Billy Graham once told me “Watch out what you ask for, you just might get it.” Yes, I had many long and deep conversations with Mr. Graham, he was after all, my dad. He imparted many fine witticisms to me and my siblings, words to live by.I am delighted to have been chosen to sit in the seat I now occupy, and I look forward to serving all of you with the same dedication and effort which I employed over the last three years. July finds us once again in a state of transition at the Bayshore. It was just last July we went through a similar change as we were plunging into a major undertaking of some much needed improvements and repairs. I am glad to say we have weathered that pretty well and the outcome has been an obvious elevation of the whole. The entire atmosphere has been uplifted and is focused on the future, a wonderful vantage point to be in; but it did not happen without effort. The Board of Directors is very involved and hardworking, supportive and responsible. Not a day goes without interaction with at least a few of them. So, as we move into the future lets take a look at what is happening right now.Currently I am near the end of transitioning into the management position and that required us to find a new maintenance man. We have found and hired Kevin Thorn. I had presented the board with three very good candidates from which to choose, all experienced, good men, but Kevin was the obvious choice for The Bayshore. Be sure to introduce yourself to him when you can.

He will be wearing that all too familiar blue jumpsuit, and most likely carrying a tool of some sort.The fact that we have gone through substantial work on the building gave us the joys of financial upheaval. Not an unexpected thing when you have such a large project and uncover issues that were unknown and decide to take care of them. Though it is the prudent thing to do, to fix a problem when you find it, it does have a tendency to unravel a budget. In order to get us back in line we have hired a bookkeeper with an impressive resume.

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TheBayshoreAugust 1, 2018 www.bayshorecondominium.org

A monthly publication of the Bayshore Condominium Association

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Why Bayshore Needs a VisionPat Finneran, Board Vice President

Why does Bayshore need a vision? How are we going to create a vision that is inclusive so that all owners have the opportunity to contribute? What is the purpose of the vision and how will the board and management use this vision to affectively allocate resources to ensure we can achieve this vision?

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Manager’s DeskSteve Graham

Kevin Thorn

BAYSHORE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONA Declaration of Condominium of Bayshore Condominium, 825 Bayshore Drive; Pensacola, Florida was filed on June 6, 1980 in the state of Florida as a Not-For-Profit Association. 2018-2019 OfficersPresident: Dale JordanVice President: Pat FinneranSecretary: Roger CountrymanTreasurer: Joe GramlingDirectors:

Sandra EarlyAndy SchroerCharlie Wyatt

The Bayshore is published monthly by the Bayshore Condominium Association. Editor: Jan WyattContributors:Manager: Steve Graham Garden: Angie Trevathan,

Janie NortonOutdoor: George NortonThings To Do: Lillian McLeanGarage: Fred Zobel

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August 4, 201811:00 a.m.

Bayshore PubTopic: Mixed Media

bring your favorite example

Art AdventureJoin residents and area neighbors in the Bayshore Pub for the next meeting of Art Adventures at 11:00 a.m. (note new time) for our one hour discussion. Pottery is our July 7th focus. You are encouraged to bring any kind of pottery you’d like for our “ShowAnd Tell”. Remember, this group is intended for creative people of every type thatvalue and appreciate the arts and humanities--and being with other people so inclined.

Jan Wyatt

Recently the Design Review Committee had the opportunity to entertain here at the Bayshore, Dr. John Jensen and his wife , Karen Belmore , both history professors at the University of West Florida. Our lunch conversation centered upon the eligibility of the 54 year old Bayshore Condominium for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Dr. Jensen and his wife not only feel our building and Ouida Baggett Regan definitely deserve this honor, but they have agreed to help us with this process. Step one will be to get the approval at the August meeting of our Board of Directors to proceed. The eligibility for criteria for 50 year old plus buildings include:A. That are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; orB. That are associated with the lives of significant persons in our past; orC. That embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; orD. That have yielded or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory.The process can take between three months and several years including the time to research, document and record the history of the building. This process will be made easier with the recent digitization of all issues of the Pensacola News Journal. We will use our website, www.bayshorecondominium.org to share recent findings and to record our progress.

