Bay County People edition 1

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OCTOBER 2011 EDITION

The Bay County Veterans

Welcome this out first edition of Bay

County People. Our website ….

www.baycountypeople.com and this,

our E-Magazine is dedicated to clubs

& organizations in Bay County.

The service is FREE, as is this

publication. Please send us your club

information and photos, to:

[email protected] 850-774-0977


The Bay County Veterans Council

(BCVC) is made up of 32 Veterans

O r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d M i l i t a r y

Associations in Bay County. BCVC

are the Sole Focal Point for Veterans

Issues in Bay County, authorized by

Bay County Board of County

Commissioners.

The Council helped raise funds for

the construction of the Bay County

Veterans Memorial Plaza in Arron

Bessant Park on Panama City Beach

and conducts a Re-Dedication

Ceremony on site each July 4th.

They also conduct the annual

Veterans Day Parade in Panama City

and the Memorial day Remembrance

Ceremony in Kent-Forrest Lawn

Cemetery.

The Council established a Military

Welcome Center at the new Bay

County Beaches International Airport,

that is manned daily from 8 am to 8

pm to assist our traveling Active Duty

and Veteran Hero's and their families.

Volunteers to man the Welcome Center

are needed and those who belong to

Groups wishing to serve an entire day

or more are welcome.

For more information on the

Welcome Center or to send

information to BCVC Member

Organization’s, Contact Carol Hertz

at: 850 265-1270 or e-mail: Carol at:

[email protected].

Bob Thompson 871-0988

About The Gulf

Jazz Society

Founded in 1997, the Gulf

Jazz Society (GJS) serves as

an advocate of jazz music in

the Panama City, Panhandle

region of Florida. As part of

its annual program, the GJS

awards scholarships and

introduces jazz to local

schools. Recently the Society awarded three $500 scholarships

and granted Bay County Public Schools a curriculum guide

entitled “Jazz For Young People“ as well as instructional

materials for the use of classroom teachers.

In February of 2001 The Society presented its first

independently produced “Emerald Coast Jazz Fest / Brunch” at

the Edgewater Resort. The same year the GJS inaugurated its

series of “Open Monthly Jam Sessions” at a downtown

restaurant, and started its series of quarterly “Jazz Gumbos".

The Gumbo's are a live music event paying tribute to legendary

jazz musicians, such as Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk,

Lionel Hampton, Buddy DeFranco, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie

Holiday and others.

The Society’s St. Andrews festival series began in April of 2002

with ”Joy Spring––A Jazz Jubilee” in celebration of National

Jazz Appreciation Month. A highlight of the mini-festival was

the presentation of a “Lifetime Achievement Award” to

legendary clarinetist Buddy DeFranco who accepted the award

in person with stirring words about the importance of jazz to

our cultural experience.

Subsequent free Jazz-By-the-Bay festivals have been presented

each fall through 2007. The festivals have featured jazz

musicians of national reputation, such as Ira Sullivan, Bob

Dorough, Warren Vache, J. B. Scott and the University of North

Florida Jazz Ensemble, Duke Heigter, John Eric Kelso, Eddie

Higgins, Steve Gilmore, Giacomo Gates, Hod O’Brian and

Stephanie Nakasian.

The Ninth Annual Jazz By-the-Bay Festival is scheduled for

October 16th and 17th at Oaks-By-the-Bay Park at 10th and

Chestnut Streets in Panama City,

Gulf Jazz Society Board of Directors meets monthly in the

fellowship room of the historic St. Andrews Church at 10th and

Chestnut in Panama City, FL. Any person interested in jazz and

the program of the GJS is welcome to attend. Call 850 235 1659

for meeting details. Bob Borich Vol. Executive Director

Gulf Jazz Society Inc. http://www.gulfjazzsociety.org/


Amateur Radio Exams by Panama City ARC

Third Wednesday of each month (5:30 pm - 7:00 pm)

Saturdays (by appointment only) Location: Panama City ARC

Clubhouse, 130 N Church Ave., Panama City, FL

Please notify Gary Bills AJ4KY by the second Wednesday of the month if you wish to take an exam. Those wishing to take the test should be

present by 5:30 PM CT to complete the necessary paperwork. For more information, contact Gary (AJ4KY)

at [email protected] or at 850-747-9996.


