 21st century 20012020 21st century 20012020 ray sun 4112010 2117  21st century    the first decade of the 21st century at biloxi was indelibly marked by the devastation of hurricane katrina on august 29 2005 the category three tempest came ashore in the early morning of august 29th near the pearl river delta in hancock county mississippi although hurricane force winds lasted along the mississippi gulf coast for more than ten hours it was the large storm surge exceeding twentyfive feet in some areas that devastated the entire mississippi gulf coast katrina trailers and later katrina cottages became the domiciles for those unfortuante ones who lost their homes in the monster tempest     population at biloxi in 2000 was 50644 people and by 2010 had decreased to 44054 people due in a large part to the loss of homes and businesses from katrina with insurance litigation fema and other onerous issues rebuilding of the katrina decimated waterfront at biloxi proceeded very slowly and by 2010 some notable progress had been made     2001 the tradition  a master planned community of 4642 acres situated in t5sr10w t5sr11w and t6sr10w of harrison county mississippi  was platted by columbus communities llc in february  joseph canizaro  a biloxian and new orleans resident was the prinipal investor with gerald h blessey  another biloxian involved in the management and ownership of this impressive project harrison co mississippi chancery court land plat bk 43 p 20a  william paul shelton   19102001 local jeweler who opened his first store at biloxi in 1945 and ocean springs in 1972 expired on february 16 2001  the ocean springs record march 1 2001 p 3    robert bob l garrison   19312001 born august 16 1931 at fort wayne indiana and basketball coach at biloxi high school in the late 1950s and 1960s expired on april 15th at raymond mississippi  gaynell sumrall garrison  19342003 his spouse expired on september 19 2003 the sun herald april 18 2001 p a7 and september 21 2003 p a9  thomas l rodi was ordained a bishop and installed as bishop of biloxi on july 2 2001  bishop rodi was appointed archbishop of mobile by pope benedict xvi on april 2 2008 and was installed on june 6 2008  charles r hegwood  19142001 long time notre dame high school football coach and athletic director  expired at houston mississippi on july 23 2001 the sun herald july 26 2001 p a6  john lee jake scott  19152001 mississippian whose life work was with the state education system and who was instrumental in creating the gulf coast research laboratory at ocean springs and name sake of the jl scott marine education center and aquarium at biloxi expired at jackson mississippi on april 25th the biloxid iberville press april 25 2001 p 7a  william h billy creel   19432001 biloxi native and 1961 bhs alumni and longtime hotelier biloxi tourism promoter and isle of capri casino executive expired on november 24th  arthur jm bubba oustalet  jr 19222001 gulfport and jennings louisiana automotive dealer and civic leader died on november 26th      2002 napoleon nap cassibry ii  19182002  gulfport native and attorney and historian and genealogist  died at bay st louis on march 21st mr cassibrey wrote the ladner odyssey  1987 and early settlers and land grants at biloxi  1986 the sun herald march 23 2002  ralph l engelstad  19302002 expired at his las vegas home on november 26 2002 after batting lung cancer he was born january 28 1930 and reared in thief river falls minnesota ralph graduated from the university of north dakota in 1954 where he was a talented hockey goalie engelstad moved to las vegas in 1959 using the profits from his construction company and real estate investments to buy a strip motel on the site of what is now the imperial palace engelstad built and opened the new property in 1979 and the property now has 2700 hotel rooms and 2600 employees the secondlargest sole proprietorship hotel in the world engelstad opened an imperial palace resort in biloxi mississippi in 1997 the las vegas reviewjournal november 28 2002 p 1a and december 4 2002 p 1d    2003 joseph joe elder  19312003 native of little rock arkansas expired at biloxi on march 30th  joe was an artist who painted historical sites of biloxi and ocean springs the sun herald april 1 2003 p a5  joan beverly mansfield kroc  19282003 wife of ray kroc 19021984 owner of mcdonald s  died on october 12th mrs kroc became a  friend of biloxi and bequeathed a large sum of money to the salvation army in september 2011 the ray kroc  and joan kroc  corps community center of the mississippi gulf coast  opened on lee street and division street the sun herald september 19 2011 p a1      j boyce holleman  19242003 native of wiggins mississippi and gulfport attorney thespian and bon vivant expired at houston texas on november 21st  walter f fountain  19202003 journalist historian and longtime chamber of commerce employee and general manager expired on december 30th the sun herald january 2 2004 p a5      2004   superintendent larry drawdy was verbally attacked by gerald h blessey newly hired biloxi school board attorney  alleging that mr drawdy had mismanaged the school district and had kept salient infomation from school board members  the sun herald    march 2 2004 p a1    james r mcelroy jr  19172004 founder of the local a w root beer which evolved into mcelroy s seafood restaurant at biloxi s small craft harbor died on august 3rd  the sun herald august 6 2004    william will lyman denton  19412004 biloxi attorney and native of brooklyn forrest county mississippi and the son of william r denton 19061977 and virginia gillis 19161992 died at houston texas on december 3 2004 mr denton was survivied by his wife  lucy kathleen conner  b 1946 and four children the sun herald december 5 2004 p a10 on december 26th a  9193 temblor occurred in the indian ocean that created a tsunami condition resulting in the deaths of over 230000 people in indonesia   primarily sumatra sri lanka india and thailand      2005   purple heart memorial at glennan park and pfc george j higginbotham  19212014 the memorial to local recipients of the purple heart was given by george j higginbotham 19212014 usmc veteran of ww ii and wounded at okinawa in june 1945 the dedication and parade took place on january 23 2005 mr higginbotham did not receive his medal until 1995 the sun herald july 31 2014 p a6  annalyn swan in april  annalyn swan  b 1951 daughter of george a swan 19071991 and ethelyn cooper swan 19212011 and a 1969 bhs graduate was awarded the 2005 pulitzer prize in biography for de kooning an american master  knopf she cowrote this treatise with mark stevens her husband the sun herald november 7 2011 and november 13 2011 p c10      hurricane katrina slamed into the mississippi gulf coast  on august 29th with storm surge over twentyfeet    2006   lt general clark griffith  was named outstanding citizen of biloxi by the lions club on june 11 2006 the  golden fisherman was stolen from point cadet plaza where it had lain since being toppled by hurricane katrina on august 29 2005 mayor aj holloway proposed a 15000 reward for information leading to the recovery of the object d art and conviction of the perpetrator of the theft biloxi s city council must approve this proposed appropriation  the sun herald june 12 2006 p a1   the golden fisherman was discovered in a field in rural mobile county alabama on june 13 2006  an informant the neighbor of herman allen hicks of semmes alabama will receive 15000 if hicks the accused thief is convicted of the crime by mississippi state law a reward of this nature cannot exceed 2500 but mayor aj holloway guaranteed 12000 and others in the community contributed as well the reeks sculpture made of scrap metal was cut into seven pieces and the face destroyed by the thief it was returned to biloxi and locked in a storage shed mayor holloway related that the statue s condition will be evaluated before a decision is made to restore it for public display  the sun herald june 14 2006 p a1 june 15 2006 p a1 and july 9 2006 p g1    dr gilbert r mason sr  19282006 civil rights and wadein activist and physician expired at biloxi on july 8th     gerald r ford  19132006  38th american president  died on december 26th  2007   judy toups   19302007   massachusetts native and longtime avian advocate and nature writer for the sun herald and   the mother of bird watching in mississippi expired  at decatur alabama on february 27th  the sun herald february 28 2007 p a5    the dukate room once a part of the dukate theatre erected in 1895 by wkm dukate  18521916 and located on the second floor of the bancorp south building on west howard avenue was dedicated on july 13th   the sun herald july 14 2007 p b8      st patrick s high school located at the tradition was dedicated  on august 11th the sun herald august 10 2007 p a2 the  harrah s 700 million dollar margaritaville casino at point cadet broke ground  on august 13th the sun herald august 14 2007 p a2  tonsie gaude   19032007  longtime volunteer and icon of the biloxi regional medical center  died at biloxi on august 25th at the age of 104 years the sun herald august 28 2007 p a4  dr frank g gruich  19202007 long time biloxi obgyn expired on september 1st the sun herald september 2 2007 and september 3 2007 p a4      clement roy dellenger jr  19422007 football coach and star athlete at tulane university expired at saucier mississippi on september 16th coach dellenger was a notre dame high biloxi school graduate and coached at mgccc perkinston for twentyfive years the sun herald september 18 2007 p a6 and p b1  the biloxi city council voted 43 to rezone the tivoli hotel tract for casino gaming  mayor aj holloway vetoed the proposal the bay press september 21 2007 p 1 and the sun herald september 28 2007 p a1  the biloxiocean springs east bound land opened for traffic across biloxi bay on november 1st  the sun herald november 2 2007 p a      the ohro keefe museum of art hosted a pod party   for the public on december 1st the sun herald november 27 2007 p a2      c trent lott  rmississippi  announced his retirement from the us senate  on november 26th senator lott has served mississippi for thirtyfive years in the house and senate us representative roger wicker r ms was appointed to replace senator lott by governor barber until the november 2008 election the sun herald november 27 2007 p a1 and january 1 2008 p a1  richard scruggs prominent attorney of pascagoula and oxford mississippi and three other defendants pleaded not guilty on federal charges of fraud and conspiracy to bribe a north mississippi judge with 50000 cash a december 15th fund raiser for hillary clinton at the oxford home of scruggs was subsequently cancelled mr scruggs also withdrew his law firm from the scruggs katrina group ska which was representing about 500 law suits in litigation with insurance companies over hurricane katrina related storm damages the sun herald november 30 2007 p a1 and p a8 and december 5 2007 p a1  jeremiah j jody o keefe iv  19462007 former state representative and president of the o keefe foundation expired at ocean springs on december 3rd the sun herald december 5 2007 p a4 and p a8 and december 6 2007 p a8  ruth huls hunt  19182007 long time biloxi activist and humanitarian expired on december 12th the sun herald december 13 2007 p a6 and december 14 2007 p a  arlene canaan  was named outstanding citizen of biloxi by the lions club the biloxi d iberville press february 7 2008 p 1  2008 moody grishman  19132008 native of houston texas and long time biloxi realtor and founding member of the beth israel congregation of biloxi expired on january 7th at biloxi  the sun herald january 8 2007 p a4    ron peresich of biloxi and annie rachel anderson  of gulfport ruled as king d iberville and queen ixolib at the centennial mardi gras fete on february 5th  the sun herald february 3 2008 p f1    howard leroy hobbs  19352008 former harrison county sheriff expired on march 3rd  the sun herald march 4 2008 p a1 and march 5 2008 p a10    brett favre  b 1970 former usm and green bay packer football star quarterback announced his retirement from the nfl on march 4th after seventeen successful seasons  the sun herald march 5 2008 p a1 and p b1 and march 7 2008 p c1    ground broken  for major addition to the coast convention center on march 10th  the sun herald march 11 2008 p c8 superattorney  richard dickie scruggs   pleaded guilty to judicial