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Island Times Volume VIII, Number 9 Pensacola Beach, Florida August 21, 2012 Get Fired Up! Optimist Club Chili Chefs Battle For Top Votes Dinner Honors Local Agencies When it comes time for the Pensacola Beach Optimist Club to express their appreciation to the fi refi ghters, deputies, lifeguards, emergency medical personnel and park rangers at the First Responder’s Dinner, President Debbie Campanella, right, takes special pride. Her son Greg, left, is an Escambia County Firefi ghter and EMT. He will be at work on August 28, so he’ll miss the chili dinner and awards presentation. Greg, who was raised on Pensacola Beach, has been a fi re- fi ghter for seven years. If this sparks your interest about the Pensacola Beach Optimists’ event, turn to page 2 for more. PAGE 2 Island Times August 21, 2012 Optimists Honor First Responders Chefs Engage in Heated Chili Battle They answer the call for appreciation in the form of a Favor House gives shelter ers and are very serious about are fi lled with donations when help, not knowing what danger recognition ceremony and pre- to female victims of domestic helping others and making an the last Kentucky Derby horse lies ahead. They are the First sentation. The Club sends each violence. Many of their clients impact on their community. I trots off to the barn. Responders, the courageous agency home with an Appre- have children. am so proud of our Junior Op- As the Optimists look for- people who have chosen ca- ciation Award for their station The Club’s enthusiasm has timists.” ward to next year, they will reers in rescuing the rest of us house. fi ltered down to the young- Sometimes fundraising is tap a new board of directors to from predicaments and peril. “This is a wonderful est beach residents. The Club necessary, so the Beach Op- lead the group. The Installation The Pensacola Beach Op- event,” said Bob West, Santa sponsors a very active Junior timist Club makes it an event Banquet will be at Crab’s We timist Club will honor those Rosa Island Authority’s Public Optimist Club comprised of to remember. The Race for the Got ‘Em, September 28 where hard working men and women Safety director. “It gives all of third, fourth and fi fth grade stu- Roses Kentucky Derby Party Isabelle Fuller will take the top at their annual First Respond- us a chance to socialize out of dents at the Beach School. is hosted the fi rst weekend in spot. er’s Dinner, Tuesday, August the trenches and is very much “They meet once per May and is open to the public. The local group is one of 28. The event began with the appreciated.” month,” said Campanella, who The founder of the party is Car- 2,900 Optimist Clubs around inception of the Club, and will The Pensacola Beach Opti- is also a teacher at the Beach leen Wheeler, who gallops in the world, and is one-of-a-kind be held at the Pensacola Beach mist Club makes a positive im- School. “They have fundrais- and makes sure the saddle bags on Pensacola Beach. Community Church’s Fellow- pact with everything they do; ship Hall for the Beach depu- and, they do a lot. ties, fi refi ghters, EMS, life- The board members who guards and park rangers. assist Campanella are Vice- Seaworthy Or Sinkers “It’s an open invitation to President Skip Peirce, Treasur- the First Responders on the er Dave Sundstrom and Secre- Beach,” said Debbie Cam- tary Rev. Chuck Randle. The Annual Watercraft Race Seeks Entries panella, Beach Optimist Club group dedicates most of their Enter your ark. Sign up your are encouraged. second and third place. president. “Come one. Come time to youth programs. submarine. Row a real boat. Ves- As the name indicated, Teams may enter in advance all.” “We host a bike safety ro- sels of every shape and descrip- homemade vessels should fl oat or can register beginning at noon There are two dozen tal- deo at the Beach School,” said tion vie for prizes during the in order to be propelled through on September 2 at Bamboo Wil- ented and competitive Beach Chuck Randle, secretary. “The Anything That Floats contest, the course laid out in Santa Rosa lie’s. Optimists, who will battle in annual Oratorical Contest and Sunday, September 2 at 2 p.m. in Sound. There are prizes for the The fee to enter the Anything a Chili Cook-Off at the event. Say No To Drugs poster contest Santa Rosa Sound behind Bam- fi rst, second and third place fi n- That Floats or the BathTub Races The guests are asked to sample are two of our annual events.” boo Willie’s. ishers. There are also awards for is $30. The entire entry fee is each of the entries and vote The Beach Optimists help “Never a dull moment on La- the Most Dramatic Sinker, Best donated to