Bayshore Condominium Qualifying for the National Register of Historic Places

Her name is Dawn Vorchmann, and

you will see us working together as we re-

weave all the accounts it takes to keep a

facility like this running.

facility as it actually is today and how we

want it to be in the future. She will

eventually stay on board with us an

auditor of our books on a monthly basis,

and that is a good thing.

The glass doors are shining and the floors

polished thanks to part-time housekeeper,

Sylvia Barragan. We

have a couple projects

that should be mentioned.

The numbers on the

garage spaces have

been completed.

The hallways are on

schedule as far as the

painting and carpet

replacement goes. Kevin is working on a

list of things that need to be buttoned up

all over the property that are going to take

a while to complete, but one at a time and

we will get there. The trash rooms are

now all tiled, and we have repaired the

broken tiles that were in the lobby area.

Mrs. Jan Wyatt, your editor, asked me to

write a little something , and I am now

seemingly into the 6th paragraph. So for

your sake, and hers, I will end this first

“little” something with this; You live

here, it is your home, enjoy it. Personally

I would grab an old leathery book with a

gripping tale of suspense, plant myself on

the balcony and dive in and every now

and then I would stop, look out at the

view and I just might even grin, because I

live here.

Steve Graham

Why Bayshore Needs a Vision

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There are as many ideas about what our vision statement should be as there are Bayshore owners. This is why your board has chosen a proven process called vivid description of the “desired ” future. This process will ensure that all voices are heard and all input considered as we draft a vivid description of Bayshore 2025.It is important that we follow a proven and thoughtful process because this document will come to Keystone about strategic planning and budgeting for Bayshore. If you are interested in the process it is described in chapter 4, Shaping the Future by William Belgard and Steve Rayner.Below is how the process works:

1. The board has determined 2025 as the time horizon for the future vision.

2. The board and management will conduct an environmental scan of the threats and opportunities that we are likely to face. This will include some things that have already been completed like engineering studies, Floodplain analysis, review of insurance andassessment of mechanical equipment.

3. Questionnaires will be sent to all owners asking for input into this description.a. Random interviews with board members,

owners, management and community leaders on their ideas for the Bayshore’s future.

4. Develop an initial draft description of thefuture based on the data from the preceding steps.

5. Share this initial draft with the representative cross-section of the Bayshore.

6. Develop a second draft.7. Share the second and final draft with the

association board for comment.8. Bring the proposed vision of the future to a

Bayshore board meeting for formal approval.9. Implement the plan.

You will soon be receiving your questionnaires. Please take the time to provide us with your version of Bayshore 2025. For any questions, please send me an email at pjf.bayshore@gmail.com.

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Dawn has taken on the

burden of doing the

forensic financial

work that needs to be

done in order for us to

properly prepare the

precise information so

that an updated budget

can be prepared more

in tune with the

Sylvia Barragan

Dawn Vorchmann

Pensacola curiosities worth checking out:

Great little sights: Seville Square Sculptures, 41 Pensacola Pelican Statues, Crystal Ice House, Replica of

Panton-Leslie Trading Post of 1772 (Spring & Main St.)

Pensacola Bay Ferry to Fort Pickens, Quiet Water Beach, Pensacola Beach, from 700 S Commendencia

St, Pensacola. $20 round trip or $18.50 Seniors & Military (850) 497-6005

Friday, August 3 - Sunday, August 5 Back To School $$ SALES TAX HOLIDAY $$

Saturday, August 4 – 11 am – Bayshore Pub ART ADVENTURE

Thursday, Aug 9 6 pm Bayshore Condo Board Meeting Patio Room

Saturday, August 11 – 6 pm BAYSHORE POOLSIDE LUAU - $8 in advance

Sunday, Aug 18 5:30 pm “Wine & Dine for Capstone” Skopelos at New World, 600 S. Palafox St.