bribery charges on march 14th the sun herald march 15 2008 p a1 and p a11  monsignor james joseph hannon  19202008 native of galway county ireland died at ocean springs on march 16th the sun herald march 18 2008 p a2 and p a4      rushing guice  a biloxibased legal firm named for its founders charles latham rushing 18811923 and william lee guice  celebrated their centennial anniversary in march the sun herald march 25 2008 p c8      thomas j rodi bishop diocese of biloxi was named archbishop of mobile  the sun herald april 3 2008 p a1 the pedestrian walkway across the new ocean springsbiloxi bay bridge opened on april 3rd and all traffic lanes opened on april 7th the sun herald april 3 2008 p a2  william carey university broke ground on its new gulf coast campus at traditions in harrison county on april 7th the sun herald april 7 2008 p a1 and april 8 2008 p a2  cf gollott son seafood  celebrated its 75th anniversary in april the biloxid iberville press april 24th 2008 p a1  ohro keefe museum awarded a 17 million dollar contract to the roy anderson corporation to build phase 1 of its museum  the sun herald may 22 2008 p a1  ronald j baker  b 1943 native of deer island was named shrimp king for the 2008 blessing of the fleet  the sun herald may 25 2008 p a1    beauvoir opened on june 3rd the 200th natal anniversary of jefferson davis  18082008 the first and only president of the csa  the sun herald june 4 2008 pa1    2011   byc  image made october 2011  the biloxi yacht club broke ground  for their new 12400 sqft edifice on june on june 22nd the structure will cost about 4 million dollars the sun herald june 21 2008 p c1  dr gilbert r mason sr  19282006 biloxi physician and civil rights activists was honored by having a section of us highway 90 named the dr gilbert r mason sr memorial highway between porter avenue and rodenberg avenue the bilozid iberville press june 26 2008 p a1  biloxi celebrated the 100th anniversary on june 30th of its city hall on lameuse street formerly the federal building and us post office the sun herald july 1 2008 p a2  lawrence semski  19262008 former city attorney and harrison county family court judge expired on july 5th the sun herald july 7 2008 p a4    the promenade  a 700000 sq ft power shopping center broke ground in d iberville the biloxidiberville press july 17 2008 p a3  hurricane gustav  a category ii cyclone struck the coast of terrebonne parish louisiana on labor day september 1st storm surge at biloxi about 35 feet  denny mecham  a north carolina potter and museum director  was named director of the ohro keefe museum of art  she replaced marjorie gowdy who retired in august ms mecham begins her tenure on october 15th the sun herald september 9 2008 p a6  hurricane ike  a category ii tempest struck the upper texas coast near galveston on september 13th causing catastrophic damage in the billions of dollars the replica of the pleasant reed house the original was destroyed by hurricane katrina opened on the ohro keefe museum campus on september 29th  the sun herald 28 2008 p f1 and september 30 2008 p a2 the  dow jones industrial average fell 778 points to 103645  on september 29th the sun herald september 30 2008 p a1  ground was broken for the 12 billion dollar lng terminal at pascagoula  on october 15th the sun herald october 16 2008 p b10      leo w seal ii  19242008 mississippi gulf coast banker and philanthropist expired on november 18th the sun herald november 18 2008 p a1 p a4 p a9  delmar robinson was named outstanding citizen of biloxi by the lions club  the sun herald february 11 2010 p a5        2009 joel richard rick carter sr of gulfport and dewey elise brashier of biloxi  ruled the biloxi carnival association s mardi gras on february 24th  the sun herald february 22 2009 p f1   retired fire  chief guy b roberts  19262009 expired at biloxi on february 24th he was with the biloxi fire department for 32 years and  retired as fire chief in 1988  guy was a former deputy for the harrison county sheriff s office a charter member of the moose lodge member of the back bay volunteer fire department and served in the national guard chief roberts was married to the former  iris dubaz  19292014  paul harvey aurandt  19182009 national news commentator and talkradio innovator died on february 28th  the sun herald march 1 2009 p c1   the new  d iberville high school on lamey bridge road  opened on february 25th  the sun herald february 26 2009 p a1   the  popps ferry bridge  was hit by a barge on march 20th dropping a sixtyfoot span into biloxi bay no injuries occurred it reopened for road traffic on april 25th  the sun herald march 21 2009 p a1 and april 25 2009 p a1 and april 26 2009 p a2   the new   4 million biloxi yacht club opened  in on april 4th walter buzzy thetford bolton architect  the sun herald april 5 2009 p a7    most reverend roger paul morin  b 1941 native of massachusetts was consecrated as bishop of the diocese of biloxi on april 27th  the sun herald april 26 2009 p a13 and april 28 2009 p a1  the kroc center  had its ground breaking on april 30th  the sun herald april 2009 p a      may 15thmay 17th commemoration events were held honoring the 50th anniversary of dr gilbert mason 19282006 attempt to integrate the beach at biloxi  with a small group of protestors  the sun herald april 27 2009 p a1 and may 2009 p a1      victor boyd pringle ii  19382009 biloxi attorney expired on may 24th  the sun herald may 27 2009 p a6      mayor a j holloway  was reelected on june 2nd the new biloxi city council is composed of ward igeorge lawrence ward iibill stallworth ward iiilucy denton ward iv ward v ward vitom wall and ward viidavid fayard  nicholas corky hire  b 1922 was named shrimp king for the 80th annual blessing of the fleet which was held on june 6th stevie cantrell b 1992 sponsored by desporte sons seafood was the shrimp queen  the sun herald may 31 2009 p f1      ray mabus  former governor was formally sworn in as the 75th secretary of the navy at the washington navy yard on june 18th mabus was governor from 19881992 and ambassador to saudi arabia from 19941996  the sun herald june 19 2009 p a7      ed mcmahon  19232009 tv personality and celebrity expired on june 23rd  farrah fawcett  19472009 actress and michael jackson 19592009 megarock star both died on june 25th  walter cronkite  19162009 cbs news anchor died on july 17 2009  the sun herald july 18 2009 p b1    1848 biloxi lighthouse  left image made circa 1937 depicts repainting by the hall bothers of ocean springs right image made august 20 2009 show beginning of 400000 postkatrina refurbishments images courtesy of ronald bo hall and ray l bellande    postkatrina repairs began on the biloxi lighthouse  by collins construction in early july a visitors center will be erected in the fall of 2009 opposite the structure north of us highway 90  the us postal service and philatelists held a first day of issue ceremony  on july 23rd at the biloxi lighthouse for the new gulf coast lighthouse series of 44 stamps  the sun herald july 1 2009 p a5 and july 24 2009 p a2    glen nardi  was named new publisher of  the sun herald  a mcclatchy company journal he replaced ricky matthews who had been with the newspaper since 1982  the sun herald august 16 2009 p a1      jacob davis guice   19152009 coast attorney expired at his lover s lane residence on august 24th  joelean ann hornsby  19272010 daughter of andrew reese hornsby and sadie virginia hornsby and his spouse of sixtythree years died on november 21 2010  the sun herald august 25 2009 p a4 and november 23 2010 p a4    edward ted kennedy  19322009 massachusetts senator died on august 26th  the sun herald august 27 2009 p a1    jack nelson  19292009  pulitzer prize winner 1993 biloxian made good  and long time journalist for the los angeles times died on october 21 2009 in bethesda maryland   a memorial service was held at our lady of fatima catholic church in biloxi on may 30 2010  the sun herald october 22 2009 p a1 and may 31 2010 p a4 and january 13 2013 p a1 and p a9    edward eddie bellman  19202009 biloxi entrepreneur who befriended elvis presley while the nascent star vacationed at gulf hills and biloxi in the early 1950s expired on november 6 2009 the sun herald november 8 2009 p a12 and p a 13  john thomas tommy munro  19312009 biloxi businessman entrepreneur and former politician expired on november 20 2009 the sun herald november 21 2009 p a1 and november 22 p a 12  john miller was nominated for biloxi police chief  by mayor aj holloway and accepted by the city council in late november 2009  the sun herald november 21 2009 p a1 and december 2 2009 p a2    lyle bonge   19292009 photographer sailor bon vivant expired at biloxi on december 7th  the sun herald december 9 2009 p a64    elmer eddie lemien   19252009 native of deer island local historian and long time latimer resident expired on december 16th  the sun herald december 20 2009 p a12    umar farouk abdulmutalab   nigerian national   attempted to destroy northwest airline flight 253 amsterdam to detroit on christmas day sentenced to life in prison in february 2012 jb richmond published  world war ii combat wooden boats built at westergard boat works of biloxi inc  a historical pictorial narrative   kathy springer  was named outstanding citizen of biloxi by the lions club  the sun herald february 11 2010 p a5        2010 the ray and joan kroc center bids were open in early january and a contract to build the structure could be awarded by february  the sun herald january 5 2010 p a6    haiti was devasted by a megaearthquake magnitude 70 on january 12th killing over 100000 people and severely damaging portauprince the national capitol   the  antiques road show  announced that their production taped in the mississippi coast coliseum and convention center on july 24th  the sun herald january 5 2010 p a1    the  ohro keefe museum planned to move  from the swetman house in west biloxi  to the pleasant reed interpretive center at 386 beach boulevard before january 16th  the sun herald january 6 2010 p a7    martin luther king jr day parade  division street near lee street image made january 18 2010 by ray l bellande  the new orleans saints won the nfc championship in the superdome on january 24th with a 3128 victory over the minnesota vikings in overtime they will meet indianapolis in super bowl xliv 44 at miami on february 7th the saints won 3117  the sun herald january 25 2010 p a1 and february 8 2010 everypage        the biloxi first united methodist church broke ground  for their new sanctuary at  14220 mississippi highway 67 leaving their long time location on hopkins boulevard  strorm damage from hurricane katrina and escalating insurance premiums were some factors precipitating the move from the biloxi peninsula north of us interstate 10  the sun herald january 25 2010 p a1      the new orleans saints won the 44th superbowl on february 7th with a 3117 victory over the indianapolis colts at miami  the sun herald february 8 2010 p a1        gerald h blessey   b 1942 former mayor  was named as the 22nd recipient of the pat santucci spirit of the coast award  on february 3 2010 by the mississippi coast chamber of commerce  the sun herald february 4 2010 p b8 and february 10 2010 p a10      philip martin   19272010 former leader of the  mississippi band of choctaws  expired on february 4th  the sun herald february 10 2010 p a10      william billy burdin jr   19282010   unofficial town historian of pass christian mississippi     expired there on february 5th  the sun herald february 7 2010 p a16 and p a17    jim e brashier  insurance executive was named president of the  ohro keefe museum board  succeeding larry d clark  the sun herald february 10 2010 p a8    kathryn anne bailey  and  john m hairston  both of gulfport ruled the  2010 gulf coast carnival association mardi gras  on february 16th  the sun herald february 14 2010 p f1    the byc initiated a changeofwatch ceremony  in midfebruary 2010  gaylord wilson commodore  rocky rhodes vice commodore and jeffrey ellis rear commodore board members barry barq patrick diaz mike murray lois richardson ronnie tootle and jerry white  the sun herald february 13 2010 p a    glenn edwin endris   19382010 long term  district 117 state representative  school teacher and restarateur expired on february 13th  the sun herald february 17 2010 p a4 and february 18 2010 p a5   the 40000 restored  biloxi