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THOUSANDS FLOCK TO ISLES
Legendary coach
pays visit to area
By MICHAEL HALL
The Brunswick News
Michael Hall/The Brunswick News
College students, football fans and alumni of the University of Georgia gather in droves at the beach on St. Simons Island Friday afternoon in advance of Saturday’s gridiron clash between UGA and the University of Florida.
Georgia-Florida beach party stretches from
Massengale Park to Old Coast Guard Station
By MICHAEL HALL
The Brunswick News
Just outside the sea of thousands
of college students, football fans
and alumni who were gathered
on the beach on St. Simons Island
Friday, Atlantans Jesse Ammons
tossed the football to his friend
Clay Hendricks.
In years past, Ammons, a
29-year-old University of Georgia alumnus, and Hendricks,
a 28-year-old UGA alumnus,
braved the heart of the crowd at
the massive beach party that assembles annually on the day prior
to UGA’s football game against
the University of Florida in Jack-
sonville.
This year, with several years behind them since graduation, Ammons and Hendricks took a different approach, finding a spot close
to the Massengale Park beach access, away from the main crowd
that congregated this year at the
Old Coast Guard Station because
of the 3:15 p.m. high tide.
Hendricks said having a little
more room to move around is the
best way to enjoy the party, which
he likes because of the lack of
Florida fans.
“This is Georgia fans only,”
Hendricks said as partiers carried
coolers past him on their way
to the main event. “There are no
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Florida people here. Plus, this is a
spectacle.”
The spectacle was not lost on
Beau Wade, a UGA senior from
Roswell.
With a father who is a Florida fan, Wade said he previously
stayed with his grandmother, who
used to live on St. Simons Island,
and had an easy going weekend
with family. This year, though,
Wade said he wanted to see what
the party he had heard so much
about was really like.
“I had to do it at some point,”
Wade said as he watched a modified game of beer-pong on the
beach. “It has exceeded my expectations.”
This year’s party also may have
exceeded the expectations of
Glynn County officials like County Administrator Alan Ours, who
surveyed the crowd and estimated
more than 10,000 people were on
hand.
Ours was helping county staff
and volunteers with Keep Brunswick-Golden Isles Beautiful and
the University of Georgia Marine
Extension pick up trash before it
made its way into the ocean.
Ours said it looked like the
biggest party he had seen during
his time as county administrator
but added that the students and
By KELLY QUIMBY
nize the biggest influence on the
election’s outcome will be voter
turnout.
Glynn County Democratic Party Vice Chairwoman Audrey Gibbons said local party members are
offering rides to the polls, in addition to canvassing neighborhoods
State and local political parties
are pulling out all the stops to get
voters to the polls Tuesday.
On all sides of the ticket, politicians and party members recog-
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Cold spell descends on Golden Isles
We haven’t had many days
with fall temperatures, but the
lows over the weekend will
feel more like winter than fall.
The high will only reach the
— Vince Dooley, former UGA
football coach on the scene
at the area beaches
signature on a steady stream of
UGA memorabilia.
Prior to arriving at Mullet
Bay, the Dooleys stopped by
the beach on St. Simons Island
to take a look at the mass of college students who had gathered
for the party that occurs on the
beach every year the day before
the Georgia-Florida football
game, scheduled for Saturday in
Jacksonville.
“It was great to see the people all out there,” Vince Dooley
said.
The crowd of around 10,000
people was too much for the
Dooleys to tackle on Friday.
“A couple of years ago I went
Please see DOOLEY, 5A
Michael Hall/The Brunswick News
Legendary University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley
signs wall hanging for a fan Friday at Mullet Bay seafood restaurant on St. Simons Island.
State, local political parties make
final push before Election Day
The Brunswick News
Saturday
Please see FANS, 5A
The line on the porch at Mullet Bay seafood restaurant on St.
Simons Island formed quickly
when legendary University of
Georgia football coach Vince
Dooley sat down by the entrance.
Within minutes, Dooley, his
wife Barbara Dooley sitting next
to him, was signing footballs,
helmets and books, including a
new version of his book, “How
‘Bout Them Dawgs.” The revised edition includes some updates from recent memorable
football moments.
But a visit to the Golden Isles
is nothing new for the Dooleys,
who own a condominium on the
island.
Barbara Dooley said when
their children were younger and
her husband was still coaching,
the family would spend time at
a beach cottage it owned every
summer.
“We feel like we are part of St.
Simons,” Barbara Dooley said
as she passed names of autograph seekers onto Vince Dooley, who was busy putting his
“A couple of years
ago I went out
there, and I
couldn’t believe
it.”
upper 50s Saturday with the
low in the upper 30s. It won’t
be much warmer on Sunday.
Tides and five-day forecast,
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and buying ads to get their message across.
“I think we’ll have a great turnout, and I think it will be in our
favor,” Gibbons said. “The campaigns are still running. The energy is still here. I think all the candidates are doing well.
But “we’ve got to get the people
out to vote, and we are asking everybody.”
Glynn County Republican Party
Vice Chairman Jeff Kilgore said
the state party has stepped up its
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Poll results
Poll question
What should county
do with old jail?
What would help the U.S.
deal with today’s issues?
A consultant hired by
Glynn County says the old
detention center on U.S. 341
close to downtown should be
razed. You think:
With all the problems facing the
U.S. today, the nation would be
better off if we:
• Elected more Democrats
• Elected more Republicans
• Had better quality candidates
• Had term limits
75%
Tear it down
and build new
county facility
13%
Renovate facility for offices
Call 265-1104 for convenient home delivery
6%
Tear it down
and use site
for additional
parking
6%
Tear it down
and build park
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