December 2011 Tybee Breeze by Sundi Turner-Marino

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The Tybee Polar Plunge

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By Don Ernst

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It’s interesting what floats some people’s boats. The Tybee Polar Plunge came about from a challenge at a New Years Eve party at Joel and Maureen Moss’ house on 19992000. It was cold and rainy, there was some testosterone flowing, and a challenge was thrown on the floor to jump into the ocean in front of the lighthouse at noon. To the best of my recollection there were 7 people who jumped in that cold rainy day. We jumped in at exactly 12 noon using an atomic clock I had received as a Christmas present from my brother that year. Afterwards we all retired to JR Roseberry’s house for refreshments and a jump into the hot tub. I would guess that there were less than 20 folks out on the beach that morning. Fun was had by all. The next year, at the same New Years Eve party, many folks talked about the previous years plunge. There was more enthusiasm for the plunge as the weather was warm and sunny. The Polar Plunge was on. We had almost 12 people jump into the water and there had to be 20-30 people on the beach to enjoy the wackiness of the event. Funny hats and slippers were established as the official dress. JR’s party got larger and you had to wait your turn in the hot tub. The Tybee News wrote a story on the Plunge and the people who did it. Year 3 began with a little planning. Very little. A special events permit was obtained from the city which was kind enough to waive all fees. Some fliers went out to local bars and bars in Savannah. It was called an unorganized event and I was the unorganizer. The Tybee American Legion promoted the event to its members and there was a huge bump in the numbers attending. Savannah folks embraced the event and there were many folks that traveled across the marsh to participate with their Tybee brethren. Year 3 had to have about 100 people take the plunge with many extremely funny costumes and hats. We had 2 brides dressed in their wedding dresses take the plunge along with some folks from out of town show up finding the event on the internet. Somewhere in here we gained a bunch of really nice Tybeeites who volunteered to be a part of the event. We gained Goose, our conch blower who has been a part every year since and Nick, the wonder boy, who has taken care of all of our music and entertainment. Popularity is gaining. JR’s party is growing. Year 4 was amazing. Some social networking, pre Twitter and Facebook type,

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a little bit of advertising with fliers, and a couple of press releases. Polar plunge has changed from a weekend planning event to a couple of months planning event. Permits, meetings, and good clean fun. Fliers went out to all bars on Tybee and a whole bunch in Savannah and Wilmington Island, Fort Stewart was invited and promoted the event on Fort Stewart and Hunter. The American Legion promoted the event, and there are stories in the Savannah Morning News about the Plunge. I had no idea that so many folks would come out to the island. At noon on New Years day traffic was backed up from the lighthouse out to Hwy 80. Every available place to put a car was taken in the North Beach parking lot, the lighthouse grounds, people’s yards, and where ever you could stick a car. There were 3-400 people plunging with about 500 folks on the beach. Most folks dressed in costumes and funny hats and it became a family fun event that makes you smile. I made corn bags to give out as prizes for funny costumes and other hastily made up award categories. The Army Rangers came in mass and took the beach. They have the award for staying in the water the longest. No one really knows how long they stayed as we all retired to JR’s party and they were still in the water. God Bless em. We had whole families jump in and Gene Kindrick had 3 generations of his family jump. You go grampa. It was time the event had some more organization and help. Year 5 the event has outgrown the North end of the island. It cannot handle the traffic for the event so the Plunge was moved, much to the chagrin of the North Islanders, to the South end. Better parking, easier traffic flow, and a great vantage point to watch on the pier. This is where I have some regrets, but what are you going to do. The North Islanders can no longer walk to the event and JR decided not to have his after plunge party any more. I really miss the North Islanders gathering at his house post plunge and the hot toddies we all enjoyed together. We are blessed. Pam is strongly encouraging me to

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The holiday season is right on top of us, so what better time than now to talk about marketing? As most of you know, I cannot stand to listen to radio ads for car dealers where the pitch man screams. I penalize the station by turning the dial for thirty minutes per personal violation. But, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Since its inception I have been on the “do not call list.” To me this means do not call me about anything. Simple, right? Not! Just today during lunch I received two telephone calls from idiots trying to sell me internet services, phone services, and one from another nut trying to sell me condoms for life. Right after that I got a call from someone wanting Mike Elliott’s cell phone number. Do I look like 411? This morning I got an e-mail from Europe informing me that I had inherited ten million dollars from another nut, and all I needed to do was provide my social security number, date of birth, and a sperm sample. I’ve had it! The country is fourteen trillion dollars in debt and what does Congress do? Work on a bill to force TV stations to turn down the volume on commercials. Holy crap! So. I’ve been thinking about crazy advertising. There is so much out there. Where do I begin? Well, where else but OXYCLEAN? Didn’t we fight the Revolutionary War to get rid of these bad teeth freaks with those annoying British accents? Of course we did! And how can we live without the BEDAZZLER? What about that damn hair dryer in a bowl that cooks a sixteen pound frozen turkey in eight minutes. PT was right. There is a sucker born every second. But, the all time winner has to be the electric company. Can anyone tell me why the power company has to advertise? It’s not like we have a choice in who we do business with. Have you looked at your bill from these folks lately? I say they need to stop all advertising and put some of that money into funding a position for someone who will answer the phone when we call when the lights go out. I’m tired of sitting in the dark trying to fumble around looking for the account number before pressing one for English. How about you?

Thanks for letting me get this off my chest. Merry Christmas!

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By Michael D. Sullivan, Tybee Guy

CANDLE ME, CANDLE YOU… (Christmas Eve stories… we all have them. They are vocal gifts to our American sense of oral tradition. We can tell the same stories year after year and they are still new, still vibrant. It is the way we share love around a tree, a Menorah, or in a Kwanzaa celebration. I have a 30 year-old story that I love to tell about this time of year. It involved my ABC NEWS coverage role in an international happening. It was embodied into action by Lech Walesa in Gdansk, Poland. Walesa was a trade-union organizer, a human rights activist, and later Poland’s president. His political crusade was called Solidarity, a non-violent labor movement. He chose the Lenin Shipyards to stage his demonstration in Gdansk, Poland’s principal seaport. It featured the lighting of candles by hundreds of Poles to show Russia the strength of character in Polish hearts. As Walesa said, “History has taught us there is no bread without freedom.” And, “We hold our heads high; despite the price we have paid because freedom is priceless.” Each Christmas Eve since 1981, I remember. There is probably a part in us that we all share…the Tiny Tim part that Charles Dickens wrote about in A Christmas Carol. Imagine the beat to The Little Drummer Boy as Tiny Tim says, “God bless us, everyone.” And, imagine me as your Tybee granddaddy telling you this story.)

Gdansk is in Poland. That is the geographical fix. In all likelihood, Gdansk lives in a piece of us all. This piece happened on Christmas Eve, 1981. In Chicago at the ABC NEWS bureau, the day was getting put to bed early. Many of the winter storms both east and west were satellited through us as we added correspondent faces and voices to set a holiday climate mood for World News Tonight. Meanwhile in Gdansk, a new face was being sketched on independence. Lech Walesa was being seen in foreign feed video rallying ship and dock workers to strike and force an independence stance against Russia. He had no army. He had no real platform. What he brought to Gdansk that day was a concept. He called it Solidarity. And he had a candle. He called on the world that night to light it. Maria and Peter Koncheski were new to Chicago’s northwest side. They moved into a Polish enclave just days after arriving by train from Philadelphia. The couple fled Poland aboard a freighter with Peter working to fuel the ship’s boilers and Maria cleaning quarters, I met them, I guess, because Lech Walesa wanted it that way. The broadcast executives for World News Tonight were totally captivated by the image of a candle burning around the world on Christmas Eve to manifest Solidarity. That quickly awoke the network and Chicago was chosen as the story site. Only Warsaw had more Poles living there

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than Chicago. It made sense, network sense, and a geographical fix. That was when I came into the story. I was assigned to find a candle and tell a story. So, off I went walking northwest side neighborhoods with the clock ticking. I walked on packed snow up and down streets. This had to be right. No logic involved. I almost felt directed to this place in a Polish neighborhood I had never known. Suddenly, I spied what would become Maria’s hands fitting a tall, white candle into an antique copper holder in a window. I was frozen by the sight. I was staring into the front room window of an older home near an apartment complex. Lace curtains framed that candle and I sensed this picture could be the visual America could appreciate as the chosen candle. I alerted the bureau that I found something and an exhausted camera crew was diverted from Maine to join me in the mystical candle search. It was all going too fast. The piece was then scheduled as a closer to World News Tonight. I had three hours to get it done. I had Christmas Eve. I had a place to be. Piece of cake, sure. “You come making pictures in my house, my candle you say?” Maria spoke quickly after she opened her door. Peter stood behind her with pieces of bloody tissue paper attached to his just shaven face. I asked the couple if I could return with three people to shoot her lighting the candle, and then put in on national news. “Too fast, “said Maria. “It is cold and a Holy Day. First, sausage then cake pieces…and then you can make your movie. I will help. Peter can also be humming.” Dumbfounded, I slipped on ice racing to find my car. Picking up the crew at O’Hare, I told them my idea. Maria opened her door and told us she and Peter would help us only after we ate. She said it was right to think this way. So we ate; first prayers, then sausages, greens, PotatoKoncheski, and hot fruit cakes. Maria and I chose music made from a Gdansk tinkling ballerina as sound under the picture. My crew was set to shoot the candle back-lit on the snow outside the window. I envisioned a rack-focused composition timed to how the music felt to make the magic. We all gathered in the cramped living room of the home where Maria and Peter shared lodging with two other Polish families. The camera was rolling, Peter started humming a Christmas carol, and all of us, to a fault, held our breaths. It was incredibly powerful. I drove with the tape like a man possessed to the bureau with fifteen minutes to spare and quickly bulk fed the piece to New York. I told the show producers where to edit and sync, dictated the lead-in to the video, and waited. I sat in Chicago knowing the piece was going to air, and I sat there not knowing how it would be seen. As a producer, I knew I did it justice in just thirty-five seconds of a candle, a tinkling ballerina, a soft voice-over for the anchor leading to full natural sound, pictures fading and glowing through the candle’s flame, and the melodic humming from Peter. As it ended, the tape dissolved to anchor Frank Reynolds. He said nothing, bowed his head, and said goodnight. And yet the entire world could react. The Tybee Breeze

Chicago bureau sat stone silent. Hardened veterans, some softly crying, all of us feeling something, together. And for that moment we would never forget. We all knew what it took to get done. “Oh thank you,” said Maria. “You can make my one candle go to the world for me and Peter to Walesa. My tears can be so happy.” The phone calls started immediately. Nightline wanted an expanded piece leading to Midnight Mass at Holy Name Cathedral shot from their pew. I begged for three minutes for my correspondent and me to enlarge the piece with Gdansk reaction footage. I was told time was not an issue. I never heard that before and I never heard it again. At 2 AM, it was Good Morning America’s turn to assign us to a full cathedral piece using the sound interviews we got with Maria and Peter. And we did. In their kitchen Christmas morning, all the t v done, Maria re-heated the sausages to go with peppered eggs, waffles, pears, and a mincemeat pie. We all sat fully exhausted at the kitchen table. Not much was said. Our collective glow did all the talking. We smiled from our hearts, hugged, kissed, held hands, and parted. All we heard then was the crunching sound our boots made on the snow. (Christmas could continue now as I had presents to wrap and my children to see. I still envision the proud and determined glow in Maria’s eyes as her living testament to freedom...and the ultimate power of one candle burning. I will continue to tell this story for the rest of my life. So, light a candle on Christmas Eve and join me. To y’all in these hardened times, best of season)

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formalize the event for liability issues and the Plunge is taking on a new life. This is the last year the plunge is an unorganized event. Almost a thousand folks show up, one family from Kansas found us on the internet and showed up to take part in the whole holiday on Tybee thang, and the South end becomes the new home to the Plunge. Jumping forward to this year, #12 the Tybee Post Theater becomes the host of the Plunge with all proceeds funding repairs and operation of our new family venue, The Tybee Post Theater. Adding a little twang to the event we are attempting to break the world record of “The Largest Gathering of People Wearing Swim Caps” set in Osaka Japan in 2011 at 546 people. The Tybee Post Theater, with the help of Tybee Tourism, has purchased 2,000 swim caps. When you register for the plunge at www.tybeepolarplunge.com, people taking the plunge with get a coveted Tybee Polar Plunge t-shirt and a swim cap. The world record attempt will take place immediately before the plunge and fun will be had by all. A couple of things to take into account before you select your costumes this year. If you would not wear it in front of your mother, don’t bring it. Children are present and we want every one to have fun. There are so many people who have helped to build this annual tradition that I could not possibly list them here. Be proud, be warm, and be there. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years.

