SEPTEMBER 2019
A compendium of what’s happening in Biloxi
Margaritaville leads new wave of development ALSO INSIDE The city’s Community Development Department “Since Katrina, people have consistently asked issued one of its biggest building permits of the year about bringing family entertainment to Biloxi,” Mayor in August – $6.5 million for an amusement park and Andrew “FoFo” Gilich said. “We’ve always wanted to This month parking garage at Margaritaville – and it’s the first of have the total package: The casino resorts, of course, The Hunt several major projects coming out of the ground over the beauty of the community, the great restaurants, for history the next several weeks. the museums, and, yes, non-casino family attractions. Your city and Construction has already begun on the new “You can see those things happening, with the first Susan Hunt foundation at the Point Cadet entertainment center, phase of the new boardwalk along restaurant row need your and Community Development Director Jerry Creel said on West Beach, the Finishline Performance Karting, help. Find developers expect to open the expanded attraction, Big Play Bowling Alley and Laser Tag, the Premier out about an with its Ferris wheel, sky bar and more, in late 2020. Movie Theater and other attractions in the works at interactive Also on the horizon: Building permits for Edgewater Mall, and another go cart track and batting history lesson and challenge Community Bank’s new downtown Biloxi presence, cages currently under review. the much-discussed District on Howard Avenue, and “Margaritaville certainly will be a major drawing airing this month on BTV, a new casino resort at the former site of Margaritaville, card.” Pages 2 and 3 off Fifth Street.
New Keesler gate See the future of Division Street and Forrest Avenue, in a roundabout way, Page 4 Winding down
September on BTV There’s a host of new (and old) programming this month on BTV, Page 6
They’re far from proclaiming “mission accomplished,” but the construction teams working on the North Contract, those 55 miles of roadway north of the CSX railway, say they’re getting closer and closer each day to the goal of a Thanksgiving gift to the residents, businesses and motorists in East Biloxi. Paved roads! In fact, at this writing, there are only six streets awaiting their initial coat of asphalt: Parker, which was scheduled to be paved by Sept. 1, Lameuse north of Elder, Reynoir, Couevas south of Division, Forrest and Benachi. Seafood City Says Jennifer Matranga of contractor Oscar Renda: “We’re certainly in The annual Biloxi Seafood Festival tops this month’s the home stretch. Despite all the challenges our team continues to face, lineup of events. See including working in record heat, they’re giving 100 percent every week to Community Calendar, get this project completed. I couldn’t be more proud of them.” Pages 15-18
u See five maps of North Contract progress, Page 12-13 Back in the Day u See the Hemphill work south of the railway, Page 14 Columnist Jane Shambra travels the roads of u Watch the video update on BTV every day at 6:25 a.m., yesteryear, Page 19 2:25 p.m. and 6:25 p.m. biloxi.ms.us • BNews Monthly – September 2019 – 1 The “OXI” on the front of this Community Center gives a clue to where the 1951 U.S. Army documentary was shot.
Rare video offers peek into Biloxi’s past We do seem to love our history in Biloxi. other since-demolished landmarks, including Historical markers dot our major the old Biloxi City Hall. You can go inside one thoroughfares, typically pointing out long- of the halls and a classroom at a Biloxi public gone structures. A handful of smartcodes school that had been on Howard Avenue. offer a multi-media history lesson along the And now the city, which has acquired the downtown walking tour, and Carla Beaugez documentary from the National Archives, Taconi tells the Biloxi story regularly on the is asking for help in identifying people and Old Biloxi Tour Train. locations in the documentary. Then comes Facebook, with its daily BTV, the city’s new TV channel, will air or sometimes hourly barrage of old Biloxi “Social Change in a Democracy” every day in people, places and things. You can find them September. Well-known Biloxian Susan Hunt on any number of Facebook pages, where See it throughout September will host the 90-minute special, which includes correspondents share black-and-white or two airings of the vintage video. And thanks to sometimes color images of yesteryear. u “Social Change in a Democracy” Sparklight, the program will air Coastwide on its “I find that there are some younger people daily at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Cable Channel 70. who get fascinated by these old pictures,” BTV (Sparklight Channel 56, It will be interactive, too: Midway through, said Pat Byrd, a retired banker who frequently viewers will be asked to post their insight on the shares old pictures on Facebook. “For a while Uverse Channel 99 or streaming city’s Facebook page as a time-stamped version I thought it was just we old people. For me, I at biloxi.ms.us/tv of the documentary as it airs. What do you guess it was so much of a part of me growing u See it on Sparklight Channel 70, recognize? See any familiar faces or places? up here, and the wonderful life that I had. Coastwide, daily at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. “It’s fascinating to see video of old Biloxi “I look back and my home was big oyster and the people of old Biloxi,” Mayor Andrew shell piles, drive-in restaurants on beach, “FoFo” Gilich said. “What we want to do now is drive-in theaters, all the nostalgia. I told democratic way of life and how citizens can identify as much as we can and in a few months ‘FoFo’ the other day, thank you for letting me work to have laws enacted to protect their way unveil a ‘pop-up’ version of the documentary, drive down Howard Avenue again. I just don’t of life. with informative subtitles to identify people and have the parking meters to lean on to look at Producers of the documentary chose Biloxi places from our past. It should be a fun and the pretty girls.” to serve as a backdrop for a typical community. educational little project.” The flashbacks to yesteryear – the stream of A number of locals – students, fishermen, And Pat Byrd hopes it might fascinate a old photos and memories – is what makes the and city leaders of the time – make cameo younger generation. Said the former Peoples upcoming BTV presentation “Social Change in appearances in the documentary, which tells the Bank officer: “In another month I’ll be 81 a Democracy” so appealing. The catchy title story of the community rallying to enact laws to years old, which at one time was old. Not too aside, it offers a half hour of rare video of Biloxi protect local water quality and the livelihoods of long ago, I was emptying out an attic and my of the 1950s. local fishermen. How timely is that? grandson said, ‘Hey, Poppy, what’s that in your The half-hour documentary, created by the The documentary offers glimpses of hands?’ And I said, that’s a typewriter. He said, U.S. Army in 1951, discusses the values of the downtown Biloxi at the time, along with several ‘What’s that used for?’” The nom de plume Nick L. Shrimp is a homage to the late Walter Fountain, original olde crab, longtime editor of the Biloxi-D’Iberville Press, and longtime Biloxi Chamber of Commerce manager.