[email protected]


The Emerald Coast Corvette Club is located in Panama City, Florida, home of the World's Most Beautiful

Beaches. Mailing address is P.O. Box 1013, Lynn Haven, FL 32444.

The club holds regular monthly meetings at 6:30pm on the first Tuesday of each month. Meetings are at Holiday

Inn Select, 2001 Martin Luther King Blvd., Panama City, Florida. We invite potential members to come to a

meeting. For membership application, click here.

We get together often for a cruise to a new restaurant or an event of interest. We do some road trips throughout

the year. Whatever it takes to enjoy the camaraderie and our Vettes.

History of Emerald Coast Corvette Club

The club was founded by a small group of Corvette owners/lovers in 1996. The club was originally organized

because there were no Corvette clubs in this area and a small group of owners wanted to get together and discuss

Corvettes and take their Corvettes to car shows. Membership started out with 10 members the 1st year and then in

1997 started growing to about 50 members and holds around that number at this time. Membership goes up and

down because we have several members that are in the military (Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard). Our beautiful

area is blessed with a base for each of these branches of the Armed Forces.

The first meetings of the club were at The Cheese Barn, then we moved to the Pizza Hut, then to Loco's, on to the

Golden Coral, then to the Panama City Country Club, to Fire Mountain back to Golden Corral and currently at

the Holiday Inn Select, 2001 Martin Luther King Blvd..

Over the years we have assisted other car clubs in sponsoring car shows to raise money for local charities. In 2001

we decided to do a Corvette only show. We called it The Corvette Beach Odyssey. We held three of these on the

third weekend of September each year. In 2004 we were forced to postpone until October because of hurricanes. In

2005 we cancelled the show due the extensive damage in nearby areas from hurricane Katrina. We have not held

the Corvette Beach Odyssey since.

The club's main goal is to have fun with our Corvettes. Some have said the main thing we do is Cruise to Eat, and

Eat to Cruise. The club’s main charity is The Taunton Children’s Home, located in Wewahitchka, Florida. We

also support the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY.

Club Officers are elected each December. Daniel Whitman was our first/founding President. Starting the club was

mainly his idea and we owe him a special thanks for his hard work in putting it all together along with Mark

Pittman and a few others.

http://emeraldcoastcorvetteclub.com/


Herb class coming up

Have you always wanted to learn more

about growing herbs and using them in

your recipes? Here's your chance to

attend a class offered by The University of

Florida/ IFAS Bay County Extension.

The class will feature information

about alternative herb gardening,

selecting herb plants, types of herbs, tips

on using herbs in recipes (seafood, breads,

dips, side dishes), shaking the salt habit,

drying herbs, making your own mixes and

a chance to taste herbed food samples. The program will be from 9 a.m.

to noon, Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Bay County Extension Office at 2728

E. 14th St. Registration is from 8:30-9 a.m.

The class costs $10 per person. Please RSVP to UF Bay County

Extension no later than Nov. 1. Call the Extension office at 784-6105 for

more information.

