April 11, May 9, May 30
Jekyll Island Play Golf America “Play Day”
Golf Clinic Q & A, Shot Gun Format, 2-Person Scramble. Players—Beginners or Skilled, create your own team. Limited to 72 players. Must register online at playgolfamerica.com. Event is FREE. Jekyll Island Golf Course, 912-635-2368.
 

April 11
Easter Egg Stroll
Enjoy a stroll through the Jekyll Island Historic District as you hunt for Easter Eggs. All Easter Eggs will be numbered and can be turned in for a special treat. The hunt will continue from 10 AM - 2 PM as the turned in eggs will be re-hidden. Call 912-635-4036 for more information.
 

April 18
Mother Nature Festival
Join the Jekyll Island Authority and the Georgia Sea Turtle Center to celebrate Earth Day. Eco-friendly arts and crafts activities, pictures with Scute the Sea Turtle, puppet shows, interactive education session and outdoor excursions. Call 877-4-Jekyll for more information, or visit www.jekyllisland.com/mothernaturefestival
 

April 18
Eco-Book Fair
Jekyll Books at the Old Infirmary, located at 101 Old Plantation Road in the Landmark Historic District, will be hosting the first annual “Eco Book Festival” from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Features best-selling authors. Call 877-4Jekyll for more information.
 

May 1
Shepherd Krech Booksigning
Shepard Krech III will sign copies of his book “Spirits of the Air: Birds and American Indians in the South.” The book, which discusses how birds shaped the worldview of the southern Indians, will be launched with a series of special events on Jekyll Island. Call 877-4Jekyll for more information.
 

May 7-9
JIBE Kite Buggy Rally and Fun-Fly!
The 2009 JIBE Kite Buggy Rally will be held on a stretch of beach in front of Blackbeards Seafood Restaurant that has become known as Kite Beach. Call 877-4Jekyll for more information.
 

May 9
Summer Waves Water Park Opens
Get cool and rock out at Summer Waves Water Park on Jekyll Island! 2009 Season Passes are available! For more information, please call 912-635-2074 or visit www.SummerWaves.com.
 

May 10
Grand Reopening of Indian Mound Cottage
Observe historic preservation month with this festive gathering at the island retreat of William and Almira Rockefeller. Contact the Welcome Center at 877-4Jekyll.
 

May 15-16
Jekyll Island Turtle Crawl
Athletes compete in a triathlon and 5K fun run. Proceeds benefit the Georgia Sea Turtle Center. Registration still available at www.gamultisports.com.
 

June 1 - June 30
2009 Women’s Golf Month
Jekyll Island offers a “Ladies Play Day” on Wednesdays for $25.00 ea. Includes 1 hour group lesson, Green Fee & cart. All participants receive one year subscription to Golf Digest! Jekyll Island Golf Course. Call 912-635-2368 for information.
 

June 8-13
Nest Fest Week on Jekyll Island
A week-long celebration of the one year anniversary of the Georgia Sea Turtle Center. Educational seminars and outdoor activities all week with a finale event at the Beachdeck on the 13th. For information: 912-635-4444.
 

July 4th
July 4th Celebration
Celebrate Independence Day on the beach at a family-fun party at the Beachdeck featuring the DJ game show - the Big Dawg and Paul Show - with a fireworks finale that is known to be one of the best in the region.
 

August 21-22
Beach Music Festival and BBQ Bash
Beach Music concerts, shag lessons, and lots of dancing all weekend. Concerts feature some of today’s top beach music bands and take place on Jekyll Island’s beach. This year includes a BBQ Competition! Visit www.jekyllisland.com/bmf for more information.
 

September 4-7
Jekyll Island Patriot Golf Day
Donate a minimum of $1 to benefit the Folds of Honor Foundation and receive a discount on Greens’ Fee and Cart. Jekyll Island Golf Course. Call 912-635-2368 for information.
 

September 18-20
Shrimp & Grits: The Wild Georgia Shrimp Festival
A weekend celebration of two of Georgia’s most beloved foods - shrimp & grits. The festival features a cook-off, shrimp boat tours, live entertainment and kid-friendly fun zone. Visit www.jekyllisland.com/shrimpandgrits for more information.
 

September 19
Jekyll Island High School Country Invitational
Jekyll Island High School Cross Country Invites High School students to participate in a cross country race on Jekyll Island’s Great Dunes Golf Course. Visit www.jixc.com.
 

October 9-11
Georgia’s Colonial Georgia Coast Birding Festival
The Georgia’s Colonial Coast Birding Festival has activities such as nature walks, educational seminars and children’s programs. Call 877-4-Jekyll for more information.
 

