may well have to endure another arctic blast around mid-month before we see much indication of spring. If the cold snap is short lived, then the water temperature

should remain fairly stable in the lower 60s. But if the coldweather hangs around (as the long-term forecasts currently indi-cate), then cooler water could again hamper catching. Plus thisperiod may also be a bit wetter than normal. Ugh!Anglers have still been picking up some scattered whiting from

shore in Perdido Key, Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, with per-haps a little better luck along the Fort Morgan peninsula attimes. Fresh cut shrimp with Fishbites or Fishgum on doubledrop pompano rigs has been the ticket. Also a few pompano havebeen mixed in with the whiting recently, along with occasionallarge black drum and a few redfish.Fishermen should be pleased to learn the dredging operation in

Perdido Pass has been completed and the heavy equipment hasbeen removed. Also, plans are in the works to do some temporaryrepairs to the lights in the parking lot along the seawall. Hope-fully all this will bode well for those who like to fish the pass, es-pecially during the warmer weather we will eventually see. Meanwhile, the small-scale dredging of Little Lagoon Pass has

commenced to restore good water flow from the Gulf into LittleLagoon. Fortunately they only work during daylight hours onweekdays, so the disturbance should be minimal to fishing.A NEAP tide period will dominate this fortnight (February 14-

17). But generally as tide times progress into late winter modewe can expect incoming tides during the afternoons most days.This should aid anglers fishing for sheepshead in Perdido Pass,and wade fishing for speckled or white trout in the Lagoon. Oncewarmer weather returns, we can expect overall from-shore fish-ing to slowly improve.As has been the case in recent winters, fiddler crabs have been

difficult for bait shops to procure at times with all the attentionbeing paid to sheepshead. The good news is they also eat liveshrimp (small) which have been more available generally.Sheepshead have good eyesight, and can get 'picky' at times whenthe water is really clear. Down-sizing your terminal tackle canhelp if the 'convicts' get wise, and increase your odds at bustingsome of these delicious bait-stealers. But beach ghost shrimp are

about the best overall bait this time of year, and just about anyspecies of fish eats them. They are not usually sold in the baitshops, but can be gathered by folks with a ghost shrimp pump.The best places to look are on shallow sandbars near points alongthe shoreline at low tide, on the mornings following a cold front.Looks like we may be seeing some of that.

Pier NewsThe long-anticipated reopening of the Gulf State Park Pier oc-

curred Saturday January 31 with little fanfare, and lighter thanexpected crowds. Billed as 725 feet, that length may have beenmeasured from the gate or pier house window out to the tempo-rary barricade about 105 feet south of the middle platform. Most of this distance is over water deep enough to fish in, about

600 feet along each side. So that gives anglers at least 1200 feetof total 'fishable' rail space to spread out for social-distancing. Spirits were high opening day, and everyone present seemed to

agree the pier looked great, along with the weather. And the'catching' was about as good as it gets this time of year. A coupleof hundred larger than average 'whiting' (Gulf kingfish) werelanded that day. Along with about a hundred sheepshead, a hand-ful of pompano, a few slot redfish, bluefish and a few large blackdrum. The new fish carcass grinder at the cleaning station really got a

workout that day. The whiting were averaging around 14” (apound or so). But a few larger ones were caught over 18 incheslong, and weighing almost 2 pounds. Small pieces of fresh deadshrimp fished on the bottom seemed to be the bait of choice forwhiting. Though small live shrimp and especially ghost shrimphave worked really well since opening day, as the whiting havebecome a bit more wary of bait presentations.The water was quite clear and calm opening morning, and the

sheepshead bite around the middle platform southward to thebarrier was quite strong. I even saw a few limits landed, with theaverage sheepshead in the 3-to-4-pound range. But there were agood number over 5 pounds landed as well. Both fiddler crabsand (small) live shrimp suspended around the pilings or just offthe bottom produced fish, some caught on pieces of shrimp orghost shrimp intended for whiting in the shallows.Due to Covid guidelines, the park is only allowing a maximum of200 people on the pier at a time. That's is broken down to 125 an-glers and 75 walk-ons. Though, so far at least, nowhere near thatmany people have been on the pier at any one time. In fact, manysubsequent days have been windy and rough, even raining attimes. Still, some anglers have been persevering even throughthese adverse conditions to land a few nice sized sheepshead andover-sized drum on the rough days too. The best bet is to watchthe weather forecast and try to anticipate when the Gulf will befairly calm and clear between fronts. After all, it is just mid-Feb-ruary.


WHAT’S HAPPENINGWED, FEB 10• Welcome Wednesday Potluck: 11 a.mmusic; lunch at noon; $3 or bring a cov-vered dish; Flora-Bama; Perdido Key.• Legends in Concert - Direct From Lon-don: 7 p.m.; OWA Theatre; Foley; visi-towa.com.• Flora-Bama Rest. Complex PossibleProbables: schedule on page 15; (includesOle River Grill & Flora-Bama Yacht Club,Flora-Bama), Perdido Key.• Flora-Bama Family Friendly Bingo: 1-4p.m.; free; family friendly; Flora-Bama;Perdido Key.• Bama Beach Pickleball Club: 9-noon;Church of Christ, 2414 West 1st St., GulfShores; (new members welcome).• Delta Donnie: 6; Tacky Jacks, Fort Mor-gan.• Bingo: 6; Tacky Jacks, Orange Beach.• John Keuler: 5; Lucy Buffett’s Lulu’s;Gulf Shores.• Lisa Zanghi: 6; Ms. Nancy’s LobbyLounge at Perdido Beach Resort, OrangeBeach.• Open Mic: 5:30; Tacky Jacks, GulfShores.• Mason Henderson’s Saucy Fuzz: 9; TheUndertow; Orange Beach.• Gary Story & Friends: 7; Sandshaker atThe Wharf; Orange Beach.• Scott Koehn Project: 6; OSO; OrangeBeach.• Danny Grady: 3-5 p.m.; Papa Rocco's,Gulf Shores.• Karaoke: 7; Bar 45 at ONE CLUB, GulfShores.• Smokey Otis & Mark Laborde: 7; PappaRocco’s; Gulf Shores.• Tim Robinson: 5; American Legion Post99; Foley.• Karaoke: 6; American Legion Post 44,Gulf Shores.• John Joiner & Darrel Roberts: 7; HubStacy’s, Innerarity Point.• BBRC Running Club: 5:30 p.m.; BigBeach Brewery in Gulf Shores; lafleet-feet.com.• Karaoke & League Pool: 7:30; The Of-fice, Foley.• Bingo: 10 a.m.; American Legion Post99; Foley.• Open Mixed Doubles Tennis: 7:15 a.m.;all levels welcome; Gulf Shores Tennis Cen-ter.• Orange Beach Friends of the Library:10; Library meeting room; 978-4106.• Food Ministry at Morgan's ChapelUnited Methodist Church: 8-9 a.m.; 6325Cty Rd 10, Bon Secour, (across from SwiftSchool); 251-979-2005.• Food Ministry For Hungry Families:noon-1 p.m.; Grace Lutheran Church, cor-

PIER & SHORE FISHING OUTLOOKBY DAVID “THE PIERPOUNDER” THORNTON



WHAT’S HAPPENINGner of West 23rd Ave. and West 4th St. inGulf Shores; 251-968-5991.• Bread Ministry: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Or-ange Beach United Methodist ChurchBrook's Center.• Food Bank: 9 - 11 a.m every Wednes-day, Perdido Bay Baptist Church, 12600Sorrento Rd. Pensacola; call for eligiblityrequirements at (850) 492-2604. • Gulf Shores Woman's Club: 11 a.m.;Palmer Room at Craft Farms; all inter-ested women invited to attend; 251-980-5722. • Gulf Shores Lions Club: noon; 2nd &4th Wednesday; noon; Tacky Jacks GulfShores; 251-968-2823.• AA: Noon; Perdido Bay UMC WorshipCenter, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (In-nerarity Point) Pensacola.

THU, FEB 11• Snowbird Hootenanny: Flora-Bama: 11a.m.; Perdido Key.• Flora-Bama Rest. Complex PossibleProbables: schedule on page 15; (in-cludes Ole River Grill & Flora-BamaYacht Club, Flora-Bama), Perdido Key.• Flora-Bama Family Friendly Bingo: 1-4 p.m.; free; family friendly; Flora-Bama;Perdido Key.• Bama Beach Pickleball Club: 9-noon;Church of Christ, 2414 West 1st St., GulfShores; (new members welcome).• Ronnie Presley: 5; Lucy Buffett’sLulu’s; Gulf Shores.• Thomas Jackson: 5 p.m.; Big BeachBrewery in Gulf Shores.• Lisa Zanghi & Lea Anne Creswell:4:30; Doc’s Seafood & Steaks; OrangeBeach.• John Brust: 6; Ms. Nancy’s Lobby

Lounge at Perdido Beach Resort, OrangeBeach.• Karaoke: 6; Tacky Jacks, Ft. Morgan.• Mel Knapp: 6; Hub Stacey’s at thePoint; Innerarity Point.• Bar Trivia Night: 5; Bar 45 Lounge atONE CLUB, Gulf Shores.• Karaoke w. Kelly: 8; Sandshaker atThe Wharf; Orange Beach.• Karaoke: 9; The Undertow; OrangeBeach.• HartStrings: 6:30; The Point; Innerar-ity Point.• Tim Roberts: 6; The Tin Top Restau-rant, Bon Secour.• Rick Whaley & Tommy Mazzulo: 6;Purple Parrot Tiki Bar; Perdido Key.• Danny Grady: 2; Fraternal Order ofEagles; Foley.• Favorites Band w. special guest JoniHarms: 6; Al Gulf Coast Music Hall;Foley.• Smokey Otis & Mark Laborde: 7;Pappa Rocco’s; Gulf Shores.• Bingo: 5; open to all; Amvets Post2018; 13085 Wisconsin St.; Elberta.• Texas Hold ‘em: 7; The Office, Foley.• Gulf Shores United Methodist ChurchBread Ministry: 9-10; every Thursday;room 103 on the south campus, next toCrossroad; 251 968-2411.• AA: Noon; Perdido Bay UMC WorshipCenter, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (In-nerarity Point) Pensacola.

