Gulf Breeze for Making Our First 5 Years GREAT!
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Be Safe. +DYH$ 6SRRNWDFXODU Let Us Fix ! Your Broken +DOORZHHQ *ODVV CALL US DIRECT 850-476-6340 ! Really Good Service and Really Good Steaks! Thank you Gulf Breeze for making our First 5 years GREAT! Join our anniversary celebration ALL DAY WEDNESDAY NOV. 1st Live Music by Dr. Breeze 5 pm - 7 pm 310 Gulf Breeze Pkwy. Gulf Breeze • (850) 932-5400 October 26, 2017 YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER 75¢ GB submitting A Monster 3 projects for Triumph funds of a One includes moving athletic fi elds off Hwy. 98 good time BY PAM BRANNON Gulf Breeze News © 2017 [email protected] Couple gets a kick Gulf Breeze City is filling out the pre-screening appli- cations due by Nov. 15 for BP Oil fines coming through the state’s Triumph board. The largest project request out of entertaining would involve moving the school athletic fields and fa- cilities from their current location to property across the highway. for Halloween But in submitting the funding request among the hun- their friends and neighbors in BY GLENDA CAUDLE dreds of other funding requests that will be submitted Gulf Breeze News the Brigaten Court area of Light “Witch” LaVerne and “Frankenstein” Daryn McMullen host from coastal counties, the City must have support from [email protected] House Point near Gulf Breeze, a huge party on Halloween, complete with free food on the Santa Rosa County Commission and it must inform but to families from throughout Tuesday, Oct. 31. Daryn McMullen came by his love of Hal- Below, left: a few of the decorations, with more to come the Santa Rosa County School Board of its intentions. the area who have heard about before the event. The school board talked about the one City project that loween honestly. His mother delighted in the their Halloween spooktacular Below, right: LaVerne and Daryn with a spooky mailbox. would directly affect the school district at their school holiday and eagerly awaited the celebration and want to experience it for board meeting last week and agreed to support the ap- each year. McMullen was directly in line to themselves. rect visitors to the neighborhood, which is just plication. catch the candy-charged spooky-virus from The family-friendly fun, which is offered to the east of Gulf Breeze Zoo and across the The county discussed it briefly Monday and decid- his parent, and he’s spreading it, hoping lots of free of charge to anyone who would like to highway from St. Sylvester Catholic Church, ed to send letters of support after a formal vote today folks will come down with the Halloween bug come, will begin at 6 p.m. Oct. 31 and continue and then on to the celebration site. whose symptoms include a delicious shivery- until 10 at 1530 Brigaten Court. Costumes are McMullen began sharing his love of the hol- See City Page 10A » feeling in the presence of life-sized animatron- not required, the celebration will be outdoors, iday in a major way in 2009. Hosting the event ic monsters, a pounding pulse when something and those attending are invited to bring lawn begins in late August, he says. That’s when unanticipated pops up, a roaring in the ears as chairs or quilts and visit a while once they’ve he starts going through the boxes and cartons, ghostly music and crackly laughs assault them explored the spectacle the McMullens have in making plans, sprucing up, doing minor repairs, and an overwhelming appetite for celebratory store for them. adding to the props, putting things together and Storm ‘scalps’ treats. There will be free food that includes hot planning for another spectacular party. McMullen, a U.S. Air Force veteran of 26 dogs, meatballs, cheese dip and chips, chili, By this time of year, the McMullens’ yard is years and the current base training manager specially decorated cup cakes, soda and water. TV repair at Hurlburt Field, and his wife, LaVerne, are Signs will be posted on Highway 98 to di- See Donations Page 10A » shop, salon looking forward to playing host not only to BY GLENDA CAUDLE Gulf Breeze News [email protected] David Radcliffe’s father, the late Jim Radcliffe, built the concrete block building at 3036 Gulf Breeze Parkway in 1970. Its everyday purpose was to serve the commu- nity and travelers as a convenience store and gas station. But in times of threatening weather, the sturdy structure served as the family’s evacuation building. It stood firm through more than four hurricanes and some other nasty storms. But Sunday night, around 7:30, straight line winds of about 100 miles an hour came roaring through as rain pounded down. The storm created such a disturbance it raised the roof -- and set it down behind the building that houses a string of businesses operating out of the Radcliffe property. Tammy Parsons, the owner of 98 Treasurers on the Arrest Report . .2 Mailing Statement east end of the complex, was alone in her antique and FRI 10/27 SAT 10/28 SUN 10/29 Calendar . 