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A W A R D ● W I N N I N G jmillers.com Consign 934-6200 Gulf Breeze ● Pensacola ● Destin Today! 50¢ YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER August 14, 2008 Questions 5 With Coaches Block-schedule bullet misses GBHS ■ New contract block-schedule bullet. Teachers were expected to continue to operate on a seven- other county schools will allow language would negate Negotiators representing the ratify the contract’s new lan- period daily format strongly the district to save $2.96 mil- Santa Rosa County School guage earlier this week. The preferred by teachers and par- lion. page very unpopular prospect District and Santa Rosa Santa Rosa School Board is ents. See BLOCK, Page 2A6 Professional Educators last expected to approve the revised The only difference: In the 1C BY JOE CULPEPPER Wrestling coach 1C week agreed to a language contract at tonight’s meeting in 2009-10 school year, GBHS stu- Related inside Gulf Breeze News change in the Master Contract Milton. dents will receive instruction Matt Alt [email protected] ■ Navarre parents criticize that would prevent the district If Board approval — consid- during six periods each day start/finish times, school Gulf Breeze High School from ever imposing a block ered a formality — comes instead of the current five. district’s communication, 2A ■ PAGE apparently has dodged the schedule on GBHS. today, Gulf Breeze High will Similar or comparable moves at Cost-cutting measures, 2A 1D ■ Meeting Portofino stalls Meet ‘Flash’ Gordon at SRIA ■ Bubba’s Beach condo owners lose tax lawsuit WEEKEND BY LISA NEWELL Gulf Breeze News Weather [email protected] THURSDAY 8/14 Last week, another domino fell in the quest to Scattered Storms keep Pensacola Beach tax-free. high 89O The Portofino group that challenged Escambia O County Property Appraiser Chris Jones’ bid to tax low 77 the improvements to the leased land appeared to have lost its bid when the District Court of FRIDAY 8/15 Appeals issued a Per Partly Cloudy Curiam Affirmed Inside high 89O decision, concurring ■ Complete story, 1D O with the decision of low 78 Photo illustration by Jessica Bowie/Gulf Breeze News Breeze Jessica Bowie/Gulf by Photo illustration the lower court that taxing improvements to the leased land is consti- SATURDAY 8/16 tutional. The Portofino group represents close to 1,986 Mostly Sunny units and approximately $19 million in taxable O high 89 value. About 75 percent of the owners who have low 78O held off on paying taxes will be liable for interest and penalties in addition to the taxes. SUNDAY 8/17 Scattered Storms SECOND IN A SERIES high 88O O low 77 Three decades ago, Universal Studios chose Gulf Breeze resident Gordon the Emerald Coast as a Sprague is a retired financial services filming location for the INSIDE expert who enjoys collecting antique automobiles and other items for his local 6,000-square-foot museum. His collection is worth millions and has been visited by such movie sequel ‘Jaws 2.’ Classifieds 3D dignitaries as the Archbishop of Canterbury and former presidential candidate John Kerry. During August, veteran Community 4-8A staff writer Betty Archer Allen Crossword 3B Allen is reporting exclu- Editorial 6A Collector enjoys sharing memories sively about how the movie affected Entertainment 2B Gulf Breeze residents’ lives. Island News 1D largest financial services company. Lifestyles 1B BY JOE CULPEPPER Gulf Breeze News QUICK QUIZ Sprague and his wife, Bette, are Obituaries 7A [email protected] major supporters of Florida State. A They gave the university Henley’s Honkers, Politics 3 Which American city N old saying suggests $1 million to upgrade the office Santa Rosa County 3A boasts a museum that that the only difference of Seminoles football coach and Seniors 8A features Bobby Allison’s Dolphin band lent between men and boys is close friend Bobby Bowden, Sports 1-6C A winning car from the 1969 the size of their toys. whose office bears the Spragues’ Daytona 500, the pole- Amity their sound Talk of the Town 2B In the case of Gulf Breeze names. Winning car driven by “Mailing Statement is resident “Flash” Gordon Sprague, Sprague even has raced cars on Dick Mast in the inaugural no saying could be more accurate. some of the most famous venues BY BETTY ARCHER ALLEN on Editorial Page” Brickyard 400 and stock Sprague, 70, might have a head in the United States. Gulf Breeze News cars driven by NASCAR betty@gulfbreeze FOUR SECTIONS full of white hair, and his gait Not too shabby for the oldest of stars Bill Elliott and Mark news.com VOL. 7, NO. 33 might have slowed a tad. Deep four children who grew up Martin? AUGUST 14, 2008 inside, however, he remains a dirt-poor on a farm in rugged, Some stars are born. little