MENAS REAL ESTATE opens in spanish fort, PAGE 35 Girl Scouts receive Bronze award PAGE 5 What’s on? Local TV listings The Courier PAGE 16 INSIDE NOVEMBER 22, 2017 | GulfCoastNewsToday.com | 75¢ Building a better Baldwin Eastern Shore Art Center announces renovations Changes are coming to the Eastern Shore Art Center after the groundbreaking on its new renovations and improvements. To find out more, PHOTO BY CLIFF MCCOLLUM turn to Page 4. The Baldwin County Public School System held a groundbreaking on Nov. 15 at Spanish Fort High School for a new classroom addition and gymnasium as a part of the system’s “Pay As You Go” building program. ‘The Majorettes are Back in Town’ Fairhope pushes budget Bayside seniors sign letters of intent passage Two Bayside seniors have signed national letters of intent for again their college choices. To see who is going By CLIFF MCCOLLUM where, head to Page [email protected] 13. The Fairhope City Council voted unani- Library closures mously on Nov. 13 to ex- for Thanksgiving tend the 2017 Fiscal Year holiday budget again in order to allow the council mem- Libraries across bers to study and make the county have an- suggestions on the 2018 FY nounced their holiday SUBMITTED PHOTO budget. hours. To learn more, Mayor Karin Wilson visit Page 7. proposed her FY 2018 Fairhope writer Leslie Anne Tarabella releases new book budget several months ago, saying the focus for Special TO THE COURIER She currently lives in Fairhope you, which I was dreading,” Tara- the coming year’s budget with her husband and two sons. bella said. “Jan Karon had come to would be on revenue op- Whether it’s twirling a sparkly She began writing her blog, the Fairhope a few years ago, and I got portunities, infrastructure baton, making a plate of deviled Fairhope Supply Company, and to emcee the event with her. She and personnel needs for DEATHS PAGE 20 eggs for dinner on the grounds, was quickly named a columnist in gave some great advice, which was the city. releasing a pig onto the field dur- Gulf Coast Media’s papers before ‘You go before the throne and you “For 2017’s budget, the Amy Ziegler ing the rival school’s halftime moving to AL.com, where her col- just ask for it.’ So, I thought maybe focus was cutting wasteful Bettencourt show or clipping a giant bow in a umns now appear in the Sunday I should be bold and just go for it.” spending and separating Landon Eldridge little girl’s hair, writer Leslie Anne editions of the Mobile Press-Regis- Tarabella partnered with River the financials for the City Browning Jr. Tarabella knows how to celebrate ter, the Birmingham News and the Road Press LLC, a boutique pub- and Utilities,” Wilson James Manley Dunn Jr. life in the South. Huntsville Times. lisher from New Orleans, to pub- wrote on her blog. “The John S. Grantland Now, she has a new book “The Tarabella said she had been lish the book. result has already demon- Gene C. Norris Majorettes are Back in Town” that approached by several readers to Tarabella said she’s overjoyed strated a path for a more James Vernon Piephoff has hit the shelves and she’s shar- consider putting a book together, to be able to put a collection of her financially responsible Jr. ing her stories with folks across so she started going about the pro- stories together as a book that she government. We exceeded Jeffery Sykes the country. cess of trying to find a publisher. hopes her readers will enjoy. revenue goals and were Tarabella was born in Florala “You send the book in and have and raised in Pensacola, Florida. to wait for weeks until they call SEE MAJORETTES, PAGE 2 SEE FAIRHOPE, PAGE 2 INDEX Gulf BALDWIN LIVING, 5 OUT & ABOUT, 32 Coast CLASSIFIED, 9 PUZZLES, 8 Media HEALTH, 22 SPORTS, 13 VOLUME 124 • ISSUE 17 LEGALS, 26 TV LISTINGS, 16 1 SECTION • 36 PAGES OPINION, 11 2• The Courier • November 22, 2017 • Gulf Coast Media Bayside Academy students honor veterans for Veterans Day Submitted entitled “Portraits of Courage.” DAPHNE — Bayside Academy’s Intermediate Upper School Veterans School (grades 3–6) and Day Assembly Highlights Upper School (grades — Friday, Nov. 10 7–12) students honored • Featured speaker was veterans last week in two Bayside parent and vet- Veterans Day assemblies. eran U.S. Marine Corps Highlights of the assem- 1st Lt. Nathan Cox, who blies are below. was awarded the Navy Intermediate School Commendation Medal Veterans Day Assembly with combat “V” for Highlights — Thursday, valor in recognition Nov. 9 of his actions while in • Approximately 45 veter- combat. At the Upper SUBMITTED PHOTOS The Student Government Association joined Bayside’s Alumni ans in