lighthouse was relit on february 19th  fema and insurance funds paid for the refurbishment  the sun herald february 20 2010 p a1   the  cancan casino s  gaming site  at d iberville  was approved   by the mississippi gaming commission  on february 25th  the sun herald february 26 2010 p a1    chilean earthquake  88 on february 27 2010 killed about 500 people and damaged over 370000 homes  the hibernia marching  society  chose sarah gantholleman  and  ms senator billy hewes iii  as colleen and grand marshal of the  st patrick s day  parade on march 13th  the sun herald march 7 2010 p f1    mark m seymour sr  19362010 former city engineer civil engineering consultant and d iberville casino promoter  expired on march 7th  the sun herald march 8 2010 p a        ray l bellande and charles l sullivan recognized by mississippi historical society  on march 6th the  mississippi historical society  at its annual meeting held in gulfport mississippi  awarded ray l bellande  of ocean springs its  award of merit f or his contribution to the history of ocean springs  charles l sullivan  emeritus history professor  from mgccc perkinston  was awarded the prestigious  dunbar rowland award  for his lifelong contributions to the preservation study and interpretation of mississippi history  the sun herald march 7 2010 p a 8     in early april  the biloxi maritime history and seafood plan to open a temporary museum and gift shop in the edgewater mall dr val husley creator of the katrina destroyed seafood museum on point cadet is building exhibits for the temporary 4500squarefoot mall space  the sun herald march 17 2010 p a2      john paul gimma  19292010 native of brooklyn new york sportsman and automobile dealer on the coast and in louisiana expired on march 27th at the village lake county near summerfield florida  the sun herald april 6 2010 p a4        british petroleum no 1 ocs mississippi canyon block 252 macondo prospect an 18000 foot exploratory well blew out in 5000 feet of water on april 20th the rig burned and sank andsubsequently oil began flowing into the gulf of mexico creating a massive oil seep which seriously threatened the environment from louisiana to florida  see the sun herald for daily reports on oil pollution and capture from april 20th to august 2010 on april 24th  beauvoir celebrated confederate memorial day with the dedication of a statue of jefferson davis with his two sons joe and jim limber  the statue was created by gary casteel of pennsylvania who was commissioned by the national sons of confederate veterans in 2008 they had the intention of installing it in the american civil war center in richmond virginia  when the sons of confederates couldn t decide on an appropriate site within the civil war center complex  they offered it to beauvoir  the sun herald april 20 2010 p a2   on june 1st  steven palazzo of biloxi defeated joe tegerdine of petal  in the republican primary for us representative he will face  gene taylor incumbent  in november  the ocean springs record june 3 2010 p a1    sherman v canann  b 1938 was chosen 2010 shrimp king for the 81st blessing of the fleet held on june 5th  his queen was brooke kuluz    the sun herald may 30 2010 p f1 and june 6 2010 p a2    john wooden  19102010 the wizard of westwood and ucla s immensely successful basketball mentor  died at los angeles on june 4th  lester j thompson  19412010  former biloxi chief of police from 1963 to 1976 died on june 4th  the sun herald june 5 2010 p a4 and june 6 2010 p a12    biloxi community center  under construction on east howard avenuejuly 2 2010  harold conner cain  19272010 native of perkinston mississippi and longtime coast businessman with interest in nursing homes healthcare hotels touring and travel expired at gulfport on july 3rd  the sun herald july 7 2010 p a4    joseph augustus joe bosco   19482010 author writer and college professor died on natural causes on july 8th in beijing china joe was born at biloxi mississippi on august 30 1948 to frank a bosco 19191975 and wilma annetta snyder bosco 19262006 he graduated with the 1966 class of ocean springs high school and left this forward in  the greyhound  the school annual   beware i may yet do something sensational  joe matriculated to usm and uno where he earned fine arts degrees in 1972 and 1976 respectively his published works were  the boys who would be cubs  a year in the heart of baseball s minor leagues 1990  blood will tell  a true story of deadly lust in new orleans 1993 and  a problem of evidence  how the prosecution freed oj simpson 1996 joe bosco resided in new orleans and los angeles before his demise in china while in los angeles he reported on the ludicrous  oj simpson trial  for  penthouse magazine  he had also written of the murder of ennis cosby 19691997 son of bill cosby comedian and actor as   in the face of death   for n ation   magazine   june 2 1997   joseph a bosco a favorite son and friend of ocean springs is survived by linda powajbo bosco a former wife joseph a bosco ii a son and sylvia a bosco his sister and a special education teacher at oshs ray l bellande august 7 2010      recreational fishing halted in the mississippi sound by the bp exploration well blowout in mississippi canyon block 252 resumed on july 20th  the sun herald july 20 2010 p a1 and august 1 2010 p a2   by midjuly  city employees began to reoccupy biloxi s renovated city hall on lameuse street the 9 month refurbishment of the old federal building was commenced by jo collins in the fall of 2009 the city council meeting room was dedicated on august 23rd  the sun herald july 21 2010 p a2 august 19 2010 p a7 and    garry marshall welford  19462010  sheriff of george county  mississippi was killed in the line of duty on july 21st  the sun herald july 22 2010 p a1 and july 24 2010 p a4      larry l  butch brown   mdot director   was arrested at the beau rivage  in biloxi on july 23rd for public intoxication and disorderly conduct  the sun herald july 24 2010 p a2    michelle obama first lady  christened the uscg dorothy c stratton  a national security cutter on july 23rd at northruffgrumann pascagoula mississippi the vessel is 418 feet in length  the sun herald july 24 2010 p a1     antique road show   a pbs production  appeared at the mississippi coast coliseum on july 24th  three shows were developed to be aired between january 2011 and may 2011  the sun herald july 24 2010 p a12    british petroleum s static kill procedure was successful in arresting the flow of crude oil into the mexican gulf on august 4th the exploration well blew out on april 20 2010  the sun herald august 5 2010 p a1   the  5th anniversary of hurricane katrina of august 29 2005  was remembered coast wide  governor haley barbour   us senator roger wicker  and  us  representative ge gene taylor  made appearances in gulfport while wicker and taylor also came to biloxi   president obama  was in nola  the sun herald august 30 2010 p a1    victor mavar received the mississippi medal of service on september 28 2010  the sun herald september 28 2010 p a6    jerry o keefe  b 1923 native of ocean springs  former mayor of biloxi  and key player in the development of the ohro keefe museum of art  was honored with the blossman ymca humanitarian of the year award  the sun herald october 13 2010 p a10    margaret m migues  and  willie doris burney   coconspirators in embezzling 2386452  from the ocean springs branch of the hancock bank  were sentenced  on october 12th in federal court at gulfport mississippi to  8 12 years in federal prison  and  pay more than 34 million  in restitution  the sun herald october 13 2010 p a1    grady bird s lill cruso  image made october 2010 by ray l bellande  greg moran  metal sculpture  was honored at biloxi on october 14th for his for his bronze castings  created from drawings made by fourteen local artists for the biloxi bay bridge wayne brown mdot southern district commissioner suggested that metal from the old span be utilized for the castings  the sun herald october 15 2010 p a8   images made october 23 2011 ground breaking for the new 2335 million santa maria del mar apartment complex off popp s ferry road occurred on october 15th eley guild hardy gulfport architects designed the 210 structure to accommodate senior citizens  the sun herald october 16 2010 p a5    st patrick s catholic high school was named one of the fifty best catholic high schools in america the sun herald october 16 2010 p a1 the postkatrina demolition of structures at the william carey college campus in gulfport continues the sun herald october 19 2010 p a2  william   michael mike and fitz fitzpatrick 19382010  accountant and former  three term ward 4 councilman expired on october 21st the sun herald ocotber 22 2010 p a1 and october 24 2010 p a14  mildred johnson  b 1943 was named first female commander of biloxi s charles l baudry american legion post no 33 the sun herald october 26 20101 p a1      republican steven palazzo ambushed incumbent us representative mississippi district four gary eugene gene taylor on novemeber 2nd to capture 52 of the vote and send the 11 term us congressman back to bay st louis the sun herald november 3 2010 p a1 the ohro keefe museum of ar t was dedicated on november 6th  the sun herald november 5 2010 p a1 pb1 p b3      tj smith  19332010  former bhs educator  and guidance counselor football and tennis coach principal 19691975 and jeff davis jr college dean expired on november 15th the sun herald november 17 2010 p 11a the new  3 million lodge of the slavonian benevolent association of st nikolai  located near howard avenue and oak street  was dedicated on november 27th  the sun herald november 26 2010 p a2  mary mercer carpenter  19202010 native of georgia and biloxi resident since 1954 and  former city council person  19811988 expired at biloxi mississippi on december 3rd the sun herald december 5 2010 p 2a and december 6 2010  george louis simon sr  19212010 longtime biloxi businessman died on december 15th the sun herald december 17 2010 p 4a and p 5a in december  hancock bank and whitney bank agreed to merge the integration of the companies will form a b ank with about 20 billion in assets with 305 branches in texas louisiana mississippi alabama and florida the journal of south mississippi business january 15 2011 p 2      nash roberts  19182010  nola meteorologist and legendary hurricane track forecaster  died on december 19th the sun herald december 21 2010 p a2 and december 22 2010 p c4  biloxi will acquired the old public library at 124 lameuse street from taylor properties for 600000 it will be restored for utility as city offices now located in city hall annex also on lameuse street which will be demolished  the sun herald december 22 2010 p a6  the biloxi school board decided not to apply to the kellogg foundation for a 45 million grant to reopen nichols elementary school  paul tisdale  superintendent said that the decision was based on budget concerns and lack of enrollment in this facility race was not a factor the sun herald december 22 2010 p a5  20112020  the second decade of the 21st century commenced with meterological and riverine woes the spring of 2011 saw the mississippi river reach flood stages not seen since 1973 both the bonnet carre and the floodways were open to relieve pressure on levees above baton rouge and new orleans in april ne mississippi and nw alabama tennessee georgia and virginia saw killer tornadoes responsible for the demise of nearly 200 people sw missouri joplin was devasted in may with one twister killing over 140 people and damaging over 7000 homes in the war on terror osama bin laden 19572011 leader of alqaeda was killed in pakistan by us navy seals in may  2011 jimmy buffet  singer songwriter author and wellknow entertainer and  tom brosig  biloxi casino consultant announced plans for their  margaritaville casino a 48 million dollar casinoresort   to be built in the east harrison county industrial park on  biloxi s point cadet  in february they will present plans for this development to officials of biloxi and the mississippi gaming commission the biloxi planning commission unanimously approved the plans for the margaritaville casino on february 3rd the sun herald january 6 2011 p a1 january 13 2011 p a1 february 4 2011 p a6  the charles redding building the charles redding building on west howard avenue was fatally damaged by a large conflagration around midnight