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Feeling Breezy

By Judy O’Neill

Last month we had the 10th Annual Breezy Awards where we all get to vote in different categories for “The Best of Tybee.” First, my sincere THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for voting for me for Best Local Columnist. After ten years of writing for the Breeze, I was beginning to feel a little tired and uninspired, but now, I’m ready for another ten years. Thanks to you. The awards are always a “hoot.” If you’ve ever been to the actual presentation ceremony (we use that term lightly), then you know of what I speak. If you’ve never been...well, all I can say is that you’ve missed an entertainment soiree (we also use that term lightly) unequalled anywhere else on the planet. We take most things lightly at the Breeze anyway. Remember, it’s an ENTERTAINMENT magazine. Even during election years. You can see the first place award winners in the November issue of the Breeze. But I think some of you might enjoy hearing about the runners-up and the also rans and the funny comments you don’t get to see or hear unless you attend the awards function. Best Local Politician 2nd place winner was Wanda Doyle. One of the many comments was “There are none.” Second place for Best Police Officer was Hodad and the best comment for best police officer was “The one that lets me go!” Best Tourist Attraction got some funny comments. The second place winner was Fannie’s Bored Meeting. One person wrote in Roma for best attraction; another put the big chair (that Roma sits in) in front of Fannies-on-theBeach. I myself have witnessed a multitude of tourists stopping to pose with Roma and her giant chair. A few folks voted for Tybee Court being a tourist attraction. I look at that more as a night of entertainment for all of us locals. And that was followed by a comment about the Best Place to Stay on Tybee...the Tybee Jail. Best Island Character was Roma (again) with 2nd place going to T. O. Wilson. Some people just wrote in “The old Lady at Fannie’s.” Sorry Roma. We know you’re not old...I’m just quoting here. We gave those votes to Roma since no one else wanted to claim that title. (By the way, December 1 begins the 30 Days of Roma...it’s her birthday month.) Second place for Best Delivery Service went to the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department. I have no comments there. So far, I’ve never had a pick up or delivery from them. Thank goodness. Sundae Café got enough votes for honorable mention for Best Sunday Brunch. Oddly enough, they’re closed on Sundays. Hey, it’s Tybee. We don’t always know what day it is.

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One vote in the bar scene for best Jell-O shots was “green.” And a best burger vote that I liked was frozen Bubba Burger from IGA. Best happy hour comments were “my dock” and “my porch.” (Invite me over, please.) One of my old Beach Bum friends who shall remain nameless (Jack Boylston) posted on Facebook some of the best “Categories We Forgot” suggestions: Ugliest Car; Village Idiot; Worst Kept Yard; Most DUI’s; Worst Restrooms; and Most Wet Parade. Those made me start thinking along those lines and I think we should add these: Most Frequent Facebook Poster; Most Frequently Misplaced Bike; Biggest Whiner; Best Place to Hide from Your Girl/Boyfriend (or both); Best Excuse for Coming Home Late; Person I’d Most Like to Slap; Longest Stop Light. Speaking of longest stoplight. I vote for the one at Campbell and 80. I sat there long enough one day recently to come up with at least two creative ways I could get around the light. And, I might add, I was the ONLY ONE at the light in either direction. Sit there a couple of times and you’ll figure them out too. Now that we have fewer tourists, can we shorten that wait a bit? Anyway. The Breezy Awards are over for another year. In the meantime, keep reading the Breeze and, again, BEAUCOUP thanks for voting for me! Judy O’Neill has written for the Breeze for the past eight years. She was named “Best Local Columnist” at the 2011, 2008 and 2006 Breezy Awards and “Best Local Real Estate Agent” at the 2005 Awards. Judy and her husband John have lived on Tybee since 1983 and own Tybee Island Realty. She can be reached for comment at tybeechick@aol.com.

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from Europe informing me that I had inherited ten million dollars from another nut, and all I needed to do was provide my social security number, date of birth, and a sperm sample. I’ve had it! The country is fourteen trillion dollars in debt and what does Congress do? Work on a bill to force TV stations to turn down the volume on commercials. Holy crap! So. I’ve been thinking about crazy advertising. There is so much out there. Where do I begin? Well, where else but OXY-CLEAN? Didn’t we fight the Revolutionary War to get rid of these bad teeth freaks with those annoying British accents? Of course we did! And how can we live without the BEDAZZLER? What about that damn hair dryer in a bowl that cooks a sixteen pound frozen turkey in eight minutes. PT was right. There is a sucker born every second. But, the all time winner has to be the electric company. Can anyone tell me why the power company has to advertise? It’s not like we have a choice in who we do business with. Have you looked at your bill from these folks lately? I say they need to stop all advertising and put some of that money into funding a position for someone who will answer the phone when we call when the lights go out. I’m tired of sitting in the dark trying to fumble around looking for the account number before pressing one for English. How about you? Thanks for letting me get this off my chest. Merry Christmas!

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“Midnight on the Beach of Good Intentions” Hey Brother Carl, what do you think about the election results for Tybee’s Mayor and City Council this year…? Well James I didn’t have a dog in that fight, but I am happy when I look down there to see that most of the candidates’ signs, littering the roadways and yards for weeks, have been picked up. I seem to remember, before joining me up here, that you were very passionate about the politics, planning, zoning and property rights issues on Tybee. Yes, before moving on to my heavenly reward, I saw a lot of changes on Tybee, some for the better and some were troubling, but now it’s up to the kids and grandkids to sort it all out. Life on Tybee fifty-five years ago was a lot simpler, safer, less congested and unregulated than it is today. The decaying gun batteries of Fort Screven were the jungle gyms for our kids, not a keep off sign to be seen. Front doors were never locked and on Halloween the kids had full run of the Island without any of the fears that have reduced it to a single street event. You know James one of my favorite Tybee holiday memories were the New Years bon fires. Starting soon after the Thanksgiving Day BC and SHS football classic the dads or older boys would load up the neighborhood kids in the pickup trucks and start collecting yard debris, old furniture, scrap wood, anything that would burn, left at the curb by our neighbors. Then with the full knowledge of our fellow citizens, authorities, police and firemen, the bigger kids would (in the open fields and dunes of what is now where the Lighthouse Point Condos and Captains View subdivisions are located) construct a New Years Eve bon fire structure larger than any building on Tybee and at midnight light it on fire…! Yeah Carl, I remember those Tybee bon fires, we could see them all the way from my fishing camp on Daufuskie Island. Talk about changes, I’m just glad that a bridge was never built over to Daufuskie or by now it would probably have houses and condos built on every available lot, pretty much like Tybee. Well you know James that I am a champion of individual property rights, but making Daufuskie easily accessible by car would certainly have increased the potential for more development of the Island. As I said earlier James, the kids and grandkids have to sort it out now, but maybe we can whisper a few things in their ears as they sleep…? I know that they have much more centralized government interference than we did, but they may not realize the extent and nature of these restrictions and regulations that affect their personal lives and property rights. Our children’s and their children’s generation could ride their bicycles without helmets; ride in cars No One Covers Tybee Like The Breeze

and trucks with no seatbelts or infant car seats. Today, these things are all mandated and citizens are subject to arrest for non-compliance with these and many other government regulations. That is not saying that these items may have not have increased the safety of the population in general, it’s just that the forced implementation and blind acceptance of a “we know better than you, what’s good for you, government mentality”, if not thoughtfully considered can possibly lead the elected and appointed officials into limiting your personal or property rights to advance their own agenda of “good intentions”. For example (you know we hear everything up here in the Cloud) at a recent Tybee City Council meeting I distinctly heard serious discussions, by City Officials, about whether “they” should allow the use of white rocks and pine straw in landscaping on private property. Planning and Zoning ordinances, at their best, should only address uses and scale appropriate to neighborhoods and districts. Never should “they” (as public servants) attempt to use zoning regulations to impose, on the citizen-property-owners, the architectural character, finishes, landscaping, etc. that “they” determine is appropriate for private property. Tybee is a unique community due the diversity of its people and the organic architecture/land use that has evolved over the years through their individual decisions and personal expression. Each citizen should be vigilant to protect their property rights from the imposition of others’ “good intentions”…! Remember: “If you’re lucky enough to live on Tybee, you’re lucky enough…! Tommy Thompson, a licensed real estate salesman in GA, a real estate development consultant and photographer, lives on Tybee Island. You can follow Tommy on his blog “the view from the beach” at: http://thompsonatlantic.blogspot. com. Email: thomasfstop@gmail.com

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Happy Holidays Tybee Island! It’s hard to believe that the holiday season is upon us and our next Tybee Breeze article will be in January 2012! Be sure to visit TybeeForTheHolidays.com to check out all the Tybee Island holiday happenings and special offers! At the October 27th City Council meeting, Lindsay and Vicky presented the Tybee Island Tourism Council’s quarterly update. Highlights included very positive stats for our website TybeeVisit. com! For third quarter 2011 we had 88,134 unique visitors compared to 66,963 for third quarter 2010 which resulted in a 32% increase year to year! Our Tybee Island, Georgia Facebook page is doing well with 98,372 likes and our new long form Tybee video had received over 10,000 views on YouTube as of the end of October. In an effort to continue building

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our video library we are working on vignettes for: Tybee Events, Eco-tourism and Accommodations. Our new Tybee Island Vacation Planner is here and we are very excited about it! The look is clean, bright and fresh with a lot of great information to help our visitors plan their next vacation to Tybee Island! Enhanced listings were available for an additional charge to create better exposure for businesses. The new vacation planner includes new cover art as well as an expanded listing directory and calendar of events. Due to the high demand we also increased our print quantity from 175,000 to 250,000. The Tybee Island Tourism Council had a great booth at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Savannah Marathon EXPO! We had a lot of people come by that were not only staying on Tybee, but were very interested in staying here for next year’s event! Many folks that came in on Thursday were coming out here on Friday to explore Tybee before Saturday’s race. After the success of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon, we’re sure that we’ll see an increase in overnight visitation again for the 2012 race weekend! Vicky represented the TITC at the National Girl Scout Convention held in Houston. The convention was fantastic, and get ready because the Girl Scouts will be here in 2012 for the 100th anniversary! The Savannah booth at the Girl Scout Convention stayed busy every minute! We had numerous leaders who have brought troops here before and they love Tybee Island! There were also several troops that have already booked accommodations here for 2012. November also took Vicky to the Southeast Tourism Society Fall meeting to hear how the tourism industry has performed for the other 11 Southeastern states and what the tourism trends will be in 2012. We are very fortunate to live in the Southeast because it is the most visited area of the country not only domestically but internationally. Next year looks to bring again more family vacations, reunions, girl and guy getaways, along with school and church groups. Please contact us with any questions or concerns. Have a great Tybee day! Lindsay Fruchtl - Lindsay@TybeeVisit.com Vicky Buck - Vbuck@TybeeVisit.com No One Covers Tybee Like The Breeze

Neighborhood Watch By Alaina Loughridge Do you know your neighbors? I know the ones to the left, but have no clue what the ones across the street look like, or the ones behind me, or the ones kitty corner from me. I have a pretty general idea of what everyone drives and that the neighbor’s kitty corner from me have entirely too many cats. Oh and there are a couple of vacation rentals around and God only knows who is supposed to be hanging out there. What to do? I know I want my neighbors watching my house when I’m out and about. We are a pretty safe and friendly island, but still. These things happen and I don’t want it happening to me. You probably like your stuff too. Well thanks to the Tybee Island Police Department, we are looking at a plan of action. I sat down with Lieutenant Jason Heckman and got the low down on a new Neighborhood Watch program that the P.D. is instigating. Tybee is going to be divided into 12 sections 11 residential and one business. Beginning over the next month, you will be contacted by the officer assigned to your section to coordinate a meeting for your area. This is your opportunity to get together with your neighbors and discuss your concerns, ask your questions, and actually look your neighbors in the eyeball (hopefully, most of you like your neighbors). The idea is to promote community relations, open some solid lines of communication with the police department (we get our very own liaison – extremely cool), disseminate important information (i.e., the good info from the crap), address public concerns, provide public education, and most importantly crime prevention. This is not a political opportunity for you to complain about the State of the Union, the City Council or the fact that you drank too much the night before. What this is is an opportunity to resolve issues before they become bigger issues. To get to know your neighbor, so you recognize somebody who doesn’t belong in their garage. To get to know your police department and know that they are here for us. The police department is not just here to write tickets and to arrest people. They are here to serve us – the community to the best of their ability. They need our help to help us. If you are over the age of ten, you are probably aware that every ‘hood’ is different. We all have different problems. You living on beachfront property? Well you got a whole set of issues that are different from someone living near the corner of Tybrisa and Butler, and their problems are going to be hugely different from someone living on the corner of 12th and 5th. Know what I mean jellybean? So, we get our own liaison to help us deal with our own separate issues. This means better access to someone you have actually met and can help you or at least direct you properly. For the 12 officers allotted to their areas (check map for your liaison), there will be three supervisors: Lt. Jason Heckman (also main coordinator), Lt. Joel Fobes and Sgt. Bruce Saunders to ensure that all goes smoothly