attendance were School assembly, Cox Association in presenting the Upper School Veterans Day As- Fifth grader Marlee Mackin with her mom, Bayside Associate honored onstage. honored veterans, sembly. L to R: Seniors Andrew Smith and Harrison Biggs, Bay- Athletic Director Coby Mackin; her grandfather, Navy veteran • Sixth grader Addie shared his own military side parent and veteran U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Nathan Cox, Lt. j.g. Edward Cashion; and her 101-year-old great-grandfather, Tripp sang the “Na- story, and urged all in seniors Blakely Jones, Paige Hammele and Emily McCrory, and Navy veteran Lt. Cmdr. Medford Cashion. tional Anthem,” and 3rd attendance to find a way Head of School and veteran Michael Papa, CAPT, USN (retired). and 4th graders sang to give back and to sup- Cox was the featured speaker at the assembly. students for the tribute fought to protect our free- a tribute to the armed port our country. they paid to the U.S. doms and our country.” services. • Five seniors each spoke • The Upper School band hung in the gallery Armed Forces,” said Head • Veterans’ portraits about a branch of the played a medley of mili- outside the assembly in of School and veteran Bayside Academy is an sketched by the stu- military and lit a candle tary songs. an exhibit entitled “Pop- Michael Papa, CAPT, USN independent, coeduca- dents hung in the in honor of veterans • Poppies painted by pies for Patriots.” (retired). “It is important tional, college preparatory gallery outside the as- who served in that Upper School students that we honor all the men day school for students in sembly in an art show branch. in honor of veterans “I am proud of these and women who have grades PK-12. FAIRHOPE zations in and around the have also liked to have “I think our schools the EAC. is necessary,” Robinson Fairhope area. seen an increase in the deserve more money than “We decided to allocate said. “This is not a bot- CONTINUED FROM 1 Wilson raised several funding given to the the Airport Authority,” $350,000, which is the tomline number for what questions about the pro- Fairhope feeder pattern’s Wilson said. “These are amount the EAC asked we give our schools and under budget on expenses posal, saying she was schools, as she proposed our tax dollars, and the for,” Brown said. we can address needs as which not only saved mil- concerned that the Pirate increasing the allocation quality of our schools af- Robinson said if there they come. No money that lions of dollars over pre- Booster Club funding pro- from $350,000 to $400,000. fects us all.” were further needs for the the city gives is as impor- vious years, but greatly posed in the budget had She once again mentioned Councilman Robert schools, the council could tant as what we give our reduced the city’s reliance been cut. funding for the Fairhope Brown, who is the council discuss them. schools.” on our utility profits.” Councilman Jay Rob- Airport Authority as liaison to the Fairhope Ed- “There is nothing that The council voted At that time, City Coun- inson, who acted as chair spending she felt would ucational Advisory Com- prevents the council from unanimously to pass the cil President Jack Burrell during the meeting in be better allocated to the mittee, said the $350,000 is addressing some of the community development and other council mem- Burrell’s absence, in- schools. what was requested from budgetary shortfalls if it budget. bers said they would study formed Wilson the alloca- the mayor’s proposal and tion to the Booster Club have questions at the was specified at $35,000 for ening council’s next work ses- a five year period to help an ev sion. pay for capital improve- us for dancing. MAJORETTES “I’m sure there will be ments, and that the five Join and CONTINUED FROM 1 changes to the budget,” year period ended with the of fun Burrell said. “We want to previous budget year. debate them, and hope- “It wasn’t supposed to “I think there’s some- fully get them passed be in perpetuity,” Rob- thing in it for everyone,” soon.” inson said. “If there are Tarabella said. “There’s The council did pass a additional needs the boost- stories about loving your portion of the budget, the ers would like to bring us, family, your church, community development I’m sure we’d be willing to your life in a Southern budget, which gave appro- discuss them.” town - but there are funny priations to many organi- Wilson said she would stories, too. There are stories about schools and about adults. I think it just touches on our lifestyles The Courier in the South, not just Ala- bama but things all over 901 N.