Folio/EU Vol.35 Issue 11

OCTOBER 20, 2021

ENTERTAINING YOU SINCE 1987

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Shrimpin' Ain't Easy

Living a life sustained by the ocean Vincent Dalessio

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Nader is working to create films that defy preconceived notions

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Burlesque scene has made its postpandemic comeback

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No client has quite ever been like Joe Exotic, the Tiger King 1

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Haunted House Guide Photos & Words Vincent Dalessio

Think you’re too tough for haunted houses? Think again.

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These houses are not for the faint of heart.

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10 Most Unrealized Haunted Places Tim Gilmore

Every autumn brings us “most haunted” lists, and legend trips, based on urban legends, tick up. But what constitutes

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Classic Beauty

Photos & Words Isa Barrientos Bursting with fantasy in glittering gowns, Jacksonville’s burlesque scene has made its post-pandemic comeback,

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leaving a trail of dropped jaws and feather boas.

Shrimpin' Ain't Easy

Photos & Words Vincent Dalessio Miss Marilyn Louise, a third-generation commercial

Horrorscopes Isa Barrientos

fisherwoman, is one of the largest contributors to the seafood supply chain coming through Mayport Inlet. The lifelong resident of Mayport Fishing Village walked me through what it’s like to live a life sustained by the ocean.

a haunting? What haunts us is history, its unrealized or illglimpsed effects, uncanny.

JOHN M. PHILLIPS, ESQ. publisher TERESA SPENCER general manager ROB NICHOLSON sales director

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Bartender of the Month

Teal Peel

Kasey Batchelor

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The latest collaborative project from Taylor Neal

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Through a dark amalgam of various genres and atmospheres, Henry Nader pushes the limits of independent film, allowing his viewers to experience and interpret his work as they please. From experimenting with various digital mediums to challenging himself through meticulous use of 16mm film, Nader is working to create films that defy preconceived notions.

In This Climate?!

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KERRY SPECKMAN copy editor // staff writer ISA BARRIENTOS staff writer

Tiger King 2

VINCENT DALESSIO staff writer // sales

As a 20 year attorney, I have had a lot of clients, including

JOHN LAWLESS audio/video

John Phillips

many celebrities. We just obtained a victory in a first amendment case for Omarosa Manigault Newman against Donald Trump’s Campaign. However, no client has quite ever been like Joe Exotic, the Tiger King.

Henry Nader Kasey Batchelor

RAIN HENDERSON creative director

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Special Election, Special People Shelton Hull

HARRY MOORE contributor QUINN GRAY contributor MOLLY BRITT contributor SHELTON HULL contributor KASEY BATCHELOR post-punk intern (unf) ARIEL RADEMEYER archival intern // contributor TERRY & SHARI JAYMES contributors

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Letter From The Publisher John M. Phillips

I’m at a loss for words lately.

Our mayor’s behavior on Twitter has left me speechless. He essentially called a naysayer “dumb” when he failed to show unwavering support for our hapless local NFL franchise. He did this while north Florida’s largest library has become an impromptu medical facility, Jacksonville’s recycling program has all but been abandoned and homelessness and drug use on our downtown streets goes on without any concern. I saw a woman the other day literally roll by Laura Street in caution tape until police pulled it off of her.

But such is life. Things are never as good or as bad as they seem. I try to find hope for Jacksonville in the small things. For one, Art Walk is back. For the first time in what feels like forever, Laura Street was alive and filled with artists, pop-up bakeries and taco stands. Music floated off of the streets and onto our balcony, the DUUVAL Deck, where we were honored to showcase art from local artists.

I’ve come to appreciate new places, new faces and see what it's like to be back in the community. I see that people are excited about the musical artwork that is Hamilton and that there is new construction on almost every corner Downtown. Our city is growing and its diverse roots are starting to flower. For every person trying to keep Jacksonville and its surrounding area beautiful, we appreciate you. Your work outshines the political mismanagement and negative energy of our current politicians.

When we acquired Folio, we did so to try and focus on the positive stories around Jacksonville. Two weeks ago, we debuted our monthly digital entertainment issue, which now brings us back up to two issues a month. We’ve welcomed Rain Henderson to Team Folio. We’ve rediscovered our roots from Nassau to Clay, St. Johns to Duval and back again and will have new racks and boxes coming out soon. There’s a lot to celebrate. There’s a lot to love.

I once told a client don’t amplify bad behavior and give someone a voice who doesn’t deserve one. For too long, our area’s political forces have depended on that. I end with a challenge from Hamilton: "Look around, look around, Look at where you are, Look at where you started, The fact that you're alive is a miracle."

We control our narrative. Do not throw away your shot.

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Solving Jacksonville’s Homelessness “Epidemic”

Google defines an epidemic is “a disease that affects a large number of people within a community, population or region.” While one could argue homelessness is not a sickness or disease, there is absolutely no question that sleeping out in the cold, heat and rain can cause sickness, great “dis-ease” of mind and lead to premature death, especially for pregnant women and children! Just in case you haven’t noticed, Jacksonville is suffering from chronic homelessness on a scale that has never existed before.