of january 18th three businesses up stairs down stairs the spanish trail bookstore and adventures bar and grill were the tenants arson was not believed to be the cause of the fire the sun herald january 2011 p a1  casey eure defeated jim atkinson in the february 1st runoff for the mississippi house district 116 post mr eure will replace  steven palazzo who was elected to congress in early november 2010 beating longtime incumbent gary eugene gene taylor  less than 15 of the registered voters turned out for the runoff the sun herald february 2 2011 p a8 and februay 4 2011 p a6 population of biloxi estimated by 2010 census at 44054 persons  as compared with 50644 in 2000 harrison county population was estimated at 189601 people in 2000 and 187 105 in 2010  the sun herald febraury 4 2011 p a1  green bay defeated pittsburgh 3125 in super bowl xlv on february 6th at dallas texas  president hosni s mubarak  b 1928 was ousted after 18 days of demonstrations during the  2011 egyptian revolution  on 11 february vice president  omar suleiman  announced that mubarak had resigned as president and transferred authority to the  supreme council of the armed forces  on that day mubarak and his family left the presidential palace in  cairo  and moved to  sharm elsheikh  egypt republican dave dennis businessman of gulfport  commenced his campaign for governor on february 14th  the sun herald february 14 2011 p a1 and february 15 2011 p a1      libyan civil war security forces of colonel muammar qaddafi b 1942 who took power in libya after a bloodless coup in september 1969 and has ruled with an iron fist seeking to spread libya s influence in africa on february 25th used gunfire to try to disperse thousands of protesters  who streamed out of mosques after prayers  to mount their first major challenge to the government s crackdown in tripoli rebel leaders said they were sending forces from nearby cities and other parts of the country to join the fight by early march rebel forces had control of eastern libya including the major oil exporting port on the gulf of sirte     frank buckles  19012011 the last american veteran of ww i passed in late february the sun herald march 1 2011 p a2 on february 28th  mayor holloway gave his 17th state of the city address and boasted that 2011 willl be the year that biloxi will cut ribbons on the library civic center and lighthouse visitor s center  in addition 355 million dollars of repair and replacememnt of biloxi s infrastructure which was damaged or destroyed by katrina 2005 will commence the sun herald march 1 2011 p a1      biloxi city officials reviewed the 169 million dollar kroc center on lee street which is planned to open by midseptember the sun herald march 2 2011 p a1 democrat connie marie moran mayor of ocean springs announced her candidacy for state treasurer  the ocean springs record march 2 2011 p 1  the dusti  swetman  bonge gallery opened at 132 magnolia on march 3rd the sun herald march 1 2011 p b5  laurel mckay luckey  queen ixolib and butch oustalet  king d iberville ruled the gulf coast carnival association mardi gras celebration at biloxi on march 8th the sun herald march 6 2011 and the ocean springs gazette march 9 2011 p 1      sendai japan earthquake  90 and killer tsunami on march 11 2011 kills thousands and critically damaged several nuclear reactors in northeastern japan     emily cutrer and danny o keefe were collen and grand marshal of the hibernia marching society s st patrick s day parade on march 19th the sun herald march 13 2011 p f1  dame elizabeth rosemond taylor  19322011  academy award winning actress  and humanitarian expired on march 23rd    geraldine anne ferraro   19352011  1st woman vicepresidential candidate  on a major political party ticket expired on march 26th in 1984 she and walter mondale both democrats ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the american people in midmarch   directors of the northrop grumman corporation  decided to spinoff their shipbuilding division and called it  huntington ingall industries  shareholdres with six shares of ngc received one share of huntington ingalls michael petters was named ceo of the  new company which was expected to commence trading on the nyse on march 31st  the mississippi press march 16 2011 p 1 in early april  british petroluem acquired from the boddie family  the eastern shore face of cat island to facilitate their cleanup following the macondo oil spill of april 2010 the sun herald april 8 2011 p a1  margaritaville  image june 20 2011 by ray l bellande  margaritaville casino restaurant approval granted by biloxi city council in midfebruary and by mississippi gaming commission on april 7th the sun herald february 15 2011 and april 8 2011 p a1  mike sekul under construction at clay point in february 1992  ray l bellande image      nelious clarence neil covacevich  19202011 last of a long time family of biloxi boat builders expired on april 6th neil s last vessel was the mike sekul  a biloxi schooner created for the biloxi seafood and maritime museum the sun herald april 10 2011 p a and april 11 2011 p a4  us district judge dan m russell jr  19132011  expired on april 16th at gulfport mississippi he served in the southern district of mississippi from 19651983 the federal courthouse at gulfport was dedicated in his honor on november 14 2003 the sun herald april 17 2011 p a1 and april 19 2011 p a6  roy anderson jr   19292011 gulfport contractor who erected many gulf coast casinos  expired on april 20th the sun herald april 22 2011 p a1 and p a4  dr lionel n eleuterius  19362011  retired botanist  from the gcrl expired on april 24th the sun herald april 26 2011 p a6 and april 29 2011 p a4 on april 27th  viloent tornadoes struck the southeast usa and left tremedous destruction and over 300 people killed in mississippi alabama georgia tennessee and virginia in late april  biloxi s city council approved construction of a 78 million walmart super cente r in west biloxi and that yankee stadium on lee street would be torn down because it was structurally unsafe the property is now owned by the salvation army and a part of the ray joan kroc corps community center the salvation army related that t hey do not have the money to spend on yankee stadium at this time  the sun herald april 27 2011 p a1 and april 28 2011 p a5  osama bin laden  19572011  muslim revolutionary and matermind of many terrorists attacks  against america was killed by us navy seals in pakistan on may 1st the sum herald may 2 2011 p a1  patricia diane carpenter 19432011  known to all of us as diane passed on at biloxi mississippi on may 4 2011 diane had matriculated to usm after graduation she began raising horses and later became a trainer of thoroughbreds diane ran the sundance stable at churchill downs  lexington kentucky from the late 1970s to the late 1980s her ability to train and her alent to evaluate the potential of throughbred colts led to her success in the competitive world of horse racing diane among her many career racing successes had two horses run in the kentucky derby    biloxi indian  in 1984 and  kingpost  in 1988 they finished this classic event 12 th and 14 th respectively diane was elected a beauty in her 1961 senior year at bhs in addition she was secretary of student council national honor society member vocal music club member member of the future homemakers club and was cocaptain of the pep squad ray l bellande and jackie tabbmay 2011 and the sun herald may 20 2011 p d1 in may 2011  brooke orrison lewis and brad orrison her brother and proprietors of the shed barbeque blues joint in ocean springs vancleave appeared on the nationally cable televised  food network  on may 8 2011 to  compete against nationally acclaimed pit masters in the 50000 best in smoke challenge  the sun herald may 7 2011 p a2 on may 18th the  sandy point  a 163foot menhaden fishing boat working for  omega protein  moss point mississippi sank in 25feet of water off the west end of ship island after colliding with the  eurus london  a 660foot container ship en route to freeport texas three seamen from the fishing vessel were missing after the tragedy and later found dead the bow section of the vessel was raised in midjune and by june 20th the complete vessel had been salvaged and brought ashore at gulfport mississippi the sun herald may 20 2011 p a1 june 13 2011 p a1 june 21 2011 p a9 april 21 2012 p a4  victor mavar sr  shrimp king and mallory gilson  shrimp queen ruled over the annual blessing of the fleet on june 5th the sun herald may 29 2011 p f4 june 12 2011 p f3 and june 19 2011 p f4 henry francis  hf buddy fountain   19242011   architectural engineer  expired on june 5th buddy was a 1951 lsu graduate us navy wwii veteran and began his career as a professional architect in 1955 his design work was responsible for mississippi coast coliseum our lady of fatima catholic church the 1961 bhs the biloxi public safety complex and many more the sun herald june 7 2011 p a4 on june 14th  arthur mcmillan was hired for three years at 139000 per year to replace paul tisdale as the superintendent of the biloxi school system  he comes to biloxi from the enterprise school district  clarke county mississippi the sun herald june 15 2011 p a11 in june 2011  larry echo hawk assistant secretary for the bureau indian affairs rescinded the 2008 moratorium issued during the bush presidential administration which blocked an attempt by the mississippi band of choctaw indians to open a casino on their lands in jackson county mississippi mr hawk stated   the 2008 guidance memorandum was unnecessary and was issued without the benefit of tribal consultation we will proceed to process offreservation gaming applications in a transparent manner consistent with exisiting law   the sun herald june 18 2011 p a1   vancleave icon  clifton kipp malachi dees  19272011 creator of the vancleave special a crabmeat poboy with cheese that was first made at rosetti s on the point in biloxi expired in gulfport on june 16th  the sun herald june 19 2011 p a12   on june 17th  final fantasy  a 54foot sports fisherman  caught fire and sank in the gulf of mexico  about 150 miles off of biloxi and  7 miles north of the ursa oil platform  ursa field is located in mississippi canyou block 854 at n 28154 latitude and w 89103 longitude in about 4000 feet of water and is  operated by shell oil  from a tensionlegged platform  edison chouest offshore company rescued  jamie sablich his two sons and jordy pitalo and his son the sun herald june 20 2011 p a4 on june 19th  rory mcelroy  b 1989 northern ireland won the us open at congressional in bethesda maryland with a record setting 16 under par  lane pippin won his second straight coast amateur championship at the grand bear golf club the sun herald june 20 2011 p b1 the  gaslog singapore  delivered the  first shipment of liquefied natural gas from algeria to gulf lng at pascagoula  on june 18th el paso natural gas operates the 11 billion facility the sun herald june 21 2011 p a5  dr malcolm l latour  19332011 a louisiana native resident of gulf hills and  coast psychiatrist since 1977  and former chief of staff at the biloxi hospital expired on june 28 2011 the sun herald june 30 2011 p a4 and july 1 2011 p a3      phyliss j anderson  was the first woman elected a chief of the mississippi band of choctaws defeating  mingo beasley denson with 55 of the vote  on july 5 2011 in the runoff election unofficial returns had anderson with 1741 votes and denson garnering 1408 on july 8 2011 the mississippi choctaw tribal council voted to hold another election after chief beasley denson lot to phyliss j anderson voting line and timing irregularities of a prior election were cited as the reason for another election  the sun herald july 7 2011 p a5 and july 9 2011 p a3      elizabeth betty ann bloomer ford   19182011 former  first lady and widow of gerald r ford   19132006 38th us president died on july 8th the sun herald july 9 2011 p b1 the biloxi lighthouse visitors center and the biloxi civic center and public library  representing 31 million dollars in new postkatrina construction  were dedicated on july 14th  the sun herald july 15 2011 p a1      david perkes  b 1957  architect and associate professor at mississippi state university and founding director of the gulf coast community studio design  was invited to the white house to be recognized through the champion of champions