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and we operate like the big island family that we are. One of the many perks of this program too, is an opportunity to learn crime prevention techniques, and attend free C.P.R. classes as well as self defense classes (for children too). I could certainly do with some self defense classes. I smoke entirely too much and any self respecting axe murderer would surely chase me down in short order. Nice to know I can learn to kick a little ass and know my neighbors got my back to kick said ass with me. At least I will recognize them and know they are here to help. I got your back. You got mine. You should be hearing from your officer liaison before December. If you do not hear from your officer in a timely fashion, or if you have questions regarding this program, please contact Lt. Jason Heckman at 786-5600 or check out the Tybee Island Police Department’s FaceBook page. No better way to prevent a problem than to solve it before it starts. Neighborhood Zone 1 19th St., North to 14th St. Strand Ave. & Beachfront, West to Chatham Ave. Assigned to: Officer Emory Randolph Neighborhood Zone 2 14th St., North to 10th St. Butler Ave., West to Furthest Point Assigned to: Officer Abbie Gottschall Neighborhood Zone 3 10th St., North to 7th St. Butler Ave., West to Furthest Point Assigned to: SPO Brett Sterrett Neighborhood Zone 4 Beachside Streets from 14th St., North to 7th St. Assigned to: Corporal Andy Capps Neighborhood Zone 5 7th St., North to 3rd St. Butler Ave., West to Furthest Point Assigned to: SPO Dustin Mcalin Neighborhood Zone 6 Beachside Streets 7th St., North to 3rd St. Assigned to: Corporal Charles Powers Neighborhood Zone 7 3rd St., North to 1st Ave. Butler Ave., West to 6th Ave. North Assigned to: SPO John Kunego Neighborhood Zone 8 Lewis Ave., South Campbell & Eagles Nest Assigned to: Lieutenant Tiffany Desautels Neighborhood Zone 9 East Van Horn Dr., From 2nd Ave. to Lighthouse Point Condos Assigned to: Officer Matthew Wilhoite Neighborhood Zone 10 6th Ave. North, North to Captain’s Row, and West to Polk St. Assigned to: SPO Kurt Hague Neighborhood Zone 11 All Business on the Island Assigned to: Officer Erica Coreno Neighborhood Zone 12 Administration and Assistance to All Neighborhood Assignments Assigned to: Lieutenant Jason Heckman, Lieutenant Joseph Fobes & Sergeant Bruce Saunders Tybee Breeze

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December is here and the joy of the season can be seen and felt as you walk and / or petal around Tybee. Tybee for the Holidays kicked off on Thanksgiving Day and continues through New Year’s Day (Polar Plunge Day!). Kicking off the first weekend of December is the annual LIGHTS ON FOR TYBEE Friday night in downtown Tybee with singing, dancing and surprises! Then, on Saturday, the TYBEE ISLAND CHRISTMAS PARADE with special guests from the North Pole participating and spending time at the YMCA with the kids immediately after the parade. This year, the Park of Seven Flags is being transformed into the PARK OF GIVING the first weekend of December. Share the spirit of the season by giving back and spreading joy to others by bringing donation items to the park for Tybee’s Rising TYde Food Pantry, the Milton Project, Toys for Tots, and the Mayors Motorcade beginning Lights on for Tybee night throughout the weekend in conjunction with the Holiday Shop-n-Stroll and the Parade. Speaking of the Holiday Shop-n-Stroll…over 20 businesses are participating in this year’s weekend of fun – December 3 – 4! When you shop locally, you support your community and our small / family owned businesses that help fuel the economy. Each participating location has something special for you when you stop by. Shop-n-Stroll maps listing participants and specials will be available where you see the Shopn-Stroll signs. On Saturday, you will receive a raffle ticket with purchases in order to register for prizes at the end of the day by the campfire at Doyle Landscaping. Enjoy and good luck!! There are plenty of ways to enjoy your home for the holidays, such as a Floating Parade, Candlelit Tours and / or looking at the beautiful decorations around the island. Tybeefortheholidays.com is your one stop site for information about holiday dining, activities and other festive updates. Thank you to all the BHT committee members, volunteers, residents, and merchants that have helped make Tybee for the Holidays even brighter this year. Until next month, here’s to you and the nostalgia of Tybee! Chantel ~ 912.786-4573, ext. 123 cmorton@cityoftybee.org

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October - November Oct 21 - Kayak flipped over - Operator was never seen again. Mission Type: Scramble Witnesses on the beach alerted authorities and we were part of a “Multi unit response.” The call also had the Fire Dept Rescue Boat responding as the people began arriving both at the fire Station and Chimney Creek it was over before it started. Police Officers (and maybe the Fire Chief) on the Scene, informed us that the occupant had delivered the Kayak to King Neptune and had swam in. (Now telling them their story) Unable to get back in, (the Kayak)and COLD… they went with self-preservation. Warmed and checked out by the folks on the beach,… we “stood down” never having got under way. It’s Camping season again!!!

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We want to thank everyone for your continued support of our wedding chapel and special events facility. We have several “firsts” for the chapel. Our first Christmas party is in the works. The chapel staff is really excited about hosting our first business Christmas party for a large company! Speaking of which, we would certainly appreciate your considering or suggesting our venue for a Christmas party during the holiday season. This will bring business to our town in so many ways. Our first Chef’s in the Chapel dinner was a success on November 13 with a 7 course dinner paired with 7 wines featuring 7 chefs from here and Atlanta. We started with Crepe a Diem’s fabulous crepe sushi by Brittney Blackshear, then Libbie Summers, cookbook author created our next course, followed by North Beach Grill’s salad with Chef Mir Ali it was incredible, then a butternut squash soup by Chef Jay Anderson or Straton Hall Events, Chef Roberto of Leoci’s downtown made a ravioli that was amazing, then Chef Ron Eyester of Rosebud in Atlanta wowed us with his tuna dish, finished by a perfect dessert from Chef’s Anna and Chris Gatti of Canvas in Marietta. The night was magical and our guests fell in love with our Chapel in the glow of the candlelight, music and incredible cuisine. Many exciting plans are in the works for unique events to be held at the Chapel. It’s a very wonderful for us to see how people are embracing the venue and all its possibilities. In attendance were meeting planners, media from our region and corporate sponsors considering Tybee Island as a destination for their events and meetings in 2012. As always, George from the North Beach Grill was such a great help in many aspects of the event. Our special thanks to Stacy Bass and Jay Anderson, owners of Straton Hall in Brunswick, for their beautiful farm chic autumnal decor. Everyone commented all night on the many loving details in their overall design. You may recall that they decorated the pulpit area of the chapel for the Grand Opening in August as “picnic posh” along with Sebrell Smith Events. The Gypsy Faire Tent lit up at night as so was beautiful, as well. So far we have hosted over 27 weddings and receptions. Ray Anaya, our Director of Events is doing a wonderful job as are Carla Michael and Kim Dorsey, his assistants.

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Breakfast. We enjoyed gourmet food to start each day and the conversations were always enjoyable. Our room was beautiful and had one of the most comfortable beds for sleeping soundly. Tybee Island is quiet, peaceful, and relaxing to explore the fabulous sights on the island. Five stars for Susie and Stuart for being such gracious and classy representatives of Southern Hospitality!! Peter and Joann, Philadelphia, PA Thank you Susie and Stuart, you made our wedding day wonderful. We could not have done it without you. It was a dream come true. Cheryl and John, Annapolis, MD Our stay on Tybee met all our expectations. We Midwesterners loved the beach and were grateful for your warm southern hospitality. Breakfasts were great and a special memory will be the “peeping tom.” (Cat) Bruce and Elaine, Chicago, IL

Fall is in the air and winter is right around the corner. Tybee is back to normal after a busy summer. Our guests continue to arrive from states that have already received snow this year and love our beautiful sunny warm weather without the humidity. All comment on the laid back friendly attitude of the people who live here. They come to relax and enjoy our unhurried life on Tybee and are amazed when we tell them this is normal for us.

Thank you for helping to make our 25th anniversary a memorable and special event. We so enjoyed relaxing and being on “Tybee Time.” There are two prerequisites for a bed & breakfast – the bed, super comfy, and the breakfast, southern & delicious. – but it takes more to make it special. You opened your home and treated us like family come to visit a favorite aunt and uncle. We had a wonderful time and hope to be back soon. John & Edye, Snellville, GA

Thanks to everyone on Tybee for making Tybee Island a special place to live and visit. For more information about the Lighthouse Inn and Tybee visit our web-site at www.tybeebb.com Merry Christmas. Thank you all, Susie & Stuart, Comments: We had a wonderful stay at the Lighthouse Lighthouse Inn ~ 912 786-0901 Inn. Susie and Stuart own a cozy and welcoming Bed and

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1910 Census Council’s last meeting of 1909 was held on August 4. It was a very short one. “Councilman Palmer presented a petition from the lot owners on Chatham Ave South East of Inlet Ave that the present location of Alley Number One be changed slightly to conform to a blue print submitted showing certain changes in the present boundary lines of the various lots shown thereon in the boundary lines of Alley One to run more south than at present. On motion of Councilman Dixon Seconded by Councilman Kehoe, it was ordered that the boundary lines of Alley One be changed to conform with the blue print submitted and that the width of Alley One be seventy five feet.” [See my article in last July’s issue for more discussion on Tybee’s three alleys.] The Aug 4, 1909 meeting concluded with: “The Mayor appointed Councilmen Palmer, Stillwell and Kehoe a Committee to try and have the Central of Georgia reduce the present freight rates from Savannah to Tybee on various articles.” Before moving to the Town of Tybee’s business for 1910, I thought it would be interesting to see who was living on Tybee. Recall from a previous article that the 1890 national census was lost in a fire. My article in the Breeze edition of Feb., 2010, reported on the 129 year-round residents on Tybee as recorded by the 1900 census. The record from that census for Tybee was very good in that it treated Tybee as a separate population unit – as was the case for Fort Screven as well. Unfortunately, the 1910 census got complicated with the way the Tybee people got lumped in with militia districts and Savannah wards, or so my brother Jamie, a genealogical scholar, tried to explain to me. With considerable effort, or so he tells me, he plucked the Tybee people out of the various population mixes. That said, I make no claim as to the accuracy of the following. Rather than providing details on the people like I did for the 1900 census, I will list the last names only. Anyone who would like more info (first names, age, place of origin, gender, race, and family relationship) should send me an email. A parenthetical number by the last name indicates a person by that same name living in a separate house. Family Names of People Living within the Tybee Town Limits in 1910: ALTMAN, BARNES, BENTLY,

MAXWELL, MCCARTHY, MCDONALD, MCFADDEN, MEITZLER, MESSENGE, MILLER, MITCHELL (2), MOBLEY, MURRY, NAYLOR, NESBIT, PAYNE, PEZEL, PRENITZER, REYNOLDS (2), RIVERS, ROBINSON, ROWLAND, RUFF, SALERS, SEARGE, SHART, SIMS, SMITH (3), SMOYER, SULVESTER, SUTTON, THOMAS, WALKER (2), WARICK, WARNER, WEATHERS, WELCH, WILEY, WILLIAMS, WILSON (2), WOODS.

In all, the 1910 census recorded 235 souls living in the Town of Tybee. Of these, 128 were white, 99 were black, and 8 were mulatos. This compares with the 1900 census which recorded 129 total residents, of which 90 were white and 39 were black. Thus, during the first decade of the 20th century, Tybee’s population increased 82%. The 1910 census also recorded 552 people residing at Fort Screven. Politically speaking, 1910 was yet another exciting election year on Tybee. So stay tuned. Bernie Goode has been writing for the Breeze for four years. Readers with questions or comments are encouraged to write Bernie at berniegoode@gmail.com

BERGMAN, BRANTLY, BRAUM, BRIGHAM, BRYAN, BURNETTE, BYERS, BYRUM, CAMPBELL (2), CAPERS, CARTER (2), CAVALLO, CHITTY, CONNER, COOPER (2), CRAWFORD, CURRY, DELARGE, DELSOMYE, EVANS, FIGGERS, FITZGERALD, FLOOD, GENTHUM, GIBSON, GLAVER, GRAHAM (3), GRANT, GROGAN, GUARDEAN, HAMILTON (2), HENDERSON, HORTON, HUNTER, JENKINS, JOHNSON (3), JONES (2), KELLY, KING, KRAUSKOPF, LALES, LANE, LAPORTE, LIGHTBODY, LUCKE, LUIS, LUTEN, MALLARD, MANN, MARSH, MARTIN,

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News from the Tybee Island Post Office Many thanks to everyone who participated in our holiday project for our men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have been sending the packages to 4 different Chaplains in 4 separate locations. In the first group of packages, which were basic personal care items that we all use on a daily basis, we sent 24 packages, totaling 280 pounds. In the second group, which was mostly goodies and food items, we sent 11 packages totaling 89 pounds. Thanks to the postage donations from the community, individuals and businesses, we have enough stamps to mail two more boxes and we will do that shortly. I am aware of a few ladies who are baking holiday cookies and breads. My guys and I will make sure two additional packages are sent so each location will get a box of home-baked goodies.