Provides care and education for children with special needs. Into: williamscapstoneadaptivelearning.org

Monday, Aug 20 Speaker Gena Wirth, CivicCon

Urban Waterfronts & Coastal Resilience Info:

Studer Institute/events Free Tickets

Tuesday, Aug 21 4:30 Panhandle Senior Travelers, A non-profit tour group for Seniors 50

and over will meet at ASBURY Place, 750 College Blvd. to accept membership applications,

pick up travel brochures, pay deposits and pay the balance for trips. The brief meeting starts

at 5 pm. Details: www.PSTravelers.org or see Lillian McLean at the Bayshore,

or Vivian Krumel, 850-324-0626

Friday - Sunday July 27 – Aug 12 “Mary Poppins” Musical Pensacola Little Theatre,

400 S. Jefferson. 850.432.2042

Museums in Pensacola - cool and comfortable - are displaying new artistic

exhibitions: Quayside Art Gallery, 17 E. Zaragoza St; Bldg 82, 11000 University Parkway, Univ of West

FL; Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson; Glue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox; First City Art, 1060 N.

Guillemard St.; Pensacola State College, Lamar Studio, Bldg. 15 (corner of 9th Avenue and Airport.

Fitness: Walk early or late. Shade trees make Bayshore Drive cooler.

Ever’man - Educational Center Community Class Calendar, yoga, group meditation, Pilates mat (bring your

own mat), weight loss class, cooking classes (sign up ahead of time, in store or on line). Many classes

complimentary. Info: www.everman.org/events

Florida Blue Center, 9th and Airport. Various fitness classes: Tai Chi, balance/stretch, yoga, plus

others. Most free, Info: 850.202.4150

H2U (Health 2 you) at West Florida Hospital 850.494.4961

Wesco 904 N 57th Ave. Various fitness classes, $3 annual fee. Info: Lois Lindt 453.7431

YMCA Various fitness classes, pool, equipment. One fee for the month. 165 E Intendencia St

Open 5:30 am - 9:30 pm Info: (850) 438-4406

Continuing Education: Pensacola Public Library, Spring Street Branch. Various types of

fun and educational (day and early evening) classes – quilting, One-on-one Tech Help, computer basics, book

club. Info: 850.436.5060 or go by and pick up a monthly schedule.

University of West Florida, Leisure Learning 850.473.7468

Outdoor Activities: National Seashore announces ranger programs. Programs on various

days and times. July – August programs: at Ft. Barrancas, Ft. Pickens, Sunset on Santa Rosa Island

Stargazing programs, Perdido Key, Santa Rosa Day Use Area, Okaloosa Day Use Area. Info: 850.934.2600

UWF Historic Trust unveils maritime murals Museum of Commerce on Main Street and on the west wall of

Voices of Pensacola on Government Street. Info: historicpensacola.org. Other Murals: Brew Ha Ha, 2435

N. 12th Ave., Jefferson Street Mural on parking garage, First City Arts Center on North Guillemard Street,

DeViller’s Mural on Belmont & DeVilliers Sts.

Save the Dates:

Sunday, Sept 2 6 pm U.S. Navy Band. Saenger Theatre. Free.

Saturday, Sept 8 7:30 Little River Band Saenger Theatre. Info: ticketmaster.com

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Things to do in August 2018Lillian McLean