October 28-30
Georgia/Florida Golf Classic
Gather your teammates for a weekend of Georgia- Florida fun. Fans play against rival fans in this 30 year tradition. Great prizes, great food, and a lot of team spirit. Registration opens April 1st. For more information, visit www.jekyllisland.com/georgiaflorida.

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By Andrea Marroquin

On April 7, 1909, far from the warm waters and sandy shores of Jekyll Island, Georgia, American explorer Robert E. Peary was bundled in furs and battling ice. But on that day just one century ago, thanks in part to several Jekyll Island Club Members in the Peary Arctic Club, he still felt the warm glow of success. In a diary showing signs of wear from the polar trail, Peary wrote “The Pole at last. The prize of 3 centuries, my goal for 20 years. Mine at last!” With these words Peary struck his claim as the first person in history to finally reach the geographic North Pole. With him was African-American explorer Matthew Alexander Henson as well as 4 Inuit men Ootah, Egingwah, Seegloo, and Ookeah.

The quest for the North Pole was part of the continuing search for a Northwest Passage to the Orient. Prior attempts had failed to reach the North Pole despite great sacrifices of money and life. Some 756 men had died trying to find it. Peary credited the success of his own Arctic explorations in part to his financial supporters in the Peary Arctic Club, many of whom were prominent Jekyll Island Club Members. It was they, according to Peary, “who furnished the sinews of war, without which nothing could have been accomplished.”

Just five miles away from where Peary posted his “five flags at the top of the world” sat Camp Morris K. Jesup, where Peary declared his igloo “The Most Northerly Human Habitation in the World.” The camp was named for Jekyll Island Club Member Morris Ketchum Jesup. The first president of the Peary Arctic Club, Jesup had contributed $25,000 towards the construction of the Arctic S.S. Roosevelt, the ship which had battled the ice between Greenland and Ellesmere Island to attain the record furthest point north ever reached by ship under her own steam. It was from this ship that Peary and his dogsled teams had embarked on their quest for the North Pole.

Peary had unloaded his ship and established a packing box village of supplies and equipment that protected the party against the loss of the SS. Roosevelt on the ice. This winter camp was named Hubbardville after Jekyll Island Club Member General Thomas Hamlin Hubbard, a Civil War veteran, lawyer and railroad director, who was also a President of the Peary Arctic Club. Peary had launched his dog sled drive for the Pole from this point.

Upon his return, Peary entrusted to General Hubbard the proof of his claims that he had reached the Pole. It was fortunate for Peary that he had influential backers. He soon learned that Frederick Cook claimed to have reached the Pole in 1908, although Cook was eventually discredited. Throughout the Peary-Cook controversy, Hubbard supported Peary, publishing a piece addressed “To Students of Arctic Exploration” with mathematical evidence suggesting that Peary had indeed passed within 1.6 miles of the North Pole. Peary gained the confidence of many in his own time, earning congratulations from President Roosevelt, who wrote “He has performed one of the greatest feats of our times; he has won high honor for himself and for his country.”
The National Geographic Society and The Royal Geographical Society acknowledged his success. In 1910, President Taft formally recognized Peary’s achievement. Peary was given the Thanks of Congress by a Special Act in 1911. On the anniversary of his journey a century later, some doubts remain whether Peary actually reached the North Pole. There was no one on the last stage of the journey to confirm his exact location. Some technical navigational issues could allow for some variation in his position. Experts do, however, agree that Peary and his companions put themselves at great risk and traveled hundreds of miles from safety to reach the close vicinity of the North Pole.

A number of Jekyll Island Club Members supported Peary’s Polar campaigns in addition to Jesup and Hubbard. Other Club Members who actively contributed to the Peary Arctic Club were F.G. Bourne, James J. Hill, Mrs. Morris K. Jesup, Moses Taylor Pyne, and J.H. Smith. Peary wrote several books about his Polar travels. They include Northward over the Great Ice and The North Pole. Matthew Henson also wrote an account of the journey entitled A Negro Explorer at the North Pole. The movie Glory and Honor by Kevin Hooks dramatizes the 1909 expedition to the North Pole.

Jekyll Island Club Members shaped the world in many ways, contributing to many significant events in their day. Call or visit the Jekyll Island Museum on Stable Road for information about its daily tours throughout Jekyll Island’s 240-acre National Historic Landmark District telling their stories, (912) 635-4036.