Paradoxically, while there’s an economic famine facilitating chronic poverty, the City of Jacksonville is giving away tens of millions to enrich those who are already wealthy, powerful and privileged. Four developers are about to invest between $233.75 and $238.75 million in projects called “the North Core” which is downtown, where the vast majority of our homeless population reside. Some of these funds are from tax-payer subsidies, aka corporate welfare!

When these businesses open, homeless citizens will not be welcomed to mingle with those who can afford to reside and dine in these new establishments. Those who are eating at the public trough have a moral responsibility to invest in securing housing for the poor, homeless, destitute and helpless people they are about to displace.

Our elected officials have miserably failed to comprehensively address Jacksonville’s chronic homelessness problem for decades which has led to a crisis. Why not pass an ordinance to require private corporations to take at least 2% of the corporate welfare sorry, “financial incentives,” they receive to invest in housing projects for the homeless? Even if no ordinance is passed, these wealthy recipients should be willing to voluntarily provide help and housing for the homeless in earnest appreciation of that which they receive from taxpayers. As a taxpayer, would you rather have a small sum of your taxes to humanely secure housing for the poor or simply let it all (continue to) fund private businesses for the super affluent?

A.W. “Al” Barlow, Pastor Breakthrough Prayer Ministries, Inc. d/b/a Help & Housing for the Homeless 625 W. Union Street, Suite 1 Jacksonville, FL 32202 The Jacksonville Branch of the NAACP fully supports the concept of private businesses that receive taxpayer funding, grants, loans and/or tax deferments having a moral duty to invest back into the community by reserving a percentage of the value of such projects to secure housing for the homeless.

Isaiah Rumlin, President Jacksonville Branch, NAACP

BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS BOUQUET TO Foar From Home

BRICKBAT TO The Riverside Cat-Napper

Four Florida veterans from different branches of the military will be rowing 3,000

A supposed cat-napper is roaming the intersection of Willowbranch and Azalea.

miles across the Atlantic Ocean this December to raise awareness and money for

A flock of cats parade the streets on a daily basis, posing a spectacle and free

veterans. Once the team is on the water, they are on their own. We wish them luck

outdoor cat cafe for civilians on foot. A few months ago an orange floofer was

and are excited to follow along!

napped, and this month MY white and brown fluffer-nutter has gone missing.

BOUQUET TO Five Northeast Florida Women Five Northeast Florida women were named Florida Trend's 500 Most Influential Business Leaders in Florida: Nancy Hogshead-Makar, CEO, Champion Women; Linda Sherrer, founder and chairman, Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices Florida Network Realty; Susan Towler, vice president, Florida Blue Foundation/executive director, corporate social responsibility, Florida Blue; and Nina Waters, president, Community Foundation for Northeast Florida. Maybe 2022’s list will include a local woman of color!

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These cats never leave as they are king and queen of the terrace. They're wellfed and well-behaved members of our family (something you don't get often).

Long story short, we hate you cat-napper. Bring home our babies. If you'd like to apologize and handover our furry treasures, contact me rain@folioweekly.com.

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EVENTS

OCT. 28

NOV. 9

Michael Bublé

A Conversation With Stacey Abrams

Veterans Memorial Arena

Florida Theatre

If you love the Bublé but have never seen him live, may I offer you some

Two words: living legend. Some more specific words: lawyer, politician, voting

advice? Bring an extra pair of jeans, leggings, gauchos, clam diggers, etc.

rights activist, best-selling author, entrepreneur, speaker, mental health

because the Canadian crooner is going to charm the pants (or skirt) right

advocate—and pop culture junkie with an affinity for Star Trek and Ludacris.

off of you.

Abrams joins First Coast Connect’s Melissa Ross for an evening of candid

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conversation for her only speaking engagement in Florida. floridatheatre.com

NOV. 6 AND DEC. 11 Secret Jacksonville Tour

NOV. 6 Porchfest 2021

James Weldon Johnson Park

Historic Springfield

Downtown’s “secret” underground tunnels aren’t such a secret anymore. But

Tell me you have a better suggestion for a sunny fall day than exploring historic

thanks to Bill Delaney, co-owner, writer and editor of The Jaxson and Modern

Springfield (preferably with a cold beverage in hand) while enjoying live music

Cities, there are plenty of “hidden” treasures in and around Jacksonville—if

from local faves like Mama Blue, Groove Coalition, Chris Thomas Band, LPT

you just know where to look. Delaney hosts this walking tour based on stories

and The Rip Currents Band as they perform on residents’ porches. The free

from his debut book, Secret Jacksonville: A Guide to the Weird Wonderful,

event also features food, drink and arts vendors and culminates with a concert

and Obscure.

by Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears in Klutho Park. BYOC (Bring Your

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Own Chair).

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The Harder They Fall Set in the old West, an outlaw reunites his gang after learning an old enemy has been released from prison. The cast includes Idris Elba, Regina King, Jonathan Majors and LaKeith Stanfield. On Netflix Nov 3.

Spencer Kristen Stewart stars as Princess Diana in this biopic. The story follows the People’s Princess as she makes the life changing decision to end her marriage to Prince Charles. In theaters Nov 5.

Red Notice A blockbuster of epic proportions. Ryan Reynolds, Dwayne Johnson and Gal Gadot star in this action comedy, which follows an Interpol agent chasing a notorious art thief. On Netflix Nov 12.

