Serving the greater NORTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH BALDWIN communities Three Baldwin teams advance to playoffs PAGE 14 Share your smile The Onlooker PAGE 22 NOVEMBER 7, 2018 | GulfCoastNewsToday.com | 75¢ RHS alumni sought for Summerdale kicking off the holiday season Veterans By JESSICA VAUGHN treated to the musical talents [email protected] of Victor Andzulis, Megan An- Memorial dzulis, Corey McKern, Chan- SUMMERDALE — Sum- dra McKern, Sewell Griffith, merdale is getting ready to Ella Maria Griffith, as well as Wall of kick off the holiday season a special appearance by Four- with its sixth annual Christ- A-Change. Everyone is invited Honor mas Concert: Home for the to the elegant evening of holi- Holidays, taking place on Sat- day music, featuring Christ- By JOHN UNDERWOOD urday, Nov. 17, at the Baldwin mas selections performed on [email protected] EMC Building located at 19600 the piano, flute, viola, violin, Highway 59 in Summerdale. as well as vocal solos, duets, ROBERTSDALE — The Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and group performances. Robertsdale High School with showtime at 7 p.m. Re- American Baritone Corey Class of 1961 is seeking freshments will be available McKern is a former grant re- the names of those who at- during intermission. JESSICA VAUGHN / STAFF PHOTO tended Robertsdale High Concert-goers will be SEE SUMMERDALE, PAGE 18 2017 Summerdale Christmas Concert School who died while serv- ing their country in the military. “What we are mainly looking for are those who Uptown Halloween takes place in Heritage Park died, not necessarily in Time for combat,” said Class of 61 alumna Delores Sturma, Turkey who is helping organize a Memorial Wall of Honor. “We are looking for those Take-Out! who served, and died while serving, who might not nec- Submitted essarily have already been honored for their service.” Foley Elementary The RHS Veterans Memo- School, along with area rial Wall of Honor will be churches and organiza- dedicated at the school on tions, is stepping up Friday, May 24 as part of to help those in need this coming year’s Memorial in the Foley area. The Day remembrance. Ninth Annual Turkey In addition to the Memo- Take-Out is gearing up rial Wall of Honor, which to feed an estimated will include the names of 1,200 people again those who attended Roberts- JESSICA VAUGHN / STAFF PHOTO this year, many of dale High School who died Foley’s Uptown Halloween was rescheduled to Monday, Oct. 29 due to heavy rains, and was also relocated to whom are the families while serving their country, Heritage Park. The changes didn’t deter locals from dressing up in their Halloween finest and making their of students at Foley the Class of 1961 will honor way to the park for some trick-or-treating. From bouncy houses, food, costume contests and lots and lots of Elementary School one of their own, Robert candy, there was fun for the whole family at the annual event. See more photos on page 17. and the Foley feeder Sykora, who served in Viet- For a full gallery of the event, check our website at GulfCoastNewsToday.com. schools such as Mag- nam and died while on a nolia Springs and Swift spy mission over the Sea of School, as well as Sum- Japan in 1969. merdale, Gulf Shores, His plane was shot down and the Rosinton areas. by the North Koreans, kill- Turkey Take-Out is ing all those aboard, said Magnolia Springs Public Library’s a partnership of com- Sturma, and fellow Class of munity churches, or- 61 alumna Beryl Camp Ad- ganizations, and Foley kisson, who is also helping Nov. Pledge Drive going on now Elementary School organize the memorial. that began after local There were 31 people on By JESSICA VAUGHN night at the Grand Hotel,” said essential to the library’s year- pastoral leaders and ac- the plane when it was shot [email protected] Library Director Elise Nodar. round budget. tive community citizens down. Only two bodies were Prior to the drive, employ- “We are very appreciative learned of the severe recovered, found floating MAGNOLIA SPRINGS — ees and volunteers of the of the generosity of our pa- need of many of the near the wreckage. Sykora Fall is here, and with it comes library worked together to trons,” said Nodar. “The staff school’s students. “With and 28 others were never Magnolia Springs Public determine and acquire a mul- and volunteers of your Mag- over seventy percent Library’s November Pledge titude of raffle prizes to be nolia Springs Library want to of the school’s popula- SEE VETERANS, PAGE 2 Drive. The pledge drive will awarded once the pledge drive thank you for your continued tion at poverty level or run for the entire month of has ended. Each