the Pensacola Beach for a winner. The top chili the Pensacola Beach Chamber bor Day Weekend,” said Bamboo Costume and Most Creative. Chamber of Commerce. chef wins all kinds of bragging of Commerce create a lasting Willie’s General Manager Robert If creativity and boat build- “Our goal is to have one hun- rights to go along with his fi rst memory for the children who Gleim. “Last year someone cre- ing are not your thing, then you dred entries,” said Gleim. place award. visit Santa after the Surfi ng ated a replica of the Blue Angel’s can enter the BathTub Races The BathTub Races and “After the winner is Santa Beach Parade in Decem- C-130 Fat Albert. It did not go which are held in conjunction Anything That Floats are part of crowned, we chow down,” said ber. The Optimist Club volun- fast, but it was pretty impressive.” with the Anything That Floats. the Labor Day Weekend Jamai- Campanella. “All the chili is teers dress up like elves, snap a The rules are few. The Any- Two person teams will be issued can Fest, which kicks off Friday, served along with scrumptious photo of each child and present thing That Floats entry must be a pair of paddles and a fl oating August 31. The music festival side dishes and cake for des- the glossy print to the parents. homemade, and cannot have bathtub to race around the course includes a sidewalk sale, two sert.” There is no charge to the chil- an engine. There must be a two in the Sound. No experience is stages and children’s area. There are some special dren, compliments of the Opti- person team of paddlers. Ves- necessary, but strong arms and a For more information, go to touches for the First Respond- mists. sels which are highly decorated, good sense of humor helps. www.pensacolabeachchamber. ers. Table decorations are cre- Recognizing that “being creative and have a strong theme There will be prizes for fi rst, com or call 850-932-1500. ated by the children at Pensac- a friend to youth” sometimes ola Beach Elementary School, means giving parents a little which is located across the help, the Beach Optimists pro- Anything That Floats & BathTub Races street from the Fire Station. vide Thanksgiving dinner for Sunday, September 2 • Racing at 2 p.m. Santa Rosa Sound behind Bamboo Willie’s Each placemat is an original those who are less fortunate. Enter by mail: Checks made payable to Pensacola Beach Chamber may be mailed with completed entry form piece of artwork by the Beach “We collect everything to: 735 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach, FL 32561 School youngsters. they need for a grand Thanks- Enter in person: Checks made payable to Pensacola Beach Chamber may be dropped off with completed entry The dinner is topped off giving dinner and take it to Fa- form : Pensacola Beach Visitor’s Information Center, 735 Pensacola Beach Blvd. with a big heaping helping of vor House,” said Randle. Enter on Race Day: Checks made payable to Pensacola Beach Chamber with completed entry form to: Bamboo Willie’s, Portofi no Boardwalk, Sept 2. Registration opens at Noon. BATHTUB RACE ANYTHING THAT FLOATS Island Times Name: ________________________________________________ Date: __________________ Published every other Tuesday Address: ______________________________________________ SHELLEY W. JOHNSON, PUBLISHER Post Offi ce Box 844 City: _____________________________ State: ____ Zip: ______ Gulf Breeze, FL 32562 850-748-6878 phone Phone:____________________________ Email: ______________________________________ 850-270-1117 fax [email protected] Number of Entries ________ @$30 each = Total: _____________ www.MyIslandTimes.com No portion of this publication may be reproduced without the consent of the publisher. Team Name: __________________________________________ Ages:___________________ August 21, 2012 Island Times PAGE 3 Forever ...Barefoot on the Beach As a tribute to Jane Waters who passed away January 10, Island Times will continue to run some of Jane’s favorite columns for your enjoyment The Islander Newspaper moments every winter day, chirp- mance goes pffft…and when that She would come to fi nd me as stay one day and one night. She ing and fl uttering their wings, and black moment arrives, a mother the feathery fl akes transformed did just that. She was here, and May 5, 1981 entertaining their benefactor. needs all the help she can get. I the graying sidewalks into a fairy- she was gone. But before she Whenever my children have But back to her “sayings.” always relied on a “Sara-ism” land. She would hold my hand left, she said, “I like the houses come to me seeking advice on I’m not sure where they all origi- such as “when one door closes, tightly as we glided along, watch- here.