Future Events … Thursday, October 27

06:00am - 07:00am Panama City Beach Boot Camp @

M.B. Miller Pier

10:00am Senior Yoga @ Panama City Beach Senior

Center

04:30pm Chuck Lawson Solo @ Jimmy Buffett's

Margaritaville

05:00pm - 08:00pm Margaritaville's Coast is Clear

Locals Party @ Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville

06:00pm - 08:00pm Cake Decorating Class @

06:00pm Fall Concrete Concert Series @ Beach Walk

Plaza

06:00pm Haunted Market @ Hippie Market & Cafe

06:00pm - 11:00pm Spooktacular @ UnReal ARTist

Gallery

06:30pm - 08:30pm Community Pillars @ CityArts

Cooperative

07:00pm - 10:00pm Jaycees Haunted House @

07:00pm - 11:00pm Ladies Night @ Gracie Rae Bar &

Grill

07:30pm The Amazing Kreskin @ Martin Theatre

Friday, October 28

All Day Event Fall Fishing Challenge @ M.B. Miller

Pier

All Day Event Scarecrow Festival @

09:00am Senior Yoga @ Panama City Beach Senior

Center

09:30am Paper Crafting and Card Making @ Panama

City Beach Senior Center

10:00am - 11:00am Beach Yoga with Jacqueline Bell @

Spinnaker Beach Club

10:00am - 02:00pm Boo at the Beach @ Pier Park

10:00am - 11:00am Morning Yoga @ Spinnaker Beach

Club

04:30pm Lennie Jennings Solo @ Jimmy Buffett's

Margaritaville

06:00pm Community Garden Hosts Harvest Dinner @

St. Andrews Marina


06:30pm - 10:00pm Seniors Halloween Party @

Panama City Beach Senior Center


07:30pm Friday Night Troubadours: Hits & Grins @

Martin Theatre


Bay County Parks and Recreation announces

that this year's Haunted Hay Ride will be held

Oct. 28 and 29 at H.G. Harder's Park, located

at 8110 John Pitts Rd., Panama City. Last year,

some 5,000 visitors braved the county's

spooktacular setup, raising around $10,000 for

charity.

Join thousands of Bay County residents in

what is sure to be a frightful, fun-filled night at

a bargain price. Adults may enter for $5,

children 13 to seven years old may enter for $3

and children six and under enter at no charge.

The fun begins at dusk and ticket sales end

at 10 p.m. both nights.

The trail features dozens of haunted sites

and from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 29 kids can

visit the Pumpkin Patch, a free, fun alternative

to trick or treating with game booths, vendors

and candy for the kids.

A costume contest will be held at 7:30 in the

Pumpkin Patch, with prizes for both the cutest

and scariest entrants in four age groups: two

and under, ages three to five, six to seven and

eight to 10 years old.


Bay County to hold

Waste Amnesty Days

Bay County’s annual Waste Amnesty Days and Recycling

Round-up will be held Friday, Nov. 11 and Saturday, Nov. 12

from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Steelfield Landfill located at 11411

Landfill Road in West Bay, off State 79.

“This is something we do as a service to the community, giving

people an opportunity to clean up their properties and also

dispose of household hazardous waste properly without concern

about it damaging the local environment,” said Bay County

Utilities Director Jamie Jones.

Residents may drop off their yard debris, household garbage and hazardous waste at no charge and are

encouraged to bring recyclable materials as well. Fish ponds stocked by the Florida Fish and Wildlife

Commission are located on the property and will be open to fishing for customers who drop off

recyclables from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Customers must supply their own fishing equipment and bait, and

children must be accompanied by an adult.

This event is open to Bay County residents only. Proof of residency is required (e.g., driver’s license,

power bill, voter registration card).

The following materials will be accepted:

•

Appliances (air conditioners, dryers, stoves, washing machines, etc.)

•

Construction and demolition debris (concrete, lumber, sheet rock, etc.)

•

Trash (kitchen garbage, furniture, carpet, clothes, etc.)

•

Household hazardous waste (pesticides, paints, used oil, fluorescent tubes, antifreeze, etc.)

•

Small engine containing devices (lawn mowers, weed eaters, edgers, etc.)

•

Tires

•

Yard debris (grass clippings, leaves, tree trimmings, etc.)

•

Recyclables (batteries, paper, plastic, metals, computers, cell phones, etc.)

Regulations prohibit disposing of appliances, household hazardous waste, small engine containing devices

and tires in landfills. The landfill accepts these items, but must process them separately from other waste.

If possible, please stage these materials in the load so they can be dropped off at the designated area.

Bay County will not accept gas cylinders, explosive materials, ammunition, or flares. However, residential

-sized propane tanks are accepted.

The normal tipping fees will still apply to commercial customers.

For more information, contact Bay County Solid Waste

Management at 236-2212.


