Covering all of Baldwin County, AL every Friday. Theatre 98 brings laughs with Dead Accounts The Baldwin Times PAGE 12 JULY 12, 2019 | GulfCoastNewsToday.com | 75¢ Commission plans expansion at Fairhope Satellite Courthouse By GUY BUSBY ject five bids and go out for Davis, whose district includes floor for immediate use. A sec- Under the bid proposal, con- [email protected] new proposals to complete the Fairhope, said the project will ond floor was also added as an tractors will complete 13,500 interior of the second floor of allow more space for offices incomplete shell with plans to square feet of space on the BAY MINETTE — Baldwin the courthouse. for the County Commission, complete the facility when the second floor above the west County commissioners are “We received five,” Wanda Legislative Delegation and space was needed. wing of the courthouse. The working to move forward with Gautney, county purchasing Baldwin County Economic “Some have called it a reno- budgeted price of the work plans to complete more than director told commissioners Development Alliance. vation, but it’s not a renova- is $1.2 million, according to 10,000 square feet of office at the work session last Tues- The commission began tion, it’s a completion after county reports. space at the Fairhope Satellite day. “Four were wrong. One work in 2010 to expand satel- eight and a half years,” Davis Plans call for the addition of Courthouse in areas that were was correct, and we didn’t feel lite courthouses in Fairhope said. “It’s been there all that partitions and modifications built almost a decade ago. like we had a good competitive and Foley. The Fairhope time, but when they originally to heating and air-condition- The commission will vote price with just one bidder.” facility had more than 22,000 added it, they didn’t see a need Tuesday on a proposal to re- County Commissioner Joe square feet added to the first to complete it at that time.” SEE COMMISSION, PAGE 7 Officials Once in a lifetime investigating fatal crash in Orange Beach STAFF REPORTS ALEA State Troopers are investigating a fatal crash that occurred overnight and involved two municipal police vehicles. At approximately 11:16 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9, two Orange Beach police units were engaged in a traffic stop on AL 182 (Perdido Beach Boulevard) east of Perdido Pass. The PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY DR. MEGAN MCCALL vehicle they pulled over Dr. Megan McCall, left, Dr. Nathan Robinson and Dr. Edith Widder had stopped in the cen- ter lane. Dr. Megan McCall displays Styrofoam cups shrunk by the extreme pres- guide the tether for the Medusa as it dropped into the water of the sure thousands of feet down in the Gulf. Gulf of Mexico. Behind them, Garrett Macguire Slaughter, 21, of Elberta, was travel- ing east in a 1995 GMC Bayside teacher among scientists finding giant squid in Gulf Sierra when he crashed into one of the unoc- By GUY BUSBY Dr. Megan McCall was one of Point Sur was about 100 miles she said. “I could see him go cupied patrol vehicles [email protected] the first to realize something southeast of New Orleans get Dr. (Edie) Widder. I didn’t causing it to strike the amazing was happening. on June 19 when technicians even have to see his face, I other. Slaughter, who DAPHNE — When scien- McCall, Science, Technol- noticed something on a video could feel the energy and real- was not using a seat tists on a research vessel in ogy, Engineering, Art and from a remotely operated ve- ized something amazing was belt, was pronounced the Gulf of Mexico discovered Math, or STEAM, coordinator hicle, a robot submarine. going on.” dead at the scene. the only giant squid ever seen at Bayside Academy, was one “I was sitting in the lab, On one set of videos, the No further informa- in the Western Hemisphere, of the expedition members just off to the side when they tion is available as and only the second on Earth, in June. The research vessel called Dr. Nathan Robinson,” SEE BAYSIDE, PAGE 2 troopers continue to investigate. Final Baldwin County Heritage Family program deadline is Aug. 1 BALDWIN FAST FACTS STAFF REPORTS The Baldwin County Com- Baldwin County before 1920 Square, Suite 26, Bay Minette, The first library in Alabama mission through its Depart- are eligible to be designated Alabama 36507, you may was founded by a Baldwin Does your family history ment of Archives and History as a Baldwin County Heri- email applications to: archiv- County resident, Marie stretch into the beginning of announces a ceremony to tage Family member. alrecords@baldwincountyal. Howland, a National Suf- Baldwin County history? You recognize the early settlers Applicants must complete gov or fax to 251-580-2528. frage