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[email protected] • Jan. 27-Feb. 10, 2021 • mulletwrapper.com • 850-492-5221 Page 2 • The Mullet Wrapper • Jan. 27-Feb. 10, 2021 • Ad. Info: 850-492-5221 • SHARE YOUR COMMUNITY NEWS• E-Mail: [email protected] Ad. Info: 850-492-5221 • SHARE YOUR COMMUNITY NEWS • Email: [email protected] • Jan. 27-Feb. 10, 2021 • Page 3 Page 4 • The Mullet Wrapper • Jan. 27-Feb. 10, 2021 • Ad. Info: 850-492-5221 • SHARE YOUR COMMUNITY NEWS• E-Mail: [email protected] AROUND TOWN First annual Downtown OWA Arts & Crafts Fest set for Jan. 30 OWA’s immaculate Downtown entertainment district is the per- fect backdrop for Coastal Alabama’s newest Arts and Crafts Fes- tival! Immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of local art, music, and handcrafted goods! This socially distanced and family- friendly event is free to attend and enjoy. Guests will enjoy live performances from B Street Benny the Acoustic Duo, as they stroll the pedestrian-only streets of Down- town OWA and experience a wide variety of local arts and crafts for sale. There will be a special speed art game for adults and chil- dren at no additional cost as well as several giant inflatables. This free event will feature new and emerging artists as well as local creators and vendors. Guests can shop their way through Downtown OWA as they create lasting memories with loved ones in a socially distanced outdoor setting. Complete the day with din- ner and a show at one of the many restaurants in Downtown OWA. Downtown OWA is the destination for everyone’s shopping, dining, and entertainment needs! For more info, go to Visi- tOWA.com. Gulf Shores’ SBCT presents Sylvia for three Feb. weekends 27th Super Chili Bowl Feb. 6 at Flora-Bama The 27th Annual Super Chili Bowl Cook Off, featuring more than 25 teams, will be held South Baldwin Community Theatre will present three weekend under the Big Tent at the iconic Flora-Bama on Saturday, February 6. The tent opens at 10 showings of the Sonya Urquart directed Sylvia in February at its a.m., with live music, while the public’s chili sampling starts at noon. Tasting will continue Gulf Shores home. February 5, 6, 12, 13, 19 & 20 shows are at until 3 p.m. or the chili is all gobbled up. Stick around for the awards ceremony to see who 7:30 p.m. February 7, 14 & 21 Sunday matinees start at 2:30 p.m. wins the People’s Choice, Judge’s Taste, and the Best Decorated Booth award. In order to ensure social distancing, all tickets must be pur- chased in sets of two. Tickets can be purchased online at sbct.biz A $20 donation to the American Cancer Society allows you unlimited sampling of chili or at the Gulf Shores City Store on Hwy. 59. along with a free draft beer or bottle of water. Greg and Kate have moved to Manhattan after 22 years of child- Tickets can be purchased day of event at the Flora-Bama Tent entrance beginning at 10 raising in the suburbs. Greg's career as a financial trader is a.m. winding down while Kate's career as a public school English For more info, visit florabama. com or facebook or email rachel@ florabama.com. teacher is beginning to offer her more opportunities. Greg brings Last year, close to $20,000 was raised for the Society’s efforts to eliminate cancer. home a dog he found in the park-- or that has found him—bear- Entry fee for teams is $25 per three-man team, and teams will cook minimum of five gal- ing only the name “Sylvia” on her name tag. The dog becomes a lons of chili on site beginning at 8 a.m., using their own ingredients, cooking utensils, pots major bone of contention between husband and wife. The mar- and burner. Competing teams can register online at florabama.com. Winners have a shot riage is put in serious jeopardy until, after series of hilarious and at more than $300 in cash prizes with perpetual trophies awarded for First – Third Place, touching complications, Greg and Kate learn to compromise and Sylvia becomes a valued part of their lives. People’s Choice & Best Decorated Booth. For the cost f the entry fee, each guest will also receive one People’s Choice ticket to give to the team of your choice. Additional People's Choice tickets are $1. Orange Beach High principal is placed on leave Dr. Erika McCoy (pictured), the principal of Orange Beach High School, has been placed on administrative leave, Baldwin County Public Schools confirmed Friday. The ribbon was cut on the new Orange Beach High School just five months ago. Details sur- rounding the action by the school board are not being made public. "We cannot speak further on the employee matter at this time," Eddie Tyler, Superintendent of Bald- win County Schools, said in a statement. Advertise Where it Counts! 