The Tybee Breeze
SERVING TYBEE ISLAND FOR 11 YEARS
"NO ONE COVERS TYBEE LIKE THE BREEZE"
- May 2011 Archive
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“Beach Bum” – A Quarter Century and Still Counting!
“Jack & Jiggs” Jiggs Watson, co-founder of Tybee’s most infamous parade; along with his good friend and Beach Bum cohort, Jack Boylston, have been putting on this shindig for twenty-five years; a quarter of a century, and still counting! Jiggs, and his Bum car convertible, will take yet another run down the home stretch of [...] -
The View From The Beach
Living in vacation land…! I know we don’t like to think about these things here at the end of the road, but living in a place that others travel to for vacations is a concept worth pondering. It may be helpful to start at the beginning; Tybee was originally developed as a defensive fortification to [...] -
Tybee Island Charter School
We have been incorporated as Tybee Island Charter School. We have all of the papers filled out and ready to send in for our request of being a non profit organization. Since we turned the paperwork in on March 7, we heard that our charter was complete and was being reviewed. We await word from [...] -
Sea Turtle Season Arrives…
By the time this article is published in the May Breeze, the 2011 sea turtle season will be underway. Each year the sea turtle season begins on May 1 and will run through October 31st. Sea turtles begin returning to the waters off Georgia in early spring for mating. After mating, males return to the [...] -
The Cemetery and Animals on Tybee
No, there’s no connection. Here’s the deal. As I was ready to submit my article to the Breeze for the May edition, two things happened to cause me to defer that article for another month. First, the City of Tybee finished the memorial wall in the cemetery and came out with procedures governing the use [...] -
Tybee Island Tourism Council
The summer season is nearly upon us and we hope you all have been enjoying the beautiful weather and having some much deserved fun in the sun! You may have noticed that our busy tourist season continues to start earlier each year. The season used to begin in the month of May beginning with Beach [...] -
Indigent Care and the Uninsured on Tybee
We all know what a crisis our healthcare system is in. We also know that it’s not going to be fixed anytime soon. Every day I am faced with people who need care, but can’t afford to pay for it. It has always amazed me that people have money for cell phones, cigarettes and beer, [...] -
Tybee Marine Rescue Mission Reports
March – April Well the season IS here! March 28, 2011 – Vessel on fire at little Tybee Mission Type: Normal We don’t get many of these calls, (I can’t remember any) but we had a good turn out anyway. Several of us had noticed one of the islands on fire and it had been [...] -
View From The Porch
Classmates forever… Last year Susie had a class reunion she couldn’t attend. She was sorry she missed it but the Inn business keeps her busy. One of the classmates decided that they would come to her if she couldn’t come to them. Five classmates met at the inn and Forty five years disappeared. Some of [...]