program  for his efforts to lead 13 designers  postkatrina in planning and designing affordable and sustainable housing initiatives in biloxi while working with local state and federal partnerships  the sun herald july 15 2011 p a2      lyle page  19322011 senior partner of page mannino peresich and mcdermott a biloxi law firm expired on july 22nd  lyle was biloxi s city procecuting attorney from 19611971 and was active in the banking civic and social affairs of biloxi the lighthouse and visitors center was designed by dale partners architects to resemble the robinsondantzler house which formerly occupied the same site the sun herald july 24 2011 and july 27 2011 p a9    maritime industry and seafood industry museum   edgewater mall image by ray l bellandeaugust 18 2011    edmond boudreaux author of the seafood capital of the worldbiloxi s maritime history  2011 had his book signing at the maritime seafood industry museum in the edgewater mall on august 18th mr boudreaux released legends and lore of mississippi s golden gulf coast in february 2013 the sun herald august 17 2011 p c9 and the biloxid iberville press february 7 2013      joseph f baricev  19272011 longtime   biloxi restaurateur  died on august 24th the sun herald august 25 2011 and august 26 2011 p a8 on august 25th  william wade guice  19271996 former harrison county mississippi civil defense director  was the first person s name placed on the mississippi civil defenseemegency management association s wall of remembrance  the wall of remembrance is located in pearl mississippi at the mema state emergency operations center mr guice served his fellow citizens from 19611996 and is best remembered for his work before and posthurricane camille of august 1969 the sun herald august 26 2011 p a1  tropical storm lee  tslee caused widespread flooding and wind damage from florida to sw louisiana between september 26 rainfall totals ranged from eight to fourteen inches in the mississippi coastal counties  the  11 milion biloxi boardwalk marina and dry storage on back bay at point cadet plans to open in november 2011 it is being developed by chris ferrara of holden louisiana the sun herald september 3 2011 p a1 the 10th anniversary of 911 the islamic terrorist destruction of the world trade centers at nyc was solemnly and emotionally remembered nationally and locally  yankee stadium   biloxi s yankee stadium dedicated in 1959 on lee street was demolished in september 2011 by the salvation army by september 2011  postkatrina development at biloxi saw 311 million in construction projects underway or permitted among those in progress were  walmart s supercenter in west biloxi  margaritaville casino in east biloxi  mcelroy s harbor house at the small craft harbor  sharkhead s souvenier shop  the beauvoir library   biloxi boardwalk marina    24 million santa maria senior apartments off popp s ferry road  and the salvation army s kroc center on lee street and division a fivestory  comfort inn and suites hotel east of the lighthouse visitors center was under review by city planners the sun herald september 15 2011 p a1 the salvation army s 16 million ray kroc  19021984  and joan kroc  19282003  corps community center of the mississippi gulf coast opened on september 18 2011 the sun herald september 19 2011 p a1      health management associates  hma announced that a  132 million medical center will be built in north bilox i on a 35acre site at the termination of tommy munro avenue it will be ajacent to the cedar lake medical plaza and the santa maria del mar senior housing complex the sun herald october 5 2011 p a1      charles t simon  19162011 biloxi businessman and local historian expired on october 4th the sun herald october 6 2011 p a4    steve jobs  19552011  cofounder of apple computer and chairman of the board  expired on october 5th     bayou bridges  a new retail center proposed by the woodmont company and situated on the se c of lamey s bridge road and us interstate 10 was announced by the city of d iberville  the sun herald october 6 2011 p a5 libyan dictator   colonel moammar gadhafi  19422011  was killed in sirte libya on october 20th  by libyan insurrectionists to culminate a national revolution in the country which commenced in february 2011 the sun herald october 21 2011 p c1 the john c stennis space center in hancock county mississippi celebrated its 50th anniversary on october 25th the sun herald october 23 2011 p a1      charles thomas harrison  19432011 biloxi realtor and civic leader expired on october 21 2011 the sun herald october 23 2011 p a11 and october 24 2011 p a 6 the  53 million palace casino expansion was dedicated on november 11th with mayor aj holloway cutting the ceremonial ribbon keith crosby is the general manager of the casino the sun herald novemebr 12 2011 p c6 in november  annalyn swan  b 1951 a 1969 bhs graduate and 2005 pulitzer prize cowinner in biography for de kooning an american master  knopf was named the 19th biloxian made good  the sun herald november 7 2011 and november 13 2011 p c10  gerald h blessey   b 1942 former biloxi mayor state representative and is currently the gulf coast housing director  was named the mississippi gulf coast ymca john r blossman humanitarian award recipient  on november 17th at the annual banquet held in the beau rivage resort casino mr blessey was the 3rd winner of the annual award the sun herald november 18 2011 p a2 former mississippi governor 19721976  william lowe waller  19262011  expired at jackson mississippi on november 30th  the sun herald december 1 2011 p a1 the  uss mississippi  ssn782 and a 2 billion virginiaclass fast attack nuclear submarine was christened at the  general dynamics electric boat yard in groton connecticut  on december 3rd the vessel was planned to be commissioned at gulfport mississippi but the site was changed for june 2 2012 at pascagoula mississippi the sun herald december 3 2011 p a1 december 4 2011 p a7 and february 2012 phase i of ocean expo d iberville s marine mammal institute  broke ground on december 9th the sun herald december 10 2011 p a2 the new 14 million 65000 sq ft jackson county mississippi services complex was deidcated on december 15th the sun herald december 16 2011 p a2      the iraqi war ended on december 15 2011  the sun herald december 16 2011 p a1  2012   phil bryant  b 1954 was sworn in as mississippi s 64th governor on january 10th  jonathan tate reeves  b 1974 was the lt governor the sun herald january 11 2012 pa1 biloxi council approved tax abatement for golden nugget  which is investing 100 million to renovate and enlarge the former isle casino biloxi  the sun herald january 172012 p2a coast casinos end year strong with the best december in four years pushing revenue to just 2 million behind the total for 2011 the sun herald january 252012 p6d  john mcfarland  sunherald multimedia executive and publisher of the journal of south mississippi business et al    was named as the 24th recipient of the pat santucci spirit of the coast award  on february 2012 by the mississippi coast chamber of commerce  the sun herald february 4 2012 p a1    christina ann carter and mark donlon mavar ruled as queen ixolib and king d iberville on february 21st as the gulf coast carnival association celebrated mardi gras in biloxi  the sun herald february 19 2012 p f1   the week of march 5th brought exciting casino industry news to the mississippi coast as golden nugget announced that they were acquiring the isle casino biloxi   margaritaville casino held a job fair that attracted about 2000 individuals hoping for the 1000 positions that they were seeking to fill before their may 2012 grand opening the cancan casino later known as land holdings i llc was promised by the city of d iberville that 24m in tax increment bonds would be issued for infrastruture to assit their locating on biloxi s bay bay in addition  rotate black officals announced a new casino for gulfport  the sun herald march 11 2012 p a1  denise dunnaway  of gulfport and leo chipper mcdermott  of long beach were the coleen and grand marshall of the 34th annual hibernia marching society parade at biloxi on march 17th the sun herald march 11 2011 p f1  curtis lee davis sr  19272012 native of vancleave mississippi and  first dean of the jackson county campus of the mississippi gulf coast community college  19641991 and long time mississippi junior college educator 19501991 died on march 23rd mr davis also  coached junior college tennis  and won  many awards for his success in this endeavor  his corporal remains were interred in the ramsay cemetery at vancleave the sun herald march 26 2012 p a6  gary bubba watson bagdad florida won the masters at august georgia on easter sunday  biloxi s  new super walmart situated on ct switzer road west of eisenhower drive opened on april 11th  the sun herald march 15 2012 p a and april 11 2012 p a1  the infinity science center on us highway interstate 10 in hancock county mississippi opened to the public on april 11th the sun herald april 11 2012 p a1 and april 12 2012 p a2  rachel nuwer  daughter of david nuwer and deanne stephens nuwer phd and a 2003 graduate of bhs  was listed on the scientific american incubator a blog dedicated identifying future high potential science health and environmental writers  miss nuwer earned science and journalism degrees from loyola nola university of east anglia england and nyu she interned at audubon magazine the scientist magazine and the ny times environmental desk rachel now writes frrelance articles for scientific american popular mechanics science now and the new york times  the sun herald april 22 2012 p a2  zan l skelton  19282012 native of shubata clarke county mississippi and former bhs english teacher and author expired on may 15th  mr skelton taught at bhs from 1953 until his retirement in 1986  zan l skelton was a true gentleman and excellent instructor in the english language and its literature the sun herald may 20 2012 p a13  128 rue magnolia  image made june 28 2012 by ray l bellande on june 28th the mississippi craftmen s guild opened a satellite store in the henriquesslay house at 128 rue magnolia the circa 1902 cottage was relocated from reynoir street and restored the sun herald june 27 2012 p a1 the biloxi lions club announced this year s recipient of the father of the year award newly inducted lion president dr carl o nehlig  he is a proud father of three the biloxi d iberville press june 282012 p1  matt stebly  ocean springs l artist  wins biloxi seafood festival poster contest for second consecutive year the sun herald july 19 2012 p a1  the eight flags display is back on us 90 at the entrance to rue magnolia where it often was photographed before hurricane katrina the city spent about 7000 for the flagpoles and installation that showcases the flags that have flown over biloxi since 1699 the flags are the french english spanish republic of west florida united states mississippi state magnolia confederate first national and mississippi the sun herald august 42012 pd1  white house hotel deserves a reprieve officials with the mississippi department of archives and history are among those who have asked biloxi officials not to order the demolition of white house hotel the sun herald august 42012 p2c  biloxi lighthouse visitors center marks first year it has hosted weddings business receptions and live radio broadcast in the first year 55994 people came through the doors the sun herald august 102012 p2a   casino cutie is stable and alert after accident  margaritaville casino restaurant  the sun herald august 122012 p2a casino s biloxi beauty still in hospital the women s injuries were not lifethreatening but margaritaville wants to make sure the safety of our employees comes first the sun herald august 142012 p2a  the salvation army cut the ribbon on the new yankie stadium in biloxi which is also home to the kroc community center the sun herald august 152012 p3b  oscar russell was awarded france s legion of honor medal for his part of the perilous first wave of sailors storming normandy france on june 6 1944 nearly 70 years later representatives of the french government has honored russell 88 with that country s highest military decoration for his part in liberating france from nazi tyranny  the sun herald august 162012 pa1 bright casinos confuse loggerhead turtle hatchlings   institute for marine mammal studies steps in to help newly hatched