ACROSS

1. Merchandise

6. Exploded star

10. Amount of medicine

14. A South American bird

15. Very imposing or

impressive

16. Weightlifters pump this

17. The meaning of a word

19. Sediment

20. Animal sexual arousal

21. Beer

22. Impoverished

23. Strike down

25. Thin and metallic in

sound

26. Resorts

30. A wise and trusted

guide

32. Summit

35. Later this evening

39. Choice

40. Asteroid

41. Notwithstanding

43. Failure to be present

44. Slob

46. To fake an opponent

out of position

47. Improvised flat floats

50. Communion table

53. Winged

54. 180° from NNW

55. It hangs from the necks

of turkeys

60. Drill

61. The financial means

whereby one lives

63. Ancient Peruvian

64. Roasting appliance

65. A dish of greens and

tomatoes

66. Consider

67. Make (one's way)

68. Foe

DOWN 1. Walk through water

2. Matures

3. Logs or timbers fastened

together

4. Arab chieftain

5. Cavity in the skull

6. Mesh

7. Narcotic

8. Ferocious

9. Pimples

10. Demoralized

11. A giant Boeotian hunter

(Greek mythology)

12. Statesman

13. Way in

18. Any doctrine

24. Babysitter's handful

25. Notes

26. Wearing footgear

27. Water carrier

28. Anagram of "Salt"

29. Backwash

31. Grave

33. Works

34. Not tricked by

36. Heredity carrier

37. Pawn

38. Tall woody plant

42. Deliberately vague

43. Picnic insect

45. Just short of a dozen

47. Fanatical

48. Without company

49. A comedy

characterized by broad

satire

51. Piercing tool

52. Increase

54. Sluggish

56. Comparative word

57. Lacquered metalware

58. Farm soil

59. Swirl

62. Finish

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FUTURE EVENTS IN BAY COUNTY

Saturday, October 29 All Day Event Fall Fishing Challenge @ M.B. Miller Pier

All Day Event Scarecrow Festival @

All Day Event Jewels of 30A Artshow @ Hidden Lantern Bookstore & Gallery

All Day Event Destin Festival of the Arts @

All Day Event Fall Softball Nationals @ Frank Brown Park

08:00am Conservation Park Opening Celebrations @

08:00am Tricker Trek 10K, 5K and Family Fun Run @

08:30am - 01:00pm St. Andrews Waterfront Farmers Market @ St. Andrews Marina

09:00am - 05:00pm Bay County Gun Show @ Bay County Fairgrounds - Central Panhandle Fair

09:00am McGuire's Halloween 5K, 10K @

09:00am - 01:00pm Seaside Farmers Market @ Seaside Amphitheatre

10:00am - 02:00pm Boo at the Beach @ Pier Park

10:00am - 06:00pm Harvest Market @ Rosemary Beach

10:00am - 05:30pm Harvest Market and Monstrous Halloween Celebration @

10:00am - 03:00pm Local Books Alive! @ Bay County Public Library

10:00am - 02:00pm Millville Pet Masquerade @

05:00pm - 08:00pm ZooBoo! @ Zoo World

06:00pm - 10:00pm Fall Fling Dance Party @ Panama City Beach Senior Center



07:00pm Toys for Kids Halloween Bash @ Spinnaker Beach Club

Sunday, October 30 All Day Event BAR WARS & Member Appreciation @ Spinnaker Beach Club

All Day Event Fall Fishing Challenge @ M.B. Miller Pier

All Day Event Destin Festival of the Arts @

All Day Event Fall Softball Nationals @ Frank Brown Park

10:00am - 04:00pm Bay County Gun Show @ Bay County Fairgrounds - Central Panhandle Fair

05:30pm - 08:00pm Fall Festival @


...this is “good news”....for the first time, a web site and E-Magazine, dedicated to news of

clubs and organizations in Bay County Florida. Featuring information of past events and future happenings. And even better, it is FREE to any club or civic organization, all we ask, is that the club / organization, share with its members our

online edition, through email. The publishers will either supply an electronic edition of the e-magazine,

for membership distribution, or we can

email it direct to members.

