Oil Arrives, but Did We Get Lucky?
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HITTIN’ THE BOOKS GRADSGRADS TAKETAKE FINALFINAL WALKWALK GBHSGBHS tracktrack teamteam capturescaptures toptop statestate academicacademic honorhonor GBHS Class of 2010 receive diplomas SSPPOORRTTSS,, 11CC SCHOOLS, 8A/8C 50¢ YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER June 10, 2010 Oil arrives, but did we Week 7 get lucky? ■ Winds, currents “Friday was our worst day,” appear to be taking oil said W.A. “Buck” Lee, execu- tive director of the Santa Rosa away from Gulf Breeze Island Authority. “What washed up looked like chocolate pud- BY SCOTT PAGE Gulf Breeze News ding.” [email protected] As of Tuesday, all beaches in Santa Rosa and Escambia coun- The effects of the BP ties remained open to tourists Deepwater Horizon oil spill and locals looking to take flooded the sands of Pensacola advantage of the warm, sunny Beach last weekend. weather. Tar balls and tiny blobs of goo The national media came. “Everything’s fine,” Lee stressed, “People are out at the washed onto Pensacola Beach The politicians, celebrities, experts and concerned citizens – See OIL, Page 3A last week, attracting hoards of they all came, too. Related inside national media and prompting But the wave of oil did not. ■ NOAA projection map, 3A British Petroleum to begin Scattered tar balls did wash ■ Elementary student has deploying clean-up crews onto up along Santa Rosa Island over solution to capping leak, 4A Santa Rosa Island. Oil the weekend, and air reconnais- ■ Local leaders want tax sance did show sheen near the breaks for local citizens, 4A appeared to be most prevalent shores of Santa Rosa and ■ Photo gallery, 5A in the Opal Beach area; this tar Escambia counties as of ■ Guest column: Subsidies ball was spotted just west of Monday. needed now from feds, 6A the Pensacola Beach fishing But that was a far cry from ■ On The Spot: Residents Photos by Joe Culpepper/Gulf Breeze News the devastation expected head- have message for BP, 6A pier on Monday morning. ing into the weekend. ■ Church holds vigil, 1D Breezers get proactive Navarre Pier opens by stuffing absorbents with very cruel twist ■ ‘This’ is Gulf Breeze, Organizer Heather Reed, a ■ Locals wait five years one resident says about local marine biologist instru- for new structure, and mental in the ongoing restora- latest volunteer effort tion of Deadman’s Island, mar- then there’s an oil threat veled at the participation. BY JOE CULPEPPER “We’ve got people of all ages BY PAM BRANNON Gulf Breeze News and from many different places,” Gulf Breeze News [email protected] [email protected] Reed said. “We’ve got people Residents ranging from 21 from Louisiana, Perdido Key. After waiting five years for a months to 80 years of age were They say that nothing fishing pier to be rebuilt on part of the community volunteer is being done over ABOVE: Heather Navarre Beach, many people effort to manufacture home- there, so they are Reed directs some of were concerned that oil from the made oil-absorbent boom coming over here to the volunteers with BP Deepwater Horizon catastro- Saturday at the Gulf Breeze help. finished products. phe would start floating ashore “There are a lot of Pam Brannon/GBN Recreation Center. LEFT: 21-month-old and fishing would be halted at great, caring people Find out what (or ‘who’) was Approximately 200 people Hatteras Kovach the worst possible time. who are really con- caught on the first day of the selflessly gave of their time to helps his brother, C.J., But oil did not come onto cerned about this oil new Navarre Beach Pier. help assemble materials to pro- and mom, Stacey. Navarre Beach last weekend, Photo, page 4A tect area shores from the spill. This is one way and Saturday’s grand opening of approaching oil created by the they can help, and To view video of the longest fishing pier in the at the pier. Fishing and walking BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, this is a safe way to Saturday’s community Gulf of Mexico went on as on the pier was free Saturday do so.” volunteer stuffing event at and Sunday. which began spewing millions the Rec Center, log on to scheduled. Hundreds of local of gallons of crude oil into the Oil in the form of www.youtube.com/watch?v fishermen, interested residents Only a few tar balls had float- Gulf of Mexico on April 20 with See STUFFING, =RqJeFk2sYOk and beach visitors spent the day See PIER, Page 4A no immediate end in sight. Page 4A Photos by Joe Culpepper/Gulf Breeze News INSIDE ON NEWSSTANDS NOW WEEKEND Weather-plus Calendar . .2A Home and Garden . .4D Classifieds . .3D Island News . .1D Community . .2-8A Lifestyles . .1B Crossword . .3B Obituaries . .7A home! FRI 6/11 SAT 6/12 SUN 6/13 MON 6/14 Entertainment . .2B Opinion . .6A PARTLY PARTLY PARTLY ISOLATED Faith . .7A Project