turtles the sun herald august 172012 p2a casino could be back on the table today  rotate black ms  the sun herald august 162012 p5a after past ventures fail rotate black bets on casino in gulfport the sun herald august 16 2012 p1a  rotate black ready to build  gaming commission give goahead to build gulfport casino  the sun herald august 172012 p1a gulfport hails magnificent casino location the sun herald august 172012 p1a all coast casinos closed mandatory evacuation ordered due to hurricane isaac   the sun herald august 292012 p2a after the storm  beau rivage hustles to get reopened the sun herald september 12012 p8c  margaritaville casino laying off 200 at end of summer after may opening it s been a bumpy three months the sun herald september 72012 p1a  david staehling  principal adviser to mayor aj holloway will retire at the end of the year the sun herald september 14 2012 p 2a on september 17th mayor holloway ordered that flags at all city buildings be flown at halfmast in respect for the recent deaths of two notable biloxians mark a barhanovich  19572012 and sherman v canaan  19382012 the sun herald september 18 2012 p a2 and p a4  university of southern mississippi marks 100 years of classes at hattiesburg ms campus the sun herald september 20 2012 p 2a st pe saluted at his last gaming commission meeting wally carter to replace him as chairman the sun herald september 212012 p1a casino gets planning commission approval in d iberville the sun herald september 252012 p9a nearly 90 wwii veterans take honor flight to washington  the group made up the fourth mississippi gulf coast honor flight  the sun herald september 262012 p1a biloxi native  chris ledoux will get marker on music trail the second marker on the country music trail will be dedicated at the biloxi town green the first marker honors nashville singer songwriter paul overstreet in his hometown of vancleave the sun herald september 262012 p2a  silver slipper become a full house casino  sale of silver slipper casino to full house resorts was finalized october 1 2012 the sun herald october 22012 p11a  gary collins  19382012 native of venice california and an actor and television personality died on october 13 2012 at his cherokee street rental in biloxi collins was married to former  miss america  1959  mary ann mobley  from 1967 until his death in 2012 they were separated in 2011   3   but reconciled and he moved to her home state of mississippi to be with her in 2012 while she battled  breast cancer  they had one child a daughter mary clancy collins collins was formerly married to susan peterson with whom he had two children guy william and melissa the sun herald october 14 2012 p a1  hard rock hotelapril 20 2013  in october the hard rock casino began construction on a 325 million 12story hotel  target opening december 31 2013 the sun herald october 24 2012 p b6 biloxi council member  tom wall  will not seek 6th term paul tisdale  former superintendent of biloxi school district is among the first to announce he intends to run for the ward 5 seat in the 2013 municipal election the sun herald october 24 2012 p 2a plans for the maritime and seafood industry museum and biloxi waterfront park need to be scaled back the city has 82 million in combined funding to build but the bids came in 15 million over budget the sun herald november 102012 p1a works in progressbiloxi has 80 million in construction and more to come the sun herald november 152012 p1a white pillars owner recognized for tourism efforts john mladinich wins don jacobs tourism award in recognition of more than 40 years in the hospitality industry in south mississippi the sun herald november 252012 p2f biloxi s isle casino to become golden nugget 45m landry s purchase finalized the sun herald november 302012 p1a rotate black finalizes financing for gulfport casino the sun herald december 82012 p8b the commemorative sign for the sherman v canaan fishing dock on the north end of lee street on back bay was unveiled on the afternoon of december 13 2012 the sun herald december 13 2012 p a2  david nichols will return as chief administrative officer for mayor aj holloway  nichols was cao in biloxi from 1994 to 2001 and director of community development from 1991 to 1993 he also served as cao to gulfport mayor brent warr in 2006 the sun herald december 7 2012 p8a  david nichols approved as new biloxi chief administrator officer the sun herald december 12 2012 p 2a the bolton property on us 90 across from the biloxi lighhouse will be purchased for 17 million the mississippi development authority will reimburse the city next week with community development block grant money  the sun herald december 12 2012 p2a the mississppi state department of health has approved a certificate of need to build a new medical center in north biloxi  harrison health management associates owners of the old gulf coast medical center were given state approval december 20 2012 the new hospital will be just off interstate 10 in north biloxi and will be known as the hospital at cedar lake  the sun herald december 21 2012 p1a  2013  legal dispute grounds airplane bound for casino  flight to beau rivage back on schedule after stop the sun herald january 92013 p1a biloxi will host a joint groundbreaking ceremony on february 1st for maritime seafood industry museum and biloxi waterfront park  the two projects are side by side on point cadet at the eastern tip of the city the sun herald january 192013 p2a out with the old and in with the gold  golden nugget gives peek into isle renovations  the sun herald january 152013 atthe casino p8 biloxi city councilman ward 5  paul thomas tom wall  19372013 expired on january 7th tom was born at indianapolis indiana and a 22year usaf veteran he was the proprietor of the classy chassis car wash which had operations in several coast cities  arlene wall  tom s widow was appointed to assume his civic duties as biloxi s ward 5 councilman the sun herald january 9 2013 p c4 january 10 2013 and january 12 2013 p a1 and the biloxid iberville press january 10 1973 p 1 and january 17 2013 p 3  mayor aj holloway announced he will nominate arleen wall to fill the unexpired council term of her late husband  tom wall  tom wall died january 7 2013 the sun herald january 16 2012 p2a  dr william walker executive director of the mississippi department of marine resources was fired by his governing board on january 15th  walker had been suspended without pay earlier following internal audits into the spending practices of the organization the sun herald january 16 2013 p a1  rotate black needs more time to proceed with casino the sun herald january 16 2013 p6b biloxi council hired jimmy gouras urban planning consulting to ask the federal government to forgive biloxi s 11 million disaster loan from hurricane katrina  until katrina the government never required municipalities to repay such loans the sun herald january 16 2012 p2a  white pillars restoration nearly complete marketing will begin soon to find restaurant operator the sun herald february 12013 p6d  ip gives 200k to local foundation  ip casino resort spa present a check to bacot mccarty foundation  the sun herald february 52013 p2a  maritime and seafood museum board members break ground on point cadet  ray l bellandefebruary 1 2013 and april 26 2013  the biloxi maritime and seafood museum ground breaking was held at point cadet on february 1 2013 the sun herald january 19 2013 p a2 and february 2 2013 p a1  the gulf coast carnival association  announced its royalty for 2013 the organization s 105th year  king d iberville is james k jimmy wetzel and queen ixolib is analise brashier  the sun herald february 102013 pf1  hattiesburg mississippi was hit by a tornado on february 10th damaging some buildings on the usm campus the sun herald february 11 2013 p a1  2013 king iberville   linda analise brashier and james k jimmy wetzel ruled as queen ixolib and king d iberville as the gulf coast carnival association celebrated its mardi gras parading the streets of biloxi on february 12th the sun herald february 10 2013 p f1 the city of d iberville celebrated its 25th incorporation anniversary  february 10 1988 on february 19th the sun herald february 16 2013 p a2  bill holland master boat builder  has built over 50 boats in his life he built his first skiff at age 9 and his first cat boat at age 12 he continues to work on two cat boats whose elegance and craftsmanship draw the admiration of wooden boat aficionados everyone his work along with his crew and a few others along with the maritime and seafood industry museum helps preserve the maritime history of bilox i the sun herald march 12 2013 p7b on march 13th  jorge bergoglio  b 1937  argentine cardinal was elected pope and chose the name francis  35th annual hibernia marching society s st patricks s day parade was held march 16 2013 king tim c holleman andqueen april leigh bullock the sun herald march 10 2013 p f1 and march 17 2013 p 2a    john m mladinich  19282013 died at biloxi on march 28th he was the son of croatian immigrants and made his livelihood in the restaurant real estate and entertainment business john s fiesta club the hot stop and white pillars restaurant were very popular for several decades in the midlate 2oth century the sun herald march 31 2013 p a  charles e voivedich charles e voivedich  19382013 charley v died on april 2nd at ocean springs mississippi charley v was one of the coast s better known musicians and its ambassador singing our coast national anthem   cherry pie   the sun herald april 7 2013  keesler air force base has been named best air force base in the nation  a few examples of keesler s efforts include expanding the recycling program renovating dormitories improving the medical evaluation board case completion time and reducing errors in deployment outprocessing by 20 percent the biloxi d iberville press april 112013 p1  dr harry johnson schmidt jr  19362013 native of nola and son of dr harry j schmidt 19051997 and margaret mary heath schmidt 19081983 died on april 22 2013 at ocean springs harry practiced medicine in biloxi with his father and two brothers dr robert j schmidt 19372000 and dr richard c schmidt at the schmidt clinic on lameuse street ann baltar schmidt 19372012 harry s spouse died at biloxi on april 22 2013 the sun herald april 24 2013 p a4 and april 25 2013 p a4 the white house hotel was acquired by barrington development llc of ridgeland mississippi and they plan a 7 million renovation and restoration of the 48000 squarefoot historic structure the sun herald april 24 2013 p a1  peter halat jr  former biloxi mayor  was released from the federal prison at montogomery alabama in march 2012 and from a halfway house at hattiesburg mississippi on april 24th  mayor halat was incarcerated for nearly 16 years for his conviction in the 1987 murder plot of judge vincent sherry and his spouse margaret sherry  the sun herald april 25 2013 p a1  kafb won a 1 million and a 2013 commanderinchief award declaring keesler afb as america s best  brigadier general brad spacy commander of the 81st training wing  accepted the award the sun herald april 30 2013 p a1 the point cadet fishing pier was dedicated on april 30th  mayor holloway recommended that the new facility be named in honor of nicholas corky hire b 1922 a local fisherman of croatian ancestry the sun herald april 30 2013 a3 and may 1 2013 p a2 coast casinos get new amenities and makeovers hard rock hotel casino  is adding a 150 room hotel tower that they hope to open by new year s eve the isle casino is undergoing a transformation and expansion when phase i is complete this summer the resort will be rebranded by the new owner as golden nugget biloxi  the sun herald may 52013 p10b officials from william carey university and state legislators were guest speakers at a press conference to announce a new health care industry zone in the community of tradition  the sun herald may 142013 p2a  jeanette cerinich capuano receives the mother of the year award from biloxi lions club  a mother of five children jeanette cauano was nominated by her sister patricia powell daughter laurie erring and grandson jason balius laurie cauano herring said my mother is mother of the year because of her selflessness and unconditional love for her family friends and community she is married to the late louis e capuano she is employed part time at sekul hornsby tuisdale law firm