The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Council would then meet in February.

In 2007, I was given the humbling privilege of being made an honorary member of the United States Marine Corps in recognition of my visits to troops during the Iraq War.

In February, we'll be back to council with alternate options because funding is an issue. We'll need to determine what needs to be done with the nature center, which will begin in April, and then we will catch up to the other site improvements.

It's up now and it's finished. Last year, we got seed from the Marine Resources Council (in Brevard County). This year, we have our own.

We were kind of still feeling the effects of the Atlantic meet last week (at conference) so I think we'll do better. The kids know what they have to do and they've been working hard.

We are each others angels, we meet when it is time