FRI, FEB 12• Sylvia: 7:30; South Baldwin Commu-nity Theatre, Gulf Shores; sbct.biz.• Flora-Bama Rest. Complex PossibleProbables: schedule on page 15; (in-cludes Ole River Grill & Flora-Bama

Yacht Club, Flora-Bama), Perdido Key.• Flora-Bama Family Friendly Bingo: 1-4 p.m.; free; family friendly; Flora-Bama;Perdido Key.• Les Linton: 6; Tacky Jacks, Fort Mor-gan.• John Brust: 6; Ms. Nancy’s LobbyLounge at Perdido Beach Resort, OrangeBeach.• The Paper Dolls: 5:30 p.m.; Big BeachBrewery in Gulf Shores.• Bo Grant: 7; Papa Rocco’s Gulf Shores.• Danny Grady: 3-5 p.m.; Papa Rocco's,Gulf Shores.• Augie Savage: 5; Carver’s Steakhouse;Orange Beach.• Kim Carson: 5; The Angry Crab; Or-ange Beach.• Scott Koehn Project: 6; Flora-Bama;Perdido Key.• Smokey Otis: 7; Hub Stacey’s at thePoint; Innerarity Point.• Wes Loper: 5; Lucy Buffett’s Lulu’s;Gulf Shores.• Midlife Crisis: 9; Sandshaker at TheWharf; Orange Beach.• Karaoke on the Tiki Deck: 7 ‘til; LiveBait; Orange Beach.• Men’s Senior Softball (50 and over): 10a.m.; Orange Beach Sportsplex; all skilllevels welcome; 225-313-8516.• Bama Beach Pickleball Club: 9-noon;Church of Christ, 2414 West 1st St., GulfShores; (new members welcome).• Karaoke w. Kelly Ann: 6; American Le-gion Post 99; Foley.• Open Jam 7; American Legion Post199; Fairhope.• Favorites Band w. special guest JoniHarms: 6; Al Gulf Coast Music Hall;Foley.

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Final Bellingrath Winter Wednesdays are Feb. 17 & 24Winter Wednesday programs continue at Mobile’s Bellingrath

Gardens and Home through February. These programs are in-cluded with general admission and are free to members of theFriends of Bellingrath. The programs will take place at 10:30 a.m.in the Magnolia Café. For details, visit bellingrath.org.The remaining schedule:• February 17: Origins of Azaleas, with Marten van der Giessen.Join this distinguished horticulturist for an overview of the typesand provenance of the South’s most beloved flower.• February 24: Cool and Crazy Plants at Bellingrath: There areso many unusual and special things growing in the Gardens! JoinExecutive Director Todd Lasseigne, who has taken numerousplant-finding expeditions all over the world, to learn more aboutthe exotics that thrive in our Gulf Coast climate.

Bellingrath Gardens and Home follows all recommendations toprevent the spread of Coronavirus. Social distancing is enforced,and masks are required inside buildings.

Feb. 20 Ace of Hearts Poker Run ends at ‘BamaThe Feb. 20 Ace of Hearts Poker Run benefiting The American

Heart Association will be a border battle between Alabama andFlorida. Pick your side, and start at either the Main Event Clubin Theodore or Harley-Davidson of Pensacola. Each starting pointwill have its own stops, but both will end at Flora-Bama. Prizesfor the best hand, and there will be a tally to see who brings themost bikers - Florida or Alabama. All of the money raised stayslocal for the American Heart Association. Registration begins at9 a.m. Kick stands must be up by 11 a.m., and last bike in at the‘Bama is at 3 p.m. All vehicles are welcome and registration isonly $25. Wacked Out Weiner in Foley is among the Alabamastops.


Expires 2/31/21


WHAT’S HAPPENING• Open Mixed Doubles Tennis: 7:30 a.m.;all levels welcome; Gulf Shores TennisCenter; corner of West 19th Ave. andWest 2nd St.• Bingo: 5:30; Veterans of Foreign WarsPost 5659; Elberta.• Alcoholics Anonymous: noon; PerdidoBay UMC Worship Center; 13660 Inner-arity Pt. Rd.; 850-492-3056 or 492-6362.

SAT, FEB 13• Sylvia: 7:30; South Baldwin Commu-nity Theatre, Gulf Shores; sbct.biz.• Valentine’s Movie Night: OWA: 6; Foley.• Flora-Bama Rest. Complex PossibleProbables: schedule on page 15; (includesOle River Grill & Flora-Bama Yacht Club,Flora-Bama), Perdido Key.• Christina Christian: 10 a.m.; PerdidoKey Breakfast Club, Perdido Key.• Hot Rod Ron: 1; The Woodside Rest. atGulf State Park; Gulf Shores.• OWA Wine Fest: 2 - 4; Downtown OWA,Foley.• Fat Lip: 9; The Office, Foley.• Shores Light Lager Beer Release: 5:30p.m.; Big Beach Brewery in Gulf Shores.• Jenna McClelland Band: 6 p.m.; BigBeach Brewery in Gulf Shores.• Adam Holt: 5; Lucy Buffett’s Lulu’s;Gulf Shores.• All Krewe Mardi Gras Celebration w/Mid Life Crisis: 9; Sandshaker, OrangeBeach.• John Brust: 6; Ms. Nancy’s LobbyLounge at Perdido Beach Resort, OrangeBeach.• Lisa Zanghi & Lea Anne Creswell: 4:30;Doc’s Seafood & Steaks; Orange Beach.• Mark Mathew Kaul: 5; Carver’s Steak-house; Orange Beach.• Tyler Ward: 5; The Angry Crab; OrangeBeach.• The Destroyers: 2; Flying Harpoon II;

Orange Beach.• Karaoke: 6; Tacky Jacks, Ft. Morgan.• Bo Grant: 7; Papa Rocco’s Gulf Shores.• Southern Star: 6:30; American LegionPost 99; Foley.• Karaoke on the Tiki Deck: 7 ‘til; LiveBait; Orange Beach.• Karaoke: 9; The Undertow; OrangeBeach.• Funky Lampshades: 7; Hub Stacey’s atthe Point; Innerarity Point.• Favorites Band w. special guest JoniHarms: 6; Al Gulf Coast Music Hall;Foley.• Free Veteran’s Breakfast: 9-10 a.m.;American Legion Post 44, Gulf Shores.• Texas Hold ‘em: 7; The Office, Foley.• Coastal Alabama Farmers and Fisher-mans Market: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.; 20733 Mi-flin Rd. (County Rd. 20), Foley.• Baldwin County Genealogical Society:10 a.m.; public invited; Foley Library;319 East Laurel Ave.• Optimist Club of Perdido Bay: break-fast every Saturday at 7 a.m. at the Lil-lian Community Club in Lillian; (251)961-2620.• AA: 10 a.m.; Perdido Bay UMC WorshipCenter, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (In-nerarity Point) Pensacola.• AA: 7 p.m.; Perdido Bay UMC WorshipCenter, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (In-nerarity Point) Pensacola.• Ladies AA: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.; PerdidoBay UMC Activities Center, 13660 Inner-arity Point Rd., (Innerarity Point) Pen-sacola.

SUN, FEB 14• Bon Secour River Mardi Gras FloatingParade: 2 p.m.; Bon Secour.• Sylvia: 2:30; South Baldwin Commu-nity Theatre, Gulf Shores; sbct.biz.• Flora-Bama Rest. Complex Possible

Chocolate Parfaits1 (1.4-oz.) pkg. fat-free, sugar-free chocolate instant pud-ding mix2 c. 1% low-fat milk1/2 cup light sour cream1 (8-oz.) container fat-free frozen whipped topping, thawedand divided3/4 cups chocolate graham cracker crumbs (4 crackersheets)1 Tbsp. freshly grated chocolateWhisk together first 3 ingredients in a bowl until blendedand smooth. Fold in 1-1/2 cups whipped topping. Spoon 1Tbsp. crumbs into each of 6 (4-oz.) glasses, and top with 1/3cup pudding mixture. Repeat layers with remainingcrumbs and pudding mixture. Top each parfait evenly withremaining whipped topping and grated chocolate. Coverand chill at least 1 hour.

COOKIN’ WITH CAROLYNBY CAROLYN GODFREY

Friends of O.B. Library starts an ongoing book saleThe Friends of the Orange Beach Library, in lieu of its annual January

Book Sale at the Orange Beach Community Center, has started an ongo-ing book sale at the library. When entering the library though the glassdoors, the shelves immediately to the right will have books for sale. Thereare also books are for sale in the back right corner of the library next tothe audio/vsual room.

With covid-19 infection rates rising, the group has had to cancel itsfundraising (including the Snowbird Trivia event, preventing it from mak-ing its normal $15K to $20K annual donation to support the library’s chil-dren’s programs such as the poetry contest, Maker Space and summerreading program.

Contributions to support these programs can be mailed to Friends, POBox 158, Orange Beach, AL 36561. Donations can also be dropped off atthelLibrary or via credit card or PayPal at orangebeachlibrary.org.

G.S. Police Golf TourneyMarch 5 at PeninsulaThe Gulf Shores Police Asso-

ciation Golf Scramble will beheld on March 5 at PeninsulaGolf Club in Gulf Shores. Reg-istration begins at 10:30 a.m.,and the tourney starts at 1p.m. Cost is $500 for 4-personteam or $125 for a singleentry. The cutoff date is Feb. 8.The entry fee includes rangeballs, carts, lunch, hole con-tests, and team winner & doorprizes. Call or email JulieNetemeyer at 314-482-9995 orjulienetemeyer@ yahoo.comand Sgt. Josh Hoguet at 251-968-4657 or [email protected].