she is an active and practicing member of the cathedral of nativity of the blessed virgin mary in biloxi she is described by her family as someone who always puts other before herself she followed in her mother s footsteps and cooks and delivers food to people she knows cannot do so for themselves she is also the first to deliver her chicken soup and a card to those who are sick the biloxi d iberville press may 162013 p1  pan american clipper to celebrate 76th birthday at wooden boat show the pan american clipper is a 1937 65 biloxi lugger excursion boat built by john toche sr  included in the show is a 1939 covacevich built 56 biloxi lugger chandeleur boat the biloxi d iberville press may 162013 p1  biloxi high school will become the first school in mississippi to become a member of the national math and science initiative  a nonprofit organization launched in 2007 to transform math and science education in the us the biloxi d iberville press may 162013 p1  gerald jerry piltz  19252013 native of greenwood mississippi and biloxi accountant and civic leader expired at biloxi on may 24th jerry was king iberville of the 1976 mississippi gulf coast mardi gras association festivities the sun herald may 27 2013 p a4 a year after thousands danced at the may 22 2012 opening of margaritville casino crowds have thinned and management has changed now margaritville is moving aggressively with major additions the first of which is a hotel and new slot games mississippi press may 282013 p10m  state of mississippi pitches in  15 million for new baseball stadium with bp grant money  the sun herald may 312013 p1a  aj holloway faces jess kennedy in bid for 6th term mayor of biloxi the sun herald june 12013 p2a  richard gollott and laura weems ruled over the blessing of the fleet at biloxi on june 2nd the sun herald june 2 2013 p a11 and the biloxid iberville press june 6 2013 p 1  mayor aj holloway was reelected for a 6th term on june 4th easily defeating jess kennedy 2280 votes to 804 the sun herald june 5 2013 p a10 former north biloxian and notre dame high school graduate  gordon gollott was elected mayor of gautier  mississippi garnering 88 of the vote the sun herald june 5 2013 p a10  sue burleson of long beach is the first member from the paul lacoste sports 100pound club from the mississippi gulf coast  before she began to lose weight she weighed 311 pounds she now weighs 205 the sun herald june 8 2013 p2a  st paul united methodist church at 696 dr martin luther king jr blvd is celebrating 150 years on the coast the sun herald july 132013 p4c coast has history of ufo sightings  almost 40 years after two men said they were abducted by a ufo over the pascagoula river coast residents still occasionally spot strange objects in the sky the sun herald july 21 2013 p2a  matt stebly  became the first person to win the competition for the biloxi seafood festival poster for three consecutive years the sun herald july 25 2013 p3a one of the city s most colorful characters  jean guilhot the hermit of deer island  was buried in an unmarked grave at the old biloxi cemetery when he died in 1959 five decades later the biloxi bay chamber has raised the money to erect a tombstone which will be dedicated october 22 2013 before the old biloxi cemetery tour the sun herald august 82013 p 1a  silver slipper casino hotel  on the way 175m building to have 140 rooms john ferrucci general manager expects permission to proceed in the next 30 days full house resorts is the parent compan y the sun herald august 9 2013 p1a  biloxi visitors center marks 2 years the city is acquiring more property to the east of the visitors center to provide outdoor space for special events as well as to the west across porter avenue the city plans to have greenspace and trails and additional parking the sun herald august 9 2013 p 2a  the university of southern mississippi in long beach says the completion of five building projects on its gulf park campus in long beach signifies the return of the beachfront campus from the damage it sustained from hurricane katrina in 2005 the sun herald august 9 2013 p2a  professional baseball team and caillavet park planned for downtown biloxi johnson consulting of chicago relates that proposed site is one of the best in nation  the biloxi d iberville press june 6 2013 p 1 and the sun herald june 26 2013 p a1 and july 30 2013 p a1 and august 21 2013 p a1  santa maria del mar and plaque  images made june 17 2013 the most rev roger paul morin on june 5th blessed the santa maria del mar retirement community off of tommy munro drive  which was rebuilt nearly eight years after hurricane katrina destroyed it it is sponsored by the catholic diocese of biloxi and morin said it is a symbol of the diocese s ongoing commitment of our service to our community and a testament to care and concern for our sisters and brothers who long for a place to call home in a residential community designed with them in mind the new 26 million retirement community was moved from the beach to medical park drive behind the diocese s pastoral center on popp s ferry road there are 208 units in the twin sixstory towers including 134 studio apartments and 74 onebedroom apartments the units are unfurnished but contain a stove and refrigerator  the sun herald june 6 2013 and the biloxid iberville press june 13 2013 p 1  paul delcambre sr  19262013 native of choate vermilion parish louisiana and biloxi resident since 1946 expired at biloxi on june 6th delcambre was owner of del s seaway shrimp oyster company and seaway freezing company  he was president of the local american shrimp processors and canners association and a member of the mississippi restaurant association the sun herald june 11 2013 p a7  the islegolden nugget during its makeover and renovation  image made midjune 2013  artists die best in black a hollywoodtype motion picture  with local financing began shooting at biloxi on june 17th the sun herald june 18 2013 p a1 and the ocean springs gazette june 20 2013 p 1 on june 21st  the golden nugget casino formerly the isle and isle of capri celebrated its grand opening of the completion of its 100 million dollar first improvement stage  the sun herald june 16 2013 p a1 and the sun herald june 22 2013 p a1 and the biloxi d iberville press june 2013 p 1  isaiah canaan  biloxi native  was selected by the nba houston rockets in the 2nd round  34th overall selection  of the 2013 nba draft  canaan prepped at biloxi high school and averaged 21 ppg and 4 assists per game at murray state university in kentucky the sun herald june 28 2013 p d1  138 lameuse street august 5 2013  view wnw in early august the city of biloxi demolished their former annex building at 138 lameuse street the    twostory structure was erected in 1953 by the lyman c bradford veterans of foreign wars   vfw post no 2434 at 2 12214 lameuse street it was dedicated in late july 1953  the building housed the southern life insurance company and barton pile wermuth on the first floor while the vfw occupied the second floor the daily herald july 9 1953 p 8  robin roberts  calling pass christian mississippi home and good morning america  abc coanchors  accepted the arthur ashe courage award at the espy awards in los angeles on july 17th the sun herald july 18 2013 p a1  julia marie cook guice julia cook guice  19282013 author  1st civil defense director of the city of biloxi  1957 and 1st director of the harrison county civil defense council  appointed by dewey lawrence in september 1960 and  biloxi city historian  expired on august 5th the daily herald september 17 1960 p 1 and the sun herald august 6 2013 p a4  harrison county supervisors  agreed with assessor tal flurry the casino magic tower on the beach has no value the tower which was valued at 40 million before hurricane katrina the assessment on it was dropped to 9 million in 2006 and to zero from 2007 on the sun herald august 28 2013 p2a  2013 biloxi sports hall of fame inductees doug barberbhs1969   howard dickey battlemc1990   peter roy lee elderbhs1964   kenneth lyons sr   bhs1947   dennis malpassnd1961    henry spud wieniewitzmp1970  and  richard lew   wimpy wintherbhs1966  the sun herald august 25 2013  the breakers inn on beach boulevard was destroyed by hurricane katrina the city council voted to rezone the 7acre site at 2506 beach blvd as requested by anthony lee and lee brothers llc they plan to develop the beach view apartments and hotel  the sun herald august 28 2013 p2a plans for oyster bay casino are off the table according to the developers  who say they are working to get a casino approved at the back bay site by the end of the year pivotal group inc is working with the us army corps of engineers and the state department of environmental quality to get a permit for the use of the property the wetlands and drainage the sun herald august 28 2013 p2a  charles dixie hollis 19282013  charles dixie hollis  19282013 expired at biloxi on september 6th dixie was the son of dr daniel l hollis 18931975 and vola elizabeth cummings hollis 18971994 he graduated from bhs with the class of 1946 where he played football and ran track dixie matriculated to the university of alabama and graduated from ole miss where he lettered in track mr hollis was active in the civic and social life of biloxi and was commodore of the byc in 1964 he worked for the veterans admnistration from 1955 until his retirement in 1992 the sun herald september 8 2013 p a12  beau rivage  hires veterans through boots to business  a 10 week employment training program the beau rivage is working with american red cross to offer the program which currently has 12 veterans employed at other jobs in the area and 60 more veterans are becoming involved in the program mgm resorts international  beau rivage s parent company provided a 250000 grant to expand boots to business in las vegas and now at other mgm properties the sun herald september 6 2013 p2a phase two of golden nuggett s renovations reveals michael patrick s sports cafe grille and concert venue the sun herald september 62013 p8d  billy ray quave  19332013 former city editor of the daily herald  expired on september 14th he was an army veteran and graduate of biloxi high school perkinston jc and usm the sun herald september 17 2013  developers want to build a 220 million casino west of interstate 110 on the back bay  what many consider sacred ground that can t be a casino site property owners are requesting a zoning change the sun herald september 17 2013 p 1a  edgewater mall to mark 50 years in 1963 it was the first mall between miami and houston the sun herald september 19 2013 p 1a insurer usaa loses wind vs water case  minor family wins 156m katrina verdict the sun herald september 21 2013 p 1a  the biloxi city council voted 52 to back a 21 million dollar go bond issue to fund a minor league baseball stadium on caillavet and beach boulevard the state of mississippi will contribute 15 million dollars from a british petroluem grant for the project the sun herald october 9 2013 p a1 and a10 d iberville statue back in biloxi the statue of explorer pierre lemoyne sieu d iberville is back overlooking the water near the biloxi lighthouse the statue created by local artist mary ott tremmel davidson was hoisted into place on its new concrete base on the west side of the biloxi visitor center  the statue was sent off for refurbishment to get rid of the katrina scars and will be dedicated in december the sun herald november 1 2013 p 3a the biloxi bay chamber of commerce through its cultural and heritage committee rededicated the  twelve palms memorial on veteran s day 2014  in business men s park on back bay forrest avenue  the original twelve palms memorial was created to hono r the twelve biloxians who lost their lives during world war i  the biloxi cleophan club in march 1919 planted twelve palm trees in the l n park on the sw c of reynoir and railroad street now called esters boulevard the biloxid iberville press november 7 2013 p 1 and the sun herald november 6 2013 p a2  logan skelton   b 1961 son of  zan l skelton   19282012 a native of shubata clarke county mississippi and former bhs english teacher and author  was named the 21st biloxian made good  logan graduated from bhs in 1979 and studied at loyola university university of rochester and the manhattan school of music he has received international acclaim as a pianist teacher and composer logan has worked on