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2010 DAUPHIN ISLAND GUMBO COOK OFF

PRESENTED BY DAUPHIN ISLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Saturday, April 10, 2010 – 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Isle Dauphine Club, 100 Orleans Drive, Dauphin Island, AL 36528

TEAM REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES

1. EACH TEAM PREPAYS FOR 25 TICKETS AT $10 EACH ($250). Tickets will be mailed to you as soon as we receive your Team Registration Form and $250 payment. Teams can either re-sell the tickets to recoup their money or give the tickets away. Teams must not exceed four (4) members and the competition is open to all, including individuals and restaurants. Team members will receive Chef Passes for the event. Tents and electricity will be provided and teams will provide their own tables and other set up requirements.

2. COOK A MINIMUM OF 5 GALLONS OF GUMBO. All gumbo prep and cooking, including roux, must be done on site. All chopping must be done on site except commercially available pre-chopped items which will be allowed. Provide your own cooker, utensils and ingredients. NOTE: Some ingredients may be made available to teams at a reduced cost or no charge through requested sponsorships…watch for updates regarding these sponsorships. Serving bowls and spoons will be provided. Please use a 1.5 oz or a 2 oz ladle to help the gumbo last throughout the event.

3. HEALTH DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS. At least one member of each team must have a Food Handler’s Card issued by the Mobile County Health Department. Food Handler classes are held at the Health Department three times each week. For information or questions regarding the Food Handler Card/classes, call Janice Spangler at (251)690-8149. Teams will also be responsible for complying with all other applicable Health Department requirements for the Gumbo Cook Off.

4. CATEGORIES. The Gumbo Cook Off categories are: “Seafood” and “Other”, such as vegetarian, chicken, sausage, wild game, etc.

Please complete the attached form and return with $250 payment to:

Kathryn Carver, Event Chair

P. O. Box 3

Dauphin Island, Alabama 36528

Phone: (251) 490-0294 Fax: (866) 451-4114 (toll free)

E-mail: kcarver@thewarmwelcome.com

MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: Dauphin Island Chamber of Commerce

PLEASE RETAIN A COPY OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION
2010 DAUPHIN ISLAND GUMBO COOK OFF

REGISTRATION FORM

Company or Team Name (Please be specific - This name will appear on all posters, etc)

____________________________________________________________________

Address _______________________________________ Phone __________________

City ______________________________________State ________ Zip _____________

Fax __________________________

Send completed form and $250 payment to:

Kathryn Carver, Event Chair, P. O. Box 3, Dauphin Island, AL 36528

OFFICE USE ONLY

DATE REGISTRATION FORM / PAYMENT RECEIVED: _______________

TICKETS MAILED: __________________

Hello everyone!  The Town of Dauphin Island is getting ready to move the displaced sand back onto the beach.  As a result, executed right of entry forms are required for owners who located south of Bienville Boulevard and west of Raphael Semmes.  I have cut and pasted the form below.  If anyone needs a form to be emailed to them, please contact me via email and I will be more than happy to send one in Word form for your use.  Thank you!

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The Town of Dauphin Island has mailed the attached letter and right of entry form to the property owners on the south side of Bienville Blvd. from Rapheal Semmes west.  We need the Right of Entry forms back as soon as possible to start the contractors placing sand back on the south side of the properties.  Please contact your rental properties and have them sign and email, fax or drop off the forms at their earliest.

So sorry to hear about this!

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Pelicans killed by extreme cold; some may have huddled together to stay warm

By Ben Raines

January 12, 2010, 3:24PM

View full size(Courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)Pete Tuttle, a biologist with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, makes notes near a group of dead juvenile pelicans found on Sand Island this week. Some of the coastal birds may have been huddling together behind a sand dune to try to stay warm in the extreme cold.
The bodies of more than 100 pelicans and other birds were found on Sand Island this week when the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service followed up on a tip from the public.

View full size(Courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)A dead pelican with an identification tag is seen on Sand Island off the coast of Alabama. Wildlife officials believe it likely was a victim of the extreme cold temperatures in the Deep South.Biologists believe the birds were killed by the extreme cold. Some appeared to have been dead for as long as two weeks, while others had been dead for a day or two, according to officials.

Five birds were sent to the U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis., for necropsies to pinpoint the cause of death.

The carcasses were all located around the southern tip of Sand Island, which is now a peninsula attached to Dauphin Island on the Alabama coast.

Photos provided by Fish & Wildlife officials show the birds heaped behind small sand dunes as if they died while huddling together to escape cold north winds. All of the pelicans in the photographs appeared to be juvenile birds.

"Local residents tell us it's not uncommon for juvenile birds to die in colder temperatures. But a mortality rate this high is too unusual to be ignored," said Pete Tuttle, a federal biologist.

Most of the dead animals were pelicans, though a few least terns died as well, according to officials.

The Press-Register has also received reports of fish kills, primarily involving mullet, in Dog River and Halls Mill Creek. Fish kills have occurred around Mobile Bay during extreme cold weather several times in the last 10 years. 

View full size(Courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)Two U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologists examine a dead pelican found this week on Sand Island near Dauphin Island, Ala. The large coastal birds likely were killed by sub-freezing temperatures along the coast in the past week.

New Dauphin Island well will provide better water, say officials

By Gary McElroy

January 08, 2010, 5:02AM

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. -- Dauphin Island water will taste better and there will be more of it, town officials said Wednesday, thanks to a nearly $7 million capital improvement project.

Nearly three-fourths of the funds for the project comes from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and federal monies under the auspices of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The town will pay the rest over 20 years at 3.5 percent interest, said Vaile Feemster, manager of the island's Water and Sewer Authority.

Improvements will include a new water treatment plant and a new 547-foot-deep well, according to a town news release.

Following a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday, Feemster said new water mains will run to the east and west end of the island, providing more and better fire protection to the town's estimated 2,000 customers.

As for drinking water, Feemster said it has always been safe, but "not always pleasing to the palate" based on salt content.

Chlorides, dissolved salts, will be reduced by 90 percent, according to a water and sewer authority news release.

In addition to improved taste, Feemster said, water production will increase from 650,000 gallons a day to 1.3 million gallons daily -- nearly doubling the town's capacity.

Feemster said large annual gatherings, such as the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, have in the past put a strain on water capacity.

Feemster said the project will encompass the latest "green" elements, including insulation, lighting, sound reduction and dozens of other improvements guarding against various kinds of pollution and assuring state-of-the-art energy efficiency.

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Dauphin Island

PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION

P.O. Box 39 (251)861-2343

Dauphin Island, AL 36528 dipoaoffice@skyynett.com

January 4, 2010

Dear Dauphin Island Property Owners,

Special thanks to our Dauphin Island Property owners’ volunteers! Thank you so much for all of your hard work and to bear witness to your passion of the Isle Dauphine Club House. It was an unexpected perk and we never could have asked for more dedicated volunteers.

Volunteers don't necessarily have the time, but they have the heart. The gift of time is priceless and those who can help us again on January 10, 2010 between the hours of 12 till 5pm will be able to enjoy refreshments, not to mention the chance to reminisce of their memories of the Isle Dauphine of day past!

Hope to see you there.

Sincerely

DIPOA Staff