Registrations can be droppedoff at the Gulf Shores PoliceDept. (220 Clubhouse Dr.)with checks for event or dona-tions made out to G.S. PoliceAssn.Prescribed burn scheduled forarea north of Orange Beach

Next Orange BeachSkins Game March 7 The Orange Beach Golf Cen-

ter will host its monthly SkinsGame on Sunday, March 7,and then on the first Sundayof each month through March,with a shotgun start at 1 p.m.The public is welcome. Thereare Skins on all 18 holes, aclosest-to-the-pin contest, and$250 for a hole-in-one on anyof the 18 holes. Cost is $5.50for Golf Center members and$22 for non-members. Regis-tration starts at noon. Eachplayer places $5 to a pot forSkins and $2 in a pot for clos-est-to-the-pin. Info: 251-981-GOLF (4653).

CENTRAL BALDWIN CHAMBER ANNUAL AWARDS: Congratulations to the Central Baldwin Chamber of Commerce 2020 annual award recipients recognized at the Chamber’s recent annual meeting. Pictured:(l to r) Small Business of the Year - Stastka Insurance Agency & owners, Dennis and Joan Stastka; Good Government Award - Donna Givens, formerly with Baldwin EMC; Generations Award Furniture City (picturedJonathan Kitchens); Fell Gilbert Mack Pearson; Founder's Award - Silverhill Mayor Jared Lyles; Volunteer of the Year, Roma Kerby, Owner, Kerby Custom Renovations; Emerging Small Business of the Year - Roberts-dale Urgent Care (owner Amy Younce).

ELBERTA HIGH BOWLERS ADVANCE TO STATE FINALS: The ElbertaHigh School boys barsity bowling team beat Westpoint in the quarterfinals to ad-vance to the Alabama State semi-finals where they fell short against East Lime-stone. Copeland Bryant got 3rd highest pin total of 193 in the quarterfinal andreceived a 3rd place medal. This is only the school’s second year offering bowlingwith Coach Zachary Wenzel. Three of the six players are eighth graders, and theschool sent the team off with a pep-rally with the band, cheerleaders and studentsattending. Pictured: Harris Dunlavy, Jerhyn York, Harrison Crosbie, Royce Bryars,Jon Devery Thomas, Copeland Bryant.





WHAT’S HAPPENINGProbables: schedule on page 15; (includesOle River Grill & Flora-Bama YachtClub, Flora-Bama), Perdido Key.• Jonathan Puzan: 5; Lucy Buffett’sLulu’s; Gulf Shores.• Robert Holm plays Schubert, Liszt andthe Art of Transcription: 3; free reserva-tions required; St. Francis at the PointAnglican Church, Fairhope;251.928.1255; • Kim Carson & Buckshot Willie: 5;Carver’s Steakhouse; Orange Beach.• Mel Knapp: 1; The Woodside Rest. atGulf State Park; Gulf Shores.• Red & Erin: 3; Big Beach Brewery inGulf Shores.• Bend & Brews Community Yoga: 11a.m.; $5; Big Beach Brewery in GulfShores.• Beer Release - Catman Kolsch: BigBeach Brewery in Gulf Shores.• Tyler Ward: 5; The Angry Crab; OrangeBeach.• Favorites Band: 6; Al Gulf Coast MusicHall; Foley.• Mike Diamond: noon; Tin Top Restau-rant; Bon Secour.• Destiny Brown: 7; Papa Rocco’s GulfShores.• The Destroyers: 2; Flying Harpoon II;Orange Beach.• Lisa Zanghi: 6; Ms. Nancy’s LobbyLounge at Perdido Beach Resort, OrangeBeach.• Danny Grady: 2; Fraternal Order of Ea-gles; Foley.• John Joiner & Friends: 4; Hub Stacey’sat the Point; Innerarity Point.• League Pool: 7; The Office, Foley.

• AA: 5 p.m.; Perdido Bay UMC WorshipCenter, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (In-nerarity Point) Pensacola.

MON, FEB 15• Flora-Bama Rest. Complex PossibleProbables: schedule on page 15; (includesOle River Grill & Flora-Bama YachtClub, Flora-Bama), Perdido Key.• Flora-Bama Family Friendly Bingo: 1-4p.m.; free; family friendly; Flora-Bama;Perdido Key.• Art al Fresco: 10-11 a.m.; Tacky Jacks;Gulf Shores; RSVP online attackyjacks.com.• Beer Release - Bourban Barrel AgedDixie’s Heart Red Ale: Big Beach Brew-ery, Gulf Shores.• Boukou Groove: 6; Big Beach Brewery,Gulf Shores.• Men’s Senior Softball (50 and over): 10a.m.; Gulf Shores Sportsplex; all skill lev-els welcome; 225-313-8516.• Bama Beach Pickleball Club: 9-noon;

Church of Christ, 2414 West 1st St., GulfShores; (new members welcome).• Danny Grady: 3-5 p.m.; Papa Rocco's,Gulf Shores.• Smokey Otis & Mark Laborde: 7; PapaRocco’s; Gulf Shores.• Brent Burns: 5; Lucy Buffett’s Lulu’s;Gulf Shores.• Sandy Roots Songwriters Night: 6; Pur-ple Parrot Tiki Bar; Perdido Key.• Bingo: 6; American Legion Post 44, GulfShores.• League Pool: 7; The Office, Foley.• Open Mixed Doubles Tennis: 7:30 a.m.;

all levels welcome; Gulf Shores TennisCenter; corner of West 19th Ave. andWest 2nd St.• Celebrate Recovery: (Christ centered12 step program); Monday evenings at 6p.m.; Christian Life Church in OrangeBeach; 251-967-4840.• Overeaters Anonymous: 6; Holy SpiritEpiscopal Church; Gulf Shores, 616 Ft.Morgan Rd.; 251-709-5907.• Bingo: 6; American Legion Post 44, GulfShores.• Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 5-7 p.m;Foley Presbyterian Church; 965-2737.songwriters all original open micfrom 9:00-12:00 pm.• AA: Noon; Perdido Bay UMC WorshipCenter, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (In-nerarity Point) Pensacola.

TUE, FEB 16• Flora-Bama Rest. Complex PossibleProbables: schedule on page 15; (includesOle River Grill & Flora-Bama YachtClub, Flora-Bama), Perdido Key.• Flora-Bama Family Friendly Bingo: 1-4p.m.; free; family friendly; Flora-Bama;Perdido Key.• Steve & Joe Show: 11 a.m.; Big BeachBrewery, Gulf Shores.• West LA Fadeaway: 2 p.m; Big BeachBrewery, Gulf Shores.• Bike Decorating Contest: 3 p.m.; BigBeach Brewery, Gulf Shores.• Bama Beach Pickleball Club: 9-noon;Church of Christ, 2414 West 1st St., GulfShores; (new members welcome).• Kelly Poole & The Swingset: 11 a.m.;Lucy Buffett’s Lulu’s; Gulf Shores.

Beauty & The Beast costumes on display at Coastal Arts Center through Feb. 24Orange Beach Community Theatre presents costumes, renderings and photography from its Disney’s

Beauty and the Beast production at the Coastal Arts Center of Orange Beach through Feb. 24. Galleryhours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and it’s located at 26389 Canal Rd. All six of lastmonth’s shows sold out before curtain call on opening night, Jan. 8.

Lt. Tony Tampary will supervise renovated Perdido Sheriff ’s PrecinctSouthwest Escambia County native Lt. Tony Tampary

will supervise and oversee day-to-day operations at the re-cently re-dedicated Escambia County Sheriff's Office Per-dido Precinct. Lt. Tampary’s grandfather built theFlora-Bama Lounge & Package (later managed by his fa-ther and uncle, Connie and Bubba) and was instrumentalin laying the groundwork to secure the bridge over PerdidoPass.

"It gives the people who live out here familiar faces theycan become more comfortable approaching with a need,"Tampary said. "They develop a rapport and consistencymatters."

The Perdido community turned out in force to welcomeTampary and his staff during a ribbon cutting for the re-opened sub-station, which had been closed since 2016.Sheriff Chip Simmons, State Rep Alex Andrade and Per-dido Key Chamber President Dana Pagador cut the cere-monial ribbon and welcomed the public to an open house.The precinct is located on Gulf Beach Hwy. behind theWinn Dixie. Sheriff Simmons said the office will reinforceties between the community and law enforcement to pro-vide a safer environment for local businesses and resi-dents.“Law enforcement and community engagement begins at

the neighborhood level," he said.

Drive through vaccinations offered at OWA Feb. 16, 18, 23 & 25The Baldwin County Health Department is offeringfirst

come-first serve drive through COVID-19 vaccination clin-ics at OWA in Foley for those 65 and older, first responders,corrections officers, food and agriculture workers, U.S.Postal Service workers, manufacturing workers, grocerystore workers, public transit workers, people who work inthe education sector and judiciary employees. A limited amount of 1st dose vaccines will be distributed

from 9 a.m. til. 3 p.m. on Feb. 16, Feb. 18, Feb. 23 and Feb.25. Second doses will be given on those dates for those whoreceived first doses at the Robertsdale Health Department.For more information visit alabamapublichealth.gov/bald-

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WHAT’S HAPPENINGLight Travelers: 5; Lucy Buffett’s LuLu’s;Gulf Shores.• Chris Beverly Experience: 9; The Un-dertow; Orange Beach.• Bingo & Karaoke: 6; Tacky Jacks, GulfShores.• JW Karaoke: 6; Hub Stacy’s, InnerarityPoint.• Bingo: 5; 45 Restaurant & Bar; OneClub, Gulf Shores.• Smokey Otis & Mark Laborde: 7; PappaRocco’s; Gulf Shores.• Bingo: 10-2; Gulf Coast Elks Lodge;Foley.• Karaoke w. Kelly: 8; Sandshaker at TheWharf; Orange Beach.• Pool Tourney: 7; Snapper’s; OrangeBeach.• Texas Hold ‘em: 7; The Office, Foley.• Trip Down Memory Lane: 5:30; Bran-don Styles Theatre; Foley.• Coastal Alabama Farmers and Fisher-mans Market: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.; 20733 Mi-flin Rd. (County Rd. 20), Foley.• Foley Kiwanis Club: noon; Vallarta's,1145 S. McKenzie St., Foley; 859-771-6091.

