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Island Times Volume IX, Number 1015 PensacolaPensacola Beach,Beach, FloridaFlorida NovemberSeptember 12, 3, 2013 BizarreParty Star Andrew Zimmern Time! Comes To The Beach Queen Shugah Calls Upon Wooly Boogers To Celebrate At Look Inside for Kiss The HurricaneTasty Times Special Section The Pensacola Beach Chamber has a recipe for success using star power and culinary talents to amp up the Sixth Annual Taste of the Beach, Saturday and Sun- day, September 14 and 15 at Casino Beach. Andrew Zimmern, center, is a James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, food writer, teacher and is widely regarded as one of the most versatileSeason and knowledgeable personalities in theGoodbye food world. He’s the creator, host and co-executive Bawl producer of Travel Channel’s hit series, Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre World, and his new series, Bizarre Foods America. Zimmern will be at Taste of the Beach Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. The festival, which showcases Pensacola Beach’s restaurants includes a dessert contest. Chef John Flaningam of Crab’s, top left, earned fi rst place in 2012. His Bushwacker Pie earned him a spot in the fi nals which will be Saturday at 3 p.m. Tropical birds and racing hermit crabs will Stormdelight freeyoung is theguests. way Pensacolato be, according Beach residentto Queen Laken Shugah Harvey, Jayne top Drees right, Redmond. has been to As Taste the 2013of the Hurricane Beach every Season year. drawsLook for to hera close, in the her Mermaid royal dutiesParade are on complete.Sunday and She the willHula relinquish Hoop contest her incrown the Children’s November Area. 16 atRev Paradise up your Barengines! and GrillGeorge during Smith the and Wooly his brother-in-law Booger Kiss Mike the HurricaneCook, bottom Season right, Goodbyeproudly mug Bawl. the Thecamera party, next which to Smith’s begins entry at 3in p.m., the Life’s is open A Vette to anyone on the Beach who loves car show. the Beach. The show The is certifi Saturday ed Wooly from 10 Boogers, to 3 p.m. andThe Saucethose Bosswho Wouldalays down Been, some Coulda serious Been, blues Shouldaon the Gulfside Been andPavilion Woolies-in-Training stage, bottom left. will He singsbe there and celebrating.cooks a giant Do pot you of gumbo. want to It deliciousbe Wooly? entertainment. Turn to page The 2. full list of ingredients for the two day buffet of fun is on Page 2 and in Tasty Times, a special four page festival, pull-out section. PAGE 2 Island Times November 12, 2013 Storm Season Ends With Wooly Booger Bawl “You must believe!” Her kept her royal compass point- gins at 5 p.m. bama tornadoes and the folks Boogers have faded from the Royal Sweetness Queen Shugah ed out to sea which is where The identity of the new still dealing with the aftermath scene, there is a small family of Jayne Drees Redmond, the Be- she wanted storms to stay, and Queen Shugah is a closely of Superstorm Sandy.” originals who maintain the col- nevolent and Adorable Titular they did. guarded secret. The name is Rest assured that is the only orful, rich historical lifestyle. Ruler of the Great Sandspur “As soon as I had the ti- chosen by a royal group of Woo- quiet moment during the Bawl. “Being a Wooly Booger is a Republic has spoken. She com- ara on my head, then a tropical lies who meet in a back corner The Wooly Boogers are known state of mind,” said Kathi Lewis, manded and her island tribe of storm named Andrea, formed of a dark bar room. The name for their ability to party. Queen Shugah, number sumptin’ Wooly Boogers obeyed. Their in the Gulf,” said Queen Jayne. of the Queen will be revealed at The Wooly Booger name sumptin. “If you love the beach collective energies once again “Needless to say, I got all the the Bawl. was slapped on the island’s intensely, can party immensely, repelled storms from the shores good luck charms out and start- “We will burn the 2013 bearded and fun loving popula- then you may be wooly and not of their beloved island. ed sending her away.” storm names in effi gy and the tion by a former beach lawman even know it. We welcome all.” It’s time to celebrate. The TS Andrea made landfall ashes are saved to pass on to who used it as a derogative de- Join them in the revelry, Wooly Booger Kiss the Hurri- well to the east of Pensacola the new Queen,” said previous scription in the daily newspa- the dancing, the toasting and cane Season Goodbye Bawl is Beach on June 6. Queen Shugah Deb Friedman. per. The band of locals grabbed the gratitude. One more sea- Saturday, November 16 at 3 p.m. “Tropical