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by Sue Andersonn; Jekyll Island Club Hotel

 

The Jekyll Island Club Hotel—formerly the exclusive hunting club of J.P. Morgan, William Rockefeller, James J. Hill, Joseph Pulitzer and their friends —was a retreat from the cares and woes of life in the fast lane of money and power in the late 1880s. The original club members and their families knew a great spot when they saw it. Jekyll Island had a lovely, temperate climate, great vistas of the river and the ocean, and a vast maritime forest for exploring and hunting. They made sure it was also a grand place to dine.

 
The chefs they hired were the finest; sizable gardens provided the freshest produce, and for some time there were dairy cattle on the island. Local seafood was plentiful: flounder, snapper, oysters, clams, shrimp and turtle were fresh caught each day. The superintendant of the club, Ernest Grob, was clever about ordering their favorite delicacies and fine wines well in advance of the season, and his supervision was nearly flawless. When the club members and their families gathered for dinner in the dining room each evening, they expected the finest. It was a tradition.

 
Today, that delightful atmosphere is re-captured in the hotel’s Grand Dining Room. Recently re-decorated in a style of “elegant leisure,” it is the perfect setting for gourmet dining for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Executive Chef Abigail Hutchinson and her staff prepare continental cuisine, seafood gourmet specials, and authentic southern fare. The Club pianist complements evening dining and Sunday Brunch. To enjoy a fine meal in the same dining room enjoyed by the Astors, Vanderbilts and Rockefellers a century ago, visit the Jekyll Island Club Hotel, 371 Riverview Drive, Jekyll Island.

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Jekyll Island celebrates the start of the sea turtle nesting season with the Turtle Crawl Triathlon, Sprint Triathlon, and Fun Run on May 16. All activities are produced by Georgia Multisports with $5 per Triathlon entry and $2 per Fun Run entry benefiting continuing operation of the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island.
“We enjoy producing the Turtle Crawl Triathlon on Jekyll Island,” said Jim Rainey, President of Georgia Multisports. “The swim portion of the races takes place in the open water off of Jekyll Island’s beautiful beach, and the bike and run portions take athletes down beachfront roads and paths adjacent to Jekyll Island’s natural marshlands. Overall the route is one of the fastest routes in Georgia and often recognized for being one of the most enjoyable.”

The Triathlon is a USAT Sanctioned triathlon and consists of a 1.5 km. swim, 40 km. bike and a 10 km run. It is open to individual participants, as well as relay teams of two or three. The Sprint Triathlon is new for 2009 and includes a 750 m swim, 20 km bike,
and 5 km run. The 5km Fun Run/Walk is open to people of all ages and athletic abilities.

The activities begin at the Jekyll Island Beachdeck at 7:30 a.m. and conclude with an awards ceremony at 12 noon. Registration and information about the Turtle Crawl Triathlon can be found at www.gamultisports.com.

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The mission of Rotary International, a worldwide association of Rotary clubs, is to provide service to others, to promote high ethical standards, and to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

* FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

* SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

* THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;

* FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

Based on the Object of Rotary, the Avenues of Service are Rotary’s philosophical cornerstone and the foundation on which club activity is based:

* Club Service focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the effective functioning of the club.

* Vocational Service encourages Rotarians to serve others through their vocations and to practice high ethical standards.

* Community Service covers the projects and activities the club undertakes to improve life in its community.

* International Service encompasses actions taken to expand Rotary’s humanitarian reach around the globe and to promote world understanding and peace.
“We are one of 3 districts in the state of Georgia and cover an area from just north of Atlanta all the way down the western side of the state to the Florida line. We have 71 outstanding clubs with nearly 5,000 Rotarians who are making a difference in their communities, locally and around the world. From supporting local food pantries and school libraries to building hospitals and schools in the Caribbean and South America to providing life-saving polio vaccine to millions of children in India, the Rotarians of D6900 are Making Dreams Real for those who are less fortunate or struggling in today’s tough economic climate. Led by our District Governor Ted Propes, the Rotarians of D6900 will return to beautiful Jekyll Island in April to celebrate another successful Rotary year. When we do, we will be rekindling a tradition of meeting on Georgia’s Jewel that goes back more than 50 years. After being away for five years, D6900 Rotarians AND their families can’t wait to ‘come home’ again for a Rotary Roundup.”— Lauri Young, Rotary District 6900 Rotarian

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By Andrea Marroquin
 
 
Jekyll Island Club Member Cornelius Newton Bliss, one of the biggest dry goods merchants of New York, was frequently nominated for public office and just as frequently declined the honor, refusing opportunities to be elected governor and mayor of New York and even turning down the opportunity to be President McKinley’s running mate in the 1900 national elections before Theodore Roosevelt accepted the nomination.
 
