Scientific Study Casts Net Over 200 Years of Natural History
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WATER DANGER BUSINESS EXPO Another drowning occurs in area Gulf Breeze Chamber’s annual bash without lifeguards, ISLAND NEWS, 1D begins with Taste of Expo on Friday, 2A MASTERGulf OF LAWS Breeze •SENIOR LAW John S. Bordelon Serving Gulf Breeze area since 1987 •REAL ESTATE LAW • INHERITANCE DISPUTES Bordelon, Greene & •WILLS, TRUSTS Lynchard ATTORNEYS AT LAW & PROBATES www.lawbordelon.com 850.934.1000 ● 2721 Gulf Breeze Pkwy. 150 April 7, 2011 YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER 75¢ Countdown to “The sturgeon provides a direct link to the natural history of the past 200 million years. Council One of these days, we hope to see the population of this dinosaur come back.” creates – Frank Parauka 22 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Gateway Days April 29-30 limits ■ Numerous types of businesses won’t be allowed in entrance areas BY VICI PAPAJOHN Gulf Breeze News [email protected] Larry Entrekin recently received approval from the Gulf Breeze City Council to subdivide a parcel of his property in the Live Oak Shopping Center, but there is Joe Culpepper/GBN Shannon no hint regarding what business Westmoreland, Team might purchase or lease the proper- Management Chair for ty or for what purpose. Relay For Life, laments The 131-foot by 175-foot temporary ownership of parcel is located in the northeast the dreaded Purple portion of the shopping center Toilet. parking lot, roughly paralleling the Scott Page/Gulf Breeze News location of the Whataburger along Don’t ‘sit’ Forty-year U.S. Fish and Wildlife caught in Escambia Bay near the I- decades but says scientists are still U.S. Highway 98 at the far eastern veteran biologist Frank Parauka 10 bridge. Parauka has been building a foundation of knowledge portion of the center. measures a juvenile Gulf sturgeon studying the ancient fish for of the sturgeon’s life history. While it’s not known what’s on these planned there, it is known what won’t be going in to the Gateway toilets! District property. The Council passed Ordinance 02-11 on Purple toilets are pop- Scientific study casts net over Monday night creating Gateway ping up all over town, but Overlay District ordinances don’t you dare get caught •See COUNCIL, Page 3A ‘sitting’ on them. One of the many fun 200 years of natural history fundraising efforts for the April 29-30 American ■ ing to net and tag these elusive fish as Cancer Society Relay For Local environmental Lynchard expert joins effort to map the they migrate back into fresh water to Life is a game sponsored spawn. addresses by the Coastal Bank and Gulf sturgeon’s life history Since October 2010, Reed has been Trust “Beacons” where tracking the movements of tagged Gulf UPA concerns homes and businesses are BY SCOTT PAGE sturgeon through Pensacola Bay near secretly delivered a pur- Gulf Breeze News the Gulf Breeze fishing bridge decon- [email protected] ■ Clarification comes ple toilet to help “flush struction site. She is trying to shed light away cancer.” on trash-collection eather Reed, the City of Gulf on the impact such projects have on Unsuspecting recipi- Breeze’s environmental expert, sturgeon migration behavior. zones, recycling bins ents can make charitable has joined the collective efforts In 1991, the Gulf sturgeon was listed donations to Relay in H of government agencies, universities as a threatened species under the BY JULIE B. CONNERLEY increments of $10, $20 and private researchers to help provide Endangered Species Act. As a result, GB News correspondent and $30 to have the toilet a clearer understanding of the prehis- many marine construction projects – [email protected] removed and relocated to toric Gulf sturgeon. including the fishing bridge deconstruc- Following last month’s cancel- another location, but only Gulf sturgeon have been migrating Scott Page/Gulf Breeze News tion – that coincide with the fish’s Sept. lation due to a delegation-led a $30 donation will Gulf Breeze environmental expert through Pensacola Bay since Triassic to May migration timeline are halted. meeting in Tallahassee regarding ensure that the purple toi- Heather Reed prepares a receiver dinosaurs roamed the Earth 200 million The bridge deconstruction was BP, Santa Rosa Commission let will not return to your for deployment in Pensacola Bay. years ago. Scientific knowledge about allowed to continue into sturgeon Chairman Lane Lynchard made •See RELAY, Page 2A the relic’s life history, however, is still only been studying sturgeon in the migration season for the purpose of also good on his promise to answer Related story in the early stages of development. (Escambia, Blackwater and Yellow serving as a scientific study of the pro- questions from the United ■ Navarre High chorus “We are still laying the foundation of river) systems for the last dozen years.” ject’s impact. Peninsula Association. to raise ‘Relay’ funds what we know about this fish,” said USFWS tagged over 100 Gulf stur- “When migration season came The March 31 meeting included with concert, 2A Frank Parauka, who has worked geon during 2009-2010 within these around (last year), the (monitoring) his comments as reported in last USFWS for over 40 years. “We have river systems. 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Wife Sally, son Year, above. Rotary President Bob Harriman and GBES a.m., County Administrative Hall, 1070 Shoreline Drive, Hayden and event chair Bo Marks look on. Principal Warren Stevens look on. Center, Commissioner's Board Gulf Breeze Room, 6495 Caroline Street, Milton Thursday, April 14 Gulf Breeze Chamber Santa Rosa County Chamber’s Business Expo starts Friday Executive Board 4 p.m., Commission Regular 9 a.m., Chamber Conference Room, County Administrative Center, 409 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Commissioner's Board Room, The Gulf Breeze Area Chamber of Breeze Expo exhibitors. Gulf Breeze 6495 Caroline Street, Milton Commerce will stage one of its biggest THIS WEEKEND On Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Gulf Santa Rosa County School events of the year – the Gulf Breeze Breeze Business Expo 2011 will showcase Wednesday, April 13 Board 6:30 p.m., School Board Business Expo – on Friday and Saturday at ture tasty appetizers, desserts and beverages more than 125 business and non-profit Gulf Breeze Toastmasters Building, 5086 Canal Street, the South Santa Rosa County Recreation provided by area restaurants and bars. organizations in a fun, family-centered noon, Fellowship Hall, First Milton Center at Shoreline Park. Attendees will select winners of the coveted environment. Chamber members and all Expo Golden Spatula Awards. The event is sponsored by Woodland exhibitors will get the weekend of fun start- Featuring the Pensacola State College Medical Specialists. Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Report ed on Friday at 5:30 p.m. with the always- Jazz Band, Taste of Expo is free to all area To learn more, contact the Chamber at Information provided by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office. popular Taste of Expo. The event will fea- Chamber members as well as all Gulf (850) 932-7888. Felonies Fuller Jr., Edgar Stephen, W/M, 51, 2400 block of 3/30/2010 Salamanca Street, Navarre, RELAY: Burnham, Jimmy Duane, aggravated assault and It’s time again to Navarre High Chorus W/M, 39, 1900 block of obstructing justice. Constitution Drive, Navarre, 4/3/2010 paint the town purple aggravated assault. Douglas, Helen Jane, W/F, to perform benefit show Ferber, Henry Paul, W/M, 46, 1400 block of Nautilus Continued from page 1A are urged to form a team in 65, 6700 block of Paso de Drive, Navarre, fraud. memory or in honor of a col- The Navarre High School which the Chorus will partic- Cortez, Navarre, battery.