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Call Keith Mangum 850-696-6636 | Toll Free: 800-675-5671 | [email protected] | sandycheekstravel.com FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL PENSACOLA INTERNATIONAL BILLFISH TOURNAMENT JUNE 24 - 28 Register online at www.pbgfc.com $10,000 or at Captain’s Meeting at Vince Whibbs Sanders Beach Community Center 1st Place Blue Marlin Wednesday, June 24 from 6-9 p.m. $5,000 GUARANTEED TO THE TOURNAMENT SMALL BOAT CHAMPION SPONSORED BY YELLOWFIN YACHTS June 18, 2015 YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER 75¢ Another round for Tiger Point Consultants say course can get back on track BY MELANIE KORMONDY Gulf Breeze News Photo by Mat Pellegrino | Gulf Breeze News GB Hospital marks milestone [email protected] Patsy Myers speaks to a room full of former and current Gulf Breeze Hospital employees, volunteers and board members The future of the Tiger Point Golf Course and its last Thursday when the hospital formally celebrated its 30th anniversary. proitability may very well lie in the hands of the folks at Private Club Associates (PCA), the Georgia-based golf club management and consulting company hired by the city to perform an audit of golf course opera- tions and to come up with a business plan to get the Teen critically injured in crash course back in the black. Steve Paris, a PCA partner, said to the city council at a workshop held Monday night that the golf club is los- to lose control of his vehicle on Forester suffered a mechanical oncoming eastbound traffic on BY MAT PELLEGRINO ing “substantial funds,” but the club is not a lost cause. Gulf Breeze News Highway 98. problem. Highway 98. “The club really can be ixed, it has adequate rev- [email protected] According to the Florida High- The report did not indicate Scott’s Forester traveled into enue to be proitable and potential to do more revenue way Patrol accident report, 16- what happened to the tire, but the path of a pickup truck driven than it normally has,” said Paris. Total club revenue is A 16-year-old Gulf Breeze year-old Aaron Scott was driving said that the issue forced Scott by Andrew Blanton, 34, of Mil- $1.7 million, with golf operations representing $1.25 teen is in critical condition at Sa- down Highway 98 westbound at to lose control of the SUV. ton. Blanton had a 7-year-old pas- million and the Sunset Grille representing $500,000. cred Heart Hospital in Pensacola around 2:45 p.m. near the inter- His vehicle traveled over the senger in the vehicle with him at He outlined three phases to get the golf course run- after his vehicle suffered a me- section of County Road 191D raised median in the center of See » ning at a proitable level. Phase One is to ix Tiger chanical problem and caused him when his left tire of his Subaru the highway and directly into Scott Page 3A Point’s current business and stabilize the operations. Phase Two is to explore other revenue opportunities that require new capital. Phase Three identiies options and uses for the West course. Facebook page aims to deter crime PCA’s approach to realizing that goal is to achieve an optimal balance between member/guest experience “I have been completely blown away by the “I started this page due to theft from my de- and inancial performance. “Unfortunately, both things BY MAT PELLEGRINO Gulf Breeze News response I’ve had,” said page creator and north ceased brother’s vehicle. We do not know for are out of balance at Tiger Point.” Low membership [email protected] end resident Lacy Perry. sure what day the tools were stolen exactly but levels relect a low surveyed guest experience. The group is aiming to curb the amount of we do know it occurred between the time of Paris said that high cost structure is the club’s num- In an effort to crack down on thefts in the burglaries in the county by alerting residents of his funeral on May 29 through May 31 when it ber one issue and though improvements will include county, one resident has stepped up and cre- break ins after they happen in certain areas or was discovered they were missing,” she posted some capital, a lot of inancial gains will be made ated a Facebook page aimed at warning other neighborhoods. By doing so, it will help keep on the page. through operational restructuring. residents of break ins happening in their own citizens aware of what neighborhoods thieves According to Perry, nearly $1,000 worth During FY 2013/2014 the club lost $900,000, and neighborhood. are targeting, deterring theft. of valuables were removed from the vehicle, though it was budgeted to do better by only losing The Facebook page called “Santa Rosa The resident started the Facebook page which was located in Navarre at the time. about $500,000 in FY 2014/2015, as of March 31 the County Fl Break Ins” surfaced earlier this based on a tragic event that happened to her golf course is already behind budget. month and already has nearly 1,000 members. back in May. 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Escambia County’s break in This will help people address Suites, Gulf Breeze needs to happen’,” Perry said. “There is a need for this … Facebook page. things happening in their own Within a few weeks, the this should have been created a “This is for vehicle, home neighborhood.” Friday Optimist Club Breakfast 19 6:30 a.m., GB Hospital Cafeteria Monday Commissioner Committee SSRUS to improve reclaimed water system 22 9 a.m., SRC Administrative Center, Board Room B M K now the city plans to build the The city does already have a The grant will cover 50 Y ELANIE ORMONDY tank on the site adjacent to the reclaimed system, but the new percent of the cost of the al- Gulf Breeze News Gulf Breeze Toastmasters Club Meeting County Annex. tank will add stabilization to the most $700,000 project, with Wednesday [email protected] noon, Dining Hall First Baptist Church of Gulf Gulf Breeze Assistant Di- existing system. the city covering the other 24 Breeze, 555 Fairpoint Drive The City of Gulf Breeze is rector of Public Services “By adding this tank we will half from SSRUS reserve SHIP Partnership Advisory Committee in the irst steps of fulilling a Thomas Lambert said the el- be able to provide a more reli- funds. 2:30 p.m., Public Services Conference Room grant from the Northwest Flor- evated tank will provide pres- able service,” he said. Currently the project is SRIA Committee Meeting ida Water Management District sure and storage of reclaimed Lambert added that only in the design phase being 5 p.m., Santa Rosa Island Authority Meeting for the South Santa Rosa Utility water. certain areas beneit from completedthe by Hatch Mott Room System (SSRUS) to construct “This is only for the re-use system, mainly from the Tiger McDonald. Lambert said he Parks and Recreation a 300,000-gallon elevated re- system, not the potable water Point area to west – and only in hopes to break ground this 5:30 p.m., SRC Administrative Center, Board claimed water tank. Right system,” said Lambert. certain subdivisions. fall. Room Thursday GBA Chamber Governmental Affairs Fire threatens homes in HBTS 25 Meeting noon - 1 p.m., GBA Chamber Conference Room ashes in the woods,” Zwier- BY MAT PELLEGRINO GBA Chamber Business After Hours Gulf Breeze News zchowski said.