2 – BNews Monthly – September 2019 biloxi.ms.us • biloxi.ms.us • BNews Monthly – September 2019 – 3 U.S. 90 paving is moving like clockwork – so far “It’s going real well so far,” Joel now, we’re installing a leveling each Sunday through Thursday News Moody of Warren Paving said the course of asphalt from DeBuys night, avoiding peak daytime traffic, other day of paving work on U.S. Road to the White House, and through the length of the MDOT & notes 90 in Biloxi. “We’re exceeding we’re making that loop. project, which is supposed to end our baseline production, almost “The next section, which needs in November. doubling it in fact.” to be milled, will be from I-110 to Biloxi Police, meantime, in • Biloxi First roast: Moody, however, knows more the Biloxi Bay Bridge.” The milling, August reported no major traffic Paul Tisdale, labor-intensive work is in the offing, which involves removing a layer of tie ups in with the intermittent the longtime especially from I-110 to the Biloxi existing asphalt, will begin in a few nighttime lane closures. educator and Bay Bridge, which will begin in a weeks and will require more time Said Moody: “That’s a testament current Biloxi City N O R few weeks. than the areas between DeBuys to the hard-working and efficientT Councilmember, will be H
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to the White House, and from the Moody also said the U.S.CHEROKEE 90 STREET your calendars: The annual u See the Traffic Update at biloxi.ms.us Beau Rivage to Point Cadet. Right work would continue to take place benefit for Biloxi Public Schools is Oct. 24 at the IP. Reservations: Dewey Mason, 228-229-8733, [email protected]; 401 Cowan Road, Suite A, Gulfport, MS 39507 (228)864-7612 Fax(228)864-7676 CITY OF BILOXI or Ann Denison 228-860-8871 at ann. [email protected] • Gaming revenue: The SEAL August state gaming report 39+00 compiled by the city’s PRELIMINARY REV FinanceDATE BY Division shows
38+00 the impact of gaming CITY OF BILOXI since Day 1 back in 1992. Biloxi’s casino market has generated gross gaming 37+00 revenues of $20.2 billion PORTER AVENUE QUERENS AVENUE and paid $2.47 billion in total state and local taxes. 36+00 See the complete report on the city’s website. • Lifeguards: The Parks & DIVISION STREET WITH ROUNDABOUT BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI DIVISION STREET IMPROVEMENTS CITY OF BILOXI PROJECT No. 996 Keesler gate FORREST AVENUE ahead of schedule; Recreation Department is CAD DME ENG GJM DATE 8/15/2018 SCALE hiring1"=40' certified lifeguards BMA# 3526 FILE 3526 DIVISION-SITE.DWG SHEET for the Biloxi Natatorium S:\3526\DIVISION STREET\DWGS\3526 DIVISION-SITE.dwg, 8/16/2018 12:31:13 PM, DWG To PDF.PC3 roundabout in the works at Forrest and Donal M. Snyder Phase 1 of the new $37 million Keesler AFB Entry Phil Bryant came to my house to ask me about my Sr. Community Center. Gate project continues to move steadily toward an priorities. Number One was a new main entry gate Interested? The Human early conclusion. The City of Biloxi has substantially at Forrest and Division. Gov. Bryant pledged state Resources Division has completed construction of the new road from Forrest help and Sen. Thad Cochran and the rest of our job postings on the city Avenue westward onto the base for an eventual link congressional delegation helped direct federal dollars website, or you can call up with Larcher Boulevard. This $7.2 million portion to build the new gate and ensure Keesler’s mission 228-435-6259. of the project began May 21, 2018 with a projected going forward.” • Senior Prom: Tickets are completion date of December 2019. The road is Biloxi will soon begin creating a roundabout now on sale for the 13th complete, except for some lighting installation and intersection at Forrest and Division Street, once Annual Mississippi Gulf final asphalt at the lighting points. utilities are relocated. Upon completion of the Coast Senior Prom which “You could drive on the road today, but we do roundabout, Biloxi will begin Phase 2 of construction, will take place at the IP have to finish some of the lighting that was added creating a new four-lane boulevard along Division Casino on Oct. 17. The to our part of the project,” said Ben Smith of project Street, from the I-110 exit to Forrest Avenue. At least affair is open to ages 50 engineers Brown, Mitchell & Alexander. 15 of 27 necessary property acquisitions are complete, and older and includes a Utilizing a $7.2 million grant from the Mississippi with the remainder under negotiation. night of music, dancing, Development Authority, Biloxi was tasked with building “I’m impressed with how well the project is moving and food! Tickets are $15 a new road from Forrest Avenue to C Street on base. along,” Gilich added. “BMA and City Engineer Christy per person and can be Keesler is responsible for completing the road to Lebatard have worked closely with Keesler engineers purchased at the Biloxi Larcher, and adding new checkpoints and protocols and leadership to fine-tune the project and make Parks & Recreation Office, that will eliminate security concerns at the existing appropriate modifications when necessary. Overall 377 Hiller Dr. For more entry gate on White Avenue. this is a great example of how the city and Keesler information, call Gwen “This project was long overdue and gathering work together to benefit our community. But make Johnson at 228-388-7170 dust on someone’s desk in Washington when I took no mistake: This new gate will play a critical role in or Glenda Carter at office,” noted Biloxi Mayor Andrew “FoFo” Gilich. ensuring that Keesler remains the best training base in 228-547-8665. “Three days after I was first elected in 2015, Gov. the Air Force.”