movement leader. have until Aug. 1 to be named of Baldwin County, Alabama. an application. A paper copy A descendant qualifies for one of the county’s Heritage Citizens who are descendants of the application should be Families. of ancestors who lived in delivered to 312 Courthouse SEE HERITAGE, PAGE 7 Deaths Page 6 Gulf Ruby Pearson James Robert Fell Coast Childress Ronald Dean Heveran Media H. Cleo Christian Barbara A. Hudson VOLUME 129 • ISSUE 9 Willie Frank Crosby Robert Edward 1 SECTION • 28 PAGES Michael Edward Davis Landers Leo C. Engle Jr. Lloyd Allen Wilson 2 • The Baldwin Times • July 12, 2019 • Gulf Coast Media BAYSIDE She also pointed out a foam cup about the The Baldwin Times CONTINUED FROM 1 size of a thimble. That was a standard-sized 901 N. McKenzie St., Foley, AL 36535-3546 technicians caught a eight-ounce coffee cup glimpse of a tentacle. before it was attached to PHONE: (251) 943-2151 | FAX: (251) 943-3441 They kept watching. On the Medusa and lowered [email protected] the third set, the giant into the depths. The squid swam into view. extreme pressure forced Allison Marlow Classified Advertising A live giant squid had the air out of the foam, Managing Editor Whisper Edwards only been seen once leaving a shrunken rem- allisonm@gulfcoast whisper@gulfcoast anywhere on the planet. nant. media.com media.com That was off Japan in Researchers also 2012. Now one had been used two other devices Tony Whitehead Legal Advertising recorded in the Gulf to recover and observe Sports Editor April M. Perry south of Mobile Bay. marine life. The Tucker tony@gulfcoast legals@gulfcoast “We watched it over trawl scooped up crea- media.com media.com and over. It was thrill- tures in the deep and re- ing. I thought to myself turned them to the ship that this is epic,” she for study. The Global PHOTO SUBMITTED BY DR. MEGAN MCCALL Parks Rogers said. “This is absolutely Explorer ROV could also Dr. Megan McCall, Dr. Edith Widder, Dr. Sonkë Johnsen Publisher epic. It was so amazing be sent down to study (chief scientist of the NOAA cruise), and Dr. Nathan [email protected] that it was just there.” marine life. Robinson with the Medusa camera system. The video was taken In addition to the To subscribe, make an address change or vacation delivery at a depth of 759 meters, squid, the expedition say, the blackest black it was phenomenal,” she stop, you may call our office at (251) 943-2151, go online at almost a half mile down. found a wide variety of there is, that we know said. www.gulfcoastnewstoday.com and click on the “e-edition” link in The recording was done strange fish, shrimp and of,” she said. The expedition, Jour- the black toolbar. Under “don’t have an id’ there is an option for by the Medusa, an ROV other creatures. McCall was one of ney into Midnight: Light how to become a subscriber. or email amber@gulfcoastmedia. operated from the ship. “Even before we saw only 12 researchers on and Life Below the Twi- com. The Medusa was low- the squid, this was all so Point Sur that took part light Zone, was funded ©Gulf Coast Media 2019. No part of this newspaper may be ered from the ship with exciting,” she said. “This in the 15-day trip. One by the National Oceanic reproduced without the prior written consent of the group a bait device designed is what I want to show of her main jobs on the and Atmospheric Ad- publisher or associate publisher. Opinions of editorial or to attract marine life at the students, what there expedition was to coor- ministration’s Office of general columnists or those reflected in submitted letters extreme depths. is out there that they can dinate postings on the Ocean Exploration and do not necessarily reflect the editorial position of this The Medusa was learn and discover one progress of the voyage Research. newspaper. designed by Dr. Edie day.” and research. Researchers explored The Baldwin Times (USPS 040-560) is published weekly, Widder. In her office at She showed photos of She said the trip did the water column in with its office located at 901 N. McKenzie St., in Foley, AL 36535. Periodicals postage paid at Foley, AL 36535. Subscription rates: Bayside, McCall showed shrimp that were bright not get off to a great some of the deepest In-county annual, $38.50 plus local sales tax; six-month, $22.50 off a much smaller red in the light of the start. “Right after we left parts of the Gulf of plus local sales tax; senior citizen annual, $36.00 plus local device, about 18 inches labs. In the ocean, how- Gulfport, we got hit by a Mexico to study how sales tax; six-month, $20.50 plus local sales tax; and out-of- square, made of plastic ever, red light is the first storm that stayed with deep-sea animals func- county annual, $78.00, six-month, $39.00.