WED, FEB 17• Welcome Wednesday Potluck: 11 a.mmusic; lunch at noon; $3 or bring a cov-vered dish; Flora-Bama; Perdido Key.• Food Ministry at Morgan's ChapelUnited Methodist Church: 8-9 a.m.; 6325Cty Rd 10, Bon Secour, (across from SwiftSchool); 251-979-2005.• Flora-Bama Rest. Complex PossibleProbables: schedule on page 15; (includesOle River Grill & Flora-Bama YachtClub, Flora-Bama), Perdido Key.• Flora-Bama Family Friendly Bingo: 1-4p.m.; free; family friendly; Flora-Bama;

Perdido Key.• Bama Beach Pickleball Club: 9-noon;Church of Christ, 2414 West 1st St., GulfShores; (new members welcome).• Justin Yawn: 5; Lucy Buffett’s LuLu’s;Gulf Shores.• John Brust: 6; Ms. Nancy’s LobbyLounge at Perdido Beach Resort, OrangeBeach.• Bingo: 6; Tacky Jacks, Orange Beach.• Open Mic: 5:30; Tacky Jacks, GulfShores.• Mason Henderson’s Saucy Fuzz: 9; TheUndertow; Orange Beach.• Gary Story & Friends: 7; Sandshakerat The Wharf; Orange Beach.• Scott Koehn Project: 6; OSO; OrangeBeach.• Brent Burns: 5; Ginny Lane’s; OrangeBeach.• Danny Grady: 3-5 p.m.; Papa Rocco's,Gulf Shores.• Karaoke: 7; Bar 45 at ONE CLUB, GulfShores.• John Joiner & Darrel Roberts: 6; HubStacy’s, Innerarity Point.• Karaoke & League Pool: 7:30; The Of-

fice, Foley.• Coastal Alabama Farmers and Fisher-mans Market: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.; 20733 Mi-flin Rd. (County Rd. 20), Foley.• Smokey Otis & Mark Laborde: 7; PappaRocco’s; Gulf Shores.• Tim Robinson: 5; American Legion Post99; Foley.• Bingo: 10 a.m.; American Legion Post99; Foley.• BBRC Running Club: 5:30 p.m.; BigBeach Brewery in Gulf Shores; lafleet-feet.com.• Open Mixed Doubles Tennis: 7:15 a.m.;all levels welcome; Gulf Shores TennisCenter.• Food Ministry For Hungry Families:noon-1 p.m.; Grace Lutheran Church, cor-ner of West 23rd Ave. and West 4th St. inGulf Shores; 251-968-5991.• Food Bank: 9 - 11 a.m every Wednes-day, Perdido Bay Baptist Church, 12600Sorrento Rd. Pensacola; call for eligiblityrequirements at (850) 492-2604. • Bread Ministry: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Or-ange Beach United Methodist ChurchBrook's Center.

Prescribed burn scheduled north of Orange BeachA prescribed burn is scheduled to be conducted by the Alabama

Forestry Commission in early to mid February on a 570-acre For-ever Wild site north of Wolf Bay.The burn will take place during a prevailing north wind so some

smoke and/or smell should be expected in Orange Beach. Theburn may take one day or it could take several. The purpose ofthis prescribed burn is to improve forest and wildlife habitat, butalso to greatly reduce the probability of future wildfires in a heav-ily populated area by reducing the amount of vegetative fuels.The smoke may become a temporary inconvenience for some ofthe surrounding area. The Forestry Commission asks for everyone to please be patientas the property has been placed under the Forever Wild LandTrust and will never be developed. Therefore, it is vital to main-tain the area for our native plants and wildlife. Prescribed fire is an important forest management tool that al-lows for habitat restoration with no long term negative impactsto our delicate ecosystem.




WHAT’S HAPPENING• AA: Noon; Perdido Bay UMC WorshipCenter, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (In-nerarity Point) Pensacola.

THU, FEB 18• Flora-Bama Rest. Complex PossibleProbables: schedule on page 15; (includesOle River Grill & Flora-Bama YachtClub, Flora-Bama), Perdido Key.• Flora-Bama Family Friendly Bingo: 1-4p.m.; free; family friendly; Flora-Bama;Perdido Key.• Bama Beach Pickleball Club: 9-noon;Church of Christ, 2414 West 1st St., GulfShores; (new members welcome).• Lefty Collins: 5; Lucy Buffett’s LuLu’s;Gulf Shores.• Lisa Zanghi & Lea Anne Creswell: 4:30;Doc’s Seafood & Steaks; Orange Beach.• Marcus Elizondo: noon; Splash Pool atPerdido Beach Resort, Orange Beach.• Skyline Kings: 6; Hub Stacey’s at the

Point; Innerarity Point.• John Brust: 6; Ms. Nancy’s LobbyLounge at Perdido Beach Resort, OrangeBeach.• Karaoke: 6; Tacky Jacks, Ft. Morgan.• Karaoke: 9; The Undertow; OrangeBeach.• Bar Trivia Night: 5; Bar 45 Lounge atONE CLUB, Gulf Shores.• Karaoke w. Kelly: 8; Sandshaker at TheWharf; Orange Beach.• Tim Roberts: 6; The Tin Top Restau-rant, Bon Secour.• Danny Grady: 2; Fraternal Order of Ea-gles; Foley.• HartStrings: 6:30; The Point; Innerar-ity Point.• Smokey Otis & Mark Laborde: 7; PapaRocco’s; Gulf Shores.• Rick Whaley & Tommy Mazzulo: 6; Pur-ple Parrot Tiki Bar; Perdido Key.• Favorites Band: 7; Al Gulf Coast Music

Hall; Foley.• Texas Hold ‘em: 7; The Office, Foley.• Gulf Shores United Methodist ChurchBread Ministry: 9-10; every Thursday;room 103 on the south campus, next toCrossroad; 251 968-2411.• AA: Noon; Perdido Bay UMC WorshipCenter, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (In-nerarity Point) Pensacola.

FRI, FEB 19• Sylvia: 7:30; South Baldwin Commu-nity Theatre, Gulf Shores; sbct.biz.• Flora-Bama Rest. Complex PossibleProbables: schedule on page 15; (includesOle River Grill & Flora-Bama YachtClub, Flora-Bama), Perdido Key.• Flora-Bama Family Friendly Bingo: 1-4p.m.; free; family friendly; Flora-Bama;Perdido Key.• Men’s Senior Softball (50 and over): 10a.m.; Orange Beach Sportsplex; all skill

Trail access Lake Shelby still open during renovationsThe entire Lake Shelby area of Gulf State Park will be fenced and closed

to the public for the duration of the renovation process. However, trail ac-cess near the lake will remain open throughout the project. The renova-tions are expected to be completed by summer 2021. Enhancements willinclude a modern playground with three areas for different age groups,separate small and large dog parks with covered seating and water foun-tains, new bathrooms, an improved parking area, a new tram stop, and abikeshare station for public use within the park. During the improve-ments at Lake Shelby, four additional projects will begin in other areas ofthe park. Additional parking will be constructed north of the fishing pierparking lot. A parking area and tram stop will be constructed across fromthe middle beach walkover where South Campground Rd. intersects EastBeach Blvd. Additional amenities will be added at the Beach Pavilion toaccommodate volunteers, staff, weddings and other events. Lastly, trafficsigns will be updated throughout the 6,150-acre park.

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WHAT’S HAPPENINGlevels welcome; 225-313-8516.• Bama Beach Pickleball Club: 9-noon;Church of Christ, 2414 West 1st St., GulfShores; (new members welcome).• Delta Donnie: 6; Tacky Jacks, Fort Mor-gan.• JERI: 5; Lucy Buffett’s LuLu’s; GulfShores.• Kelly Poole: 5; Carver’s Steakhouse; Or-ange Beach.• Chris Hergenroder: 5; The Angry Crab;Orange Beach.• Tim Spencer: noon; Splash Pool at Per-dido Beach Resort, Orange Beach.• John Brust: 6; Ms. Nancy’s LobbyLounge at Perdido Beach Resort, OrangeBeach.• Scott Koehn Project: 6; Flora-Bama;Perdido Key.• Hi-Tide: 9; Sandshaker at The Wharf;Orange Beach.• False Identity: 7; Hub Stacey’s at thePoint; Innerarity Point.• Karaoke on the Tiki Deck: 7 ‘til; LiveBait; Orange Beach.• Danny Grady: 3-5 p.m.; Papa Rocco's,Gulf Shores.• Favorites Band: 7; Al Gulf Coast MusicHall; Foley.• Karaoke w. Kelly Ann: 6; American Le-gion Post 99; Foley.• Smokey Otis Band: 7; Hub Stacy’s; In-nerarity Point.• Open Jam 7; American Legion Post 199;Fairhope.• Open Mixed Doubles Tennis: 7:30 a.m.;all levels welcome; Gulf Shores TennisCenter; corner of West 19th Ave. andWest 2nd St.• Bingo: 5:30; Veterans of Foreign WarsPost 5659; Elberta.• Alcoholics Anonymous: noon; PerdidoBay UMC Worship Center; 13660 Inner-arity Pt. Rd.; 850-492-3056 or 492-6362.