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6 a.m. Down in Biloxi, by Rockin’ Ray Fournier (4 min) 6:04 a.m. A Day in the Life of Biloxi (9 min) 6:13 a.m. Biloxi Builders and Visionaries (8 min) Be a part 6:21 a.m. Biloxi Today (3 min) 6:25 a.m. Infrastructure video (5 min) 6:30 a.m. Biloxi Public Schools (15 min) of history 6:45 a.m. The History of Biloxi (11 min) 7 a.m. Special presentation: Biloxi Sports Hall of Fame (1 hour) BTV and the White House Hotel want your help in 8 a.m. Special presentation: Social Change in a Democracy (90 min) 9:30 a.m. City Council meetings (3 hours) solving a mystery. All this month, we’re airing the 12:31 p.m. An ode to the Biloxi Lighthouse (2 min) “Social Change in a Democracy,” a 1951 documentary 1 p.m. Biloxi Sport Hall of Fame (1 hour) filmed in Biloxi. We want you to help identify the people 2 p.m. Breakfast with Mayor (25 min) and places from back then. Tune in at 8 a.m. or 8 p.m. 2:25 p.m. Infrastructure update (5 min) daily on BTV in Biloxi (Sparklight Ch. 56 or Uverse Ch. 2:30 p.m. Biloxi Public Schools (15 min) 99), streaming at biloxi.ms.us/btv or Coastwide on 2:45 p.m. August Taconi Biloxi (11 min) Sparklight Channel 70. 3 p.m. City Council meetings (3 hours) 6 p.m. Down in Biloxi, by Rockin’ Ray Fournier (4 min) Give us your feedback on Facebook 6:04 p.m. A Day in the Life of Biloxi (9 min) at www.facebook.com/cobiloxi 6:13 p.m. Biloxi Builders and Visionaries (8 min) 6:21 p.m. Biloxi Today (3 min) 6:25 p.m. Infrastructure video (5 min) 6:30 p.m. Biloxi Public Schools (15 min) 6:45 p.m. The History of Biloxi (11 min) 7 p.m. Special presentation: Biloxi Sports Hall of Fame (1 hr) 8 p.m. Special presentation: Social Change in a Democracy (90 min) 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. City Council meetings (3 hours) 12:31 a.m. National anthem by Ronny Broussard (2 min)
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George Creel – A 1952 graduate of Biloxi High, Creel first established Charles “Charlie” Nobles – A driving force behind Biloxi’s 1965 High himself as a hard-hitting knockout specialist in the late 1940s. After an School Baseball State Championship, Charlie Nobles’ pitching record for exceptional boxing career, he became a co-founder of the Biloxi Boxing the Indians was 19-1. At Perkinston Jr. College, he helped the Bulldogs Club. As a volunteer coach and manager, he developed numerous win two State titles, pitching two no-hitters and batting .358. At Bellhaven Golden Gloves champions and helped bring regional and national boxing College, he hit .338 and continued his pitching prowess. For his career, tournaments to Biloxi. Nobles was 51-4 pitching, and he was part of nine State championships at various levels.
