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Got talent? Do you dance, sing, juggle—alone or in a group? Showcase your specialty for a great cause at “Coastal Georgia’s Got Talent!” Modeled on the “America’s Got Talent!” television show, the “Coastal Georgia’s Got Talent!” main event will be held May 15, 2010, with auditions April 16-18, 2010. Applications are available at local businesses, schools and churches, or at www.coastalgeorgiasgottalent.com. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS MARCH 12. The event will benefit the Safe Harbor Children’s Center in Brunswick, an emergency facility serving abused, neglected, homeless, and runaway children. For further information, please call 912-634-0050.
by Miranda Loehle
The Glynn County Rotary is hosting the 9th Annual Red Hot Chili Cookoff on March 6th in the Pier Village. The cook off starts at 11:00 am and goes until the chili runs out! If anyone would like to buy tickets, Miranda Loehle has some available.
Advance tickets are $5 each. Day of tickets will be $8… so, buy early and save $3 for something else fun! Checks can be made to the Marshes of Glynn Rotary Club. This is always a great event and the Chili is always delicious.
by Miranda Loehle
The Brunswick Junior Womans Club will host the 3rd Annual Red Dress Ball on February 20, 2010 at the St. Simons Island Casino. Catering provided by Tasteful Temptations and entertainment by Str8 Up.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Glynn Heart Association and Southeast Georgia Health System: Cardiac Programs as well as help fund a nursing scholarship at the College of Coastal Georgia.
An outstanding young lady will be named the Young Woman of the Year at the 2010 Red Dress Ball. This is a long standing club tradition and we need your help to find the perfect candidate. You are the eyes and ears of the Golden Isles and we all need to make sure outstanding volunteers and service leaders are recognized for the efforts and contributions to our community.
Tickets for the event are $75.00 each and are tax deductible. You can purchase Red Dress Ball tickets online at www.brunswickjwc.org or from any member of the Brunswick Junior Womans Club.
For more information on attending or becoming a sponsor, please visit www.brunswickjwc.org.
North End Beach, best walked at low tide, shows dramatic evidence of erosion, with the exposed roots of dead, decorticated oaks and pines producing a boneyard beach that wraps around to the eastern side of the island. The oaks have flat root mats and the pines have deep, vertical roots. During storms, the heavier oaks tend to tip over and remain, while the pines snap off at the roots and are carried off by the tides. Off the north end is the Brunswick shipping channel, which is annually dredged to allow deep-draft container ships to enter Brunswick Harbor. Geologists believe the dredged channel is responsible for the loss of more than 1,000 feet of beach since the early 1900s when dredging began. Sand drifting southward from islands across the sound is trapped in this channel rather than renourishing the northern beaches. The result is erosion with no accretion, and the Holocene fragment with its natural communities continues to adapt and change.
After North End Beach, the path turns south to border a marsh that experiences poor tidal circulation, thus supporting high marsh and marsh border flora that is less tolerant of salt water, such as the yellow aster-flowered sea oxeye and dark needle rush. On the other side of the marsh, which is accessible by beach during lower tides, is a fascinating and beautiful boneyard beach that reveals the erosion that has occurred on the northern end of the island. 
The southern trail, suitable for biking, follows the eastern side of Clam Creek to the North Beach Picnic Area. The bike path follows the marsh, where one can observe alligators, otters, deer, and snakes, along with bird life such as egrets, herons, painted buntings, yellow-throated warblers, clapper rails, and kingfishers. The path dissects some pine and cedar hammocks that are havens for wildlife, before reaching the North Beach Picnic Area. This site was closed in 1986 due to erosion problems. Today, it is the best example of a boneyard beach on a developed island off the Georgia coast. Some exploration will reveal how currents and tides are stripping away soil and undercutting and killing a maritime forest that tumbles onto the sands to create a beautiful boneyard beach. If the erosion continues, Clam Creek will connect with the Atlantic on the eastern side and create an island out of the Holocene northern portion of Jekyll.