SAT, FEB 20• Sylvia: 7:30; South Baldwin Commu-nity Theatre, Gulf Shores; sbct.biz.• Flora-Bama Rest. Complex PossibleProbables: schedule on page 15; (includesOle River Grill & Flora-Bama Yacht Club,Flora-Bama), Perdido Key.• John Brust: 6; Ms. Nancy’s LobbyLounge at Perdido Beach Resort, OrangeBeach.• Lisa Zanghi & Lea Anne Creswell: 4:30;Doc’s Seafood & Steaks; Orange Beach.• Brent Varner: 1; The Woodside Rest. atGulf State Park; Gulf Shores.• False Identity: 9; The Office, Foley.• Adam Holt: 5; Lucy Buffett’s LuLu’s;Gulf Shores.• Karaoke on the Tiki Deck: 7 ‘til; LiveBait; Orange Beach.• False Identity: 9; The Office, Foley.• Justin Wall: 5; Carver’s Steakhouse; Or-ange Beach.• Bruti: 6:30; American Legion Post 99;Foley.• Delta Donnie: 7; Papa Rocco’s GulfShores.• Jessie Howell: 5; The Angry Crab; Or-ange Beach.• The Destroyers: 2; Flying Harpoon II;Orange Beach.• Hi-Tide: 9; Sandshaker at The Wharf;Orange Beach.• Kristi Dees: 7; Hub Stacey’s at thePoint; Innerarity Point.

• Karaoke: 9; The Undertow; OrangeBeach.• Karaoke: 6; Tacky Jacks, Fort Morgan.• Jim McAdams: 3; Fraternal Order ofEagles; Foley.• Open Jam: 8; American Legion Post199; Fairhope.• Favorites Band: 7; Al Gulf Coast MusicHall; Foley.• Coastal Alabama Farmers and Fisher-mans Market: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.; 20733 Mi-flin Rd. (County Rd. 20), Foley.• Texas Hold ‘em: 7; The Office, Foley.• Baldwin County Republican ExecutiveCommittee: 10 a.m.; Robertsdale CityHall Building; 251-379-0748 or don@mc-grifflaw. com• Optimist Club of Perdido Bay: break-fast every Saturday at 7 a.m. at the Lil-lian Community Club in Lillian; (251)961-2620.• AA: 10 a.m.; Perdido Bay UMC WorshipCenter, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (In-nerarity Point) Pensacola.• Ladies AA: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.; PerdidoBay UMC Worship Center, 13660 Inner-arity Point Rd., (Innerarity Point) Pen-sacola.

SUN, FEB 21• Sylvia: 2:30; South Baldwin Commu-nity Theatre, Gulf Shores; sbct.biz.• Flora-Bama Rest. Complex PossibleProbables: schedule on page 15; (includesOle River Grill & Flora-Bama Yacht Club,Flora-Bama), Perdido Key.• Lisa Christian: 2; Tacky Jacks, GulfShores.• Chase Brown: 5; Lucy Buffett’s LuLu’s;Gulf Shores.• Hot Rod Ron: 1; The Woodside Rest. atGulf State Park; Gulf Shores.• Bend & Brews Community Yoga: 11a.m.; $5; Big Beach Brewery in GulfShores.• Lisa Zanghi: 6; Ms. Nancy’s LobbyLounge at Perdido Beach Resort, OrangeBeach.• Bend & Brews w. Glow Yoga: 11 a.m.;Big Beach Brewery; Gulf Shores.• Justin Jeansonne: noon; Tin TopRestaurant; Bon Secour.• The Destroyers: 2; Flying Harpoon II;Orange Beach.• Tim Roberts: 7; Papa Rocco’s GulfShores.• Danny Grady: 2; Fraternal Order of Ea-gles; Foley.• John Joiner & Friends: 4; Hub Stacy’s,Innerarity Point.• League Pool: 7; The Office, Foley.• AA: 5 p.m.; Perdido Bay UMC WorshipCenter, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (In-nerarity Point) Pensacola.

MON, FEB 22• Flora-Bama Rest. Complex PossibleProbables: schedule on page 15; (includesOle River Grill & Flora-Bama Yacht Club,Flora-Bama), Perdido Key.• Flora-Bama Family Friendly Bingo: 1-4p.m.; free; family friendly; Flora-Bama;Perdido Key.• Bama Beach Pickleball Club: 9-noon;Church of Christ, 2414 West 1st St., GulfShores; (new members welcome).• Art al Fresco: 10-11 a.m.; Tacky Jacks;Gulf Shores; RSVP online attackyjacks.com.


G.S. Lions Club Golf Tourney April 2 at PeninsulaRegistration and sponsorship opportunities are nowopen for the 46th Annual Gulf Shores Lions Club MaxWilson Memorial Golf for Sight Tournament sched-uled Friday, April 2 at Peninsula Golf Club.The tourney format gives everyone a fair chance towin regardless of handicap. The event also includes apost tournament meal, fabulous prizes and supportsthe many Lions Club charities.“We actually don’t care what your golf handicap isbecause there is no way for anyone to sandbag withour format, and players really enjoy playing this tour-nament because of the quality course we play,’’ saidtourney director Nathan Luoma. Players are invited to sign up alone or with a partner.Entry fees is $125 per player collected at sign-in ontourney day. Registration begins at 11 a.m. for the 4-ball tourney. A blind draw will be held to pair two per-son teams for a 1 p.m. shotgun start. The entry feealso includes green fees, cart rental, range balls, a raf-fle ticket, three beverage tickets. Cash Prizes will beawarded on each and every hole in addition to prizesfor the top three teams. Various levels of sponsorshipopportunities are also available. Contact Luoma at440-813-8424 or Brett Taylor at 251-747-5493 formore info. All money raised will be used to support charities forthe visually impaired and blind and the Miracle

League of Coastal Alabama baseball field and bound-less playground being built in Summerdale.

BioBlitz Feb. 13 at O.B. Waterfront ParkA Bioblitz will be held the 2nd Saturday of every

month, including Feb. 13, at Orange Beach WaterfrontPark. Details at orangebeachal.gov/events. Part of thecity’s Continuing Excellence program, the blitz startsat 10 a.m. with an inaturalist workshop at OrangeBeach Recreation Center. At 11 a.m., BioBlitzers willcaravan from the Rec Center or meet onsite. The pub-lic may attend one or both of these free workshops.They are open to all ages, singles, couples, familiesand friend groups. Anyone 15 years or younger mustbe accompanied by an adult.

Pickleball season opens at O.B. Golf CenterThe Orange Beach Winter/Spring pickleball season

has started at the Orange Beach Recreation Center.Six indoor courts are available five days per weekfrom 8 a.m. to noon. Pickleball play is included withan annual Rec Center membership. Play is open tonon-members for $5 per session. A 15-session punchcard is available for $50. (One punch per person, persession. For more info, call the Rec Center at 251-981-6028.

By Fran ThompsonGulf Shores Schools Superintendent Matt Akin said

GSHS will not be hiring a third star power footballcoach to join new head coach Mark Hudspeth and newoffensive coordinator Kenny Edenfield.

It was reported by several online football websitesthat former West Virginia, Clemson, North Carolinaand Troy defensive coordinator Vic Koenning wouldjoin his two friends in Gulf Shores.

The expectation is that the quality of the footballcoaching will be an attraction on par with academicprograms such as the school’s Engineering Academy.

Koenning has also been a defensive coordinator atWyoming, Kansas State, Illinois, and Virginia. He wasthe head coach at Wyoming, and an interim head coachat Illinois.WVU will pay Koenning the $591,451 left on his con-

tract over the next two years. So, he was set to join histwo friends here because, like them, he loves to coachfootball.

That still leaves GSHS with two coaches with exten-sive major college experience. Edenfield was the offen-sive coordinator at both Troy and South Alabama.

Hudspeth has had immediate and amazing successeverywhere he has coached following an outstandingplaying career at Delta State, where he was the team’sstarting safety as a junior and starting quarterback asa senior. He coached his alma matter, Winston Academy, a pro-

gram that had four wins in the previous two seasons, toa 25–1 record and the 1997 Mississippi Private SchoolAssociation Class A state title.He worked at Central Arkansas and Nicholls State be-

fore helping Delta State win the 2000 Division II cham-pionship as the team’s offensive coordinator. DeltaState set title-game records in rushing yards (524),total yards (649) and first downs (36) en route to a 63–34 win in the title game.

In 2001, Hudspeth was the offensive coordinator atthe Naval Academy. In 2002, he was hired for his firsthead coaching job at North Alabama and had an in-credible run there, going 66-21 in six years. He was the

passing game coordinator at Mississippi State for twoyears before taking over the program at Louisiana–Lafayette.In his first season in Lafayette, he led a Rajun Cajuns’

team that finished 3–9 the year before to a 9–4 recordand its first bowl berth since 1970. He added threemore 9–4 seasons and three more bowl games. Hudspeth’s on field credentials are incredible. He was

voted conference coach of the year three times andearned the American Football Coaches Association re-gional coach of the year honors in 2003, 2005 and 2019,according to a Gulf Shores City Schools press release.

Hudspeth led Austin Peay to a school record 11 wins,a share of the Ohio Valley Conference title and its first-ever postseason appearance in his only season there.

He was in the midst of serving a 20-day suspensionwhen he resigned at Austin Peay. It was reported in themedia that he was going to be fired, if he didn’t resign.But Akin said Governors’ athletic director Gerald Har-rison gave the coach an outstanding recommendation.

“Coach Harrison explained to me that Coach Hud-speth was not fired at Austin Peay and resigned bychoice in order to spend more time with his family. Hestated that he would not hesitate to hire him as headfootball coach at Gulf Shores High School,’’ Akin said.Akin added that Hudspeth has already making a dif-

ference at GSHS.“Upon arrival, he began immediately working on

changing the culture of our football program,’’ he said.“His impact has been very positive and I am excitedabout the future.’’The brand new Orange Beach High School debuted

as a varsity football program under coach ChaseSmith in September. That city’s high and middleschools were created after Gulf Shores split from theBaldwin County School System. Prior to that, O.B.kids went to middle and high school in Gulf Shores.I do no know if OBHS head coach Chase Smith has

an opening or if Koenning would be interested. But itwould sure be an asset to have such an outstandingfootball mind sharing his knowledge with footballplaying kids somewhere on the Island.