Tybee Branch Library 405 Butler Avenue, Tybee Island Phone: 912-786-7733 Fax: 912-786-7734 Hours: Mondays, Fridays & Saturdays 2-6; Tuesdays 10-8; Wednesdays 10-6 Branch Manager: Laurel Beecher Powers Check out the new arrivals at your Tybee Branch of Live Oak Public Libraries: Fiction

I want to thank Brooke and all of the Savannah Bank locations for their participation. They had jeans day where employees could pay $5 and wear jeans. A lot of those folks WANTED to wear jeans and Brooke collected quite a bit of money that took her on a great shopping spree for snacks. Thank you very much.

“The Battle of the Crater,” by Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen “Devil’s Gate,” by Clive Cussler “Dollhouse,” by Kim Kourtney & Khloe Kardashian “The Drop,” by Michael Connelly “Explosive Eighteen,” by Janet Evanovich “The Family Business,” by Carl Weber Happy holidays to all of you, our wonderful customers. It “Kill Alex Cross,” by James Patterson is no secret that we, at the Tybee Post Office, love and appreciate the community we have the honor of working in. “Micro,” by Michael Crighton & Richard Preston “Red Mist,” by Patricia Cornwell David will be spending a lot of time working in Bluffton so “The Scottish Prisoner,” by Diana Gabaldon you’ll be stuck with Don and me most of the time. We love “Soft Target,” by Stephen Hunter the Christmas season! For some reason, people always “Three-Day Town,” by Margaret Maron assume that we dread the Christmas season. Nothing “V is for Vengeance,” by Sue Grafton could be further from the truth in this office. I guess it has to do with our customers and the fun we have with you during the holidays.

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For those of you mailing packages please don’t wait until the last minute. Priority mail has a great service record and is usually delivered in two to three days. Bad weather, closed airports and a host of other explanations can cause a delay. Mail early.

“Betty and Friends,” by Betty White “Core of Conviction,” by Michele Bachmann “The Garner Files,” by James Garner “How I Got This Way,” by Regis Philbin Remember …. Priority Flat Rate boxes are a great value if “I Didn’t Ask to Be Born,” by Bill Cosby you’re mailing something ‘heavy’. It may not be beneficial “My Friend Michael,” by Frank Cascio to use Flat Rate boxes if you’re mailing something light, like “The New New Rules,” by Bill Maher a sweater. Let us check the rates for you and help you use “No Higher Honor,” by Condoleeza Rice the boxes or envelopes most beneficial to you. Please use “The Operators,” by Michael Hastings Delivery Confirmation. That’s the best thing going. It’s only “Shaq Uncut,” by Shaquille O’Neal 70 cents and you can see where your package is from the “Shockaholic,” by Carrie Fisher time it leaves Tybee until it’s delivered. “Spontaneous Happiness,” by Andrew Weil Thank you again for being such a wonderful community! “Then Again,” by Diane Keaton We appreciate you so much.

PS Terry Berry says hello and he misses everyone.

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Dear Fran, On a recent excursion to Fort Pulaski, I noticed that there are some really nice trees over there that would look magnificent with Christmas decorations all over them. I’m thinking of hosting a trim the trees party and get some folk to help me decorate them. Will I need a permit from anyone? Got the spirit, Holly O’Berry Dear Holly, STOP! If you have the urge to decorate, come over to my house and I’ll give you free rein to deck my halls. Otherwise, you’re going to get in BIG trouble and spend Christmas in the Big House. And instead of buying you presents, your friends will be raising bail money. Hold it Holly! Fran

the appetizer menu but we’re always frustrated that most of our favorites like Coconut Shrimp and Oysters Rockefeller have only FIVE of whatever it is per order. How are we supposed to split that up evenly? Why don’t restaurants just put an EVEN number of the little goodies in a serving? That would make a lot more sense. Hell, if they’re worried about the money, they can just charge like 50 cents more. Hungry and grumpy, Deen Paul Dear Deen, I absolutely agree with you. Fred and I feel the same when we want to just try appetizers. So, restaurant owners, what’s up with that? Can’t we have SIX? Or at least an even number of everything so we don’t end up fighting over the last shrimp? Looking for an answer, Fran

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL YOU BREEZE Dear Fran, READERS FROM FRAN AND FRED! I am so embarrassed that I had to tell someone You can write me anytime you like about this. I went to get the real, fake, pre-lit tree out of the attic and start decorating and I couldn’t at FranVanFlanders@aol.com find it. You won’t believe this, but it was still up from last year and everybody had been using that tree as a coat and hat rack. Can you believe that? Merry Bell Dear Merry, I won’t tell a soul. If anyone in the family comments, just say you were being decoratively creative and planning ahead to save time this year when it was time to decorate. Don’t apologize. Take credit for a great idea! Happy Decorating, Fran Dear Fran, I really want some diamond earrings for Christmas. I’ve been hinting to hubby about what I want, but I don’t think he’s listening. How can I get the message across to him? Diamonds are forever, Crystal Sparks Dear Crystal, Let me help. ATTENTION ALL HUSBANDS! GIVE YOUR WIFE DIAMOND EARRINGS FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR. (Fred Van Flanders, this means you, too.) Let me know if it works, Fran Dear Fran, When my wife and I go out to eat, we enjoy trying No One Covers Tybee Like The Breeze

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By Julia Pearce Recently re-elected Mayor, Jason Buelterman, S h i r l e y Sessions, b e l o v e d politician, and Jodee Sadowsky, owner of world famous Breakfast Club, were guest judges for the sold out show Tybee’s Got Talent. Tybee’s sweetheart, Glory Padgett, returned for the weekend from College to win 1st Place in Tybee’s got Talent Show. Merri Kaye turned 40. What a celebration it was; it lasted for days! This photo was taken the day after. Merri Kaye and Donna are still standing. The Weekend will go down in Tybee’s party history; and that is hard to do. Owners of Dolphin T o u r s , Iris and Mike Scarbrough are celebrating 36 years of marriage. The Breeze joins the community in wishing them continued happiness. They have recently purchased a handicap friendly boat. Ann Bond and John Hunter remain in Tybee’s most sophisticated long-term relationship; characterized by duel outstanding individual professional achievement and mutual respect. Ann will retire soon. Will the relationship survive increased togetherness? Patrick O’ Kane worked for John Hunter at the Hunter House years ago. He will be missed by all. A service will be held on Saturday, December 10, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. at St. Michael’s Church, Tybee Island, followed by a reception at the American Legion Hall. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests donations be made to St. Michael’s Church. Speaking of John Hunter, Karen Kelley, who now owns the old Hunter House, has shattered her heel and lower leg while working to convert the Tybee landmark into a B&B. Let’s wish her a speedy recovery.

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Karen has been hands on during the restoration. Diane is wishing all residents a peaceful safe holiday season. Diane holds the city manager record for time on the job. Some people think she is the anti-Christ. In the past Tybee changed city managers like Liz Taylor changed husbands. Stan Ray is a new Tybee resident. Stan is a talented songwriter and performer. He is co-founder of the songwriter series. He and folks of like talent will be playing at Doc’s every 2nd Sunday at 6pm. M a r k R o b i n s o n , owner of Hall of Frames, Carolyn, store assistant, and Nancy Heffernan, professional photographer, wish to thank everyone for their continued support. Remember the Atlantic Beacon Gallery/Hall of Frames and other local businesses for your holiday needs. Mary Kay, Brenda, Catherine, Adele, Genevieve and Phyllis are the ladies of St. Michael’s Thrift shop. It is one of the best places to buy Christmas gifts. What a powerful community ministry they perform. Spokeswoman, Genevieve, says everything in the thrift shop is donated by Tybee residents, most items are gently used-some items never used. People in need are not turned away and the thrift shop does not require an application to give charity. Hours of operation Wed, Fri, Sat 10am-noon. Mimi & Captain Harvey Ferrelle wish everyone Happy Holidays. They are grateful to live on beautiful Tybee Island and for the abundant love they share together. Remember Captain Harvey for your boating needs. Let us hope the weather remains conducive to water sport. We went to see the popo (slang for police). They hosted a community neighborhood watch meet and greet. All residents have an officer assigned to their zone. Call the police dept at 786-5600 to find out who is your Sr. Patrol Officer. Our officer is SPO Maclin and he is young and cute as a button. While at the po-po, Mallory Pearce presented an oil painting of the Tybee marsh to the police department. This is Ofc. Wilhoite receiving the painting. Next time you are arrested check-it out. A Tybee gala would not be complete without Richard in his Liberace jacket. And Andy in his Obama

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Tee-shirt. Be careful Andy, they may ask you to leave. In this time of political awareness, some Tybee residents spent the day at Occupy Savannah. Then we returned to Tybee to occupy the beach. Do you k n o w our IGA butcher? His name is Matt Pearson, he faithfully cuts your meats as you request; nice guy, except for that bloody coat. J i m , Bobby and Chris were spotted drinking at the Quarter. They were having an extremely good time. Two is company and three is a party. Gordon “Batman” Varnedoe is everywhere. Savannah has a run-off for Mayor. They should choose Batman. Speaking of runoffs Tybee is making local political history with a run-off between Bill Garbett and Barry Brown. That makes us big-time. Get out and vote. Your vote will determine which one will serve 4 years. Election is December 6th. Stan and his beautiful wife Linda host a good time on Tuesdays and Thursdays nights 6pm at the American Legion. Come play, “Kiss” your neighbor. The Legion is truly Tybee’s country club. It is the place to see and be seen, and let James LaFavor tell you a joke. Tybee beware this man Julian Sipple is a gangster. He rides around Tybee on his tricycle collecting betting debts. Where is the po-po when you need them? The weather so far has been mild and wonderful. But December is bound to bring a cold snap. Call Keith & Casey high-tech c h i m n e y sweepers. They are reasonably priced and perform a quick complete, non-messy job. Nothing like Christmas Eve in front the fire. Call them at 786-5602. Lovely Twins Donna & Denise want to wish everyone a joyous holiday season and much prosperity for the New Year. Coco’s Grille is an interesting place to enjoy a meal.

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Tracy McMahon, the owner, has attracted a diverse clientele. Coco’s is the “go to” spot for lunch meetings. All Saints Church lunch buddies, Red hats Society and Land Trust meetings, have found the perfect atmosphere; maybe the Bored Meeting should make a road trip and spread the love... Keep it up Tracy. In the TybeeWorld of Ms. Julia as the year comes to an end. I wish to share with the breeze readers my pick for the Tybee Man of the Year… Rev. Sam Adams. He has changed the way many residents fellowship. Theologically, he has enters the sin cave and for a few hours each week transforms it into a spiritual throne. A place where common people feel un-judged. A church free of pretense, free of ego embellishments, free of status conscience, and lives are being changed. It averages close to 100 persons a Sunday. He is a founding member of the Tybee Food Panty. He is respected and embraced by this community and he is humble. The community of faith on Tybee Island is blessed to have Sam Adams and his organization. He truly makes Tybee a better place to live. I wish to thank the Breeze readers for your support and encouragement. My column is never intended to be mean spirited or hurtful. I appreciate the tourists and residents who read the Breeze, and the people from all over the country who come for readings and spiritual blessings while on vacation. I am open 10am-2pm Mon. & Fri. and by appointment. The house in the woods across from the YMCA. As we enjoy the Holiday season and prepare for the New Year, remember the Lord Jesus Christ seeks a relationship with us. He seeks quiet time alone with us. During this busy season don’t forget the reason. We are all sinners and God loves us anyway.

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Last month we reported that we received $2300+ from the Hair Cut A Thon. After the generous donations of many of our Tybee Citizens, the final amount is $4059.00. The support you’ve given us is fantastic! Thank you so much. The Governing Board meets monthly. The meetings are open to everyone. Please attend and become involved in helping to make a charter school on Tybee a reality. We have some information from the census. According to the census, Tybee Island has 85 children under 5 years of age and 131 between the ages of 5 and 9. This is more children than we originally thought and it does not include Spanish Hammock. In December we will begin the writing process again. We have been told that we need to send another letter of intent to the Savannah Chatham County Public School System. If you are interested in helping, please let us know. If you would like to receive email updates, please send an email to tybeeislandcharterschool@ comcast.net and we will put you on our mailing list. Also, please follow Tybee Island Charter School on Facebook.