Belfast Centered on a young boy and his family living in the Northern Irish capital at the height of The Troubles, this moving drama has garnered critical acclaim from its screenings at this year’s festivals. Jamie Dornan stars for director Kenneth Branagh, who delves into his childhood for this personal film. In theaters Nov 12.

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Clifford makes his live action debut on the big screen.

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The whole family is sure to have fun seeing how the big red dog does in the big city. In theaters and on Paramount + Nov 12.

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tick, tick… BOOM! Lin-Manuel Miranda directs this musical autobiography written

by Jonathan Larson, the late creator of Rent. The once and future Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield, headlines the movie musical. On Netflix Nov 19.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Strange things are happening in a small town. This sequel to the original Ghostbusters films passes the proton packs onto a new generation.

Paul Rudd leads the cast that follows the grandchildren of Egon Spengler inheriting his incredible technology to fight a new ghostly threat. In theaters Nov 19.

King Richard Will Smith stars as Richard Williams, the father and coach of future tennis

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greats Venus and Serena Williams. Smith gives a career-best performance in this role that may win him an Oscar. In theaters and on HBO Max Nov 19.

House of Gucci Ridley Scott directs an all-star cast in this epic telling of the Gucci family dynasty, which includes love, revenge and murder. The cast includes Adam Driver, Lady Gaga, Jared Leto and Al Pacino. In theaters Nov 26.

C O N F E R E N C E F E AT U R E S • Concurrent breakout sessions • National morning & afternoon keynote speakers • Access to a plethora of educational resources

Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City This reboot of the horror franchise takes

• Connect & engage with educators & professionals

it back to its roots. This new film is inspired by the zombie horror of the original games.

• Continental breakfast & elegant sit-down lunch

Much like the plot of the classic game, a police station is overrun by a savage zombie horde. In theaters Nov 26.

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Not All Who Wander are Lost (in Murray Hill) Photos & Words Molly Britt

Just outside of downtown Jacksonville is a quaint little

individuals. Flea markets and pop-up shops offer artists a

neighborhood called Murray Hill. The community is welcoming

community and resources.

and the shops are local. One Sunday out of the month people from all over the city stop by for a peek at the Vagabond Flea.

Other flea markets pop up around Jacksonville from time to time, including Vintage Market Days near Green Cove

A monthly flea market hosted by Vagabond Coffee, Vagabond

Springs. The rise of outdoor events and hobbyist artists

Flea hosts local vendors hoping to sell their products to

turning toward full-time businesses could be partly due to

interested buyers. Will Morgan, co-founder and co-owner of

the last year of isolation and health precautions, but being

Vagabond Coffee and Vagabond Flea along with his wife

outside allows easier access while still being safe.

Samantha, started their “passion project” about six years ago with nothing but a camper p​​laced Downtown. What started

“That’s what Vagabond Flea is about. It’s about other people

out as a small holiday market, grew into what is now a much

getting the chance to chase [their dreams] and succeed,”

larger event.

Morgan said.

“We love to go to flea markets and outdoor markets around

With fall upon us, family and friends will be looking for fun

Florida, around the U.S., literally around the world, and so we

ways to enjoy a day outside while spending time with each

always loved that…everyone gets a chance to participate, sell

other. The perfect way to do so could be to attend a flea

and create,” said Morgan. As someone who loves to create

market while supporting local businesses.

things himself, Morgan says the flea market is an opportunity for others to promote their own businesses and side projects.

What started out as a pursuit to fulfill their own dreams has turned into an opportunity for other artists to do the same.

As I attended Vagabond Flea’s biggest flea market to date in September, I was able to see just how much people appreciated these opportunities. Vendors were kind and started conversations with their customers, while mentioning where they can find their stores online. Curious onlookers stopped at each booth to soak up all the different handmade and unique items. The crowds were full of energy as they were able to stop and grab drinks and food while walking around.

Slowly throughout this year, people have gravitated toward outside markets, like Vagabond Flea, not only to get outside but also in an effort to find unique items and meet cool people. Local business owners are able to take advantage of these markets, as well as pop-up shops planned by multiple vendors, to share their passions with other like-minded

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LISTEN LOCALLY New Music Reviews Rain Henderson

Photo Tony Acosta

Disconnecting by Kairos Creature Club A repeatable tune, KCC’s new single is a cult classic. The end-of-summer ballad is packed full of dreamy harmonies, plucky guitar bits, mellow mellowtron and a thick bass line. Bridging the dual meaning of ‘disconnecting’ digitally and mentally with the line “I was a socialite, I was a gigabyte” makes you wonder how different the two really are in this day and age. For someone who has the word “computer” tattooed on their arm, I’m living for this double entendre and will be listening to this song on repeat until the cows come home.

In The Garden by LANNDS If Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein starred in a sketch comedy called Florlandia, this would 100% be the intro song. This plant-based, psych-pop sound should be sold with every monstera and peace lily locally purchased and played to it for maximum growth. Paired with the release of a nostalgic video, another masterpiece directed and filmed by Jacob Cummings, the combination will leave you buzzing for more. Open up your ears, pollinate your peers!