July 4, 1978 at Edisto Beach, S.C.Marian Bennett

Forty years ago I spent my Fourth of July in jail. That's right: in jail. I spent that summer in Charleston, South Carolina, living with my grandmother working on a voter registration project with other college students from across the country and as a teacher's assistant in the first summer of the Head Start program. My father's family had lived in Charleston for several generations. I turned down an opportunity to go to Selma, Alabama, because it was too dangerous. I wanted to work in the movement but I did not want to get beaten, jailed, or worse.The beaches in South Carolina had been closed for 10 years in an attempt to avoid a desegregation order. The NAACP had told us civil rights workers not to get arrested because there was no bail money left from the previous summer. For sure none of us wanted to get arrested.Comes the Fourth of July and we decided to find a secluded spot on some beach in South Carolina and have a picnic. A racially mixed group of 13 or 14 of us drove about 40 miles south of Charleston to Edisto Beach. When we got there, we saw the no trespassing signs but also saw a crowd of whites on the beach and the concession stand doing a grand business. You can imagine how that changed our attitudes somewhat about not protesting. We decided to cross onto the beach and to leave if asked to do so by the authorities. No sooner had we put our blankets down than two state patrolmen told us with their bull horns that "Yuz is all under arrest." You will of course know that I was astonished that an officer of the court would use such ungrammatical English.It took several hours to "Get them all wrottenup." More poor English. By the time they finished, the white crowd had drifted over with taunts and stones. I was very happy to see reinforcements with more police cars and a police wagon. We were taken to jail. (More about that later.) We had a trial on July 6 in the living room of the magistrate who, before trial opened, said we were all communists come down from the north to break the laws. Needless to say we were all found

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July 4, 2018 at the Bayshore

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Marian Bennett, Barbara Hall, Lillian McLean

Ted Montgomery Roger Countryman

Residents and Guests gather around the appetizer table

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July 4, 1978 at Edisto Beach, S. C.

guilty. I have a copy of the transcript which is a classic example of southern prejudice. On appeal the case was thrown out of court in October 1965. A couple of years later the beaches and parks were opened on an integrated basis. I have copies of the articles that appeared in the papers after our arrest.Last summer I met one of the students I was arrested with when I was in Charleston for another reunion. We decided to try and locate the group and have a reunion and the picnic we never had. We have located 9 and 8 of us are having that reunion this weekend. Our lead attorney, Matthew J. Perry, became the first African American named to the federal court bench in South Carolina and the new court house in Columbia is named after him. Perry was nominated by the late Strom Thurmond. During the trial 40 years ago, the judge kept calling him Perry Mason.

Four of us became lawyers. Another woman is vice president of the Bank of NY for Diversity; one of the men received a PhD in political science and has written about the political process in the US. Another one of our attorneys became a probate judge in Charleston.

Watch and listen to Marion Bennett telling her story.

40th Reunion at Edisto Beach

Bayshore Governing Documents

Declaration of Condominium

Articles of Incorporation

By-Laws

Amendments of Declaration & Bylaws

Regulations

Plot Plans

House Rules

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Renown author John Waite, our neighbor here at The Bayshore, grew up in the multicultural gumbo that was New Orleans in the 1950s when local Mafioso stirred a pot flavored by gambling and prostitution and seasoned with political turmoil. He earned a degree in journalism from the University of Georgia. John lives in Pensacola, FL, where he labored in media and for The University of West Florida.

A lifelong love for the sea lured him into the Merchant Marine where he served as a bridge officer for 20 years. He has raced sailboats across the Gulf of Mexico, chased hurricanes through the south, reported on politics on state and national levels, interviewed celebrities and political bigwigs, and is a proud father of four and grandfather of five.

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Bayshore Herb Garden NewsGarlic is a seasoning used in many types of food. However, the health benefits of eating garlicare overlooked. The main ingredient in garlic is allicin. One milligram of allicin is equivalent to15 international units of penicillin. Eating the garlic does not produce the same results as beinginjected with penicillin but has been proven to provide resistance to certain types of bacteria inthe body.With hot temperatures and strong sunshine in the months of July and August of each year,especially in the South, many herbs will maintain a strong root system but will not be as vibrantas in the spring, fall, or winter. We have some herb plants that are two years old and willcontinue to grow. They have developed a strong root system but will require aerating the soiland additional top soil or “dirt” to continue nourishing them.Some of our plants in the herb garden have extinguished their life cycle and will need to bereplaced with new plants. If you would like to contribute to the herb garden effort, we coulduse a few bags of top soil or “dirt’ to refurbish the root systems for stronger plants next year.Or if you would like to contribute new herb plants that would enhance the beauty of the gardenand landscape, a $10.00 gift card would contribute 3 bags of top soil or 3 new herb plants.Janie Norton, MS,RDNBayshore

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