Anthony Hill – A scintillating kick returner with “take it to the house” Alex “Lou” Pitalo – A standout, if undersized high school football player speed, Hill was an offensive juggernaut for the early-1980s Biloxi Indians. at Biloxi High, Pitalo delayed his college football ambitions to serve in His speed and elusiveness quickly elevated him among Mississippi Coast the U.S. Coast Guard in the latter stages of WWII. When he returned to receivers. A threat to score every time he touched the ball, he earned the the Coast, he accepted an opportunity to play football at Perkinston, nickname Anthony “Thrill” Hill. helping the Bulldogs to State and National (this side of the Rockies) titles in his final year. He advanced to LSU in Baton Rouge, and excelled even though he was Alan Marsland – In 1963 and ‘64, he played on the Biloxi Indians football an undersized lineman. After graduating, he had a distinguished head and assistant team. Yet Alan Marsland earned his entry into the Sports Hall of Fame coaching career that helped start a program at Broadmoor that grew into a State by epitomizing the volunteer coach, booster and sports supporter. He Championship in just six years. has served on the Biloxi Girls Softball League Board of Directors for 30 years. He has coached the sport for decades as well, producing stars like Roger Smith – Another of the Biloxi Dodgers to make the Hall of Fame, Alabama pitcher Krystal Goodman. And he has been a tireless supporter of local sports, Roger Smith is better known as one of the State’s most respected high including his founding of the Biloxi Diamond Club and creating the Mississippi Gulf Coast school softball umpires. A 1968 graduate of Nichols High School, he Community College Baseball Concessions. pitched for the Dodgers from 1966-69. He has umpired softball for more than 43 years, including 15 Mississippi High School Activities Association Chris McGee – Known for his fluid moves and speed in basketball and State Championships. He is a three-time Mississippi High School Association Umpire of track, Chris McGee earned National High School Football All-American the Year and is a member of the ASA Umpire National Indicator Club. Honorable Mention as a senior at Biloxi High in 1982. He was a gifted wide receiver and was selected to the Mississippi High School All Star game. David Ward Sr. – One of the Coast’s premier amateur boxers starting in the He earned All-Harrison County and All-Big Eight honors in basketball at 1950s, David Ward went on to coach the Biloxi Boxing Club for eight years. BHS, and was a track standout and State award winner. He also won Player of the Week His fighters won 28 overall team titles and 20 Mississippi Golden Gloves honors seven times while a receiver at the University of Southern Mississippi. He is and AAU Championships. He also was a longtime volunteer coach of Little perhaps best known as the player who caught Brett Favre’s first college touchdown pass League and Pony League baseball. at USM. Paul Webster – Although he graduated from Ocean Springs High School D’Jon “Bobo” McNair – Nominated by his former coach at BHS, Bobo in 1979, Paul Webster earned his induction into the Biloxi Sports Hall of McNair is considered one of Jackie Laird’s best basketball players, which Fame by crafting an incredible amateur boxing record from 1974-78. As is an outstanding compliment considering the large number of star players a member of the Biloxi Boxing Club, his overall record was 158-30. He is Laird coached for the Indians. His accolades include: All State, All Star a five-time Mississippi Golden Gloves Champion, a three-time Gulf States Team, All Big Eight, All District and Street & Smith Magazine All American AAU Champion, and a three-time AAU Junior Olympic Boxing Champion. Honorable Mention. As a star player at Southeastern Louisiana University, McNair collected even more awards, including All Academic, All Defensive Team, Most Valuable John Williams – During impressive high school and college careers Player, Gulf South Conference Team and Louisiana College All Star team. from the 1960s-1990s, John Williams coached his way to the top of football achievements. His Biloxi Indians were 66-16, including an 11-0 Byron Meaut – Byron developed his baseball skills in Biloxi summer State Championship season in 1968. At Mississippi College, he took programs from Little League to Pony League to Colt League to American a perennially losing program and flipped it into an annual winner. The Legion. His skills grew through each phase and by the time he played as highlight of his career at MC was an 11-3 record in 1989, which produced a Division II a sophomore at Notre Dame, he was a standout. He struck out 16 while College Football Championship. pitching a no-hitter his first year on the varsity. His velocity and breaking pitches overwhelmed many hitters, eventually leading to his Major League Draft selection Seber Windham – Today he is known as the successful head coach of the by the Montreal Expos. Instead, he signed a scholarship to Ole Miss and helped the Biloxi Indians basketball program. Back in the mid-to-late 1980s, Seber Rebels to an SEC Championship and College World Series appearance in 1972. Windham was a baseball and basketball Phenom at BHS. Team captain of his high school basketball Indians, Seber helped Biloxi win consecutive u See all Hall of Fame members at State Championships in the late 1980s. He was also named Most Valuable https://biloxi.ms.us/residents/parks-recreation/sports/hall-of-fame/ Player. His playing career continued in college as a two-sport, scholarship athlete.
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14 – BLegendNews Monthly – September 2019 biloxi.ms.us • Construction Status Rock Base Temporary Paving Original Pavement - Not Milled Mississippi Senior Olympics Cycling Registration Deadline: Sept. 1. Open to ages Best Bets! 50 and older. Details: www.msseniorolym.org/. Biloxi Excel By 5 Orientation, Sept. 3, 10:30 and 11:45 a.m.; Sept. 4, 9:30 and 10:45 a.m.; Sept. 5 and 10, 10:30 and 11:45 a.m.; and Sept. 17, 10:30 a.m.; Cafeteria of the Biloxi Excel By 5 Community Resource Room, Lopez School, 140 St. John Ave. Orientation is required for all parents/caregivers before children can play in interactive rooms. Previous orientations do not apply because of yearly changes. Details: Susan Hunt, 228-297-2021, [email protected].
Southern League Playoffs, Biloxi Shuckers, Sept. 4-5, MGM Park 106 Caillavet St. Details: 800-745-3000 or 228-233-3465, www.biloxishuckers.com.