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HORRORSCOPES Isa Barrientos ARIES

LIBRA

The spark of creation that you’ve leaned on your whole life has gone

out and is never coming back. Images of your beheading will play on repeat for yourself and the rest of the world to see. All the while you’re duct-taped up and unable to scream.

Your reputation will be ruined after you humiliate yourself doing something you never thought you’d stoop down to.

You will be alienated from every group you wish to be a part of. Each of your partnerships will end. You’ll never fill the void of being so alone.

You’ll walk into your house and find it empty. Echoes all the nearest storage facility, past the rats and the spiders, in the last

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SCORPIO

around. Make your way over to You’ll find yourself in a big space, nothing to fill it with, nothing to feel. Powerless and impotent, every message you receive will be one of misinformation. The person you love will belong to someone else.

unit on the left. Act fast before the mold gets to your lungs.

The discomfort will be too much to bear.

No wheels to get anywhere so you’ll have to walk. You will forget how to

GEMINI

SAGITTARIUS

All your friends are dead, no one’s there to hear you speak.

read, you can barely see, you can’t draw

In fact, you’ve gone mute, there’s no one around for miles,

meaning out of anything. Life from here

it’s only getting colder. Find comfort in the little bugs that are

on out is all small talk and pastel colors.

your only friends. There’s nothing to be said, they know what

Everyone that used to need you is slipping through your fingers. With nothing worth anything to live for anymore, you’ll turn to empty corporeal relief which will turn into venereal disease. Every child that you birth

You’re weak and frail and need help breathing, everyone that trusted you doesn’t anymore. There’s a ladder and no way for you to climb it. Those you love will find that you’re a failure and abandon you.

will come out hideous and deformed.

There will be no sunlight for a week. Close to midnight on Monday, someone will

LEO

crawl up to find you in your bedroom. When they take you to end your life, you’ll die a failure and no one will care.

No comments, no headlines, everything you’ve made will quickly lose value. Heaven will be beautiful but your spirit will be blind.

You’ll need treatment for that brain-eating amoeba that you’ve yet to find out about. There’s nothing worse than feeling

VIRGO

useless. Get ready for it to be your entire reality. Perhaps the cure is to lay your

emotions out for everyone to see, perhaps you’re unwilling to do that.

AQUARIUS

CANCER

you mean when they crawl through your ear into your head.

You’ll live today in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons and the rest of your life in irrelevance and obscurity. Your means for surveillance will disappear. Screens will pop up all around you. You’ll have no choice what's on them. They’ll watch you all the time forever.

PISCES Cycles will keep ending, over and over, until everything you knew to be true loses form. They’re dying to be left alone. You’ll be much better on your own. Great agony will come as you fade away, too, as the form that you’re hopelessly attached to gets ripped to shreds.

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Haunted House Guide Photos & Words Vincent Dalessio

Drunk Halloween Henry Moore

Think you’re too tough for haunted houses? Think again. These houses are not for the faint of heart.

Halloween is my favorite time of year. I was born the day before Halloween, so it's always held a special place in my heart. This year, I decided to get into the spirit early and visit two of the scariest and most entertaining haunted attractions in the region.

Kids aren’t the only ones who get to have fun on Halloween. After they’ve gone trick or treating, it’s time for the grown-ups to get dressed up and indulge in some boo(ze).

Here are some of the area’s most exciting adult Halloween events that should scratch

I don't frighten easily, but I will be completely transparent about the fact I left these houses dripping in sweat. Does fear makes you perspire or am I just a sweaty Italian man?

all your spooky itches.

Headless Bangers Costume Ball, Oct. 22 Held at Culhane’s Irish Pub in Tinseltown, this annual rager features live rock music, psychics and card readers, free candy and a costume contest.

Hallowscene Extravaganza, Oct. 28 Surfer Bar’s costume party is sure to raise the temperature with two free drinks per patron and a contest with categories including sexiest costume and best group costume.

Expect this party to go all night long.

Haunted Halloween at The Hilltop, Oct. 29 In addition to food and drink, this Halloween party has its own haunted house! Get dressed up and be prepared for a fright.

Pandemonium—Halloween Edition, Oct. 29 Party Legion brings another option for those who just want to get dressed up and dance the night away. Held at the XO Lounge this event promises to be a lurid yet classy affair.

Trap vs. Twerk Halloween Costume Party and Showcase, Oct. 29 This party at the Headroom Coffee Bar in Downtown is sure to set the roof on fire. Duval DJ Bravo is on the decks for this hip-hop influenced party with plenty of trap and R&B classics. There will also be live performances by local rap artists.

Party & Paint Halloween, Oct. 30 If you’re looking for something a little bit more low key, then Party & Paint Halloween at the Majestic Event Complex has you covered. Dress up in a costume, bring your own booze and then paint a canvas. It’s that easy and so relaxing.

Jacksonville Beach Bar Crawl, Oct. 30 Over 600 costumed people attended the last event, and this year’s stops include Flask and Cannon, Graffiti Junction, Salt and more. There will also be professional photographers, drink specials and costume contest with a $1,000 top prize.