Dolphins will have to settle for two D-1 college coaches on same football staff


• Brent Burns: 5; Lucy Buffett’s Lulu’s;Gulf Shores.• Danny Grady: 3-5 p.m.; Papa Rocco's,Gulf Shores.• Smokey Otis & Mark Laborde: 7; PappaRocco’s; Gulf Shores.• Brent Burns: 5; Lucy Buffett’s Lulu’s;Gulf Shores.• Sandy Key Records Songwriters Night:6; Purple Parrot Tiki Bar; Perdido Key.• Bingo: 6; American Legion Post 44, GulfShores.• Open Mixed Doubles Tennis: 7:30 a.m.;all levels welcome; Gulf Shores TennisCenter; corner of West 19th Ave. andWest 2nd St.• League Pool: 7; The Office, Foley.• Overeaters Anonymous: 6; Holy SpiritEpiscopal Church; Gulf Shores, 616 Ft.Morgan Rd.; 251-709-5907.• Celebrate Recovery: (Christ centered 12step program); Monday evenings at 6p.m.; Christian Life Church in OrangeBeach; 251-967-4840.• T.O.P.S. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly):weigh-in 5:30; meeting 6; First Presbyte-rian Church of Foley; (Berry & Highway59).• Alcoholics Anonymous: noon; PerdidoBay UMC Activities Center; 13660 Inner-arity Pt. Rd.; 850-492-3056 or 492-6362.

• Alcoholics Anonymous and Alanon:Holy Spirit Episcopal Church in GulfShores at noon; Alanon at Orange BeachPresbyterian Church in Orange Beach at7 p.m.; 800-477-1104.• Ladies AA: 10 a.m.; Perdido Bay UMCActivities Center, 13660 Innerarity PointRd., (Innerarity Point) Pensacola.• AA: Noon; Perdido Bay UMC WorshipCenter, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (In-nerarity Point) Pensacola.

TUE, FEB 23• Flora-Bama Rest. Complex PossibleProbables: schedule on page 15; (includesOle River Grill & Flora-Bama Yacht Club,Flora-Bama), Perdido Key.• Flora-Bama Family Friendly Bingo: 1-4p.m.; free; family friendly; Flora-Bama;Perdido Key.• Bama Beach Pickleball Club: 9-noon;Church of Christ, 2414 West 1st St., GulfShores; (new members welcome).• Light Travelers: 5; Lucy Buffett’sLuLu’s; Gulf Shores.• Bingo & Karaoke: 6; Tacky Jacks, GulfShores.• Chris Beverly Experience: 9; The Un-dertow; Orange Beach.• Smokey Otis & Mark Laborde: 7; Pappa


WHAT’S HAPPENING

Free senior tax preparationservices for seniors in O.B.Free tax preparation services

are available to seniors, througha partnership with the IRS, atthe Orange Beach Senior Centerand other locations in BaldwinCounty. The tax prep program is fo-

cused on seniors and low-incometaxpayers and is available byappointment only. To make anappointment for the OrangeBeach Senior Center, call 251-210-7072 or [email protected]. Federal and Alabama returns

are electronically filed. For mar-ried, filing-jointly taxpayers,both spouses must be presentat both appointments unlessotherwise approved.

SECRETARY OF STATE MERRILL VISITS ST. BENEDICT SCHOOL:Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill recently visited St. Benedict School inElberta to recognize and celebrate its centennial year anniversary. “St. Benedict hashelped you build a robust academic foundation and steadfast moral compass thatwill enable you to achieve great things, as long as you always hold these gifts closeto your heart,” he said to the school’s as he addressed the upcoming eighth gradegraduates. Merrill discussed the aspects of public service, the importance of vot-ing, and the role that young people can play in shaping the future through civic en-gagement and participation. Merrill was accompanied by St. Benedict alumnus,Judge of Probate Tim Russell (Baldwin County, retired) and his wife & retired St.Benedict teacher, Sandy Russell. “If I can leave you with one piece of advice, it is toread. Read a lot. Read about anything you enjoy. Never stop. This is the single besttool for success,” Merrill told the students before leaving campus. Pictured: AlabamaSecretary of State John H. Merrill and St. Benedict Principal Dr. Kathy McCool.

CHRISTMAS TREES WILL MAKE DUNES AT GSP: Thanks to 89 individuals, including volunteers and students from Gulf Shores High School, the staff at Gulf State Park was recently able to place 427 re-cycled Christmas trees along the dunes in the front of the GSP Lodge and Beach Pavilion. The trees will accumulate sand carried across the beach by wind and become dunes, which will expand as native dune plants areadded to the newly built mounds. As the dunes slowly expand, they will strengthen the entire dune system and act as a natural storm surge barrier. The dune system on the Alabama Gulf Coast was severely impactedfrom Hurricane Sally in September, but replenishing the dunes at GSP with Christmas trees has been an annual project for the past 10 years. Gulf State Park establishes a tree drop off area at the Beach Pavilion in thesoutheast parking lot following the holidays. Trees, which should be free of decorations, are only accepted from Baldwin County residents.

FINAL WEEK OF DREDGING: Perdido Pass dredging was completelyfinish this week. The heavy equipment on the beach, west of the pass,kept beachgoers out of work zones and a safe distance from the dredgingoperation. Pictured: Pat Thornton shared this picture of the dredgingbarge at sunset.

PICTURES OF THE WEEK: “Went to Johnson Beach about 30 minutes before sunset. The 75 degree temps hadpeople enjoying kite flying, surfing, fishing & just chilling,’’ writes Cathy Deal of Innerarity Point. It was alsomisty over the water giving a different look to everything as the sun was going down. It feeds my spirit!’’ (Morepictures of the week on pages 40-43)



Rocco’s; Gulf Shores.• JW Karaoke: 6; Hub Stacy’s, InnerarityPoint.• Bingo: 5; 45 Restaurant & Bar; OneClub, Gulf Shores.• Bingo: 10-2; Gulf Coast Elks Lodge;Foley.• Pool Tourney: 7; Snapper’s; OrangeBeach.• Karaoke w. Kelly: 8; Sandshaker at TheWharf; Orange Beach.• Texas Hold ‘em: 7; The Office, Foley.• Trip Down Memory Lane: 5:30; Bran-don Styles Theatre; Foley.• Line Dancing: 6; American Legion Post44, Gulf Shores.• Coastal Alabama Farmers and Fisher-mans Market: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.; 20733 Mi-flin Rd. (County Rd. 20), Foley.• South Baldwin Republican Women: GiftHorse Rest., 11:30 a.m.; 4th Tuesday ofEvery Month, public invited, Info: 251-978-6178.• Orange Beach City Council Meeting: 5p.m.; City Hall; 980-INFO.• Overcomers Outreach: 7 p.m.; FirstBaptist Church of Orange Beach; 980-1705.• Foley Lions Club: noon; Wolf BayLodge, Foley.• Foley Kiwanis Club: noon; Vallarta's,1145 S. McKenzie St., Foley; 859-771-6091.• AA: Noon; Perdido Bay UMC WorshipCenter, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (In-nerarity Point) Pensacola.• Al-Anon: Noon; Perdido Bay UMC Ac-tivities Center, 13660 Innerarity PointRd., (Innerarity Point) Pensacola.

WED, FEB 24• Welcome Wednesday Potluck: 11 a.mmusic; lunch at noon; $3 or bring a cov-vered dish; Flora-Bama; Perdido Key.•Food Ministry at Morgan's Chapel UnitedMethodist Church: 8-9 a.m.; 6325 Cty Rd10, Bon Secour, (across from SwiftSchool); 251-979-2005.• Flora-Bama Rest. Complex PossibleProbables: schedule on page 15; (includesOle River Grill & Flora-Bama Yacht Club,Flora-Bama), Perdido Key.• Flora-Bama Family Friendly Bingo: 1-4p.m.; free; family friendly; Flora-Bama;Perdido Key.• Bama Beach Pickleball Club: 9-noon;Church of Christ, 2414 West 1st St., GulfShores; (new members welcome).• Delta Donnie: 6; Tacky Jacks, Fort Mor-gan.• John Brust: 6; Ms. Nancy’s LobbyLounge at Perdido Beach Resort, OrangeBeach.• Katie Rees: 5; Lucy Buffett’s LuLu’s;Gulf Shores.• Open Mic: 5:30; Tacky Jacks, GulfShores.• Bingo: 6; Tacky Jacks, Orange Beach.• Danny Grady: 3-5 p.m.; Papa Rocco's,Gulf Shores.• Mason Henderson’s Saucy Fuzz: 9; TheUndertow; Orange Beach.• Gary Story & Friends: 7; Sandshaker atThe Wharf; Orange Beach.• Scott Koehn Project: 6; OSO; Orange

Beach.• Karaoke: 7; Bar 45 at ONE CLUB, GulfShores.• Karaoke: 6; American Legion Post 44,Gulf Shores.• Tim Robinson: 5; American Legion Post99; Foley.• John Joiner & Darrel Roberts: 6; HubStacy’s, Innerarity Point.• Smokey Otis & Mark Laborde: 7; PappaRocco’s; Gulf Shores.• BBRC Running Club: 5:30 p.m.; BigBeach Brewery in Gulf Shores.• Karaoke & League Pool: 7:30; The Of-fice, Foley.• Bingo: 10 a.m.; American Legion Post99; Foley.• Open Mixed Doubles Tennis: 7:15 a.m.;all levels welcome; Gulf Shores TennisCenter.• Food Bank: 9-11 a.m every Wednesday,Perdido Bay Baptist Church, 12600 Sor-rento Rd. Pensacola; call for eligiblity re-quirements at (850) 492-2604. • Bread Ministry: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Or-ange Beach United Methodist ChurchBrook's Center.• Food Ministry For Hungry Families:noon-1 p.m.; Grace Lutheran Church, cor-ner of West 23rd Ave. and West 4th St. inGulf Shores; 251-968-5991.• Gulf Shores Lions Club: noon; 2nd &4th Wednesday; noon; Tacku Jacks GulfShores; 251-968-2823.• AA: Noon; Perdido Bay UMC WorshipCenter, 13660 Innerarity Point Rd., (In-nerarity Point) Pensacola.