Friday Morning Serial, Sept. 6, 8 to 9 a.m., Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, Run, walk and climb 769 Howard Ave. Speakers: Sept. 6, Renee Collini, Northern Gulf of Mexico Sentinel Site Cooperative MSU Climate Change Scientist; Sept. 13, Bridget Turan, Gulf Coast to honor our brave community Foundation HUB; Sept. 20, DJ Baker, Alliance for Sustainable Farms; and The annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Run and Sept. 27, Aleshia Jones, American Lung Association Tobacco Free. Admission is free Climb, which honors the sacrifices of our and each Friday event is open to the public. RSVP: [email protected]. first responders and military, takes place edu. Details: 228-436-4661. on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 5 p.m. The 5K will begin at the Ocean Springs Harbor, First Friday, Sept. 6, 5-8 p.m., Rue Magnolia and Water Street. travel over the Biloxi Bay Bridge, along First Downtown shops and galleries stay open late and offer specials and the south side of U.S. 90 and finishes refreshments. Live entertainment and prize giveaways will also be part at Margaritaville where participants, of the event. Admission is free. Details: 228-435-6339. if desired, can climb 110 steps. The event was created in honor of Firefighter Biloxi Historical and Cultural Society Stephen Siller who made the ultimate Meeting, 2020 Vision, The U.S. Census: sacrifice when saving lives on Sept. 11, The Past, Present and Future, Sept. 9, Best Bet! 2001 at the World Trade Center, which, 6 p.m., Biloxi Community Development by the way, had 110 floors. Details: Building, Auditorium, 676 Dr. Martin Luther tunnel2towers.org/events/2019-tunnel- towers-5k-run-climb-biloxi/. King Jr. Blvd. Free, public event to gain helpful information about the census: the past, present and future. Details: Drawdown at the 228-435-4613. Seafood Museum Biloxi Aquatics Adult Swim Session, The Maritime & Seafood Industry Overcome Your Fear of the Water, Museum will holds its 34th Annual Sept. 14 and 21, 10 to 10:45 a.m., Biloxi Adults: Fret not $10,000 Drawdown on Saturday, Sept. Natatorium, 1384 Father Ryan Ave. Free 21. The affair, the museum’s major sessions open to ages 18 and older who about being in the water! fundraiser of the year, will be at the fear the water and want to get acclimated Are you age 18 or older and afraid museum, 115 1st St. and will begin with of being in the water? Well, the City being in the water. Details: 228-435-6205. cocktails at 6 p.m., followed by a seafood of Biloxi Aquatics Division wants to galore and more buffet at 7 p.m. and the Fireman’s Day Parade, Sept. 14, 10 a.m. help you with this fear by getting you drawdown at 8 p.m. Live entertainment, Parade begins on Howard Avenue in front acclimated to being in the water. The a silent auction, an division will hold two free sessions open bar, and door of Bradford O’Keefe Funeral Home and at the Biloxi Natatorium, 1384 Father prizes will also be travels west to the West End Hose Co. No. Ryan Ave., on Sept. 14 and 21 from part of the event. 3 Museum. Dozens of firefighting vehicles 10 to 10:45 a.m. These sessions will Tickets are $100 from fire departments across the Coast will take place before the facility opens and admit two to be part of the parade, and hamburgers, to the public. Space is limited and the drawdown. hot dogs and soft drinks will be available each session will be conducted by an Details: for the public at the museum following the American Red Cross certified Water 228-435-6320. parade. Details: 228-435-6200. Instructor. Details: 228-435-6205. biloxi.ms.us • BNews Monthly – September 2019 – 15 September 2019 • Community Calendar
Tunnel to Towers 5k Run & Climb, Sept. 14, 5 p.m. Margaritaville Resort, 195 Stay in touch Beach Blvd. The event, honoring the first responders whose lives were lost in 9/11, begins at the Ocean Springs Harbor and ends at Margaritaville where participants BNews: Welcome to the 16th issue of BNews can climb 110 floors, symbolic of the 110 floors in the World Trade Center. Details: Monthly. It’s a compendium of things you should tunnel2towers.org/events/2019-tunnel-towers-5k-run-climb-biloxi/. know about your city: status reports on current and pending public works, and a calendar of community Biloxi Seafood Festival, Sept. 14, 10 a.m. to 8 pm. and Sept. 15, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., events covering the next 30 days. Biloxi Town Green, 710 Beach Blvd. Public festival celebrating the Gulf Coast’s Calendar: Biloxi Downtown Services is seafood heritage. Affair includes live entertainment, arts and crafts, kid activities, responsible for the Community Calendar, a lots of seafood and The Sun Herald Gumbo Championship on Sept. 15, where, for compendium of events open to the public in Biloxi. a separate fee, attendees can taste professional and amateur gumbo from teams Deadline for publication citywide and online is the competing for trophies. Admission charged. Details: 228-604-0014, https://www. 10th of each month. Listing must include name of facebook.com/biloxiseafoodfestival. event, date, time, location, one- or two-sentence description, admission fee, phone number or web Getting off Auto Photography Workshop, Sept. 14, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Biloxi Visitors address. Email to Kay Miller, downtown services Center, 1050 Beach Blvd. Local photographer Alex North will help attendees unleash manager, [email protected]. the power of the camera. By using the manual mode, Alex will display how to Bmail: The city provides information about consistently shoot manual and capture images with a camera. Workshop limited to projects and events via email. Sign up at 10. Details and to reserve a spot: 228-374-3105. biloxi.ms.us/register. Sept. 17, 6 p.m. Ride begins at the Biloxi Advertising: BNews and Bmail represent an Bike Biloxi, advertising opportunity for civic-minded businesses Visitors Center, 1050 Beach Blvd. and travels through and organizations. In your hands you are holding downtown. Bicycle ride ends with refreshments at a the only advertising medium that is delivered to downtown restaurant at cyclist’s expense. Helmets and every single home, business, apartment and PO lights recommended. Admission is free. Detail: 228-435-6339. Box in the city. For rates and info, email online@ biloxi.ms.us or call 228-435-6368. Breakfast with the Mayor, Sept. 18, 8 a.m., Golden Nugget Biloxi, 151 Beach Blvd. Mayor Andrew “FoFo” Gilich will address a Biloxi Chamber audience on what’s B-Alert: For text advisories on traffic and severe weather, text BILOXI to 888777. happening in Biloxi. Event is free and open to the public. Details: 228-604-0014. Website: The city’s website, at biloxi.ms.us, is The Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum’s 34th Annual Drawdown, Sept. 21, the comprehensive digest of city information. The 6 p.m., 115 1st St. The Drawdown is the museum’s major fundraiser of the year and website also has links to the city’s Facebook and includes a buffet, to begin at 7 p.m., and the drawdown set to begin at 8 p.m. Tickets YouTube platforms. are $100 per couple. Details: 228-435-6320. Vincent Creel, Public Affairs Manager [email protected] Biloxi Main Street Book Club, Sept. 26, 5:30 p.m., Jacked Up Coffee Bar, 999 Howard Ave. Book of the month is “Two by Two” by Nicholas Sparks. Stop by Cecilia Dobbs Walton, Public Affairs Specialist Southern Bound Books, next door to the coffee bar, to pick it up a copy. Details: [email protected] 228-435-6339.