participant support and patronage during below and over 100 stu- November and offers many who contributes $100 or more the past seven years … Due to dents labeled as ‘home- DEATHS PAGE 9 chances for folks to try for will be eligible to win the your generosity, we have had a less’, we couldn’t look fabulous prizes as well as help prizes, and each winner will wonderful year.” the other way and do Jerry Wayne Keith Sr. out the local library. be drawn randomly by the li- Being a non-profit organiza- nothing to help,” said Frank Ross McGinnis Sr. “Donations of all sizes brary staff. tion, the library relies on their Ginny Barnas, owner Richard Owens are greatly appreciated, but The pledge drive is one of patrons’ and benefactors’ of Island Air, Inc. and Joan Margaret Urban Robinson pledges of $100 or more will be the library’s largest fundrais- support. The donations will one of the organizers entered to win one of several ers of the year, and all money prizes, one of which is a free raised during the drive is SEE PLEDGE, PAGE 35 SEE TURKEY, PAGE 2 INDEX Gulf BALDWIN LIVING, 5 OUT & ABOUT, 8 Coast CLASSIFIED, 25 PUZZLES, 4 Media HEALTH, 22 SPORTS, 14 VOLUME 110 • ISSUE 43 LEGALS, 27 TV LISTINGS, 10 1 SECTION • 36 PAGES OPINION, 3 2 • The Onlooker • November 7, 2018 • Gulf Coast Media Silverhill seniors celebrate Rotary Club donates to ARC JOHN UNDERWOOD / STAFF PHOTO The Robertsdale Rotary Club presented a $7,242.09 donation on Tuesday, Oct. 30 to ARC SUBMITTED PHOTO of Baldwin County, proceeds from the annual Doc’s Hot Trot Presented by LuLu’s, held in Silverhill Seniors celebrated birthdays and anniversaries with lunch Thursday, Oct. June in Gulf Shores. Pictured presenting a check to ARC Director Kathy Fleet are, from 11 at the Silverhill Community Center. Seniors meet at 11 a.m. the second Thurs- left, 2017-18 Rotary Club President Joshua Mims, Fleet, LuLu’s representative Jenna day of every month for lunch and a short program. Celebrating in October were, Romano, Hot Trot coordinator Bryan Chandler and 2018-19 President Jeff Plato. The Rob- from left, David and Delores Downs, anniversary; Charlene Bagwell, birthday; Zane ertsdale Rotary Club is part of Rotary International whose motto is “Service Above Self.” Wade, birthday. The club meets at noon every Tuesday at Mama Lou’s Restaurant in Robertsdale. VETERANS among the names on fieldtrip to Washington,” and have only recently along with a plaque that kisson said. the Vietnam memorial she said. “We visited the been declassified, said will include the names “They do not have to CONTINUED FROM 1 in Washington, D.C., Vietnam memorial and Sturma and Adkisson. of others from Roberts- be graduates,” Sturma although he is included I looked for his name on Sykora left behind a dale High School who said. “There were a lot of found, but it is believed on the replica memorial the Wall. Of course, it wife and a young child. died while serving their young men, particularly that there were no sur- which was placed at USS was not there. I just feel His mother, who is now country. during World War II, vivors. Alabama Memorial Park like something needs to 98, along with three “Right now we have who left before their se- Because Sykora and in Mobile. be done to honor him siblings, also survive, seven names, including nior year of high school the others were consid- For Adkisson, memori- and others who may not including a brother who Robert,” Sturma said, to join the military.” ered by the military to alizing her classmate has have otherwise been me- lives in Fairhope. “and we would like to If you would like more be too far from the fight- been a personal mission morialized.” During the ceremony, include as many as we information about get- ing in Vietnam when for years. Details of Sykora’s the class plans to present can find.” ting your loved one or they died, they were not “In the mid-90s, I went mission and how he and a flag to Sykora’s family. Submitted names classmate added to the considered casualties of with my daughter (at the the others died were A duplicate flag, along will be researched be- list, contact Sturma at the war, Adkisson said, time, a student at E.R. deemed classified infor- with a memorial plaque, fore being added to the 251-751-1168 or Adkisson and are not included Dixon in Mobile) on a mation by the military will remain at the school, plaque, Sturma and Ad- at 251-533-8124. TURKEY Last year, Turkey delivered with the help Fil-A, Krispy Kreme and donations made by children and meet the Take-Out fed over 225 of more than 300 volun- Donuts, Starbucks, and many generous donors needs of our students CONTINUED FROM 1 families on Thanksgiv- teers over two days.