Halloween Karaoke Costume Contest, Oct. 31 If you’ve ever wanted to see a zombie sing Adele, well, now’s your chance. Eclipse Nightclub hosts a costume karaoke party, which is theperfect chance to get on stage, sing a song and act as a completely different person.

13TH FLOOR Regency Court Produced by Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group, the world’s largest Halloween themed entertainment company, 13th Floor features top quality set designs, costumes and actors all curated by an experienced and passionate team of the highest caliber. The team emphasizes that any haunted house may be frightening, but it's what inside it that takes it to the next level.

13th Floor features one huge haunted house (about a 25-minute walk-through), axe throwing and mini escape games. And beware of monsters lurking in the parking lot.

The house tears at all five of your senses. From the ground you walk on to the air you breathe, no detail is overlooked creating a truly immersive experience. Work your way through multiple story arcs with new scares around every corner and elaborate performances by actors throughout. This year’s house features three different story lines: Bad Blood, where visitors experience the ancient feud between werewolves and vampires; Dead in the Water, an abandoned steamboat from the 1800s haunted by spirits and surrounded by a swampy river filled with evil creatures; and The Doll Maker, proving the scary old lady who lives in the creepy house at the end of the street really is that scary.

Scare Factor 8/10 Production 10/10 Overall Entertainment 9/10

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HAUNT NIGHTS Adventure Landing To say that the scares at the site of the former Jacksonville Beach waterpark caught me by surprise would be an understatement. Last year’s event was put on hold due to the surge of COVID-19, but man, was it worth the wait with two separate houses, a scare zone and roaming actors, as well as Adventure Landing’s massive arcade.

Dark Fables is the area’s largest 3D haunted house. Throw on your 3D glasses and wind your way through psychedelic colors avoiding the frightening characters along the way. Payne Manor, an indoor/outdoor house, was one of the more frightening haunted houses I've ever been in. Gruesome jump scares kept me on my toes the whole time.

The scariest of the attractions was the walk-through scare zone. Set up like a maze, the scare zone was blanketed in smoke making it difficult to tell which direction was right and even more difficult to see the monsters creeping within. Good luck finding your way out of there: I got lost, cornered by creatures and had to be escorted out by security.

For old time’s sake, check out Haunt Nights for the last time at this location (Adventure Landing is currently looking for new real estate). And don’t forget to put on your big boy/girl/person pants.

Scare Factor: 8/10 Production: 7/10 Overall Entertainment: 8/10

Other to Scary Attractions and Tours to Check Out A Ghostly Encounter Tour, St. Augustine Ghost Tours (St. Augustine) Amelia Island Ghost Tours (Fernandina) Halloween Spooktacular, Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens The Haunted Wanderings Tour by West Gate Paranormal Tours Ghost Tours, GhoST Augustine (St. Augustine)

LIVE ZOMBIE SHOOT AND HAUNTED TRAIL GTF Paintball Think you would be the last human standing in a zombie apocalypse? Test

Ghost and Gravestones Tour (St. Augustine) Hair-Raising History Train Tour, Ripley’s Believe it or Not! (St. Augustine) Haunted Castle Investigation, Ripley’s Believe it or Not! (St. Augustine)

your shooting skills on GTF Paintball’s Haunted Trail with “live” zombies

Haunted Pub Crawl, GhoST Augustine (St. Augustine)

popping up along the way. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to experience this

The Old Jail After Dark paranormal investigation (St. Augustine)

one firsthand due to the gnarliest lightning storm North Florida has seen in

Paranormal Investigation, Ghosts and Gravestones (St. Augustine)

recent memory, but from what I’ve seen and heard about it, this experience

Sheriff ’s Ghost Walk Tour, 32 St. George St. (St. Augustine)

is not one to miss.

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10 Most Unrealized Haunted Places Tim Gilmore

Every autumn brings us “most haunted” lists, and legend trips, based on

dismember 6-year -old Adam Walsh, as he once claimed, and as John Walsh,

urban legends, tick up. But what constitutes a haunting? What haunts us

Adam’s father and later host of America’s Most Wanted, believed. But he did

is history, its unrealized or ill-glimpsed effects, uncanny. So here’s a list of

like to burn down houses. Including his mother’s.

10 haunted places around Jacksonville. It’s not definitive. Its order could be argued. I’ve ignored some places that usually make such lists (Sorry,

7. SITE OF THE HART TOMB, BORDER OF DOWNTOWN AND SPRINGFIELD

Elementary/Public School Number Four).

The first grave of Jacksonville’s founder, Isaiah D. Hart, lay two and half miles 10. ANNA FLETCHER HOUSE, 2237 RIVERSIDE AVE., RIVERSIDE

south of its present location. A thin brick pyramid rose 35 feet into the air just east of Laura Street, between State and Orange streets. The Heart of

Anna Fletcher had supported Spiritualism as both a religious and social

Jacksonville Hotel, site of the unsolved 1975 murder of Jacksonville data

cause for years, writing two books about it, arguing against Harry Houdini

entry clerk Mae Drayton, was built a block east in 1966. Hart built his tomb in

before a Congressional subcommittee, and hosting seances at the Fletchers’

1852, nine years before he and his wife Nancy died, and inscribed it: “When

Washington, D.C. address. When her husband, Duncan Fletcher, former

I am dead and in my grave, / And these bones are all rotten; / When this you

Jacksonville mayor and 27-year United States senator, died in the summer of

see, remember me, / That I may not be forgotten.” In 1896, grave robbers

1936, Anna moved back to Jacksonville from D.C. and had her final residence

broke into the towering tomb and stole unnamed valuables. The Harts were

built. She died at home at what’s now Hugo’s Interiors, two days before

moved to Evergreen Cemetery, minus the adjuration not to forget them.