Frequently Called Numbers Area code is 228 unless otherwise noted. • Animal Control ...... 392-0641 Biloxi Football • Auto Tag/Property Tax Information . . 435-8242 Home Games played at Biloxi Indian Stadium, • Birth Certificates ...... 601-576-7960 1845 Tribe Dr. Details: 228-435-6310, • Building Permits ...... 435-6270 www.biloxischools.net. • Business Licenses ...... 435-6247 • City Council ...... 435-6257 Biloxi Junior High Football • City Court ...... 435-6125 • Home Game: Sept. 5, 5 & 6:30 p.m. – Biloxi vs. North Gulfport • Code Enforcement ...... 435-6270 • Drivers Licenses ...... 396-7400 • Home Game: Sept. 12, 5 & 6:30 p.m. – Biloxi vs. Picayune Middle • Emergency Police and Fire ...... 911 • Garbage Collection ...... 701-9086 Biloxi 9th Grade Football • Housing Authority ...... 374-7771 • Home Game: Sept. 3, 6 p.m. – Biloxi vs. West Harrison • Human Resources ...... 435-6259 • Mayor’s Office ...... 435-6254 Biloxi 9th Grade and Junior Varsity Football • Museums Information ...... 435-6244 • Home Game: Sept. 23, 5 & 6:30 p.m. – Biloxi vs. Harrison Central • Parks & Recreation ...... 388-7170 • Home Game: Sept. 30, 5 & 6:30 p.m. – Biloxi vs. George County • Planning Commission ...... 435-6266 • Public Schools ...... 374-1810 Biloxi High Varsity Football • Streets and Drainage ...... 435-6271 • Home Game: Sept. 13, 7 p.m. – Biloxi vs. Hammond • Visitor Info . . . 374-3105 or 1-800-BILOXI-3 • Water Service ...... 435-6236 • Home Game: Sept. 27, 7 p.m. – Biloxi vs. D’Iberville
16 – BNews Monthly – September 2019 biloxi.ms.us • September 2019 • Community Calendar
Biloxi Little Theater 220 Lee St., 228-432-8543, www.4blt.org Lagniappe • A Chorus Line, Directed by Aaron Lind, Sept. 13-14 & 20-21, 8 p.m., Charles R. Hegwood Sept. 15 & 22, 2 p.m. Biloxi Community Market Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 a.m.-4 p.m. Center Stage under the I-110 overpass on the corner of 2670 Rue Palafox, 228-388-6258, centerstagebiloxi.com Howard Avenue and Hopkins Boulevard. • Comic Potential, Sept. 19-29, times vary Details: Tina Cowart at 228-388-2443. City of Biloxi Senior Program Activities for ages 55 and older weekdays Biloxi Lighthouse and Visitors Center at the Donal M. Snyder Sr. Community 1050 Beach Blvd., 228-374-3105, www.biloxi.ms.us • Open daily, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Center and the East Biloxi Senior Citizen Center. Details: Gwen Johnson, • Lighthouse tours daily, 8-9:30 a.m., weather permitting 228-388-2494, [email protected]. Biloxi Schooners Biloxi Libraries 367 Beach Blvd., 228-435-6320, [email protected] • Biloxi Library, 580 Howard Ave., • Walk-on sunset sails, charters, or sails to Horn Island 228-436-3095 • Margaret Sherry Library, 2141 Popp’s Ferry Road, 228-388-1633 Biloxi Shrimping Trip • West Biloxi Library, 2047 Pass Road, 693 Beach Blvd., 228-392-8645, biloxishrimpingtrip.com 228-388-5696 • Sunset cruises, fishing trips, and three shrimping trips daily. • Woolmarket Library, 13034 Kayleigh Cove, 228-354-9464 Betsy Ann Riverboat Cruise For more information call the Harrison 173 Beach Blvd., 228-229-4270, [email protected], bestyannriverboat.com County Library System at 228-436-3095. • Hibachi Night Cruises, Historical & Ecological Tour, and Sunset Eco Tours Biloxi Main Street Promoting, preserving, Ship Island Excursion revitalizing and enhancing Margaritaville Resort boat dock, 195 Beach Blvd., 228-864-1014, msshipisland.com the economic growth • Daily service for Fall: Wednesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. of the downtown Main • Friday Night Sunset Music Cruises, 7-9 p.m. boarding begins at 6:30 p.m. Street district. Details and • Ticket prices vary, call for more information. membership: 228-435-6339, mainstreetbiloxi.com Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum City of Biloxi Public Meetings 115 1st St., 228-435-6320, www.maritimemuseum.org • Architectural Review Commission: • Camille Conversations Lunch, Sept. 6, & 27, 11 a.m. Regularly scheduled meetings: second • 34th Annual $10,000 Drawdown, Sept. 21, 6 p.m. and fourth Thursday of the month at 8:30 a.m.; Community Development, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art 676 MLK Blvd. Details: 228-435-6266. 386 Beach Blvd., 228-374-5547, www.georgeohr.org • Biloxi City Council: Regularly scheduled meetings: first Tuesday of each month at • Visionary Bayou Technician Steve Shepard exhibition, though Sept. 14 6 p.m. and the third and fourth Tuesday • Southern Witness, John Barnes exhibition, through Sept. 7 of each month at 1:30 p.m.; City Hall, 140 Lameuse St. Details: 228-435-6257. West End Hose Co. No. 3 Fire Museum • Biloxi Civil Service Commission: 1046 Howard Ave., 435-6119/435-6200, www.biloxi.ms.us Regularly scheduled meetings: second • Historic 1937 fire house open Saturdays 9 a.m.