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Experience Luxury, Oceanfront Style Fall has been beautiful on Tybee. It has been wonderful enjoying the out of doors. Lannie and I have ridden our bikes and enjoyed morning walks. Tybee has slowed down and we are trying to enjoy our leisure time with

friends. The staff of Oceanfront Cottage Rentals, LLC had so much fun meeting the Rock ‘N Roll Marathoners. They enjoyed Tybee immensely and were thrilled to be in our homes during the weekend of the run. Lannie and I recently hosted media from across the Southeast. These fun souls experienced Tybee with the kind assistance of our local restaurants and other businesses. I would like to thank Belinda and Jack for their first progressive course. They are (as always) the hosts with the most! Their seafood platters were beautiful, a special presentation of crab medallions, seafood cocktail and ribs overlooking the marsh with full moon made some wonderful memories for the media. George with North Beach Grill always shines! His kabobs and cocktails were marvelous and the band was great during the second course at his fun restaurant. George also offered his services during the chef’s dinner on Sunday at the chapel. George, you rock! Jenny Orr had custom ordered that marvelous moon overlooking the beach for the third course. Her appetizers of tuna tartar and wraps were fabulous with specialty cocktails. Even the children enjoyed their meals to great music while hanging out around the fire pit overlooking the beach. Eric at Huc-A-Poos was at his usual best. What a wonderful way to meet the locals on Tybee! Our guests certainly enjoyed his casual style of entertainment and drinks. Curtis is always willing to pitch in. He heard that we had people from out of town and offered to be the host at the end of the evening. Everyone loved the cool vibe at Social. Our guests enjoyed the homes they stayed in and many climbed the Tybee Light Station. Others were treated to a special treat by Sea Kayak of Georgia. A few went inshore charter fishing and some just went to the beach or shopping on Tybee. Overall, this media weekend was one of the best organized and well attended that we have had. All of our media guests have promised to promote Tybee in their upcoming articles, television shows and blogs. Hopefully, they will send their friends to our welcoming and beautiful island. We wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving and look forward to seeing you around Tybee. Happy holiday! Lannie and Stacye

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Take My Hand By Alaina Loughridge I bet you vodka to beer nuts you know someone with a chronic illness. If you don’t, that is a mixed blessing, because the people I know are some really fabulous individuals. They didn’t ask for it and didn’t expect it, but life is just a bowl of cherries, ain’t it? People don’t sign up for Crohn’s Disease, Huntington’s Disease, Fibromyalgia, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, to name a few amongst many others. You play with the cards you are dealt. Well, that sucks; especially if your cards don’t include insurance or disability benefits. Take My Hand is here for that person to not just survive, but to thrive and enjoy their life. Take My Hand is an organization created by Tybee people that want to help others on Tybee. It began with one individual in mind, but has branched out to include anyone that is in need. What Take My Hand is looking for is to have fundraising events throughout the year that benefit those with chronic illnesses that have no insurance and no end in sight to the endless calls from bill collectors, not to mention the price of prescriptions! It is an ugly situation and Take My Hand is here to help. However, Take My Hand cannot help without the help of Tybee. The first fundraiser will be for the benefit of a local woman with Crohn’s Disease. This disease is ugly (although which one isn’t). Crohn’s is also known as regional enteritis, and is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract, causing a wide variety of symptoms. It primarily causes abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting (can be continuous), or weight loss but may also cause complications outside the gastrointestinal tract such as skin rashes, arthritis, inflammation of the eye, tiredness, and lack of concentration. More than you wanted to know, right? Can you even imagine trying to go to work with that? Having suffered with Crohn’s for 12 years, our Tybee girl is uninsured and uninsurable. She has also been denied disability twice, but is hopeful that the third time will be the charm. In the meantime, unable to work due to this illness, surviving off her husband’s paycheck is tough. Add bill collectors blowing up the phone, attempting to avoid hospitalization unless the pain becomes too unbearable, and just trying to make it through the day without crying is not a good life to live. So on December 9th at 6:30 P.M., Take My Hand will be holding a Chili Cook Off at the Wind Rose. There is no entry fee or tasting fee, but donations are requested. Prizes will be awarded to the top three and bragging rights will be duly assigned. Simultaneously, TMH will be holding a bake sale and will be selling raffle tickets for a room at the Sea & Breeze for New Year’s Eve! Word up to that! I live on this island, but would be more than delighted to shift my butt down to a nice place like the Sea & Breeze for a night of good times and debauchery! So plan your best chili and sign up for good times and good fun that will go to a good cause. Please register (no fee) to enter your chili at

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the Wind Rose prior to the 9th. If you would like to donate a yummy in your tummy baked good, please have it at the Wind Rose no later than 5:00 P.M. on December 9th. Take My Hand is looking for others on Tybee in this position. You may nominate anyone you think is appropriate by either Facebook (Take My Hand) or writing to P.O. Box 1873, Tybee Island, GA 31328. This is a nonprofit organization. Your contributions will be tax deductible. Your heart will be too when you donate to this cause. Right now, the focus is Tybee individuals. We are a small island and need to look out for one another. The requirements are for an individual to be diagnosed with a chronic illness, uninsured and in a financial predicament. Take My Hand is planning on several other interesting and exciting fundraisers (gotta get permission from the cops first on a couple ideas!). A main fundraiser TMH wants to start now is a recipe book. Not your typical cook book, but a kick ass book that will involve everything from bourbon balls and Jell-O shots to Fuzzy Loaf and Tim’s “Egg” cooked jalapeno’s stuffed with cream cheese beyond fabulousness that has yet to be named. If you would like to be a part of the best recipe book EVER, please submit only your finest recipe to the TMH Facebook page, P. O. Box 1873, or to the Wind Rose. Please provide your name and contact information. In the meantime, please come out to participate in the Chili Cook Off. We are all one diagnosis away from becoming one of the 40 million uninsured Americans (what????). Keep that in mind when you want to work your butt groove on the couch and watch TV instead of cooking a mean ass chili and coming down to the Wind Rose to join the fun. Hope to see you there!!

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What’s Cookin With Chef Espy French Onion Soup Rich beefy broth, nicely salted not too sweet, with just a hint of wine, French bread croutons and caramelized onions, along with a crisp-around-theedges blanket of Swiss and muenster cheeses make this a cold weather winner that’s hearty enough for a meal. Ingredients for 4 servings: 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter 4 onions slice very thin, Vidalia or white Spanish 2 cloves garlic minced 2 bay leaves 2 sprigs of fresh thyme Kosher salt and pepper to taste 1 1/2 cups or half a bottle of good red wine 2 qts. beef stock (soup aisle of grocery) 1 baguette, sliced 1/2 grated Swiss and Muenster (I prefer just Gruyere) Prepare the broth: In a large heavy pot, heat the butter over medium heat until it begins to brown. Add the onions, garlic, bay leaves, thyme, salt and pepper until onions are soft and browned. Make damn sure the onions are a nice, dark, even brown color, 30 to 40 minutes, stirring often. Increase the heat to medium and add the wine bring to a boil, scraping all the brown goodies from the bottom of pan. Simmer until reduced to a thick glaze. Discard the bay leaves and thyme. Now add the beef stock and simmer 45 mins. to 1 hour. When the soup has finished cooking, ladle it into individual crocks (not shoes). Float a couple of baguette slices side by side on top of each. Spread a generous, even heaping amount over the top of the soup. You want some extra to hang over the edges, as the crispy; near burnt stuff that sticks to the outer sides of the crocks once it comes out from under the heat is often the best part. Put the crocks on a baking sheet under a pre-heated rip-roaring broiler until the cheese melts, bubbles, browns, and even scorches slightly in spots. Serve immediately and very CAREFULLY. You don’t know pain until you spill some of this in your lap. Hope you enjoy, Chef Espy Sighs or Moans ~ chefespy@bellsouth.net

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Fall Fishing Report 2011

Stanley and Reese made their annual pilgrimage down from the hills of N.C. to trout fish for two days. Half way through each trip and only a hand full Just when you thought the trout bite was of keeper trout. We turned to the redfish going to crank up, it was just a sputter. and had a blast. October ended with a bang with Bad Brad Mr. Bill Fry brought long time friend Bob and his Clan coming down for 4 days of Jerls down to the coast for his first inshore trout fishing and it started out very good fishing trip. Mr. Bill is all about the trout and with a couple of limits on our first outing, I explained it was slow, but Mr. Bill said lets then a front passed on the second day hunt um down, so our first day was spent and we slipped a little. Day three and four looking for those pockets of big trout. Well continued to fade but we worked hard and that’s what we found was a pocket full, still wound up with a limit on each day and what a perfect looking day just would not some nice reds. eat. Mr. Bill Fry is a retired boy’s high school We took the first week of November basketball coach that has been fishing with off and went out to Louisiana for a redfish tournament and I can tell you that they do Coach and Bob with a double! me for years now, I call him Coach. I said “Coach I’ve been looking for these trout not have the shortage of trout as we do. for two weeks now and I think we need James and I sent the wives (April &Bobbie) to take Mr. Bob red fishing.” So on day 2 out on a charter Wednesday morning and at Coach turned me loose to take Mr. Bob 9:30 am the wife sent me a text and picture red fishing, and man I wish I had a video of saying that they had limited out with 75 trout those old boys catching the fish, what a day. in less than a hour and a half! The guide Those guys just don’t know how much fun never had to move the boat! Wow, great the Captain had. Whacked 20 or better nice job ladies, oh and then they went out and fish! whacked the big redfish. Thanks to Phillip Well that’s how things have been and Gene for hooking the girls up. (Fellow shacking out for this fall and I don’t look firefighters) for much to change. Even the guys trolling So now we are back in Georgia and for trout are bouncing around all over the Art Gibson and his lucky charm Wendy have place looking for fish. Heck even Local chartered a half day and I figure the bite will legends Bert More and Vinnie Dober are be on just as we left it 10 days ago, wrong! only picking up a few trout here and there. The big fish just were not in the Back River, Robert w/a 32” 12lb redfish! I’m just going to give them a rest and everything was small. Out in the sound it was one here and 3 there no big numbers. We worked go beat up on those big beautiful mean drag screaming hard caught some nice trout, reds and black drum and redfish for the winter. See ya in the river, wound up with a bucket of fish. Capt. Stan Dave Trisko brought his son Matt down from Atlanta for a birthday trip. Things started out slow for the About the Captain first 4 hours then the tide changed and we caught a few Captain Stan Allen (alias Fred) trout and slammed the reds for about an hour, Happy owns & operates Marshland Inshore Birthday Matt! Fishing Adventures, a local guide service Bill Robertson came down from the big city with that runs out of Chimney Creek Marina (The Crab Shack), on Tybee Island. Captain his gang in tow and chartered Greg Davis and me for the Stan has been a Tybee resident for over 28 years. day. Greg focused on the trout with his bunch and found Stan is a professional redfish angler for some nice fish over in our neighboring state. He did not www.Skinnywaterproducts.com and a pro staff say if that was S.C. or Florida? My crew wanted to do member at www.power-pole.com. Contact info: 912-786-5943 ~ www.marshlandadventures.com the redfish thang so we hung out in Wassaw Sound all E-mail captstans@bellsouth.net. day and caught 25 or so ranging from 17” up to Roberts big boy at 12 pounds 32”. No One Covers Tybee Like The Breeze

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The Veteran’s Day parade went great. The Chatham County Veterans Council once again did a fantastic job of coordinating the one hundred plus units that participated. We also want to thank all the people who came out to show their appreciation to the veterans of this great nation. Christmas is almost here and we ask that everyone take the time to remember the “reason for the season”. On Sun., Dec. 11th, we are having our “White Elephant” Christmas party. Bring a gift, get a gift. This starts at 6pm and is part of a covered dish dinner with some really “off the wall” presents. Our annual children’s Christmas party, compliments of the Ladies Auxiliary, will be on Dec. 17th. If there are any questions on either of these events please contact the Post at 786-5356, after 5pm.

Tickets for the New Year’s dance are on sale now and are available at the Post. This year “The Eight Tracks” will be back for our entertainment. They did a fantastic job last year and there were many requests for their return. We will have food for those who get there early and the plan is to have a great time welcoming in the “New Year”. Tickets will be $40 a couple. Bingo is on Friday at 8pm. Cards go on sale at 7:15pm. Bingo is open to the public and everyone is invited to participate. The Legion and Auxiliary meet on the second Monday of the month, with social hour (and food) starting at 6:00pm and the meeting at 7pm. The Sons of the Legion meet on the third Monday at 7pm. As always, Linda or Patti will have the canteen open at 5pm every day except Sunday. We close on Sundays unless there is a special event.

Hello Breeze Readers, Children’s Christmas Party.” This is a really fun event; if Well, it has been a great year!! And next year you haven’t attended try to do so. Please, give your child’s will be here in a blink of and eye but, name to Wanda Kendrick (786-5356) we are not quite there yet. So, this is no later than December 3rd; ages are what is going on with the Auxiliary for newborn to 10 years old. Also, bring the month of December. The monthly your favorite covered dish and the covered dish will start back January party will start at 6:00. The Auxiliary 2012. is raffling off a “Christmas Basket.” The drawing will be at the “Christmas Party.” If you would like to purchase tickets, please see Linda or Patty.

December the 12th (Meeting night. We would love to see you there.) We are hosting the Marine Corp’s “Toy’s for Tot’s.” They will pick up the “Toy’s” at the meeting. If you would like to donate a toy, please bring an unwrapped toy before or on December 12th. This is such a worth while cause making a little one have a big smile on their cute little faces. Without this, they may not have a toy at all. December 17th “Legion

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By Debbie Brady Robinson

“Commissioned Art” The “Commission;” this isn‘t the first time this writer/artist has written about this particular subject. It‘s truly an honor to have someone appreciate an artist’s work enough to commission a very unique and special piece of their very own. Generally speaking, we artists have a love-hate relationship with commissions. We love the act of being commissioned; not so thrilled with getting our minds’ eye wrapped around a vision solely in another person’s head, however! Why then, do you think, that many artists take on commissions in the first place - compensation, vanity? Vanity, of course, plays a factor; there’s no greater compliment than to have someone desire an artist’s work to that extent! It is also quite true, money certainly plays a factor. The money is generally considerably more than if a piece is purchased directly off a gallery wall! Most Art patrons understand the difference between “off the rack -vstailor made.” Art Buyers typically expect to pay more for commissioned work! Why then, aren’t all we artists just “thrilled to death” to take on commissions? Truth be told, we are and we aren’t!