Christmas 1941.

6. ANDERSON CEMETERY, PUMPKIN HILL, NORTHSIDE 9. HORACE DREW MANSION, 245 W. THIRD ST., SPRINGFIELD The girls will only ever have birthdates: Lillian Annette Anderson, March 2, One summer Saturday, July 1970, two little boys crept around the back of

1963 and Mylette Josephine Anderson, Oct. 18, 1967. Their mother purchased

the Horace Drew Mansion, scaring each other silly, imagining they saw

the conjoined headstone 20 years after their disappearance. In three

movement in an attic dormer window. They found instead a buried head.

months in 1974, five little girls between the ages of 6 and 12 disappeared

Eight months before, an 18-year-old hospital orderly at Duval Medical Center

in Jacksonville. It’s hard to know which thought is more terrifying—the

nearby on Eighth Street had stolen it, kept it in his bed, then placed it where

possibility that each missing girl was the victim of a single predator or the

he could visit it safely and without interference. Until those meddling kids

probability that, with the exception of Annette and Mylette, who vanished

got in the way.

together, each girl’s case was unrelated to the others. Despite theories, some better than others, the Anderson case remains unsolved.

8. SITE OF OTTIS TOOLE’S MOTHER’S HOUSE, 708 DAY AVE., MURRAY HILL HEIGHTS 5. GRANT MOUND, OFF FORT CAROLINE ROAD, ARLINGTON The usual Ottis go-to is the so-called “Ottis Toole House” at 117 E. Second St.

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in Springfield. So instead let’s visit the site where he burnt his mother’s house

The street dead-ends at Grant Mound. A red brick house, built in the

down. Ottis Toole did not kill 600 people, work as a secret agent for a satanic

late 1980s, burrows into the ancient indigenous dead. In 1894 and ’95,

cult, or perfect the cuisine of cannibalism, though several books and websites

archaeologist Clarence Moore found multiple human burials, 147 polished

say he did. Nor did he, here at his mother’s final residence, really flay and

stone blades, stone tools, shell drinking cups, beads, pottery and two

“long-nosed god maskettes” traded from faraway tribes and

2. GMAC MASS SHOOTING SITE, 7870 BAYMEADOWS WAY

correlating to a mythical figure known as “He-Who-Wears-HumanHeads-as-Earrings.” Bulldozers removed most of the mound in

Before America began to take mass shootings for granted, James

1988. Developers laid down a cul-de-sac. An accountant built his

Edward Pough walked into the General Motors Acceptance

house in the remains of the remains in 1989. The Native American

Corporation loan office before noon on June 18, 1990 with an

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), which would have

M1 carbine assault rifle. In less than two minutes, he’d killed nine

obviated development, was passed in 1990.

people, injured four, then committed suicide. He’d shot four people elsewhere, killing two of them the night before. The mass production

4. GATEWAY MALL, SITE OF YELLOW FEVER MASS BURIALS,

of assault rifles was little more than a decade old, accelerating when

NORTHSIDE

Colt lost its patent for the AR-15 in 1977. GMAC had no security, no bulletproof glass. The company hid documentation of hundreds of

Childhood Northsiders who remember the dunes before Interstate

threats going back more than a decade. Today the office building

95, from before developer Sam Morris Spevak broke ground for

houses LifeSouth Community Blood Center.

Gateway Shopping Center, recall a mound called Yellow Fever Hill in the early 1950s. The first victims of Jacksonville’s Yellow Fever

1. JAMES WELDON JOHNSON PARK, DOWNTOWN

Epidemic of 1888 were sent out here to Sand Hills Hospital right away. The hospital opened and closed between epidemics and wars

One of the first proposed uses for the land at the very center of the

until just after World War I. A dozen people have told me about

city was as a graveyard. No time to ponder symbolism there. The

digging up bones in the dunes when they were children. They took

list of mis-histories at erstwhile Hemming Park is too long. From

them to school. They played with them. One boy’s father placed a

newly homeless citizens placing household belongings at the foot

skull on his desk at his transmission shop.

of the Confederate statue in the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1901, like some kind of ritual sacrifice; to Herbert Green, scion of an old

3. DONAL GODFREY’S HOUSE SITE, GILMORE STREET AND

family, committing suicide in public by drinking carbolic acid in 1913;

OWEN AVENUE, MURRAY HILL HEIGHTS

to Bowman Cook’s lifeless lynched body left lying before the Windsor Hotel in 1919; to the vicious beatings of Black students and shoppers

“Not too many people survived a Klan bombing,” says Donal Godfrey.

by white supremacists on Ax Handle Saturday in 1960; to police

“It’s an exclusive club.” In 1963, he was the first Black child at

beating activist Connell Crooms unconscious in 2017… this list just

Lackawanna Elementary and one of 13 Black first graders in formerly

skims the surface.

all-white schools in Duval County. The following February, Donal and his mother Iona happened to be on the opposite side of their

Surely the most haunted place in Jax is its own geographic heart.

modest house when the bomb blew the refrigerator through the roof.