Storm Karen “It’s a time honored tradition.” the moniker and never let it go. son and the beach was spared at Paradise Bar and Grill. It is gave a few non-believers a scare In addition to the Corona- Although many of the Wooly from storms. open to everyone at no charge. at the beginning of October,” tion and Fire Ceremony, the “It is time to drink and said Jayne. “She was an incon- Storm Dart Board will be avail- A little bit of history..... dance and do as we please,” venience, and was predicted to able for islanders to take aim at Wooly Booger Social Club records show 163 Founding and Charter said Queen Shugah. “I invite all head for Louisiana before turn- the storms which tried to take Members in 1996. Wooly Boogers, Wanna-Be’s, ing east to scrape along the Gulf aim at them. Here’s a few Royal Woolies: Coulda-Beens, Shoulda-Beens Coast. That was not going to New this year is an offi - Originally, it was thought that Queen Shugah should have a King to and Yet-To-Be Woolies to join happen. Not on my watch.” cial Wooly Booger gift basket assist her, but that changed eventually. me.” Karen spun out, south of to be given away to one lucky 1996-97 Glenda McCleary and Kenny Williams The weather gurus and over- the Morgan City. The storm person. There is no charge to 1998 Louise and JR Turner educated scientists who hole up was sheared in half by a swath get a chance to win. Just show in their laboratories in Colorado of dry air. The Hurricane Cen- up, get a ticket and be ready to 1999 Chuck and Judy LeBum L’Oignon predicted a blockbuster storm ter ceased reporting on her and have a good time. The basket is 2000 Lynn Edwards and Joy Domm season. The super computers the Wooly Boogers toasted the sponsored by Island Times. The *Manny Friedman and data forecast 11 hurricanes. power of Queen Shugah. famous New Orleans musicians Note that King Manny was the Wooly Booger with the shortest time With only a few weeks left un- Here’s your chance to toast in the band 30 x 90 will take the on the throne. Two minutes. His fi rst offi cial act was to abdicate. til the end of hurricane season, the Queen, too. The Bawl begins stage at 6 p.m. 2001 Rita Love Perry and Bernie Grimes the scientists are recanting their at 3 p.m. where all the Queen’s “Before I crown the new The Wooly Boogers went into hiding. No one knows where, but the predictions. Ten tropical storms subjects may bring forth a good Queen, I want to honor past Hurricanes launched an assault on the island, which awakened them. and two hurricanes churned up luck charm, gris gris or any oth- Queens and Wooly Boogers 2007 Paulette Provost this year. er powerful talismans to place at in Heaven,” Queen Jayne an- 2008 Renee Mack Queen Shugah Jayne sends her altar. She is accepting these nounced. “We avoided hurri- 2009 Kathi Lewis a royal nod to the arid and dust- gifts as part of the growing col- canes, but Mother Nature is a 2010 Shelley Johnson fi lled air which traveled from the lection that will be passed to the fi ckle thing. So, we will have a 2011 Deb Friedman Sahara Desert to squelch the for- new Queen Shugah during the moment of silence for the vic- 2012 Christine Bunkie Hewerdine mation of any super storms. She coronation ceremony which be- tims of Oklahoma City and Ala- 2013 Jayne Drees Redmond Leaseholders Foot Bill For Island Promotions, Operations Millions of Dollars Spent For Visitors And Citizens Enjoyment, Safety Santa Rosa Island Author- the island. The fees are paid by The report seeks to show ing a public relations campaign North shore beach renourish- ity Board Member Ed Guernsey residential and commercial lease- the economic impact of Pensac- to create a greater understanding ment: $722,000 grabbed fellow board member’s holders in addition to the ad va- ola Beach and educate the public of what the leaseholders provide Gulf beach renourishment per- attention during his November 6 lorem taxes being levied, and about the Santa Rosa Island Au- for the rest of the world, and the mits: $270,000 presentation. His comparison of MSBUs. thority. It was prompted by the function of the SRIA. LaFitte Cove dredging: $65,000 taxes and fees collected by neigh- The report showed pending State Supreme Court The fi nancial details of the Parking lot and Road repair: boring resort areas was followed $7,921,991 in lease fees were decision regarding the legality report reminded Board members $500,000 by a comprehensive look at what dedicated to public safety, public of taxation of leasehold property how some of the lease fees are al- New Visitors Information Center: the SRIA lease fees support on works, events and advertising.