Mobile Bay o VOLUME XXXIII
N 2
FEBRUARY 2017
PUBLISHER T. J. Potts
ASSISTANT PUBLISHER
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
COPY EDITOR
STAFF WRITER
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR
ART DIRECTOR
WEB PRODUCER
M ARKETING COORDINATOR
Stephen Potts Judy Culbreth Lawren Largue Breck Pappas Chelsea Adams Marie Katz Laurie Kilpatrick Abby Parrott Maggie Lacey
ADVERTISING
SALES MANAGER
Joseph A. Hyland
Adelaide Smith McAleer
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
ADMINISTRATION CIRCULATION Anita Miller ACCOUNTING Jody Chandler
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Mallory Boykin, Emmett Burnett, Watt Key, Tom McGehee CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS
Jean Allsopp, Dan Anderson, Douglas Anderson, Major Adam Colbert, Matthew Coughlin, Todd Douglas, Summer Ennis, Adair Freeman Rutledge, Jeff and Meggan Haller, Kathy Hicks, Carol Highsmith, Wes Hodge, Fontaine Howard, Michael Mastro, Emily McBurnett, Blair Merrills, Jeff Nelson, Haertel Pritchard, Jeff Tesney, Jennie Tewell ADVERTISING AND EDITORIAL OFFICES
3729 Cottage Hill Road, Suite H Mobile, AL 36609-6500 251-473-6269 Subscription rate is $21.95 per year. Subscription inquiries and all remittances should be sent to: Mobile Bay P.O. Box 923773 Norcross, GA 30010-3773 1-855-357-3137 MOVING? Please note: U.S. Postal Service will not forward magazines mailed through their bulk mail unit. Please send old label along with your new address four to six weeks prior to moving. Mobile Bay is published 12 times per year for the Gulf Coast area. All contents © 2017 by PMT Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of the contents without written permission is prohibited. Comments written in this magazine are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the ownership or the management of Mobile Bay. This magazine accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photography or artwork. All submissions will be edited for length, clarity and style. PUBLISHED BY PMT PUBLISHING INC . 10 mobilebaymag.com | february 2017