All school year, white parents had shouted racist epithets at Donal while he walked home from school. An all-white jury acquitted four Klansmen. These days, Donal Godfrey is a retired diplomat living in Ghana. He no longer considers the United States home.

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BARTENDER OF THE MONTH Whether it’s out of the drinks she pours behind the bar on Oak Street, through a paint-smeared brush onto a canvas, or coming through in her character, sweetness and spunk simply flow out of Mo Howard.

When the Black Sheep bartender isn’t crafting cocktails, she’s home making pop surrealist magic.

“I feel like a lot of us creatives end up in this field because it sparks that joy,” said Howard.

Indeed, the artist’s sharp attention and imagination make a great bartender­—especially at a place like Black Sheep. The bar team works with the chefs to craft a new cocktail list seasonally, aiming to create a unique, cohesive menu that’s perfect for the time.

“We are pretty tight knit. Every single person I bartend with is an actual friend,” said Howard. “So when it comes to getting feedback back on cocktails, and helping build and push yourself to make something that you enjoy, they enjoy, and also the customer enjoys it.”

She continued, “I can make cocktails that I love all day. But making something that can go on the menu that's gonna be different and enjoyable for the customer can be pretty difficult. I do think us as a team do a pretty good job at holding each other accountable to build something cool. Something that you're not gonna drink around the corner.”

Bartending is far from new to Howard—she started at age 19 at a spot in Indianapolis with 150 brews on tap. It took her three years to fully master beer styles and pairings. She’s been mixing cocktails since then, but her curious spirit insists that she’s still got more to learn.

“Beer was a good start but it was a lot of a start. Now I'm on the other end of the rainbow with cocktails, starting to learn and love stuff about that too,” Howard said. “There's something about...the bar world that you can keep learning about.”

ELECTRIC BOOGIE 2 oz Michter’s Rye 2 oz pickled pineapple puree 1/2 oz lemon Juice 1/2 oz Demerara syrup

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JALA profile Molly Britt

Jacksonville Area Legal Aid has been in existence since 1937, but many local

them what cases to take and not to take. Restrictions for those working in

residents don’t know much about it. What do they do? How are they able to

the government system “influence the ability of lawyers to help a certain

provide their services? How do they work to make an impact? Why do they

population…LSC organizations, for example, can’t do class action work,”

choose to help? I sat down with JALA President and CEO Jim Kowalski to

Kowalski added.

learn what JALA is all about.

Being a non-government funded entity can be a problem sometimes too.

JALA was the first of a number of entities formed from the Bar Association

Individuals do not have a right to civil legal aid assistance, meaning those

after a group of Jacksonville lawyers created a referral system for pro bono

looking for legal help have no right to counsel in civil cases and can only

work. Until then, Kowalksi said, there wasn’t an organized place for residents

request a public defender, “and the taxpayers are going to pay for that public

in need of free legal services to go. Instead, lawyers would find pro bono

defender,” explained Kowalski.

clients based on who walked through their door. JALA was the first of these entities to form in Florida.

As we spoke, Kowalski recollected a case he handled at JALA where a senior citizen was being sued by the mortgage company for not residing in their

JALA was originally an LLC funded entity but as restrictions grew, essentially

home. Yet the company served the defendant in that same home. When

telling these organizations what to do with the government funding, JALA

the issue was settled and Kowalksi attempted to collect legal fees from the

separated and became an unrestricted civil legal aid program.

mortgage company, he was told they did not have to pay. It took him a year to collect the fees because, Kowalksi said, cases like these are not tied to

Being one of the few states in the country that does not receive state funding

the government so they don’t feel they need to get involved, which is where

for civil legal aid, JALA gets funding through fees and fundraising. The

JALA steps in.

fees are applied to clients who prevail in their cases and receive financial compensation.

“Really the focus of civil legal aid is coming, figuring out how to get funding to handle the cases that you just have to have handled in a society,” Kowalski

“We’ve gotten to the point where up until the pandemic, we were raising

said. “ You have to keep seniors in their homes.”

roughly a fifth of our budget between fees and fundraising,” Kowalski said.

In addition, the organization competes for grants.

JALA has other limitations. They are unable to help in family law and immigration work. In response the entity created “low-bono” programs,

Among the grants awarded to JALA, two have been especially important

where people between 200 and 400% of the poverty line can have their

in serving the needs of Jacksonville residents. One, funded through VOCA

cases handled by private lawyers and are charged discounted rates. JALA

(Victims of Crime Act) provides civil aid for victims of crime, while the second,

then assists clients create their own cases.

funded through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, assists individuals diagnosed with HIV.

It’s not just JALA employees who provide assistance to those who cannot afford legal help. JALA allows volunteers, mainly private lawyers, to assist clients. The volunteer program also offers opportunities to law students and even “non-lawyer clerks” who offer aid in other departments. The organization makes use of all the resources they can find in order to provide help for those who cannot otherwise afford it.