THU, FEB 25• Flora-Bama Rest. Complex PossibleProbables: schedule on page 15; (includesOle River Grill & Flora-Bama Yacht Club,Flora-Bama), Perdido Key.• Flora-Bama Family Friendly Bingo: 1-4p.m.; free; family friendly; Flora-Bama;Perdido Key.• Bama Beach Pickleball Club: 9-noon;Church of Christ, 2414 West 1st St., GulfShores; (new members welcome).• Ronnie Presley: 5; Lucy Buffett’sLuLu’s; Gulf Shores.• Marcus Elizondo: noon; Splash Pool atPerdido Beach Resort, Orange Beach.• John Brust: 6; Ms. Nancy’s LobbyLounge at Perdido Beach Resort, OrangeBeach.• Lisa Zanghi & Lea Anne Creswell: 4:30;Doc’s Seafood & Steaks; Orange Beach.• Karaoke: 6; Tacky Jacks, Ft. Morgan.• Bar Trivia Night: 5; Bar 45 Lounge atONE CLUB, Gulf Shores.• Tim Roberts: 6; The Tin Top Restau-rant, Bon Secour.• RazorHawk: 6; Hub Stacey’s at thePoint; Innerarity Point.• Karaoke w. Kelly: 8; Sandshaker at TheWharf; Orange Beach.• Danny Grady: 2; Fraternal Order of Ea-gles; Foley.• Rick Whaley & Tommy Mazzulo: 6; Pur-ple Parrot Tiki Bar; Perdido Key.• HartStrings: 6:30; The Point; InnerarityPoint.• Karaoke: 9; The Undertow; OrangeBeach.

WHAT’S HAPPENING

Volunteers needed at Big Lagoon State ParkBecome a Volunteer at Big Lagoon State Park!Park Rangers at Big Lagoon State Park needadditional volunteers to assist with severalpark functions. Those working as “Big LagoonRanger Station Assistants” would help with vis-itor check-in and selling park passes andFriends of Pensacola State Parks merchandise.Other volunteers are needed as “CampgroundHost” to help keep the park campgrounds safeand trash-free, clean showers and restroomsand provide campers with information aboutcamp facilities. More information about the po-sitions is available from Big Lagoon State Parkat 850 492-1595.

Save Underdogs Perdido Plant Sale March 14The Save Underdogs Annual Community

Plants For Paws Sale will be held on Sunday,March 14 from 10 a.m. ’til 4 p.m. at the PerdidoKey Sports Bar. The fundraiser will featureheirloom, heritage and unique varieties ofherbs, flowers and vegetables from three localgrowers.Eager Beaver Recycling will also be on site

selling environmentally friendly compost, mul-tiple colors of mulch and soil. They will also betaking orders for home bulk deliveries.

Cat McCreery’s Heirloom Liberty Gardenswill be have 100 varieties of flower plants forsale. Valice Hillard has over 30 years’ experi-ence and will offer hundreds of varieties of heir-loom, preservation and unique vegetables andherb varieties. He is a collector of pepper seedsand has varieties from many countries.Slays Nursery in Elberta will be selling gor-

geous, extra-large hanging baskets, hangingferns, herbs and ornamental bedding plants. “We sought to have a fundraiser that not only

would help the dogs, but provide an enriching,sustainable event that the community will lookforward to year after year,’’ said event organizerCat McCreery.Save Underdogs is a group of volunteers dedi-

cated to rescuing, rehabilitating & re-homingover sick, injured, abused and unwanted ani-mals since 2004. More info: 850-582-8727 orsaveunderdogs.com.

BBQ & Blues March 13 at Heritage ParkThe South Baldwin Chamber Foundation’s An-

nual BBQ & Blues Cook-Off will be held on Sat-urday, March 13 in Heritage Park at theintersection of Hwy 59 & Hwy 98 in DowntownFoley. Admission is $10 per person, with chil-dren ages 10 and under admitted free.Enjoy award-winning barbeque, music from

The Defrosters, craft & retail vendors and chil-dren’s activities.More than 20 backyard division cook teams

from across the Gulf Coast will compete for thegrand championship title in the multi-sanc-tioned event. Categories are Chicken, Ribs,Boston Butts and Sauce. There is also an Any-

thing Butt category, which includes exoticitems, seafood, and desserts. The team earningthe most “People’s Choice” donations will beawarded a traveling trophy to display in theirbusiness all year. Deadline for BBQ team regis-tration is Feb. 28. Food trucks will be on-site ready to satisfy

that extra appetite. Beer, wine, soft drinks, andwater will also be for sale, along with officialevent T-shirts. All proceeds benefit the South Baldwin Cham-

ber Foundation to support thirteen local schoolsthrough programs and partnerships that enricheducation, develop leadership, and better thecommunity. Attendees are asked to wear masks, social dis-

tance while standing in line and use hand sani-tizer provided throughout the festival grounds.For more information, visit foleybbqandblues.net or Facebook

Fest Schedule11 a.m. - Magnolia Dance Company11:20 p.m. - Spearman Brewers12:30 p.m. - Grants Announced1:00 p.m. - True Blue Band2:45 p.m. - The Defrosters4:30 p.m. - Cook-off Awards

Register now for O.B. youth sand volleyballRegistration for Orange Beach Youth Sand Volleyball

continues through Feb. 26. Registration fee is $60. Di-visions include: 12U Division - Boys and girls ages 10-12 years old; 16U Division - Boys and girls ages 13-16years old. Players can find one or two partners (maleor female) in your same age group and register as ateam. Leagues are co-ed and teams can consist of anyvariation, anc coaches will be provided by Pleasure Is-land Volleyball Club.

All clinics, practices and matches will be held at theOrange Beach Sportsplex Sand Court, and practiceswill begin on March 15 and will be held on Mondays,Wednesday and Fridays at 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.Games will begin in April and will be held on Fridaynights or Saturday mornings. The season will end onMay 20.

Congratulations to the Orange Beach HighSchool cheerleaders for earning third place inthe AHSAA State Cheer Competition inBirmingham. Go Makos!




Sunset on a hazy eveningsubmitted by Shar Eckard.

Sarah Komlenic shares a picture taken just after noon on Jan. 25at Fort Morgan.

“Good morning from JohnsonBeach,’’ writes WilliamWalsh.

“It wasn’t me,’’ writes WilliamWalsh.

“What a sign of peace to seethis bowing eagle in GulfState Park on InaugurationDay,’’ writes Bunny Harlow.

Local artist/photographer Jade Cave shares photos from aroundFairhope and Orange Beach.

“Just enough of sun, colors,clouds, and fog in an OrangeBeach sunset,’’ writes FrankGirolami of Ohio.

Email your shots to [email protected]

PICTURES OF THE WEEK

“Another gorgeous sunset atThe Lighthouse,’’ writes Mar-garita Lannon.

Beautiful birds and gorgious sunset from Tammy Abner.

Courtney Gibb shares“shades and patterns on aboardwalk railing.

Sundown and sunrise onWest beach by PhillipThomas.


David Kriegler shares a fullwolf moon rising over LakeSheby’s marshland and aGulf sunrise.


Sunset in Orange Beach sub-mitted by Paul Daffe' of

From Nancy Nelson ofAnkeny, Iowa.

Sandy Kasson of ArnoldsPark, IA shares a sunsetthrough Sea ‘n Suds.

Chris Hoegh of Minneapolisshares a picture of an ar-madillo digging for food atGulf State Park.

“I am from Illinois and loving it here! Most pics are from bikingin Gulf State Park,’’ writes Kathy Richards.

Pat Thornton’s beautiful sun-set pic from Alabama Point.

Email your shots to [email protected]

PICTURES OF THE WEEK

Pelican love from Bunny Har-low.

“Taken at Perdido Key,’’writes Scott Hankins.

“Fred caught his lunch todayat Gulf Shores,’’ writes KathyFosterling of Wisconsin.

“May you always find yourlight at the end of the tun-nel,’’ writes Bunny Harlow.

Pat Thornton captures asurfer catching a wave.

“Cold sunrise,” writes DonnieCanaan.

The Grand Canyon or OrangeBeach? From Courtney Gibb.

Margarita Lannon shares“another sunset in Paradise.’’


Sharon Julian shares a shot fromThe Wharf.

“This large sand dollar washedup on West beach right in front ofus. Large ones like this are usu-ally found in broken chunkswhen washed ashore,’’ writesKathy Fosterling of Wisconsin.

Sundown on West Beachby Claudette Thomas.

“Good Sunday morning,’’writes Pat Thornton.

Bob Schraufnagel, a snowbird from Wisconsin, sharesthese great pictures.

“I literally caught a GulfShores sunset,’’ writesBunny Harlow.

From Margarita Lan-non.

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It's so cold in Alaska that some-one stabbed himself with an ici-cle and died of cold cuts andbabies are brought by penguins,not storks

••••••••••Seeing a homeless guy begging

on the street, a woman took pity

on him and gave him a handfulof change.“Thank you,” said the homeless

man. “Your generosity is muchappreciated. You know my lifeused to be great, but just look atthe state of me now.”

“How do you mean?” asked thewoman.

“Well,” he explained. “I was amulti-millionaire. I had bank ac-counts all over the world withhundreds of thousands of dollarsdeposited in each.”

“So where did it all go wrong?”she asked.

“I forgot my mother’s maidenname.”

••••••••••Customer: "Can you please cut

some canvas for me?"Me: "Certainly, what width?"Customer (confused and slightlyannoyed): "Scissors?"

••••••••••What do you call a wedding

usher in Dublin Ireland?An Irish sitter!

••••••••••A large passenger plane is on

its way across the Atlantic, whensuddenly an F-22 Raptor ap-pears.The pilot of the fighter jet slows

down and greets the pilot of thepassenger plane by radio: "Air-bus flight, a boring flight isn't it?