 
Like Theodore Roosevelt, Cornelius Bliss was a proponent of preserving America’s public lands. Perhaps for this reason, Bliss, famous for refusing public office, did accept the position of 21st United States Secretary of the Interior in President McKinley’s cabinet from March 6, 1897 to February 19, 1899. In this capacity, Bliss focused his attentions, in part, on forest preservation.
“The preservation of public forests. . . is a matter of vital interest to the entire nation,” Bliss proclaimed in November of 1897, in those days before the birth of the United States Forest Service. In his care were an estimated 1,835,017,692 acres of public lands including 19 Forest Reserves which encompassed almost 19 million acres. Bliss reported to the President regarding the need for “adequate laws for their protection and the proper enforcement thereof, coupled with the inauguration of a comprehensive forest system.”
 
 
“It was my intention originally to establish a forest bureau in this department, but the inadequacy of the appropriation for the work precluded my carrying into effect such [a] plan,” Bliss lamented.
 
 
Bliss had a relatively modest proposal for a beginning Forest Bureau, which he described as a trained corps of 50-60 professional forest agents, supervisors, patrolmen, and assistants to patrol the reserves and enforce regulations. While he was unable to establish a Forest Bureau during his tenure in office owing to a lack of funds, he did go a long way towards establishing a vision for preserving the nation’s forest resources. He spoke of the benefits of such a plan to preserve timber, prevent forest fires, and save the country’s forests for future generations.
 
 
Perhaps his greatest legacy as Secretary of the Interior was made through his hiring of Gifford Pinchot, who was related to Jekyll Island Club Member Amos F. Eno. In 1898, Bliss chose Pinchot as Chief of the Division of Forestry to design an organization to manage the nation’s forests. Pinchot was the nation’s first native professional forester. Under Pinchot, the Bureau of Forestry eventually became known as the United States Forest Service.
 
 
Pinchot advocated the conservation of the nation’s Forest Reserves by planned use and renewal and coined the term “conservation ethic” as it applied to natural resources. It was Pinchot who established the mission of the U.S Forest Service “to provide the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people in the long run.” He would run the U.S. Forest Service until 1910.
 
 
Today, the United States possesses a system of 155 National Forests, scientifically managed for multiple uses, including recreation, timber, wilderness, minerals, water, grazing, fishing, and wildlife management. Thanks in part to the enthusiasm, planning, and vision of predecessors such as Cornelius Newton Bliss and Gifford Pinchot, the Forest Service recently celebrated its 100th Anniversary. It is now launching into a new century of service in the United States.
 
 
An active Jekyll Island Club Member, Bliss served on the Executive Committee overseeing Jekyll Island’s management for at least 17 years, from 1892 to 1909, and owned a private flat in the Jekyll Island Clubhouse Annex. Bliss also helped raise funds to build the Jekyll Island Club Stables, purchasing Stall Number Two.
 
 
The historic Club Stables, located on Stable Road, is now the home of the Jekyll Island Museum. It contains exhibits and a Museum Store and is the gateway for daily tours of Jekyll Island’s 240-acre National Historic Landmark District. Call or visit the Jekyll Island Museum at (912) 635-4036 for more information about its many famous Jekyll Island Club Members and its daily tours of Jekyll Island’s historic district.

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By Christa Frangiamore
 
Dr. Shepard Krech, noted anthropologists, avid birder and great grandson of Jekyll Island Club member Alvin Krech, comes to Jekyll Island May 1st. to speak about his newly published book, Spirits of the Air: Birds and American Indians in the South, beginning with a lecture at 6:00 pm, followed by a reception from 7:00 to 8:00 pm at Villa Marianna.
 
 
For more information and tickets contact Christa Frangiamore: cfrangiamore@jekyllisland.com. All proceeds from ticket sales will support bird conservation and education projects on Jekyll Island.
 
 
Book Signing
Jekyll Books at the Old Infirmary will be hosting a book signing on Jekyll Island earlier May 1, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm for those interested in having an autographed copy of “Spirits of the Air.” Leigh Baumann, Proprietor of Jekyll Books notes, “From a cultural standpoint, Jekyll Island could not be a more perfect place to launch this beautifully illustrated title. Anthropologists, environmentalists, historians, and birders will find this to be a true treasure.”

