BEFORE YOU DIG

Grayton has lots of underground utilities including TV/internet cables, gas lines, phone lines, and electrical lines. Before you DIG please call 811 annd the companies will come out and mark where the lines are. There is no cost for this service.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Want To Serve on the GBNA Board?


It's that time again when we start filling the three vacant spots for our GBNA Board for 2010. These elected Board members will serve a two year term (2010 and 2011). The GBNA Board meets once a month on the second Thursday of the month. If you think you would be interested in running and could make it to our monthly meetings ...please email me your wish and a paragraph about yourself so that I can include you on the ballot that will be going out in early January 2010 with our Membership Application. The Official Election will take place on April 2nd at our Annual Meeting.

Our beloved Shirley Sahlie has decided that she wants to be an honorary member and will not run again for the Board this year. She has been on the Board since the very beginning. She has served as Treasurer and has devoted a lifetime of service to her beloved Grayton. She will still be involved with the Board.

So far we have three candiates that have expressed interest in running for our Board;

Billy Buzzett, Larry Jackson and myself, Ann Morrell.

If you are interested contact Ann at yzarctoo@aol.com

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Sad News

BONNIE KATE(BLUE) COVELL 1930-2009

Bonnie Kate (Blue) Covell, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend, died peacefully at her home in Pensacola, FL on Wednesday, November 25, 2009, surrounded by her family.Bonnie was born August 2, 1930 in Fayetteville, NC to Neill Bonnie and Mary Eliza "Mayme" Blue and raised in Raeford, NC.
She attended Queens College in Charlotte, NC where she was student body president, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in 1952 in Biological Sciences. After graduation she taught high school biology.William Arnold "Arnie" Covell and she were married June 14, 1955, after which she worked in a research laboratory in Atlanta while Arnie completed his internship at Grady Memorial Hospital.
The family moved in quick succession to Highland Park, ILL, Winston-Salem, NC, Gainesville, FL, Panama City, FL before settling in Pensacola, FL in the summer of 1963.Bonnie was active in both real estate investment and community service. Some of her interests included Impact 100, Meals on Wheels and Grayton Beach preservation efforts. She was a Stephen Minister at Trinity Presbyterian Church and enjoyed working with her friends preparing the Trinity Tidings.
Bonnie was preceded in death by Arnie, her husband of 51 years; her parents, Bonnie and Mayme Blue; infant daughter Jan Claire; brother Neill James Blue and sister Patsy Jean (Blue) Hoffman.
She is survived by her four children; son William Reid "Bill" and wife Peggy of Bartlesville, OK; daughter Jean Blue (Covell) Silva and husband Joe of Panama City, son James Patrick and wife Michelle of Gulf Breeze and son Scott McNeill of Grayton Beach, FL; seven grandchildren, Joe, Katherine, Sam, Tristan, Bailey, Sarah and John; cousin Katherine Blue Fountain of Rocky Mount, NC; nephews Joe, Mike and niece Ann Hoffman; her nieces and nephews by marriage Jill Lancaster, Jan Jernigan, Jack Jernigan, Jenny Jernigan, George Jernigan and Tracy Bethea and lots of cousins.
A memorial service will be held 10:00am Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Pensacola, FL with Dr. Hugh Hamilton and Rev. Frank Beall officiating.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Trinity Presbyterian Church, 3400 Bayou Blvd. Pensacola, FL 32503 or Covenant Hospice, 5041 N. 12th Avenue, Pensacola, FL 32504.

HARPER-MORRIS MEMORIAL CHAPEL is in charge of arrangements.

Friday, November 27, 2009

December 8th Commissioner's Meeting

We should know the final decision of the Walton County Commissioners on the Driving on the Beach Issue on December 8th. There will be a meeting at the Walton County Courthouse Annex off 331 at 4 Pm. I will post a link to the agenda as soon as it is posted on the County web site. I will also be posting the results of the meeting later in the evening on the 8th.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Membership for 2010 Coming Soon

Around mid January you will be receiving our 2010 Membership Application packet. It will contain an application form for Membership, a Ballot for 2010 Board Members and a letter from your President Grant Blackwell. We will also include a stamped self addressed envelope for you to return both your membership application and your ballot along with your check to the association.

We are hoping that all of our Grayton Residents and Property Owners will join the Grayton Beach Neighborhood Association on our first mail out. As mailing and printing services are costly a good return of applications on the first mail out would really be appreciated.

We have already set the date for the Annual Meeting and party....April 3rd. This is Easter Week-end. So mark your calendars now. We are planning on a Bar-b-Que meal at Shirley's after the morning's meeting.

If you have recently changed your email please make corrections on the Membership Application as we will be using email mailings to update our membership along with this blog of Grayton News and happenings.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Update on Hotz

I contacted Mrs. Jones our County Commissioner to ask what the status was on the possible one way change on Hotz. There hadn't been any mention of this issue since the Driving on the Beach issue came up. She told me that the County will be taking up the Hotz matter again in January with hopes of coming up with a solution before Spring Break begins. Right now she explained her focus was to get a new Driving on the Beach Ordinance voted on before the year's end. Our next meeting to discuss the Beach Driving Ordinance is December 8th. It is my opinion that at this meeting a final vote will be taken by the Commissioners. I will be attending and will post a entry on the blog after the meeting.

It may be that I will have to ask our members again to express their opinions about Hotz to the Commissioners. At present, the Red Bar is renting evening parking space for its employees at Rivards. The Red Bar has also started closing on Mondays and Tuesday and will keep these hours until the season picks up.