The real source or trepidation, where commissions are concerned, stems from that which typically accompanies the commission - the dreaded “Dead Line!” “Most artists hate deadlines; the mere mention of the “D” word, as I’ve described before, creates a knot in the pit of the stomach, the size of Texas! And yet, hate it as we do, some can’t get a thing done without those insidious looming dates! What’s the matter with we artistic types? The truth is, artistic endeavor in its purest sense can be sheer ecstasy - that is, when one is free to create with abandon and without expectation! It’s a great feeling to produce whatever comes to mind for the pure enjoyment of it; and then to simply hang the finished piece directly on a gallery wall in hopes that someone will quickly see it, fall in love, and take it home! It is truly exhilarating to create only what you desire to do, rather than what you HAVE to do! The urge to create with abandon - for the sheer pleasure of it, is lost when the “have to” factor is added to the mix - at least in the short run. It’s the act of getting started on a “deadline piece” that is so difficult for most of us. However, once we actually begin the process the “dread” typically falls away; the creative juices begin to flow, and the fun of it takes over! Often, motivating an artist to create some of his or her best work! So why then is it so difficult to get started you ask? BECAUSE, igniting one’s ‘deadline motivation factor’ is much like trying to muster up enough courage to thrust oneself into the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean during the January Polar Bear Plunge… Brrrrrrrrrr - it’s a heart-stopper; even if you don’t freeze your fanny off! A Special Note… To All who Cast their Votes in the 2011 “Breezy Awards;” THANK YOU FOR VOTING ME BEST LOCAL ARTIST! I sincerely Appreciate it, more than words can express! Debbie Brady Robinson, (Voted Best Local Artist!), along with her husband Mark, own and operate the Atlantic Beacon Gallery & Hall of Frames Custom Frame Shop on Tybee. Located at 1604 Butler (S. Beach, at Hwy 80’s End). Please send comments to: TybeeArtist@aol.com

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Burton 4-H Center

Tybee Island Activities By Paul Coote It is another beautiful day here at the Burton 4-H Center! I hope all of you are able to get outside while weather like this lasts. Before we know it the cold wind will be blowing and we will be thinking longingly of

Cox Termite and Pest Control Service and Management A few questions have been asked pertaining to the monthly pest articles that we thought you would like addressed. We are sure many of you have given some thought of how our pest Control Company and technicians operate behind the scenes. First of all, we are given ‘strict’ guidelines and standards that are to be followed as per state regulations and state codes. We are required to attend many seminars and accumulate a certain number of continuing education hours furthering our pest control knowledge and safety on a regular basis. The seminars that we attend not only supply us with valuable information but expose us to many experienced seasoned speakers whom are very interesting and informative. Another plus of our seminars are several introductions of updated products that are available to the industry. We also attend regular in-office safety meetings concerning things such as driving habits, school zone times, and any and all regulated products and procedures. This is vital information that not only helps the company and technicians, but keeps us in check with the whole industry and industry standards. We then can in turn, use this information along with our experience to service our customers with a better understanding of the type of pest control situation they may be experiencing. Our office personnel are very well versed in handing customer calls, as well as potential problem customer calls as they are up to date with all of your questions and what your problem pests may be. The technician specialist in that type of pest control will then return the customer’s call promptly and timely. All of these factors are designed for us to be the most productive and professional pest control service we can be for our customer’s service and satisfaction as well as safety. The management and staff of Cox Pest Control wishes to thank everyone for a great year and wishing everyone a Happy Holiday Season and a Prosperous New Year!

spring. Those of you that follow us on Facebook will already know that we have some sad news to report. In August we released our loggerhead sea turtle Clover down at the pier on South Beach. Once she had been released we expected to very shortly afterward be able to take possession of a new straggler loggerhead hatchling. But it took several weeks for us to finally get a new turtle to work with, so it was the first weekend in October before we had our new turtle. We named our new turtle Hendrix in honor of our former coworker Stephen Hendrix who passed away earlier this fall. All of the staff at the 4-H Center felt really good about being able to honor Steve with this turtle as Steve was so fond of our sea turtle work. After having had our new turtle about a week one of our staff members without thinking about it placed a quahog clam in the tank that our new sea turtle was staying in. On the 15th of October our baby loggerhead presumably went to the bottom of his tank to investigate the clam, and when he bit the feeding clam the clam shut, trapping Hendrix’s beak and holding him under water. We do not know how long Hendrix had been under water but he was still alive when one of our instructors happened upon him. The staff member forced the clam to release Hendrix and so began the effort to save him. We talked with the folks down at the Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island. They said all we could really do was keep him warm and hope for the best. Our staff member spent 5 hours on Saturday evening/night watching over Hendrix and hoping. Unfortunately when the staff member checked on Hendrix Sunday morning the turtle was dead. It has been a tough way to be reminded that the most seemingly benign object can cause great harm to a hatchling loggerhead sea turtle. With this sad Until next time, Let’s work the bugs out! example in mind it is all the more amazing that some of Johnny “the bugman” Herald, Cox Pest Control the baby turtles in the wild survive to adulthood. We have been in touch with Mark Dodd at DNR and while a person should “never say never” it seems there is very little chance we will have another opportunity to work with a hatchling loggerhead until next hatching season. Thanks so much to all of our supporters here on Tybee Island, and around Georgia. Things here are a little empty now without a sea turtle to look after. But we are already anticipating the new hatching season next summer when we will once again be able to host a turtle.

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The God Abouts Senior Adult Ministry

2011 Mayors Christmas Motorcade

Tybee Island will be doing its part to make the holiday season special for residents of Georgia Regional Hospital by serving those with developmental disabilities and behavioral health needs. For almost 53 years, cities across Georgia have brought the joy of the holiday season Despite the foggy to patients at Georgia’s regional behavioral weather, the mood health hospitals through the Mayors’ Christmas was sunny and Motorcade. bright at The God According to hospital staff, many of the Abouts Senior patients at these hospitals have little, if any, Adult Ministry’s support or contact with friends and family. The Thanksgiving city will be collecting such items as board games, feast on Tuesday, Nov 15th at noon. cards, personal care items, movies, and clothing Delicious food and beginning Nov. 1st thru Dec. 6th. Mayor Buelterman along with other local the pleasure of gathering with old mayors, will deliver these gifts to Georgia Regional and new friends Hospital on Dec. 7th. Unwrapped gifts or monetary contributed to the donations can be dropped off at the Clerk’s Office, large crowd of City Hall. If you need more information on how 125 who gathered you or your group can participate, please call Jan in the Fellowship LeViner, Clerk of Council at 786.4573 ext. 103. Hall of Chapel by Thank you for sharing Holiday Joy!!! the Sea Baptist Church, Tybee Island. The theme of the meeting was “Turkey in the Straw” and the Fellowship Hall was beautifully decorated for the Thanksgiving season. The group was blessed with several new attendees, including visitors from Michigan and South Africa. Entertainment was provided by “Bill and the Stringbeans” who performed a variety of delightful country and blue grass music selections. A delicious lunch of baked turkey, cornbread dressing with cranberry sauce, butter beans, congealed salad, yeast rolls, with banana pudding for dessert. The God Abouts annual Christmas Candlelight Dinner Party will be Saturday, Dec 10th at 6 PM in the Chapel by the Sea Fellowship Hall. The meal will be provided by the ministry with entertainment by Gina and Adam Rusgrove. This is a special dress-up dinner where ladies are asked to wear their Christmas best and men to sport a coat and tie. Due to limited seating, reservations are required. The God Abouts meet at Chapel by the Sea on the 3rd Tuesday at 12pm of each month. Be a Friend . . . Make a Friend . . . Bring a Friend For more info., contact Betty or Jurell Davis 912-897-2364. No One Covers Tybee Like The Breeze

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The Georgia sea turtle season officially ended at the end of October. Nesting females visited Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coast many times throughout the season elevating the sea turtle nest totals to an all time high for the state. Statewide, Georgia had a total of 1,994 sea turtle nests during the 2011 season. Ossabaw led with the most nests statewide, with a total of 455 nests! Cumberland Island was a close second with 372 nests last season. The remaining Georgia islands faired well with nesting totals: Little Cumberland: 94, Jekyll: 177, St. Simmons: 1, Sea Island: 61, Little St. Simmons: 97, Sapelo: 131, Blackbeard: 240, St. Catherineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: 170, Wassaw: 195, Little Tybee: 16, and Tybee: 9 nests. The majority of nests deposited on the Georgia islands were from loggerhead females, but the state was visited by eleven leatherback sea turtles as well. Blackbeard, Cumberland, Jekyll, St. Catherineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, and Ossabaw were lucky enough to be visited by nesting leatherback females. Cumberland lays claim to the only green sea turtle nests in the state for the season. Of the total 196,709 sea turtle eggs deposited this season; approximately 2.3% of them were lost before hatching. Each sea turtle project once again participated in a genetic study with the University of Georgia. For this research one egg was taken from each nest laid. The procedure does affect the egg loss count, but the sacrifice of an egg from each nest has provided us with so much data. So far, this data has shown that approximately only 538 females nested on our islands. This means that the female is laying between 4-6 nests during the season. The genetic study, which began in 2006, has already matched 70 pairs of relatives nesting in Georgia and South Carolina. Relatives could include mother and daughter pairs, as well as sisters and half siblings. We should have more information on the results from the 2011 season by the spring. Depredation is another reason for egg loss. Raccoon and ghost crab depredation seems to be the primary reason eggs are lost. This season coyotes, red foxes, fire ants, hogs and snakes also contributed to the total egg lost for the season. Another factor for egg and/or nest loss this season was Hurricane Irene. This storm that went up our coast in August took out 75 nests along the coast and decreased the hatching emergence success due to a higher tide than predicted. Thankfully, the nest on Tybee survived the hurricane and hatched with success. Sea turtle strandings have increased this year. To date, there have been a total of 180 reported strands sea turtles along the Georgia coast. Majority of the strandings happen during the spring and beginning part of the nesting season. This is when both male and females are returning to the waters offshore for mating. Many reasons can account for a sea turtle stranding, the most common cause is mortality from boat collisions. Approximately 35 nesting females have been lost this year. In conclusion, we end the season with the highest nesting totals on record for Georgia. The northern Atlantic, loggerhead population still has a long way to go for a complete recovery. This season has proven that conservation efforts along the Georgia coast have made an impact on the sea turtle population.

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WHAT IS Boxing Day? Most Americana’s have no idea about the concept of Boxing Day, what it mean’s or that there is an actual holiday that is celebrated around the world in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand and other parts of the British

Commonwealth. Forget the lively images the name Boxing Day suggests it does not mean at my family’s house in England the day after Christmas we would all have our boxing gloves on, far from it, but ask any off us from across the pond and we will all have a different explanation. The reason being is that the true start of the name could go back to the middle ages, but what we do know is that it was traced to Britain and it is also known that Boxing Day came from the name “Boxes” Day which was back in the Victorian era. At this time the very wealthy throw huge parties around and on Christmas with great feasts and would lavish gifts to their friends with dancing, dinner and drink into the night, but the servants, butlers, livery men, maid’s and cooks, worked harder at this time than any other time and had no Christmas, so the next day, the day after Christmas, the unwanted gifts, food and some coins were put into boxes and distributed amongst the servants. They could now go and celebrate Christmas with their family; this was “Boxes” Day. Over time “Boxes” day turned into Boxing Day. Today we still have Boxing Day but for another reason, police, nurses, doctors and any one person who has to work on Christmas Day (usually my brother) has the following day off, Boxing Day to celebrate Christmas. If Christmas were to fall on a Saturday then the holiday would reach into Monday and Tuesday. Across the pond we do not have Thanksgiving so we tend to celebrate Christmas for a lot longer and do not let “it” be lost in a weekend. If we are lucky enough to spend Christmas with family then we have Boxing Day to celebrate with our friends, take some turkey sandwiches, that half bottle of port and the minced pies and we have a Boxing Day party, Oh sorry, what are mince pies? Well that’s another story or I will see you at the Boxing Day party. With love from this side of the Ocean. Just Julia

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November 2011

Danny and Susan want to thank everyone who so generously contributed candy to the Halloween festivities on Lewis Ave., we could not do it without all of our friends. Also, if we have any candy left over we give it to the YMCA and they hand it out at the Tybee Christmas Parade. Thanks again!! Susan and Danny Hill No One Covers Tybee Like The Breeze

“Peaceful Journey” Give-Away is a Native teaching that allows us to free ourselves from the deception that possessions hold the key to our happiness. In this sacred ceremony we are being led to share what we have, to give away something that can bring joy to others, or just let something go. Don’t get stuck holding on to anything that does not assist you in your sole purpose. Free yourself from holding on too tightly. In doing this we can become liberated from old ideas, fears and broken dreams. The more we give away the more we have. In this, we can and will be released from any bond that no longer serves our peaceful journey. Harmony will be our guide and serenity our destination. “All I want is peace and rest In this is happiness... Slow down feel the air I breathe Slow down to feel the rhythms of the sea

When tragedy comes tumbling down When heartache is all around Take a breath... taste the sea Everything is not as it seems

Feel the rhythms of the sea Feel the rhythms of the sea Feel the rhythms, yeah...