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Marine debris and derelict fishing gear have severely negative impacts on sea turtles and other wildlife, locally and throughout the world. Recently, I assisted in a Northern Right whale disentanglement effort. Right whales spend the winter months in Georgia and northeast Florida waters. In the wild, only 300 of these amazing creatures remain. Many become entangled in fishing gear where they reside in northeastern Atlantic waters. This particular whale had become entangled in derelict lobster pot gear wrapped around its head and mouth. The ropes were embedded very deep into the skin. Two days of intense efforts by a number of experts have been unsuccessful in removing the entangled gear and the whale’s survival depends on it’s removal. This amazing disentanglement team consisting of several individuals, including three local GADNR staff, will continue the gear removal efforts. Like the Northern Right whale, Leatherback sea turtles become entangled in lobster pot gear and the outcome is often fatal. Another example of fishing gear that has huge impacts on a population level is crab traps and their effect on diamondback terrapins. Traps are often abandoned and left in marsh waters where diamondback terrapins reside.

Baited with fish, the traps become a significant threat to foraging diamondback terrapins that find their way into the traps and drown. A simple clip, known as a Terrapin Excluder Device, helps keep these terrapins out of crab traps and part of a viable population. Our colleagues at the University of Georgia recovered a trap in a coastal Georgia creek containing 90 drowned terrapins. This is only one trap and there are thousands more out there.

Plastics, fish hooks, fishing line, and even beach chairs adversely affect a variety of wildlife. The GSTC is having a positive impact on this devastating problem in sea turtles, marine birds and mammals through our efforts in rehabilitation, monitoring (SEANet), and education programs. You can have an impact by containing your trash, cleaning up the beach, recycling fishing line, placing excluder devices on crab traps and checking them frequently, and much more. Please visit the Georgia Sea Turtle Center to learn more about this issue and how you can help.

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By Leigh Baumann Jekyll Books at the Old Infirmary, located at 101 Old Plantation Road in the Landmark Historic District, will be hosting the first annual “Eco Book Festival” coinciding with the island-wide Mother Nature Festival to be held on Saturday, April 18 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00p.m. The juried selection of authors will include nationally-known and local best-selling authors from the genres of nature and environmental writing, naturalists guides, environmentally-related fiction, living “green” titles, and children’s books that have an ecological theme. The majority of authors at the “Eco Book Festival” are represented by national/international publishers, but regional authors with national recognition are also included. A full schedule of author events is available at Jekyll Books at the Old Infirmary.

A celebration of The Georgia Review, a quarterly publication of essays, short fiction, poetry, reviews, and art, will also be featured during the event. The Georgia Review celebrates publication of the Spring 2009 issue and its Focus on Culture and the Environment, featuring essays from five contemporary writers on the practice of living simply. Winner of two National Magazine Awards, The Georgia Review is a nationally respected, award-winning literary quarterly published at UGA since 1947.
In addition to the numerous authors signing throughout the day, a representative from Burt’s Bees, which is known for their earth-friendly personal care products, will also be at the store from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. doing product demonstrations and providing product samples.
 
Leigh Baumann, Proprietor of Jekyll Books, adds, “We are excited to be able to bring to together such a unique group of talented authors whose works help us to focus on environmental awareness and a renewed appreciation for ecological issues. Both adults and children alike will be delighted to be able to meet and interact with this wonderful group.”

In the spirit of Earth Day and to promote the recycling of used books, Jekyll Books will be collecting gently used books during the “Eco Book Festival” that will be donated to the Jekyll Rotary Lending Library located on the terrace level of the Jekyll Island Club Hotel. Donations of used fiction and non-fiction titles will be accepted, though encyclopedia sets are not able to be utilized.

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Jekyll Island volunteer citizens have teamed up to coordinate the first annual Easter Egg Stroll on April 11. The Stroll is a laid back alternative to the Easter Egg Hunt and Easter Festival previously held. It is geared toward young children ages 6 and under. All eggs will be numbered and will have to be redeemed for prizes at the Easter Egg Stroll Information Booth located near the Sweet Shoppe. One unspecified number will merit a grand prize. There will be 12 of these lucky grand prize eggs hidden. Otherwise small prizes will be awarded based on the number of eggs found, with a limit of 20 per child. Once the eggs are redeemed for prizes, they will be re-hidden for other children to find throughout the afternoon. The event is free; for more information, contact the Jekyll Island Visitor Information Center at (912) 635-3636.
 
 
In addition to the Easter Egg Stroll, the Jekyll Island History Center will also offer a special free tram ride at 11:30 that day. Guests are encouraged to wear their best Easter attire and take a 20 minute, kid-friendly tram ride through the beautiful Jekyll Island Club National Historic Landmark District. The ride will end near the Easter Egg Stroll Information Booth where the kids can begin their egg hunt. Although the ride is free, spaces are limited. Please make your reservations by calling the Jekyll Island Museum
at 635-4036.

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