2A & 3B on Opinion Page collectibles shop at the time. PM PARTY Classifieds/Legals. 7C WEEKEND SUNNY THREE SECTIONS, See Gulf Page 8A » SHOWERS CLOUDY Crossword Puzzle. 3B Weather-plus 22 PAGES hi 75/lo 57 hi 70/lo 48 hi 63/lo 50 Movies. 2B VOL. 17, NO. 43 rain: 0% rain: 50% rain: 10% Opinion . 6A Sports . 1-8C OCTOBER 26, 2017 It’s That Time Again! Caring and Sharing GUN GIVE-A-WAY DRAWING Coat & Canned Food Drive! DEC. 20! � 1 COAT (Good condition) = 3 ENTRIES � STARTING OCTOBER 1ST, WE WILL � 3 CANS = 1 ENTRY � BE RAFFLING OFF A BRAND � $3 = 1 ENTRY � NEW KIMBER K6 REVOLVER!! All Cash Proceeds Go To Caring and Sharing 1889 Cowen Rd. | Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 | ACROSS FROM THE GULF BREEZE ZOO (850) 932-5500 | MON - SAT: 9 am to 8 pm | SUN: noon to 6 pm 2A October 26, 2017 GULF BREEZE NEWS gulfbreezenews.com Calendar of Meetings Thursday 26 Commission Regular 9 a.m., 6495 Caroline Street, Milton Local Mitigation Meeting 1:30 p.m., Public Services Conference Room, 6051 Old Bagdad Highway, Milton Friday 27 Friend of Youth 6:45 a.m., Gulf Breeze Hospital cafeteria Tuesday 31 Local Option Sales Tax Citizen Committee 9 a.m., Santa Rosa County Administrative Center Board GBPD issues Room, 6495 Caroline Street, Milton Wednesday Nov 1 BOLO for retail City Of Gulf Breeze Executive Committee Meeting 6 p.m., Gulf Breeze City Hall, Council Chambers, 1070 Gulf Breeze Police Depart- when the first theft occurred, Shoreline Drive, Gulf Breeze ment issued a “Be on the look- then the subject returned to theft suspect out” alert for a man suspected the store driving a black BMW Gulf Breeze Toastmasters of retail theft at Ace Hardware sedan. The suspect stole small Noon-1p.m., First Baptist Church of Gulf Breeze, 555 on Friday, Oct. 6. items in the store totaling Fairpoint Drive The subject is identified as a $95. middle-aged white male, wear- If you have any informa- Two men arrested ing a blue button-up shirt, blue tion about the incident or the jeans and a red baseball cap, suspect, please contact the who entered the store with a Gulf Breeze Police Depart- for weapons, drugs white male juvenile wearing a ment, Sgt. Steff Neff or Inv. yellow shirt and shorts. Beth Goff at (850) 934-5121, F The subject was seen driv- or Santa Rosa Crimestoppers LASHBACKS Wednesday, Oct. 18 GULF BREEZE • 11:56 p.m.: In the 900 block ing a white or silver sedan at (850) 437-7867. October 26 of US Hwy. 98, a traffic stop for POLICE speeding led to the arrest of the 1 Year ago this week – 2016 driver Walter Lopez Matul, 25 REPORT The Gulf Breeze Chamber of Commerce property on Gulf of FWB, for DUI and no valid Breeze Pkwy. is owned by the Santa Rosa School District and of US Hwy. 98, a traffic stop for Midway Fire driver license. potentially for sale. Santa Rosa County School District still illegal U-turn led to the arrest of working on selling one piece of property in Gulf Breeze and Thursday, Oct. 19 the driver, Krista Gibbs, 29, of Gulf Breeze, for DUI. battles blaze in buying another property in Milton. • Gulf Coast Inn, a report of a lost wallet. Monday, Oct. 23 Polynesian Isles 5 Years ago this week - 2012 • In the 300 block of Florida Nearly 130 people attended a Florida Department of Friday, Oct. 20 October 6 – 12 Avenue, a report of a burglary MIDWAY FIRE Transportation information meeting last week at the Bayside • 1:31 a.m.: In the Waffle and theft of construction materi- Center, formerly the Civic Center, to view FDOT information House parking lot, a report of als. On Tuesday, Oct. 10, at ap- DISTRICT about the proposed Replacement Pensacola Bay Bridge. Sixty- an aggravated battery. Darnell • 4:23 p.m.: In the 500 block proximately 3:40 a.m., a residen- seven of the 121 citizens that signed in were from Gulf Breeze Jones, 40, of Fort Walton Beach of Kenilworth Avenue, a report tial structure fire was dispatched REPORT was arrested. of suspicious persons led to the at the 1600 block of Llani Lane. • 10:54 p.m.: In the 1800 block arrest (Notice to Appear) of an Upon arrival of Battalion Service Call .....................3 10 Years ago this week - 2007 of US Hwy. 98, a traffic stop for and Engine 35, firefighters saw 18-year-old Pensacola man for Good Intent Call ..............8 Franklin Hayes/Gulf Breeze News A “sacrifi cial” roadway, one speeding led to the arrest of the that a single story unoccupied possession of marijuana.