the faculties at the manhattan school of music missouri state university and is presently proffesor of piano and director of doctoral studies in piano performance at the university of michigan  the biloxid iberville press november 7 2013 p 1  croatian folk and dance group of biloxicirca 1937  courtesy of the biloxi public library archives the  slavic benevolent association of st nickolai celebrated its 100th anniversary  on december 7th at the new  croatianamerican cultural center  at maple and 3rd street on point cadet once called   little austria   the sun herald december 3 2013 p a5  2014   father peter f mockler  19482014 native of woodbrook newbridge ballinasloe county galway ireland died on january 30 2014 at lizana harrison county mississippi he studied at st patrick college carlow ireland and was ordained a priest for the diocese of natchezjackson on june 10 1973 he arrived in mississippi on aug 26 1973 the sun herald february 1 2014 p a4  fabin joseph ladnier  19262014 biloxi native and longtime community volunteer and founder of st joseph s community meal service and who assisted in the development of the twelve baskets food bank and the lord is my help soup kitchen and st vincent de paul s pharmacy died at ocean springs on february 12 2014 fabin ladnier day was celebrated at biloxi on february 10 2009 the sun herald february 13 2014 p a5  demolition of the singing river mall  at gautier mississippi commenced on february 26th it opened in 1980 the sun herald april 5 2014 p a1  hibernia marching society st patrick s day parade   mississippi gulf resort classicmarch 21march 23 2014  lr jeff maggert caddy fred couples and kenny perryimage march 22 2014 at fallen oaks cc  jeff maggert  11 in his first champions tour event won the mississippi gulf resort classic over billy andrade  9  jay hass  8  bernard langer  8 and fred couples  6 the sun herald march 24 2014 p a1 and b1  james b jb richmond sr  19252014 local historian died on march 29 2014 the sun herald april 2 2014 p a4  emile l desporte jr  19262014 biloxi retail seafood dealer expired on march 30 2014 the sun herald april 1 2014 p a1 and p a6  doris cordelia busch   doris c busch  19062014 native of natchez expired on april 11 2014 she received her ba in chemistry from dilliard university and furthered her studies at southern university atlanta university and tougaloo college an outstanding teacher and educator miss busch taught at florida memorial junior college nichols high school and biloxi colored high school and was librarian at nichols high school and bay st louis high school ms busch served as service club director for a number of years at keesler air force base in biloxi her internment was in biloxi cemetery the sun herald april 16 2014 p a  james h jim neirynck  19282014 native of bloomington illinois passed on june 2 2014 in biloxi he graduated from quincy college in quincy illinois then served as a staff sergeant in the united states air force during the korean war he was a longtime general contractor who built numerous homes and businesses on the gulf coast jim was a member of the biloxi yacht club for more than 35 years where he was an avid sailor and served as commodore for 2 years jim was also a member of the mississippi home builders association ocean springs rotary and st alphonsus catholic church the sun herald june 11 2014 p a4  andrew k gilich sr  19232014 passed away on friday june 27 2014 he was preceded in death by wife of 58 years jacobina sekul wetzel gilich his parents mike gillich sr and rosa guich gillich his brothers joseph gillich rudolph gillich and mike gillich jr his sisters anna mae gilich and mary agnes gilich son stephen k wetzel and a grandson gregory marco gilich mr gilich was survived by sons jim wetzel and andrew fofo gilich serena daughters andrea tot gilich sr and jaye gilich brice ca buddy daughterinlaw brenda c wetzel sister lucille gilich barq all from biloxi and sister frances gillich duke of st paul minnesota andrew was an avid golfer and with his spouse were the proprietors of foodland supermarket he was a truly good father friend and biloxian who was proud of his croatian heritage the sun herald june 28 2014 images made november 13 2014 the scarlet pearl casino in d iberville broke ground on july 13th  roy anderson corporation is erecting the 250 million structure on central avenue east of i110 the sun herald july 15 2014 p a1  margaritaville casino  at point cadet announced that  it would close in september  the casino opened for business on may 22 2012 the sun herald july 22 2014 p a1   donald rupert green  19262014  donald r don green  19262014 native of sherwood north dakota and coast resident since 1952 expired at ocean springs mississippi on july 19 2014 don was a veteran of the usaf and graduate of michigan technical university he joined ferson optical at ocean springs after completing his military service and became president of the company in 1962 in 1976  don and janet swan ferson green his spouse founded pfg optics  and he retired in 1996 mr green was active in civic affairs at both biloxi and ocean springs he was a director of the hancock bank and the jackson and george county salvation army  don was a fine athlete and participated in ball room dancing tennis golf and skiing he won a national ski event gold medal in 2012 claiming the giant slalom title in his age group mr green was an aviator and had flown in canada mexico the bahamas and central america the sun herald july 22 2014 p a6 and july 23 2014 p a8  the biloxi maritime and seafood museum opened very grandly on 2 august  its ground breaking was held at point cadet on february 1 2013 the sun herald january 19 2013 p a2 and february 2 2013 p a1  dr thomas tonk ransom compton  19432014 biloxi native and architect passed on august 1st thomas held degrees from lsu and usm he was a principal in compston bolton associates and an architect emeritus with the aia the sun herald august 5 2014 p a6  lawrence c larry corban  19292014 age 85 years lifelong biloxi resident and son of judge lawrence c corbanand gene sulivan corban died on august 4th larry was an attorney educated at the university of mississippi the sun herald august 6 2014 p a  dale m titler sr  19262014 author miltary historian and historian at kafb from 19781989  died at gulfport on august 20th the sun herald august 22 2014 p a5  margaritaville on point cadet closed it doors on september 15 2014  the sun herald september 16 2014 p a1 and september 17 2014 p a1  jake mladinich  19262014 biloxi entrepreneur and personality  died on december 18 2014 jake and john mladinich his brother were known for their biloxi buisnesses particularly the fiesta hot stop cabanabeach motel seansirloin restaurant and trader john s the sun herald december 20 2014 p a6  katherine t blessey  native of ukraine was selected by the biloxi lions club as biloxi s outstanding citizen for 2014  katherine is the proprietor of chateau blessey bed and breakfast the sun herald march 12 2015 p a3  2015   gn nicky creel  19292015 former harrrison county chancery clerk  expired on january 15 2015 nicky served the people of harrison county as their chancery clerk from 1972 until 1996 creel was an innovator and commenced efforts to computerize county land records and established a system for the chancery court to work with the mentally ill nicky was the son of ja tony creel for biloxi city commissioner and gladys ward creel the sun herald january 16 2015 p a5  chester a delacruz ii a true biloxi talent passed on january 27 2015 with the death of chester a delacruz ii  19342015 chester was a musician artist and thespian the sun herald january 30 2015 p a4 and a5  biloxi mayor aj holloway checked into an alcohol treatment facility in hattiesburg on january 29th ward 2 councilman felix gines was appointed by mayor holloway as acting mayor holloway is expected to return to office within 60 days the sun herald january 30 2015 p a1  david files riemann  king d iberville and alexa faye carter  queen ixolib ruled mardi gras day february 17th at the gulf coast carnival association parade in biloxi the sun herald february 15 2015 p f1 in february  captain louis skrmetta  operations manager of pan isles inc ship island excursions announced that  gulf islands national seasore had renewed its contract for ferrying passengers to ship island for ten more years  the sun herald february 24 2015 p a6  mayor aj holloway and kenny glavan mayor andrew joseph holloway officially resigned from office on march 10th  at a special election held by the city council on march 10th councilman kenny glavan was chosen as interim mayor until a special election is held in the near future councilwoman  dixie newman  announced that she would be a candidate to lead biloxi the sun herald march 2015 march 11 2015 p a1 march 2015  katherine t blessey  native of ukraine was selected by the biloxi lions club as biloxi s outstanding citizen for 2014  katherine is the proprietor of chateau blessey bed and breakfast the sun herald march 12 2015 p a3 and march 20 2015 p a2  sal and mookie s new york pizza and ice cream joint  a restaurant at 110 lameuse street  opened on april 13th  thesun herald april 13 2015 lr jane shambra biloxi public history and genealogy librarian mr bellande and julia marks young deputy coordinator of mhrab on april 16 2015  ray l bellande was recognized by the mississippi historical records advisory board with an award for excellence for his historical websites biloxihistoricalsocietyorg and oceanspringarchivesnet the ocean springs record may 5 2015  andrew j gilich jr andrew fofo j gilich   jr and winfield windy swetman iii received 51 of the vote in the april 28th biloxi mayoral election to replace former mayor aj holloway in a runoff will be held on may 12 2015 mr gilich outpolled mr swetman 4319 votes to 2914 votes and became biloxi s new mayor the sun herald april 30 2015 p a1 and may 13 2015 p a1  sheriff troy peterson troy peterson  was elected sheriff of harrison county mississippi on august 25 2015 he defeated incumbent and his former boss melvin brisolara in a runoff election sheriff elect peterson had won the first primary held on august 4 2015 but did not gain the majority of the 20491 votes casts in the runoff brisolara garnered only 7237 votes 38 while peterson had 11998 62 the sun herald august 28 2015 p a5  2016 on august 6th the  croatianamerican cultural center  city of biloxi and dr gilbert mason jr  were hosts to the frank yankee barhanovich the music mogul   and the  50th anniversary of the august 5 1966 biloxi municipal stadium by james brown  in december 2016 the  state of mississippi acquired the 492 acres that british petroleum had bought from the boddie family  in april 2011 the federal mississippi coastal improvements program acquired the tract for 137 million and transferred title to the citizens of mississippi at no cost the us army corps of engineers planned to commence in february or march 2017 to renourish the eastern beach of cat island and restore goose point to its pre1998 configuration and adding 40acres the sun herald december 10 2016 p a1  2017  former biloxi mayor daniel danny dicks guice  19272017 expired at his home on 13 april he attended ole miss and tulane law school guice lead biloxi through some of its most turbulent timesracial issues and hurricane camille a true gentleman and leader the sun herald april 14 2017 p 6a and april 15 2017 p 6a  2018 effective 2 january 2018  the ocean springs record  merged with  the ocean springs gazette  the new journal became  the ocean springs gazette record   bay corporation owner of  the ocean springs record  and  the biloxid iberville press  sold these journals to campbell newspapers llc owned by tommy and dee ann campbell the campbells owners of  the choctaw sunadvocate  in butler alabama also acquired  the ocean springs gazette  from james and cindy ricketts the ocean springs record december 28 2017 p 1 and the ocean springs gazette record january 4 2018 p 4  2019   2020   nina and pinta arrive at biloxi on 20 february 2020  the sun herald june 18 2020 p a1  dakia entertainment hospitality and broadwater development signed a formal letter agreement to develop a 12 billion casino music themedresort  on the former broadwater hotel property  on biloxi s west beach dakia will manage the resort as a joint venture with the universal music group  the sun herald june 18 2020 p a1 1708 views  