Email you articles - photos - to [email protected]

850-774-0977


mailto:[email protected]

Florida

SLAP

distributor

carries on

family

tradition

Address:

2310 S. Hwy 77, Suite 110-201,

Lynn Haven,

FL - 32444

Phone: (850) 774-3186

About Florida SLAP

distributor carries on family

tradition:

Lee Ann Swartzentruber is carrying on a family tradition with Florida SLAP, a local

distributor of Slap Ya Mama Cajun products. The company was created by her aunt and uncle,

Jennifer and Tony Walker, of Walker & Sons Inc. The Walkers were looking for just the right

high-quality mix to please their convenience store deli customers in Ville Platte, La., who wanted

something a little less salty. So, they filled a pickle jar with salt, red and black pepper and garlic

and then let their children, Jack and Joe, get into the mix by rolling it around on the floor. The

original blend was introduced to the Walkers' customers in 1996 and demand quickly rose for the

spice mix. It became incorporated in 2001 and turned into a brand. Slap Ya Mama is now sold

throughout the U.S., as well as in Canada and the United Kingdom.

But Swartzentruber is the only family distributor, bringing Slap Ya Mama to Northwest

Florida with Florida SLAP. Swartzentruber was raised by her mother, Georgia, and Bob Walker

in Meridian, Miss. Bob Walker, the middle of three Walker boys, with Tony being the youngest

and Kenneth being the oldest, was the only family member to leave Louisiana. But Bob Walker

brought the Cajun cooking and the language with him, teaching Swartzentruber a little Cajun

French spoken by his mother and grandmother. From the age of 7, she grew up as part of the

Walker family, eating Cajun cooking at family reunions and crawfish boils with up to 300,000

pounds of crawfish. Initially, she just gave the Slap Ya Mama products to friends as thank-you

gifts and to initiate conversation with her job, but then found people were requesting it.

Swartzentruber, her son, Reid Garrett, and her husband, Cecil, started by working booths at area

festivals and farmers' markets.

They have been to more than 30 events since October 2009, with 26 during 2010. Family friend

Kayla Holder helps out during Thunder Beach, promoting the products while wearing chili-

pepper glasses. Florida SLAP supplies to more than 70 stores in Northwest Florida, from shops to

grocery stores and seafood markets. Slap Ya Mama started out with the mild Original Blend

Seasoning in the yellow can and has grown to include a medium White Pepper Blend Seasoning

and spicy Hot Blend Seasoning, as well as Cajun Pepper Sauce, Seafood Boil, Cajun Fish Fry and

Etouffee Sauce Meal Mix. Find Florida SLAP on Facebook and follow them on Twitter.


STARTING September 30th @ 7pm

EVERY FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHTS

……...thru December 3rd………..

Challenge your friends to a SHOOT OFF!

Grub available at the snack-shack

9939 N. Hwy. 231 Panama City

(just before Bear Creek Next to the First Stop BP & Pro Gear store)

FOR MORE INFO CALL 722-6874 or 527-1373

PROCEEDS GO TO THE

NORTH BAY CHAPEL BUILDING FUND

Sally Sparks

to be an “angel

helper”

814-2488

Thank You!

Jeremy Tirado OWNER

850-653-6353 1793 Woodhaven Road

Fountain FL 32438

Complete Home Renova-

tions LLC. OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE

..answering the call...


Fleet Reserve on the Beach (Branch #346)

Fall TURKEY Shoot Fri @ 5 pm ** Sat @ 5pm …..$3 a shot…..

2117 Wilkerson Ave (behind Night Movies)


THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA

WILLIAM E. FISHER, JR

Future events………. Monday, October 31

09:00am Senior Yoga @ Panama City Beach

Senior Center

04:00pm - 06:00pm Trick or Treat in Seaside @

Seaside Amphitheatre

06:00pm Haunted Market @ Hippie Market &

Cafe

06:00pm - 07:00pm Malloween @ Pier Park

07:00pm Halloween at Schooners @ Schooners

07:30pm Young Frankenstein @ Panama City

Marina Civic Center

Tickets Purchase Tickets Online - FEES APPLY Tickets on sale now! $50, $46, $37 ***NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES ON TICK-ETS &/OR FEES*** If you are a Senior, Military or Bay Arts Alliance Member, please visit the Box Office to receive a 10% discount. Discounts cannot be given after purchase is complete, you must inquire at the Box Of-fice windows to re-ceive the discount.

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