boy still seeking all the A. Daytona Beach, Fla. rural Vermont, where people lived Gulf Breeze High wonderment the ever-changing B. Charlotte, N.C. by the strength of their hands and School became a parade world has to offer. C. Talladega, Ala. the sweat of their brows. of stars for the casting “I still don’t know what I want D. Gulf Breeze, Fla. “When you come from that directors of ‘Jaws 2’ to do with my life,” Sprague said Answer: Page 4A environment and have the during the 1977-78 recently. “I work every day trying opportunity to do the things I did school year. About 70 stu- to figure that out.” in life, sometimes you just have to dents from the school got to take part in Sprague already has lived a full recreation departments in pinch yourself,” Sprague said. the making of the blockbuster motion picture home! life most would envy. He served Clearwater, West Palm Beach, “There’s no better way for a sequel that was filmed in the Gulf Breeze and four years in the U.S. Air Force; Jacksonville and Memphis; and child to be born into life than on a Navarre areas. got married, started his family and was a phenomenally successful farm. Most farmers are not well The students rubbed shoulders with celebrities your graduated from Florida State sales manager and senior vice off. You learn the meager way of also learned how movies are made. The extras and University; managed parks and president for the world’s seventh- See FLASH, Page 4A6 stand-ins from GBHS were paid for their time, See JAWS 2, Page 5A6 Call 932-8986 today Call 932-8986 today Enjoy your community paper community your Enjoy mailed directly to mailed directly COUNTY COMMISSIONER SANTA ROSA COUNTY DISTRICT 5 GULF BREEZE NEWS (850) 932-8986 www.gulfbreezenews.com 2A August 14, 2008 GULF BREEZE NEWS Navarre school supporters question times BY PAM BRANNON young child that now will have to before the changes in busing and Gulf Breeze News get up at 5:30 or 6 a.m. to catch school start times were made. the bus, then I am going to make “I guarantee, if you had held Thursday, August 14 Shoreline Drive, Gulf [email protected] Breeze sure that child gets to bed by 8 or meetings like this 10 months Santa Rosa County Parents attending the Santa 8:30 the night before. Children ago and said the things you told Commission 9 a.m., County Tuesday, Rosa County School District’s need a certain amount of sleep, us tonight, you would have had Administrative Center, 6495 Aug. 4 town hall meeting in Caroline Street, Milton August 19 and you are the parent.” every person in this room — Santa Rosa County Santa Rosa Navarre got an overview of the One parent asked if next about 100 of us here tonight — School District Board 10 a.m., County Tourist district’s financial status result- year’s FCAT scores will deter- behind you 100 percent,” the 5086 Canal Street, Milton Development Council ing from recent state budget Santa Rosa County Fire mine of the time change stays in parent said. 3 p.m., Visitors Center, Protection Board of cuts. place for the following year. The crowd applauded. 8543 Navarre Parkway, Adjustments and Appeals But parents were more inter- “If the FCAT scores fall for Later, school board member Navarre ested in the new start times for 4 p.m., 6051 Old Bagdad Joe Culpepper/Gulf Breeze News these schools with the time Ed Gray III said the district and Highway, Milton the district’s schools for the changes, will you flip right back board could do a better job of Superintendent John Rogers Santa Rosa County Local Wednesday, upcoming school year begin- the following year to the old communicating with the public. spoke to Gulf Breeze and Planning Board 6 p.m., August 20 ning Aug. 18. time changes?” she asked. “I think the most provocative County Administrative Center, Navarre schools supporters “I see in Gulf Breeze you 6495 Caroline Street, Milton Santa Rosa County last week. Rogers said elementary thing said here tonight was by the Aviation Advisory don’t have such a wide gap in schools already on early start man who told us we should have Committee 5 p.m., starting times between elemen- schools are starting at different times are doing just fine on done this before making the Saturday, August 16 County Administrative tary and middle schools,” one times because of the buses needed FCAT. “We have some elemen- changes we made,” Gray said. City of Gulf Breeze Center, 6495 Caroline mother said. “But in Navarre under the new three-tier system. tary schools in the north end of “This process has shown us we Deadman’s Island Street, Milton you have two middle schools “If we had started them at the the county that already have need better communication with Restoration Project Volunteer Planting 8 a.m., Deadman’s Monday, August 25 starting at two different times.