OUT & ABOUT: Fashion in the Frozen Foods, PAGE 24 AHSAA State Softball Tournament PAGE 13 North Baldwin Infirmary gala The Courier PAGE 22 INSIDE MAY 16, 2018 | GulfCoastNewsToday.com | 75¢ Spanish Fort approves Causeway master plan By CLIFF MCCOLLUM ties to the Causeway,” Mayor visitors with canoes or kayaks. as who would bear responsibil- [email protected] Mike McMillan said. “We will be “This is an opportunity to ity for upkeep - the city or the looking for funds to make this do something,” McMillan said. Alabama Department of Trans- Fairhope native lands Spanish Fort city officials happen, but in order to make “This is going to be a great en- portation Michael Kors internship recently unveiled a new master that happen, we needed to have hancement for the Causeway.” McMillan said the proposed plan for improvements they’d a plan.” McMillan and other officials changes would likely be rolled Fairhope native Devan like to see made to the Cause- Included in the new master hosted a community hearing in out over a 20-year period and Comalander has been way, and passed the master plan plan are a 5.5 mile long pedes- April to get reaction and ideas that the city fully planned to selected for an internship at last week’s city council meet- trian and bicycle trail along the from Causeway business owners discuss with ALDOT what each in copyright law at Michael ing. Causeway’s north side and two and residents, some of whom entity’s role would be. Kors in New York City, and “We’ve finally put together parks with picnic areas, park- were concerned the new plan “We’re going to have to sit the Blue Marlin Restaurant what we feel is a very efficient ing and fishing piers, as well as could result in increased traffic is hosting a dinner to help plan that will add a lot of nice- a boat launch for residents and and cost of the project, as well SEE CAUSEWAY, PAGE 2 raise some funds for her. To find out how you can join in the fun, head to Page 2. Ribbon cuttings across Another successful Rotary Steak Cookoff Police the Eastern Shore investigating The Eastern Shore Cham- ber of Commerce has been crash that busy the last few weeks, with several new busi- injured nesses celebrating ribbon cuttings across the area. Daphne Start on Pages 34-35 to see 3-year-old all the new businesses that have opened their doors. STAFF REPORT According to the Ala- DEATHS PAGE 20 bama Law Enforcement Agency, law enforcement Theodore A. Abeln officials are investigating Amy Denise Alexander the circumstances sur- Julya Ann Fincher Carter rounding a crash that in- Joan Darnell Curtis Everett jured a Daphne 3-year-old Renate Christa Ford last week. Richard Stephen Fountain On May 10 at 1:32 p.m., Gary Richard Gandt the child was injured Elsie Marie Novak Guarisco when the car he was a passenger in left the road Ronald Helton out of control and over- Carissa Ann Hoppes turned on County Road 13 Mary Nan Jopp about three miles north of Patricia Ann Loughrige Fairhope. James Kemble Merrihew Jr. The car, a 2008 Lincoln, Janet C. Morris was driven by 26-year-old Jennifer F. Moss Jelyssa Cooks of Daphne. William Albert Nunnery The 3-year-old was Becky Powe ALLISON MARLOW / STAFF PHOTOS transported by life flight Ida Marie Randall Last Friday, hundreds of local residents lined the streets of to USA Medical Center Frederick Schwartzenburg Jr. downtown Fairhope for the beloved annual Fairhope Rotary in Mobile with serious injuries. Cooks was not Jack G. Walls Steak Cook-Off. For more photos from this event, head to Page 4. injured. Hilda West Michael Z. Wilson INDEX Eastern Shore MPO seeks public input on transportation survey BALDWIN LIVING, 5 STAFF REPORT the Eastern Shore MPO Plan- drop boxes are also located at · Robertsdale: BRATS Central CLASSIFIED, 8 ning Area. the locations listed below: Office, Baldwin County Cen- HEALTH, 22 Have you got time for a The survey can be found · Fairhope: Baldwin County tral Annex LEGALS, 26 short survey about transpor- at https://www.surveymon- Satellite Courthouse, Public tation on the Eastern Shore? key.com/r/PFQM3CP and Library, Chamber of Com- For more information re- OPINION, 11 The Eastern Shore Metro- shouldn’t take more than 7 to merce, BRATS Hub garding the transit survey, OUT & ABOUT, 24 politan Planning Organization 9 minutes to complete. · Daphne: City Hall please contact the Eastern (MPO) is soliciting input from The survey will be open · Loxley: Town Hall Shore MPO at 251-990-4643 or PUZZLES, 10 the public regarding Public from May 8 to July 11. · Spanish Fort: City Hall 251-990-4640. SPORTS, 13 Transit and transportation in Paper copies of surveys and · Silverhill: Town Hall TV LISTINGS, 16 Gulf Coast Media VOLUME 124 • ISSUE 42 1 SECTION • 36 PAGES 1805 N. McKenzie St. (Hwy. 59), Foley (Peachtree Professional Center) 251-943-4395 2• The Courier • May 16, 2018 • Gulf Coast Media Girl Scout trip SUBMITTED PHOTOS Girl Scout Troop 8017, of Fairhope, recently visited The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport, Miss. The girls visited marine animals in the touch pools and learned how the institute rescues dolphins, turtles and other marine life in the Gulf of Mexico. The girls were also treated to a dolphin show. Fairhope native receives Michael Kors internship Fairhope native Devan She graduated from the the Blue Marlin restau- Comalander has been University of Alabama rant in Fairhope from 5 selected for an internship 2015, then worked with to 9 p.m., Commander’s in copyright law at Mi- City Year volunteering family will prepare to chael Kors in New York in inner city schools and send her off in style with City. working with underprivi- a New York Italian Style Commander is a first leged youth in San Anto- dinner in her honor. All year law student at St. nio, Texas. proceeds from the eve- Mary’s School of Law Through her hard work ning will help her defer in San Antonio. She is and dedication to studies, to high living expenses of the daughter of Robbie she has won this coveted the summer internship. and Tammy Comalander internship and will spend The Blue Marlin is lo- and the grand daughter the summer in New York cated at 8594 US Hwy 98 of Robert and Irene Co- City. Fairhope. 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