-2 p.m. or by appointment. Thursday of the month at 4 p.m.; City Hall, 140 Lameuse St. Details: 228-435-6259, Cortney Lamar • Biloxi Planning Commission: Regularly Biloxi Elks 606 Lodge of Biloxi scheduled meetings: first and third 1178 Beach Blvd., 228-374-0606 Thursday of the month at 2 p.m.; • Steak Nights with Entertainment, Sept. 7 and 21, 6 p.m. Ribeye’s, $18; Community Development, 676 MLK Blvd. Details: 228-435-6266. Fillet Mignon, $23 • Development Review Committee: • Charity Bingo, Sept. 6, 13, 20, and 27. Early Bird Start, 6:30 p.m.; Regular games, Regularly scheduled meetings: 7 p.m. Cash prizes, drawings and gifts. Kitchen open until 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays at 9 a.m.; Community • Sunday Bingo, Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29. Early Bird Start, 2 p.m.; Regular games, Development, 676 MLK Blvd. 2:30 p.m. Jackpot cash prizes, drawings and gifts. Concessions available. Details: 228-435-6266. • Tree Committee: Regularly scheduled Fleur de Lis Society of Biloxi (French Club) meetings: second Monday of each 182 Howard Ave., 228-436-6472 month at 4 p.m.; Gulf Coast Community • Every Friday night in September, 6 p.m. Seafood Dinners with Karaoke, 7:30 p.m. Design Studio, 769 Howard Ave. Details: 228-435-6266. biloxi.ms.us • BNews Monthly – September 2019 – 17 September 2019 • Community Calendar
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 Story Time 3 Community 4 5 6 First Friday 7 31 Woolmarket Market Downtown Biloxi Library Story Time Friday Night Dinners Mississippi W. Biloxi Biloxi Junior High Fleur de Lis Society Senior Olympics Football Cycling Home Game Friday Morning Serial Registration Biloxi Excel By 5 Biloxi Indian Stadium Gulf Coast Community Deadline Orientation Design Studio Lopez School
Biloxi 9th Grade Australian Pink Floyd Show Football Hard Rock Ballroom with a Twist Home Game Beau Rivage Biloxi Indian Stadium Southern League Southern League Ballroom with a Twist Playoffs Playoffs Beau Rivage 8 9 Story Time 10 Community 11 12 Community 13 14 Biloxi Aquatics Woolmarket Market Market Adult Swim Session Library Biloxi Natatorium Story Time Story Time Friday Night Dinners Tunnels To Towers 5k W. Biloxi Biloxi Library Fleur de Lis Society Biloxi Historical OS Harbor/Margaritaville and Cultural Biloxi Junior High Biloxi Seafood Festival Society Meeting, Biloxi High Varsity Football Biloxi Town Green 2020 Vision, Football Home Game Home Game The U.S. Census: Biloxi Indian Stadium Photography Workshop Biloxi Indian Stadium The Past, Present Biloxi Visitors Center and Future Inkin’ The Coast Inkin’ The Coast Ballroom with Biloxi Community MS Coast Colisuem MS Coast Colisuem a Twist Development Building Michael Bolton Don Feider – Hard Rock Beau Rivage Beau Rivage Anthony Cools – Beau Rivage 15 16 Story Time 17 Community 18 19 Community 20 21 Woolmarket Market Market Library Story Time Story Time $10,000 Drawdown Friday Night Dinners W. Biloxi Biloxi Library Maritime & Seafood Industry Fleur de Lis Society Museum
Breakfast Biloxi Aquatics Inkin’ The Coast Bike Biloxi with the Mayor Adult Swim Session, MS Coast Colisuem Biloxi Visitors Center Golden Nugget Biloxi Overcome Your Fear of the Water Biloxi Natatorium
Don Feherty Grand Funk Railroad Beau Rivage Hard Rock 22 23 Story Time 24 Community 25 26 Community 27 28 Woolmarket Market Market Library Story Time Story Time Friday Night Dinners W. Biloxi Biloxi Library Fleur de Lis Society Biloxi Gun & Knife Show MS Coast Colisuem Biloxi 9th Grade Biloxi High Varsity and Junior Varsity Football Home Game Football Biloxi Main Street Biloxi Indian Stadium John Breuer Live Home Game Book Club Hard Rock Biloxi Indian Stadium Jacked Up Coffee Bar Johnny Mathis Johnny Mathis with special guest with special guest Gary Mule Deer Gary Mule Deer Beau Rivage Beau Rivage 29 30 Story Time 1 Community 2 3 Community 4 5 Woolmarket Market Market Festival Library Story Time Story Time W. Biloxi Biloxi Library
Biloxi Gun & Knife Show Biloxi 9th Grade MS Coast Colisuem and Junior Varsity Football Home Game Biloxi Indian Stadium
18 – BNews Monthly – September 2019 biloxi.ms.us • Traveling along the path of time