850-492-5221 mulletwrapper.com Ad. Info: 850-492-5221 • SHARE YOUR COMMUNITY NEWS • Email: [email protected] • Jan. 27-Feb. 10, 2021 • Page5 Page 6 • The Mullet Wrapper • Jan. 27-Feb. 10, 2021 • Ad. Info: 850-492-5221 • SHARE YOUR COMMUNITY NEWS• E-Mail: [email protected] Hudspeth has hired two Division I college coordinators, who, like him, have already stood on sidelines in front of GSHS hires highly successful college coach to lead football program 80,000 fans at stadiums all over the country. Former South Alabama and Troy offensive coordinator Kenny Edenfield has been approved by the city’s school Mark Hudspeth was a force at North Alabama, Louisiana Lafayette & Austin Peay board for that job here. And former West Virginia and Troy defensive coordinator Vic Koenning has accepted By Fran Thompson sistant head coach. That 8-5 Bulldog season included that same position here, according to numerous reports. Recently hired Gulf Shores High School football coach wins against Auburn and Texas A&M and a trip to the Edenfield was the offensive coordinator for six of Hud- Mark Hudspeth (pictured) has had immediate success as New Year’s Day Outback Bowl. He was a candidate for speth's seven seasons at North Alabama and was later both a high school and college coach as well as an out- the Mississippi State head coaching job that later went to the offensive coordinator for three of Neal Brown's four standing playing career at Delta State in Cleveland, Mis- Mike Leach. years as the Troy head coach (His quarterback was sissippi, where he was the team’s starting safety as a In 2019, his lone year at Austin Peay, Hudspeth led the GSHS alum Brandon Silvers). junior before moving to starting quarterback in his final team to a record 11 wins and a share of the Ohio Valley Koenning was Brown's defensive coordinator all four season. Those credentials stood out among the more than Conference title, its first conference title in 42 years. The years at Troy, and Edenfield, Koenning and Brown won 100 resumes submitted to replace Matt Blake earlier this team won play-off games against Furman and Sacra- their only game in the Sun Belt Conference against Hud- month. mento State during its first ever appearance in the speth at Louisiana-Lafayette. In the fall of 2020, Hudspeth coached a Gulf Shores NCAA Division I Football Championships. Koenning was a star at Kansas State before becoming youth team that included his own son and said he had Hudspeth was in the midst of serving a 20-day suspen- an assistant coach at Memphis. Amazingly, he has also the time of his life. So walking away from a future big sion for violations of his employment agreement when he been a defensive coordinator at Wyoming, Clemson, dollar college offer should not be resigned at Austin Peay. Two of his Austin Peay assistant Kansas State, Illinois, Virginia and North Carolina. He an issue. coaches left the program six days prior to Hudspeth’s was the head coach at Wyoming, an interim head coach After graduating from Delta suspension and a third six days after he resigned, ac- at Illinois and was in the running to replace Brown at State, Hudspeth returned to Win- cording to ClarksvilleNow.com. Troy before following his coach to West Virginia. ston Academy and took a program “This was not an easy decision, but a very personal one. Koenning resigned as the defensive coordinator at West that had four wins in the previous I need to take some time away from the game with Tyla Virginia after one of his players said in a social media two seasons to a 25–1 record and and the kids,’’ Hudspeth said when he stepped down. post that Koenning called him "retarded" during a team the 1997 Mississippi Private “We’ve been coming to Gulf Shores for a long time and workout and made what the player considered inappro- School Association Class A state had a home here,’’ Hudspeth said at his introductory priate comments about religion, politics and protests title. press conference. “In college, every long weekend we got, against racism and police brutality. He started his college coaching we thought, ‘Can we make it down to our summer home?’ WVU will pay him the $591,451 left on his contract over career at Central Arkansas as a In the summer, we would come down and stay for a the next two years. So, he is joining his two friends here graduate assistant and also month. So, we were like, ‘We are here.