FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15,2008 NEWS News-Leader GAIS Continued from 1A pered with, but the investigation is still ongoing," according to the department. The pumps will remain locked until all problems have been cor- rected and the Department of Agriculture gives clearance. "I will be calling the owner of these stations in for a settlement conference," said Irvin. He added that the case could involve criminal charges, depend-, ing on the results of the investi- gation. The department could also impose civil fines or "other pun- ishments." Irving also said one of the Cisco Travel Plaza stations was selling food without a license. "I have been commissioner for nearly 40 years. This is by far one of the most serious offenses we had since I have been here," he told the Tribune & Georgian news- paper in St. Marys, Ga. "You just don't find people with 100 or so pumps and every one gives a short supply." Irving said the department received complaints from cus- tomers on Monday morning and responded the next morning. "We immediately contacted the owner, and we got on it," he said. "When these pumps are locked, there is no gas and they lose money. It would be to their benefit to clear it up as soon as possible." Irving said the pumps are inspected twice a year and the owner does not know when inspectors are coming. The pumps will remain locked until AK S Continued from 1A ,,he said. "If it's going to be -approved we have to compro- ,mise." S- Cotner said later that the two '*committees have been working .on a waterfront plan for about a year, and that it was a culmination :of many public forums and meet- .ings between the two groups. He -,said the ultimate product is "more pragmatic and affordable than ,Utopian," and a "fairly complex -design problem" that had to con- sider the marina, retail space, rail- Sroad tracks and many other fac- -tors. "Overall you did an admirable job trying to accommodate every- WOUNDED Continuedfrom lA og words of encouragement, Lisa .HIrter said. One group of members of the Daughters of the American Revolution eats at La Bodega each JTuesday to help support her busi- ness while she is preoccupied with .Taylor, she said. "It might as well just be one big .:neighborhood," she said of the :island and its support for her. -:; mparnell@fbnewsleader com ToiDllat orJn I l& capIo the problem is corrected and they have been inspected again by the state, Irving added. Irving said he did not know if this was a first Irvin offense, and "the investiga- tion is ongoing" to see who is responsible for the pumps shorting customers. The Department of Agriculture has obtained the records from the sta- tions' suppliers to see how much fuel has been sold. Both stations are located just off 1-95 in Kingsland, Ga. Cisco Travel Plaza #1 is located on St. Marys Road just off Exit 1 and Cisco Travel Plaza #2 is on Laurel Island Parkway off Exit 6. According to the Georgia Secretary of State Corporations Division records, the station at Exit 1 is owned by Georgia Energy USA, LLC and the station at Exit 6 is owned by Georgia Petro II, LLC. Both were incor- porated on Jan. 15 and list the same registered agent; Biju Abraham of St. Marys, and the same organizer, Kushal Yekundi of Daytona Beach. The plazas reportedly were owned by companies established by Fairley Cisco, whose family has business interests in Nassau County. Greg Jones of Community Newspapers contributed to this report. smalcom@fbnewsleader.com one's need, wants and desires," Czymbor told the committees. He pointed out, however, that there are many issues to consider, including storm drains and pend- ing Front Street infrastructure improvements. Czymbor added that phasing in the design would be a good approach for city commis- sioners, the majority of whom, he said, want to see immediate improvements on the city water- front. adaughtry@fbnewsleadercom MVictor a Fatth Stephens Happy Ist Birthday! February 15, 2008 Island museum director resigns The Amelia Island Museum of History has announced the resig- nation of its director, Carmen Godwin. Godwin, museum executive director for the past five and a half years, has accepted the position of executive director of Riverside Avondale Preservation in Jacksonville. "The board of the Amelia Island Museum has accepted, with regret, the resignation of our esteemed and beloved executive director, Carmen Godwin,",said Jan Davis, chairman Godwisn of the board of trustees, in a press release. "We certainly understand her need to continue to build her career, to con- tribute to her neighborhood community and to be closer to her young children in Jacksonville, and we only wish the very best for her." Under Godwin's direction the museum and its Veterans' History Project have been nominated for a National Medal for Museum and Library Services. Godwin spear- headed the first phase of a renova- tion project now nearing comple- tion that was funded with private and state funds and aided by more than 2,000 hours of volunteer labor. "Under her leadership, the 'Elderhostel program has brought thousands of visitors to our island, while the museum itself has record- ed over 35,000 visitors in just one year," the museum stated. "A new program of special exhibits and pro- grams has attracted additional inter- est in the museum. Carmen Godwin has been outstanding and, com- bined with the exceptional cadre of professional staff and volunteers; she, in turn, has made the Amelia Island Museum of History out- standing. She will be missed." A national search to replace her begins immediately. Godwin will continue at the museum until March 7 and will be present at its annual meeting on March 25. Only 1 fatal shark attack in 2007 University ofFlorida GAINESVILLE Fatal shark attacks worldwide dipped to their lowest levels in two decades in 2007 with the sole casualty involving a swimmer vacationing in the South Pacific, according to the latest sta- tistics from the University of Florida. Except for 1987, when there were no fatalities, the last year a single human death occurred from a shark attack was in 1985, said George Burgess, director of the International Shark Attack File housed at UFs Florida Museum of Natural History. By comparison, there were four deaths each in 2005 and 2006, and seven in 2004. "It's quite spectacular that for the hundreds of millions of people worldwide spending hundreds of millions of hours in the water in activities that are often very provocative to sharks, such as surf- ing, there is only one incident result- ing in a fatality," he said. 'The dan- ger of a shark attack stays in the dArwnuaISX forefront of our psyches because of it being drilled into our brain for the last 30 years by the popular: media, movies, books and televi sion, but in reality the chances o dying from one are infinitesimal." The number of shark attacks overall increased from 63 in 2006 t 71 in 2007, continuing a gradua upswing during the past four years he said. There was an upswing in attacks along the Florida coast, jumping from 23 in 2006 to 32 in 2007. There has been a gradual increase in human-shark skirmishes in the Sunshine State since they dropped from 37 in 2000 to an 11-year-low o. 12 in 2004, he said. 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