Before there were roads When French-Canadian Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville first encountered our shoreline, he saw no roadbed adjacent to the waters of the Mississippi Sound. Instead, he was Oyster shells were used to pave roads back-in-the-day. greeted with an immense array of magnificent Shade trees and mini-parks provided a comfortable meeting trees. His crew had no choice but to cut place before the sand beaches made their debut. down part of this ancient forest to make way for the early settlers’ buildings, boats, and In the late 1800’s, the typical households. It was certainly a challenging recycling and reuse salesman would travel by horse Back in the Day project as they only and buggy on a dirt path along had hand tools and Biloxi’s shoreline. In the summer, muscle strength at folks would congregate atop the their disposal. shoofly – a breezy, elevated porch away from pesky insects. The evolution of our Beachfront road The first southernmost east- west road paralleling As the population increased and the water’s edge of Biloxi’s peninsula electricity was introduced to Biloxi, began as a narrow, streetcars transported residents and dirt path through tourists along the roadways. By Jane Shambra which horses, buggies, and pedestrians traveled. There were no railroad tracks then. With the increase in commerce As travel progressed along the coast, streetcar and population, this rugged road was tracks lined the south side of “Beachfront Road.” eventually widened and stabilized with oyster shells, bricks, wood planks, and cement. In some areas tiny bridges were constructed Hanging out with Grandpa always enjoyed the breeze and watched to allow passage over drainage streams and the scenery. I always wondered how those soggy areas. Back in the day, Sundays were very gorgeous oak trees alongside the road Over time, the road was widened, special. In the afternoon, after church and could always have the prettiest long gray lengthened and modernized. Once electricity after the family had Grandma’s home-cooked curly hair. Aunt Josephine knew all about was introduced to Biloxi, streetcar lines lunch, seafood gumbo with potato salad, Biloxi, and told me that the “hair” was really appeared south of the roadway. Often, Grandpa Tony and Grandma Polly would Spanish Moss that was once used for stuffing storms would cause havoc with these rails sometimes take us for a long ride along mattresses and pillows. and reconstruction would take place. Old Beach Boulevard. Sometimes, Grandpa, Grandma, and images of street car rails in Biloxi accompany We all climbed in Grandpa’s old Ford Aunt Josephine would start talking fast in the unusual sight of power poles on the Woody Station Wagon and cranked down the words that I could not understand. My older sandy beach area. windows all the way. That was a time when sister Lucy reassured me, not to worry, that The road also went through a list of there were no seatbelts or baby car seats, no they were talking a language from their old names. Our grandparents remember this air conditioning, and no GPS gizmos. country. well-traveled path as East and West Beach, First, we would pick up Aunt Josephine Grandpa would let us listen to his car radio. Central Beach, and East and West Beach who lived on The Point. Then, we would stop He would turn it on by turning a round knob Blvd. In 1926 U.S. Highway 90 was created, at Mr. Sumrall’s “fillin’ station” at the corner and numbers would light up. We would really and in 1955, the Biloxi portion of the four-lane of Main and Howard to buy gas. have a good time listening and singing along highway was completed. A guy in a uniform shirt would always with the popular tunes. After the Apollo 13 flight, the oadwayr was pump it for us. No one was allowed to touch I remember listening to WLOX’s 24-hour known as Fred Haise Blvd. in honor of our the gas tank, not even adults. The station radio station (1490FM on the radio dial) and hometown hero. attendee would even put air in our tires and waiting impatiently for hit songs of the day, With the severe damage caused by wash our windshield - all for free! Grandpa like Elvis Presley’s All Shook Up, or Hound Hurricane Katrina, this essential artery had to didn’t even have a credit card. Gas was so Dog. Grandma would sing too and get real once again be repaved, complete with new cheap, then, that he would pay with a little bit excited and tell us again and again how she traffic signals, signs, striping, drainage, of his pocket change. went to see Elvis sing at Si Simon’s place. and sidewalks. As we traveled along the beach road, I Ahhhh… those were the days!!! The writer is manager of the Local History and Genealogy section of the Biloxi Public Library. 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Sept-2019_BNews_Sportsbook.indd 1 PRESORTED8/16/19 10:31 AM STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE SEPTEMBER 2019 PAID PERMIT #57 BILOXI, MS 39530 Mayor Andrew “FoFo” Gilich Visit us online at biloxi.ms.us ECRWSS and the Biloxi City Council P.O. Box 429 George Lawrence • Felix O. Gines Biloxi, MS 39533 Dixie Newman • Robert L. Deming III Sign up for Bmail at biloxi.ms.us Paul A. Tisdale • Kenny Glavan Local Biloxi Postal Customer Nathan Barrett For B-Alerts, text BILOXI to 888777 20 – BNews Monthly – September 2019 biloxi.ms.us •