Graduation . .8C your CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY STORMS Fire Reports . .2A Talk of the Town . .4B high 91 high 90 high 90 high 90 low 80 low 79 low 79 low 80 “Mailing Statement on Opinion Page” FOUR SECTIONS, 24 PAGES | VOL. 9, NO. 23 | JUNE 10, 2010 GOOD NEWS ABOUT GOOD Call 932-8986 today Call 932-8986 today TIM JACKSON MAKES WAVES ON MUSIC SCENE PEOPLE – Page 2B Enjoy your community paper community your Enjoy mailed directly to mailed directly GULF BREEZE NEWS (850) 932-8986 www.gulfbreezenews.com 2 A June 10, 2010 GULF BREEZE NEWS Remembering Betty Holmes Radcliffe Thursday, June 10 Wednesday, Summers at ‘Momo’s’ meant fun Leadership Santa Rosa: June 16 Curriculum Committee 8:30 Gulf Breeze City a.m., SRC Chamber Council Executive their business pursuits, and Boardroom, 5247 Stewart BY VICI PAPAJOHN Committee 6:30 p.m., Street, Milton Gulf Breeze News they always had time for fam- City Council Chamber, [email protected] ily, too. Most family gather- Gulf Breeze Chamber 1070 Shoreline Drive, ings centered around Betty’s of Commerce Business Gulf Breeze It was a big mistake to beloved waters. Development Committee 8 In her youth, her father a.m., Chamber Conference underestimate Betty Radcliffe. Room, 409 Gulf Breeze She might have been a tiny and mother owned a fish Parkway, Gulf Breeze Thursday, camp home on Soundside lady, but her physique hid a SRC Commission 9 a.m., June 17 huge heart and mind and an Road. That was during the County Administrative Center, activism that may go unri- time when it was a weekend 6495 Caroline Street, Milton Gulf Breeze valed in south Santa Rosa trip to leave Pensacola on Santa Rosa County School Architectural Review County. Friday and go past where the Board 9 a.m., SRC School Board 6:30 p.m., City Radcliffe passed away on power lines ended to spend the Board Building, 5086 Canal Council Chamber, 1070 Tuesday, June 1. weekend on the water and Street Milton Shoreline Drive, Gulf Breeze An astute business woman, return to the city late Sunday. Betty and her husband, Jim, Betty and Jim built their Monday, June 14 Monday, June 21 purchased and ran a small con- own home on Bay Street in SRC Commission venience store, E & M 1967, where family gatherings South Santa Rosa Utility 7 p.m., City Council Chamber, Committee 9 a.m., County Grocery in Milton. In 1970, were held until Hurricane Ivan Administrative Center, 6495 destroyed the house in 2005. 1070 Shoreline Drive, Gulf they purchased land and built Breeze Caroline Street, Milton and operated a Minit Mart Betty loved the water and convenience store on Gulf spent hours in Santa Rosa Submitted photo Breeze Parkway. Betty also Sound with her kids, grand- Betty Radcliffe (left) enjoyed nothing more than spending worked for the Santa Rosa kids, and the families she time with her children and grandchildren. One of her County School system at adopted. Crabbing was a spe- favorite pastimes was crabbing with family on the Sound. Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Report Oriole Beach Elementary cial joy, along with fishing and Information provided by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office. School in the office and as boating and skiing with a boat- the day Bobby dove off the Dothan, Headland, Ala., and support staff for 10 years. load of grandkids on her pier at about age 2 in the mid- Apalachicola until her family Felonies Broadmoor Street, Navarre, fail- beloved Sound. Jim and Betty built several dle of February, she bailed in moved to Pensacola. She 5/28/2010 ure to appear. One of her grandchildren right behind him to get him attended Escambia County other commercial buildings Vidrine, Daryl Joseph, W/M, DUIs was asked to write an essay out! schools and graduated from including Breeze Mini 31, 2100 block of Bergren Road, 5/29/2010 about their favorite holiday, “How proud she was when Pensacola High School. Betty Warehouses, which they oper- Gulf Breeze, neglecting a child. Smith, Tami Rene, W/F, 48, and it was easy to write about the Gulf Breeze News came was married to James S. ated for 23 years. 6/2/2010 6000 block of Capitol Drive, Gulf every Sunday at Momo’s out with the schools’ honor Radcliffe for 40 years until After working for 11 Albro, Joshua Anthony, Breeze, DUI. house. No holiday rivaled the rolls and her grandchildren his death, and they had four straight years and taking only W/M, 25, 1200 block of College 5/30/2010 Thanksgiving and Christmas grandchildren’s favorite holi- were listed and all the sports children. She enjoyed time Macan, Lisa Marie, W/F, 44, day: “Summer Sundays.” Parkway, Gulf Breeze, drug pos- off, the couple took a vacation activities she always clipped with her sister, Peggy Vannoy; 3200 block of Pins Lane, Gulf After church, the family and brought into the office to the two traveled together usu- session.