Close my eyes and I dream I fall into a deep sleep There I find this harmony.... In the rhythms of the sea

Feel the rhythms of the sea Feel the rhythms of the sea Feel the rhythms, yeah...”

Return to the simplicity of happiness... put your toes in the sand! samuel adams, psalmist ~ www.simpleheartedministries.com

The Purple Stride 5k which works to raise awareness and funds for pancreatic cancer research and treatment was held here on Tybee on Nov. 12. Tybee’s own, Alec Fanning placed 2nd in the overall run, and also from Tybee, Joshua Polak finished first for his age division (10 to 14 year olds). Congratulations to both young men! Alec was running in memory of our dear friend Ellen Hogan Murray. The team’s name is Marching for Murray. Tybee Breeze

DECEMBER 2011 A-J’s DOCKSIDE Are you looking for a great place to eat that’s on the water where you can enjoy some of the finest food on the island? A place where you can kickback, relax & enjoy your favorite beverage while watching the dolphins play in the back-river? A place where you can watch some of the best sunsets North of Mallory Square? Come to 1315 Chatham Ave. on the back-river. We’re just the place you’re looking for. Voted Best Outdoor Dining 2011! Live music Fri., Sat & Sun. Nightly dinner & drink specials. Happy Hour Daily 5-7pm. 912-786-9533.

Burton’s by the Beach Burton’s Burrito’s are THE BEST!!! Free Wi-Fi. Hand Dipped Ice Cream, Milkshakes, Malts, Floats, Sundaes, Fresh Squeezed Lemonade, and Children’s Menu. Check out our Website! www. burtonsbythebeach.com. Open 7 days a week 11am-10pm. 1605 Inlet Ave. 912-786-9655

CoCo’s Sunset Grille Located at Lazaretto Creek Marina next to Captain Mike’s Dolphin Adventure. Open daily at 11:00 AM. Rooftop dining overlooking Lazaretto Creek-Fresh local seafood-Sunset toast every evening. Tuesday Trivia; Friday BERNIE’S OYSTER HOUSE Live Music; Saturday Game Day; We offer a variety of food: Sunday Bar Bingo. 912-786-7810 sandwiches, chowders & seafood. www.CoCosSunsetGrille.com. We have a full service bar. Come join us & try one of our famous DOC’S BAR Mason Jar Bloody Mary’s. Join Live music Fri. & Sat. 9pm - till, Sun. us on our outdoor patio. We 6-10pm. Tue. $1.50 domestic beer. have T-shirts, koozies & shot Sun. nights Shag contest. Great glasses. Thur-Sat 6-10pm live food & good fun! Beach, Boogie, music. Happy Hour Mon-Thur Blues & Buffett music. Doc’s Bar 4-7pm, 50¢ oysters (raw only) & is the oldest bar on Tybee, and still 12oz. draft beer for $2. We have the center of the universe. Voted a great staff that is always ready Best Local Musician Roy to please. Samuel Adams Band Swindelle 2011! Find us on every Fri. & Sat. Call 912-786- Facebook. www.docsbartybee.com. 5100 for take-out & more info. If you are in Historic Savannah, stop FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH & visit our other Bernie's at 115 E. Celebrating 18 years of food, fun River St. & spirits...Oceanfront! You can’t miss the pink roofed restaurant Benny’s Tavern on Strand near 17th St. (3 stories The Coldest Beer in America! high) 2 open-air decks in the sky Tue. open pool tables. Wed. pool for an incredible beachfront view. tournament 7:30pm. Sat. pool Voted Best Sunday Brunch & tournament at 2:30pm w/Ms. Bloody Mary 2011! And we boast Molly. Tue & Thur locals night the best frozen drinks on Tybee... happy hour 8-10pm. Karaoke you can bet your Fannie! Live Thur - Sun w/CWL Entertainment. music is Thur. 7-10pm with Randy Bo & Nikki are in the kitchen- “Hatman” Smith. We’re open for call for specials! Come party w/ lunch & dinner everyday. 912-786some of Tybee’s characters: Tess, 6109 for take-outs. Linda, Joanne & Bobbie. Wi-Fi. Voted Coldest Beer 2008-2011 HUC-A-POO’S and Best Karoke 2011! It’s a “Where the Mind & Spirits Meet!” Tybee Thang! 1517 Butler Ave/ Open daily for lunch & dinner Downtown Tybee 912-786-0121. 10:30am-until. Located off Hwy. 80 in the shops at Tybee Oaks. Mon. Breakfast Club nights we have darts! Join us Wed. Winner of 20 consecutive “Best nights for corn-hole tournaments, Breakfast” awards. Free wireless/ sign-up 7-7:30pm. Live Music Fri. purchase. We are centrally located & Sat. nights (depending on who’s in the heart of the commercial here). Voted Best Pizza & Best district at 15th & Butler. Overall Bar 2011! 786-5900.

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MACELWEE’S SEAFOOD Looking for the place to watch ships sail? Join us at MacElwee’s where the freshest seafood is prepared to order. The view is great from our porch & the entertainment is priceless. Local beer battered shrimp & steaming buckets of oysters are just the start of a fun packed visit. Children are always welcome & the Trout Treasures (kid’s fish dinner) is the most requested item. If it’s steaks or chicken the land lover in your group craves we offer hand-cut rib-eyes, filets & a grilled chicken breast or better yet chicken fingers. Nothing pre-battered or pre-cooked in our kitchen. Chef Greg offers a pasta special & local catch daily. We strive to provide the service you expect at the prices you can afford. No reservations needed. Voted Best Steak 2011. Visit www. macelweesontybee.com. We look forward to serving ya! Marlin Monroe’s SURFSIDE Come dine in the dunes at our bar & grill. A hidden oasis on Tybee Island. Located at the Beachside Colony on Butler Ave. Beautiful ocean views. Serving steaks, seafood, burgers, great salads & more. Voted Best Margarita 2011! 912.786-GRIL. QUARTER SPORTS BAR & GRILL “Tybee’s little local dump with a really big attitude.” Locally owned & operated since 1990. THE place to be for sports, food, fun and “Licka Drinks” on Tybee. Dish Network Satellite for those hard to find games. Pool tables, dart boards... and have I mentioned FOOD? From burgers to snow crabs, we’ve got it. Get here early for our Happy Hour Specials like $4 wings 4-7pm Mon-Fri. Raw & Steamed oysters by the dz. Open Mon-Sat 4pm-3am. That’s also the hours we cook, so early or late we’ve got you covered. See our menu in this magazine. Voted Best Burger 8 Years; Best Wings for 8 Years; Best Happy Hour for 3 Years in a row, and Best Local Hangout 2011! Under 21 allowed until 9pm. For to-go orders call 912-786-8966.

SPANKY’S BEACHSIDE Seafood, seafood and a lot more! You can’t imagine! Come in & check us out! Tybee’s Best Seafood (Shrimp, Grouper, Scallops & Mahi) fresh & local hand cut steaks, pasta, huge hand-pattied burgers & the biggest Chicken sandwich in Georgia! Call for prices on our party platters & all your catering needs. Our upstairs deck is open to rent for parties! Come & enjoy a great atmosphere with the best Tybee has to offer in food & the friendliest staff on the island. Voted Best Family Friendly Restaurant 2010 & 2011, and Best Chicken Fingers 2011! 912-786-5520. STING RAY’S SEAFOOD A local favorite! Tybee’s home for blue crabs, beach music & beer! Come join us, you’ll be happy you did, as the tradition continues with the Ray’s serving you with great pride their best & freshest award winning seafood. Voted Best Seafood, Best Place to Watch Tybee Parades, Best Place to Watch UGA Play, and Best J-ello Shots 2011! Come sit down with us in a comfortable & relaxed atmosphere on our outdoor deck that is the perfect place to watch bands, parades, and to people watch on Tybee. Or join us in our indoor ding room for even more comfort & fun. Live music 7 nights a week. There are many favorites on our menu with a variety of seafood selections. Gift certificates make the perfect gift & are always available. Open 7 days a week 11am-until. 912-786-0209. TOP SAIL BAR & GRILL “Island fusion with a little bit of Seoul.” Open 7 days a week 12pmtill. Live music on weekends. Great Sunset View. Daily Specials. 4 Old US Hwy. 80. 912-786-8686. TYBEE TIME Cool off at Tybee Time! Specializing in frozen cocktails. Voted Best Daiquiri 2004-2011! We have 10 different daiquiri machines. We have 13 TV’s! We are THE HEADQUARTERS for all current sporting events! Every

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WINDROSE CAFE Celebrating 15 years! Thanks to all of our loyal customers, friends, and employees who have stuck with us all these years! We wouldn’t be here without you! Voted Best Lunch 2011! Weekday Southern -Style lunches featuring: Mon-Chicken fried chicken or meatloaf; Tue-Turkey & dressing or Salisbury steak; Wed-Pot Roast or fried pork chop; Thur-Southern fried chicken, liver, gizzards, or baked ham; Fri-BBQ pork plate; Sat & Sun homemade soups. We also have our regular menu everyday including killer hamburgers, crab cakes, and much, much more! Kitchen opened Sundays till midnight. Happy hour Mon-Fri 4-7pm $1.50 draft beer, $2 domestic longnecks & $2.50 well drinks. Sam Adams & friends play every Sun. 6pmtill. Come have a great meal and a great time with our funloving, kick-ass bartenders and awesome cooks! 786-6593.

events Dec. 2nd - Lights on for Tybee! The annual tree lighting celebration at the Tybrisa/Strand Roundabout. Come down front for musical performances & entertainment while you enjoy strolling & shopping. Dec. 2nd - 4th - Tybee Arts Association Dec. Art Show & Sale - “Great Expectations.” Dec. 2, reception & preview, 6-9 pm; Dec. 3, 10-6, Christmas Parade ends at site at 3 pm; Dec. 4, 10-5 old elementary school cafeteria storyline Enjoy the works of 20+ artists participating in this show. In addition to their regular offerings, each has at least one new work interpreting the theme: “Great Expectations,” Multiple art disciplines are represented - painting, photography, jewelry, glass, fiber, sculpture and clay. There will also be demonstrations of painting and music during the day. Refreshments are offered. Spend some time with our wonderful and talented artists while enjoying our Art Show & Sale during your Tybee Christmas Holiday period. We do our part in making Tybee Island an ART Destination!! www.TybeeArts.org. If you need additional info contact Samantha Claar @ 912-786-4351

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Dec. 3rd 1–3pm - Tybee Christmas Parade! Everyone loves a parade especially during the holidays! The parade starts at 14th St. parking lot and travels up Tybrisa to Butler Ave. then to the Tybee Gym where children will have photo time with Santa! The Tybee YMCA will have surprises for all to enjoy at the gym. Dec. 2nd & 3rd - Holiday Shopn-Stroll Walk or ride throughout the Main Corridor during this year’s Holiday Shop-n-Stroll. Two days of pure shopping and dining delight! Sat. evening will be the “Treasure Hunt” drawing for prizes. Maps & tally sheets can be obtained at participating locations. Participating locations will be announced. The listed businesses will have specials all weekend long, so be sure to stop in for your Holiday Delight! Dec. 10th - Floating Christmas Parade It’s time for the Floating Christmas Parade! Join the team at the Crab Shack beginning at 6pm to prepare for the lit festive boat launch at 7:15pm. Boats will return around 8:15pm. High tide is set for 7:46pm & floating time will be perfect. Awards will be presented upon return.

Israel Gospel Ministry, Inc. - For the past several years, The Friends of Israel has been a prominent force in promoting better understanding between evangelical Christians and the Jewish community. While never compromising their commitment to the Gospel, they have vigorously promoted relationships with Jewish organizations and the government of Israel in order to create better understanding of our beliefs, our unwavering dedication to the survival of Israel, and those areas of national concern that impact both our communities. The Public is Invited to Attend.

Dec 31 - New Year’s Eve Fireworks. Bring in the New Year with a bang! Enjoy the show launched from the Tybee Pier at the stroke of midnight at one of Tybee’s many restaurants and bars, or watch it from the beach. It promises to be spectacular!

