Posted by Heather Nix on October 15, 2000 at 22:51:52:
Posting of Aug 5, 1999, 16:12 EST
NEW:HEATHER NIX BHAM AL
I LIVED ON DAUPHIN ISLAND WITH MY FATHER BACK IN 1996 AND SPENT MANY SUNSETS
OUT ON SAND ISLAND , LOOKING FOR THE LIGHTHOUSE IN THE DISTANCE. IT MAKES ME
VERY SAD TO LEARN JUST HOW TERRIBLE THE LIGHTHOUSE HAS GOTTEN. I KNEW FROM
OUR TRIPS OUT TO IT THAT IT NEEDED TO BE SALVAGED, BUT I HAD NO IDEA UNTIL I
SAW THE ARTINCLE IN THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS A FEW WEEKS AGO. THE HISTORY THAT IS
HELD IN THE WATER AROUND THE ISLAND AND THE LIGHTHOUSE IS MORE ATTAINABLE
THAN WE IMAGINE. WE EVEN FOUND SOME OF THE STRUCURE AND BASE OF THE
LIGHTHOUSE WASHED UP AND BURIED IN THE SAND IN AND AROUND SAND ISLAND. I
WANT TO HELP MAKE A DENT IN THIS EFFORT, AND HELP BRING AWARENESS TO ALL WHO
HAVE NEVER BEEN UP CLOSE TO THIS DYING LEGACY.
From: HEATHER NIX, USA