Take care and have a look here!" He rises rapidly to a dizzying

height, only to swoop down al-most to sea level in a breathtak-ing dive. He loops back next tothe plane and asks, "Well, howwas that?"

The airplane pilot answers:"Very impressive, but now havea look here!" The jet pilot watches the plane,but nothing happens. After fiveminutes, the plane pilot radioed,"Well, what are you saying now?"

The jet pilot asks confused:"What did you do?"

"I got up, stretched my legs,went to the back of the flight tothe bathroom, got a cup of coffeeand a cinnamon cake."

••••••••••Which part of your body is last todie?Your eyes. They dilate!

••••••••••Don’t be worried about your

smartphone or TV spying on you.Your vacuum cleaner has beencollecting dirt on you for years.

••••••••••I don’t always go the extra mile,

but when I do it’s because Imissed my exit.

••••••••••My goal for the last year was to

lose 10 pounds. Only have 14 togo.

If 2020 was a math word-prob-lem: If you’re going down a riverat 2 MPH and your canoe loses awheel, how much pancake mixwould you need to re-shingleyour roof?

••••••••••Coronacoaster ( noun): the upsand downs of a pandemic. Oneday you’re loving your bubble,doing workouts, baking cran-berry bread and going for longwalks and the next you’re crying,drinking gin for breakfast andmissing people you don’t evenlike.

••••••••••At what point can we just startusing 2020 as profanity? As in:“That’s a load of 2020.” or “Whatin the 2020.” or “abso-2020-lutely.”

••••••••••Ate salad for dinner. Mostly

croutons and tomatoes. Reallyjust one big round crouton cov-ered with tomato sauce, andcheese.

••••••••••A recent study has found

women who carry a little extraweight live longer than men whomention it.

••••••••••Kids today don't know how easy

they have it. When I was young, I had to walk nine feet through

shag carpet to change the TVchannel.

••••••••••A thief broke into my house last

night. He started searching formoney. I got up and searchedwith him.

••••••••••Marriage Counselor: Your wifesays you never buy her flowers. Me: I never knew she sold flow-ers.

••••••••••We get heavier as we get older

because there's a lot more infor-mation in our heads. That's mystory.

••••••••••A friend tried to take a selfie in

the shower, but the image wasblurry. He had selfie steam is-sues.

••••••••••A sailor didn't like anything he

saw in the mess/food line, so hejust picked up a large piece ofchocolate cake. The cook asked,"Would you like two pieces ofcake?"

The sailor said, "I'd appreciateit!"

The cook leaned over and cutthe sailor's piece of cake in half.

••••••••••My office was so small I had to

leave the room to change mymind.

Funny Bones

By Ron Jones

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Snowbird Foot Golf outing Ffeb. 20 at GlenlakesBy Lynn Wilhelm

Glenlakes Golf Club will be having foot golf outings thisyear for snowbirds and others who want to try the sport. Thegame is a fun and easy combination of both golf and soccer.Remaining dates are 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 20, and 10a.m. on Saturday, March 6. Cost is only $12 + tax. Optionalcarts are available for $13 + tax. Form your own team of four,or the pro shop will form a team for you. To sign up, call theGlenlakes pro shop at 251-955-1220.

Welcome Wednesdays at ‘BamaWelcome Wednesdays potluck lunches are back at the Flora-

Bama through March 3. The weekly lunch features livemusic, followed by drawings for goods, services and merchan-dise compliments of the Flora-Bama and local businesses.Music begins at 11 a.m. The noon buffet is $3 per person orfree for those bringing a covered dish. The Flora-Bama is lo-cated directly on the Gulf at the Florida-Alabama state line.

New Yorkers will meet Feb. 11 & 25By Frank Panczyszyn

New York Snowbirds will gather again for lunch Feb. 11 &25 at 11 a.m. at Ginny Lane. Representatives from OrangeBeach and Gulf Shores will speak on Feb. 11. For reserva-tions: [email protected].

All invited to March 2 Ancient Aviators gatheringThe Ancient Aviators social group continues (with proper

COVID precautions) the meet the first Tuesday of eachmonth at American Legion Post 44 in Gulf Shores at 8:30a.m. The next meeting is March 2. The group, formed in 2002,gives aviators and others a chance to "tell their story." A fullbreakfast is available for $6, and visitors are always welcome.Info: [email protected] or 251-990-8258.

Baldwin Heritage Museum golf outing is Feb. 23By Nancy DurginThe 9th Annual Golf Scramble to benefit the Baldwin

County Heritage Museum (BCHM) will be held on Tuesday,February 23, at the GlenLakes Golf Club. The Golf Course ison CR-20 east of the Foley Beach Expressway. ALL golfersare welcome to register/get more details with Tammy [email protected] OR by calling the Museum at (251) 986-8375. The shotgun start will be at 8:30 am with 18 holes ofgolf, raffles, silent auction and a sack lunch to round out theday. COVID guidelines will be followed.

Michigan still has golfBy Dave FergusonWhile the Michigan Club will not be meeting this Winter, we

still have golf outings. We will be golfing every Monday andWednesday until March 10. Our golf schedule can be found atthe Michigan Club website (michiganclubalabama.com). Thisyear we are welcoming all snowbirds from all the snowbirdclubs to join our golf outings. To sign up, just go to our web-site, click on the golf icon and our schedule will appear. Pickthe course that you want to play and call the coordinator forthat course and give them your name and phone number andyou will be signed up. We will also have Ladies golf. It will beevery Tuesday, weather permitting, at Gulf Links Golf Centeron 59. We will meet at 9:30 AM, with Tee times at 10. If youwould like to join or have questions please contact Sue Beachat [email protected] or phone number 231-429-0952.

Minnesota virtual meetingsBy Nancy PoferlThe Minnesota Snowbird club in Gulf Shores, Orange Beach

and surrounding area, although not meeting in person, isdoing Virtual Meetings every other Tuesday throughout theseason via Zoom. Sign up via Facebook @mnalclub or on ourwebsite www.mnal.org.

Iowa will still meet for golfBy Sue HolstIowa Snowbirds are encouraged to register on our website

Iowa-Alabamagulfcoastsnowbirds.org (no registration fees ordues are required). Club breakfasts and cocktail socials havebeen cancelled, but Iowa golfers will continue their weeklyoutings and golfers from other states are welcome. The golfschedule and sign up can be found on the website. Visit thewebsite often for updates. Plans are already being made for areturn to normalcy in 2022!

Wisconsin Synod Lutheran Sunday servicesGulf Shores area WELS/ELS members will have local churchservices with Holy Communion on February 7 & 21 at StJude by the Sea Lutheran Church, 312 E 16th Ave, GulfShores. Services will start at 4:00 with Bible class to follow.Church capacity 50 people. Reservations required for eachservice. To make reservations or for more info contact: JimDiehm, 231-598-0383, [email protected].

Senior Softball Mon. & Fri.By Arthur PresleyWe have a local men’s senior softball group, age 50 and over,and we are trying to recruit more players. We play everyMonday in Gulf Shores and Friday in Orange Beach at 10a.m. All skill level welcome. Info: 225-313-8516.

Snowbird Hootenanny Feb. 11 at Flora-BamaVisiting snowbirds are invited to the Florida-Alabama

State-Line on Thursday, February 11th for the 4th annualSnowbird Hootenanny at the Flora-Bama. The Perdido KeyArea Chamber of Commerce is excited to once again host thispopular western-themed hoe-down for their favorite winterguests. Admission for the event is only $10 per person. Thisevent will be COVID cautious, with limited tickets availablefor each of two seatings. Starting at 11 a.m. or 1 p.m., atten-dees will be welcomed into the open-air main tent stage areain the Flora-Bama. Tickets are limited and can be purchased at VisitPerdido.

com, by phone at 850-492-4660, or in person at the PerdidoKey Area Chamber of Commerce; 15500 Perdido Key Dr.Guests are encouraged to dress up in their favorite westernwear to enjoy some live pickin’-and-grinnin’ music, games anddoor prizes, followed by a delicious lunch provided by the leg-endary Flora-Bama chefs. Mask usage will be required, andsanitization stations will be set up throughout.

SNOWBIRD NEWS

SNOWBIRDS GIVING BACK: Folks on Spokes, a bi-cycle riding group and other area snowbirds held a recentfood drive at the Gulf State Park Campground to benefitthe Food Pantry of the Christian Service Center. A hugethank you to all who took part in making the event a bigsuccess. Approximately 2,000 pounds of food was collected.The Christian Service Center provides food and emergencyaid to families in need in Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, andFort Morgan. Pictured: (l to r) Lynn and Jim Burns, Rustyand Karen Robbins, Steve Benda and Donna Driver; notpictured, Andy Hendrix.

Elvis will be in the building at Jan. 13 Papa Rocco’s vow renewalPapa Rocco’s, already popular among snowbirds with Michigan-der Bill McGinnes at the helm, will host a vow renewal on Sat-urday, Jan. 13 beginning at 11 a.m. The fun event includes anofficial ceremony, fun, prizes, wedding cake and the promise offun. And as a bonus, Elvis will be in the building. Papa Rocco’s islocated two blocks from Gulf Shores Public Beach on Hwy. 59. At-tendees are asked to stop in or call register or 251-948-7262 toregister.

Free cooking classes at Rouses continue in O.B. & G.S. thru Feb.Rouses cooking classes with Chef Nino cotninue through Feb-

ruary every Friday at the supermarket chain’s locations in Or-ange Beach at 10 a.m. and Gulf Shores at 3 p.m. In addition,cooking class will be held every Saturday through February at 10a.m. in Gulf Shores. Complimentary tickets are available at thestores. The Gulf Shores store is located at 1545 Gulfshores Pkwy.and the Orange Beach store at 25405 Perdido Beach Blvd. Bothmarkets are open daily from 7 a.m. - 10 p.m.



2021 FLORA-BAMA SUPER CHILI COOK-OFFMore Pictures At Mulletwrapper.com



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