Jan 1, 2012 - Tybee Polar Plunge This event has become a Tybee tradition, held every January 1st at noon at the Pier on the south end of the island. Plan to be with us next year, invigorating your soul with a cleansing (and cold) plunge into the Atlantic. Come take the plunge, we are freezing for a reason. Come for the Dec. 10th, camaraderie, the fun, your face Sat., 4-6pm. will hurt from smiling so much. Santa on It’s the premiere family fun event. the deck at Funny hats and costumes are the Poo! For strongly encouraged. GET a group kids of all together of 4 or more for the NEW ages. Bring your camera. Gang of Goofs competition to win the coveted Le Goofs trophy. Fun Dec. 11th - Teddy Bear Tea Party! will be had by all. This year Tybee Tybee Island will try to set Guiness record at Wedding the polar bear plunge. They plan Chapel. to challenge a Guinness world For Teddy, record for the largest gathering of Mommie and people wearing swim caps. The Me. Come current record is 546, set by a paint a group in Osaka, Japan’s Hirakata porclein plate for a souvenir and Park on July 3, 2011. have tea too! The commemorative plates are all awaiting their “paint.” announcements Spaces are limited call Suzanne Painter at 706-495-6724 to reserve Toddler Tuesday is an action your spot. packed program designed for toddlers 6 months to 4 years and Dec. 11th, 11am & 7pm - Chapel their adults. This is a time for adults By The Sea Baptist Church to bond with their toddlers while welcomes Rev. Peter Colón from engaging in hands-on activities Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry that promote development and Inc. AM Service: The History of acquiring age appropriate skills. Hanukkah. PM Service: Middle Activities may include reading Eastern Update. The Friends of story books, singing songs and

finger plays, crafts, games, guided walks and up close encounters with Oatland’s animal ambassadors. Preregistration Required before 4pm the Mon. before each program. Call 912395-1500 to reserve today! Program Fee: Children: $5; Adults: General admission - $5 or $3 for military & seniors. MEMBERS of Friends of Oatland: $5 per child, up to 2 adults FREE! Program fee includes program and entrance to Oatland Island Wildlife Center and trails. Dec. 6 - Dazzling Deer Prance on into Oaltand Island and learn about those antlered, highstepping animals-deer. Program will include a walk to visit our deer herd. Dec. 13 - Holidays are a Hoot! Join us as we celebrate the holiday season by making a holiday craft and visiting with Wahoohoo, Oatland’s Barred Owl. Dec. 20, 27 - Happy Holidays-No Programs Adopt A Dolphin for Christmas - The Dolphin Project offers a great gift option for all ages. You or the recipient will receive a dorsal photo of the dolphin of your choice, amazing dolphin information, activity pages, dolphin bookmark and dolphin certification of adoption. Your donation benefits our research and education programs. Order early to insure delivery by Christmas. To download an adoption application: http://www.thedolphinproject.org/ adopt.html (PS: you don’t get to keep a real dolphin. They are wild animals that must remain wild and free). For info: Charlotte Keenoy: 912-921-1633.

Rising Tyde C o m mu n i t y Food Pantry is open every third Tuesday. Times are 10am-11am and 6pm-7pm at Tybee’s Old School Cafeteria. ID and proof of residency 31328 required. Food drop-off is at the YMCA. If you would like to make a monetary donation please make checks out to: Rising Tyde Community Food Pantry (tax deductible).The next three RTCF Pantry dates are December 20, January 17, February 21. We need canned tuna and chicken, canned peaches, pears, fruit cocktail, fruit juice, corn, green Tybee Breeze

churches announcements, classifieds, just for kids, and island churches beans, peas, potatoes, soup, spaghetti sauce, boxes of grits and cereal. We do not need items like PB and rice and pasta.... we have 100 of those on the shelves, enough for 3 months of handouts. God put us here to give back. If we do not give back, we have not fulfilled our mission in life. ~Robert E. “Bob” LaBlanc March 22-25, 2012: Georgia Nature Photographers’ Association heads to the Georgia coastal islands for a three day celebration of nature and nature photography for its 3rd Annual Expo at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Brunswick, GA. Keynote speaker will be Darrell Gulin, www. gulinphoto.com . This Expo will be filled with great education, field trips with awesome photographic opportunities to locations like Jekyll Island, St Simons Island, Harris Neck Wildlife, Cumberland Island, Okefenokee Swamp and many more. For more info. and to register, go to www.GNPA.org I Cantori Presents - CHRISTMAS WITH HARP AND VOICE. I Cantori, Savannah’s Professional Chamber Choir of twenty four auditioned singers, will perform it’s 21st season of Christmas Concerts on Friday, December 2, 2011, at St Peter’s Episcopal Church on Skidaway Island and on Saturday, December 3, 2011, at St. Paul’s Episcopal church,

Help wanted The Tybee Light Station and Museum need happy, smiling faces to greet our guests and share our history with visitors from around the world. Please call Lorraine, 786-5801. CERTIFIED NURSES ASSISTANTS * CNA or equivalent experience with one year min. experience * 1 year verifiable work history * Have reliable insured vehicle Apply @ www.comfortkeepers. com or call 912-356-0111.

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Abercorn and 34th St. Both concerts will start at 7:30pm. Also included in the program, Jackson Berkley’s “Anniversary Carols,” which is a delightful medley of favorite Christmas carols. Included in “Anniversary Carols” are “O, Come, All Ye Faithful,” “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” “Silent Night,” “Joy to the World,” “Jesu, Son Most Sweet and Dear,” “The Silent Word,” “Come, Thou LongExpected Jesus,” “A Day in the Manger,” “ Angels We Have Heard on High,” and “Il est ne le divin enfant.” Tickets will be available at the door or by calling 925-7866. $15 for adults and $10 for students.

just for kids Live Oak Public Libraries Presents Ellen O’Leary Acorns Storytime at the Tybee Library for children ages 0-4, Tue. 11am. 786-7733 for more info.

save the date Tybee Water & Energy Fair -Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 9:30am to 3pm at Tybee Gym. Sponsored by the City of Tybee Island & the Community Resource Committee. Learn how you can lower your water & energy bills. Workshops, demonstrations, exhibitors, events & contests for kids, door prizes, free admission. Tybee Wine Festival April 13-15, 2011. Tickets on sale soon.

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Chapel by the Sea Baptist Church Reverend David Laughner Services: Sunday School 9:45am Sunday Morning Worship 11am Sunday Evening Worship 7pm Wednesday Bible Study 7pm Butler Avenue at 9th Street Tybee Island, GA 31328

912-786-4647 or www.cbtstybee.org

God About’s Senior Ministry is on the 3rd Tue. of each month. All Saints’ Episcopal Church *All Are Warmly Welcomed* The Rev. Helen S. White, Vicar Service Sunday at 10AM Coffee Hour at 11AM We are located at 804 Jones Ave, two blocks west of Butler Ave. Call 786-5845 for more info or email us at allsaintstybee@att.net “Who ever you are, where ever you find yourself on your journey of faith, there is a place here for YOU! St. Michael Catholic Church Father Thomas J. Peyton Mass and Confessions Schedule: Saturday: Vigil - 6pm Sunday: 8am & 11am Daily: Mon-Fri 8am; Sat 9am Confessions: 5-5:45pm on Sat. or by appointment 801 Butler Ave. 912-786-4505 www.saintmichaelstybee.org Trinity Chapel United Methodist Pastor Hank Perry Sunday school is at 9:45am Sunday Worship is at 11am 911 Butler Ave. www.trinitychapelumc.org For more info contact the church office at (912) 786-4491 Special Worship Services: Sunday closet to Memorial Day, July 4th & Labor Day at the pier at 8:30am. All are encouraged to attend!

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Tybee Church “The Place Where Pirates Worship” Flip flops & smokers welcomed. Every Sun. 10:30am at the Benny’s Tavern - 912-433-1643 www.barchurch.tv Encouragement, worship music & prayer. All included. www.simpleheartedministries.com

Looking for female 50-65 to rent room on Tybee, private vanity area, shared common areas, smokers ok. $600(ish). Call 912-257-0720.

MEN BEHIND THE SCENE Men’s Inter-denominational Prayer Breakfast the 1st Sat. of each month at 9am. Call Jim Monaghan 897-2666 for more info

Homemade Cheesestraws 20dz. $30. Call Bill 912.655.6342 50cc fully automatic VIP New and used, Scooters for sale. different colors available. 912-257-9617

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StarFish Scopes DECEMBER 2011 1-Myra Desira Chambers; 2-Kai Thran; 3-Terry Jackson & Joe Fitzgibbon; 6-Stacy Strickland; 7-Gerald Wells Sr.; 8-Jonathan Hagan & Claire Owens; 9-Caroline Efird & Bo Bowser; 10-Holly Holt; 11-John Dennebaum; Paula DeVivo; 13-Queen Roma Harper & Judy Outzs; 14-Cleta Burnsed & Angela Waters; 17-Annette Kindrick; 20-John Dowell & Cohen Thran; 21-Robert Edenfield; 22-John Davis & Matt Ferguson; Paula DeVivo, Debbie Brady Robinson & George Corbin; 27-Little Mary Shepherd, Rose Herald & Roger Dodge; 29-Tiffany Desautels; 30-Katrina Murray & Mary Shepherd; 31-Kelly Doyle & Barry Caldwell

18-John & Sara Thomas - Happy 50th Anniversary! 18-Tom & Lucy Groover 30-Andy & Kimmie Poston

Congratulations! Michael & Tifani Locklear were married at North Beach on October 22, 2011. The wedding was performed by Mayor Jason Buelterman!

Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21) You’re wearing your heart on your sleeve -- which isn’t your usual style. Don’t worry. You can get through this with your reputation for sternness intact. You might even like it! Capricorn (December 22 - January 20) This is the perfect day to take that one giant step toward romance. It’s time to bond -- and you can rest assured that the feelings are mutual. Aquarius (January 21 - February 18) You’ve got an undeniable urge to straighten, neaten and organize your home, and that’s a good thing, because you’ll be having surprise company soon. When they arrive, try not to let on that you knew. Pisces (February 19 - March 20) Dig out the photo albums, and invite the stars to pore over them with you. It’s time to be sentimental, nostalgic and emotional. Stop making that face. You’ll even enjoy it. Aries (March 21 - April 19) Arrange to play hooky for at least a few hours with your partner in crime, of course. You’ll have plenty of chances to catch up on your work tomorrow. For now, live a little. Taurus (April 20 - May 20) Make some coffee, ask your dear one to pull up a chair and have that chat you’ve been putting off. Peace, harmony and a renewed closeness will be your reward. Gemini (May 21 - June 20) You’re in the mood to mingle, but not just any company will do. Restrict yourself to tried-and-true dear ones -- the kind of folks you know you can trust your soul to. Cancer (June 21 - July 22) ‘Measure twice, cut once.’ Sure, it takes a little longer at first, but imagine how much time it saves in the end. ‘Haste makes waste’ is another good expression to remember. Leo (July 23 - August 22) Fun is your specialty, and the more the merrier, too. At the moment, however, it’s quality, not quantity, you’re after. Whittle down your group to maybe a party of two? Virgo (August 23 - September 22) Your natural tendency is to overdo, because nothing exceeds like excess. Try to rein in that impulse. You can have a wonderful time without breaking the bank.

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Libra (September 23 - October 22) Expect a blast from the past, via a call from an old friend, an ex or someone who’s been too faraway from you for too long. Don’t be scared. You’re ready to see them now. Scorpio (October 23 - November 21) You’ve probably had your nose to the grindstone lately, but relief is on the way -- and some romantic fun, too. Finish up your chores early, and prepare for a wonderful evening. Tybee Breeze

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DATeS TO remember 21st - Hanukkah Begins & 1st Day of Winter 24th - Christmas Eve 25th - Christmas 31st - New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve

NOVEMBER Riddle & Answer I have forests, but no trees. I have lakes, but no water. I have roads, but no cars. What am I? Answer: A Map.

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Down 1 Shop-n- what? (6) 3 Michael tells his favorite Christmas what story? (3) Across 2 Break the world record doing this? (6)

4 Debbie is not good with these? (9)

6 MRS says it’s what season? (7) 10 Run off election between Barry and who? (4) 11 The Legion hosts a White What party? (8) 13 Winner of Tybee’s Got Talent? (5) 14 IGA Butcher? (4)

5 Should be a Breezy category... Village what? (5) 6 Ole Slo is on the do not what list? (4) 7 Park of Seven flags will be transformed into the park of what for the holidays? (6)

8 Lights on for? (5) 9 Buy a brick or what this holiday season? (4)

12 Teddy Bear what party? (3)

14 Marlin Monroe’s full what party? (4)

15 Best Island Character? (4)

*Did you know the answers to the Pirates Puzzle crossword can be found in the Tybee Breeze itself? So if you’re having trouble, look through the stories again!!

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- On average, the warmest month is July, and the coolest month is January - Highest temperature on record is 107°F in July 1986. - Lowest temperature on record is 4°F in January 1985. - Maximum average precipitation occurs in August. DECEMBER

December is AIDS, Seasonal Depression, and Sharps Injury Prevention Awareness Month; and National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month

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- Average high is 62° ~ Record high is 83° - Average low is 43° ~ Record low is 10° - Average water temperature the 54°

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