According to Kowalski, there are some benefits to JALA not operating under a federal, state, city or county agency. Mainly, they are not part of the “government system” meaning JALA does not have politicians telling

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The Latest Collaborative Project from Taylor Neal Photos Nick Sprague & Words Kasey Batchelor A lost summer from the past accompanied by warm, fond memories of

back, a time of exploration balancing in between themes of love and loss. From

relationships with nature, oneself, friends and lovers. These themes of exploration,

building sandcastles on the beach to catching bugs at the park, Country River

togetherness, isolation, love and loss are all meticulously created through

brings up buried feelings of nostalgia, longing and comfort. Music videos for both

Jacksonville multi-instrumentalist, producer and recording engineer Taylor Neal’s

of Teal Peel’s singles, “Smello Coffee” and “How Many Bugs,” were moments

latest project, Teal Peel.

pulled from the short film.

Teal Peel is a dynamic, multifaceted collaborative project started by Neal many

Neal has been working on this project for years, stemming from his dorm room at

years back, but it wasn’t officially a band until July of 2021 with the release of

Jacksonville University in 2018.

their first single, “Smello Coffee.” Inspired by '90s alt rock blended with smearing pedal steel lines, Teal Peal consists of five main members: Taylor Neal (guitar,

“The majority of this record came from melodies and chord progressions I came

vocals), Brian Lester (drums), Caleb Hollan (guitar, keys), Landon Gay (pedal steel)

up with in my dorm room, and once a song started to form, I began to look at the

and Daniel Hubert (bass). Jacob Cummings, who directed the short film Country

world around me for lyrical inspiration. Boats in the river, my childhood dog and

River, also contributed both saxophone and synth to the recording process. When

daydreaming about my girlfriend while bored at work all contributed to the early

Teal Peel performs live, Neal includes Paris Sullivan on French horn and Langston

concepts for these songs. Oh! And bugs, of course,” said Neal.

Oliver on trumpet. Teal Peel isn’t just a band, it’s an immersive sonic experience.

Neal played a number of house shows under the name “Tay” for a few years where Earlier this year, the 28-minute short film, Country River, premiered at Root Down

these songs he had been working on started to come to life.

in Riverside’s 5 Points. This short film directed by Jacob Cummings, serves as a visual accompaniment to Teal Peel’s upcoming debut record. The visuals within

“I began to piece things together and sequence these ideas into an album, and

the short film take on a voice of their own, while complementing the underlying

at the beginning of 2020 I reached out to Jacob about the short film,” said Neal.

themes of the record. Country River takes place in a lost summer a few years

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The band’s first single, “Smello Coffee,” was released on July 14th along with Country River’s premiere. The single tells a never-ending and familiar story of waking up morning after morning, having a cup of coffee and going to work, all while eagerly looking forward to seeing that one special person at the end of the day. Teal Peel’s second single, “How Many Bugs,” released on September 24th. This playful tune is all about bugs, creeping and crawling around. When Neal was preparing for the premiere of this project, years in the making, he was eager to put it all out at once.

“I wasn’t planning on doing any singles, but after talking to some musicians and artists I look up to, they convinced me otherwise. Releasing these tracks as singles allows me the opportunity to take my time with everything and really focus my intentionality with this project,” said Neal.

A notable, recurring theme for Teal Peel is bugs. And all sorts of them! Ever since Neal was young, bugs, and nature in general, always intrigued him.

As he grows older and becomes more aware of the realities of life, Neal finds that it gets harder and harder to maintain a grasp on this childlike curiosity.

“I think it’s really beautiful to focus on something so small and seemingly insignificant while the world is spinning around you at 1,000 mph. The thing about bugs and nature is that it’s messy and gross and dirty, but even throughout the dirt and muck, there’s this organized yet fragile ecosystem that is literally breathing all around us,” explained Neal, “These ideas influenced the lyrics, the way I produced this record, and the conceptualization of this record.”

In terms of recording the debut album, Neal worked closely with Brok Mende at Friends of Friends studio in Springfield to discover and solidify a sound for the record. In January 2020, Neal did a demo recording session in his apartment with Lester, Hubert, and Hollan. They officially begun the recording process in June with Brok Mende. The songs were all tracked live in the same room, an important aspect to Neal, who spent the following eight months producing and mixing the record. In March, Neal re-joined Mende again to master the record.

Artists who have heavily influenced Teal Peel include Radiohead, Duster, Pile, Andy Shauf and Alex G. In the future, Neal plans on releasing more singles, playing more shows out of town, and working on more videos with the band. He also hopes to press the record on vinyl one day. Being able to witness Teal Peel’s work in action, progressing and growing, is a uniquely special and exciting experience that you don’t want to miss.

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Henry Nader Kasey Batchelor

Through a dark amalgam of various genres and atmospheres, Henry Nader pushes

Some might describe the film as a thriller, but, according to Nader, The Exchange

the limits of independent film, allowing his viewers to experience and interpret

can’t be confined to one genre. “It has elements of horror, it has elements of

his work as they please. From experimenting with various digital mediums to

suspense and drama, certainly. It’s a very simple story, as is Shoot the Messenger,

challenging himself through meticulous use of 16mm film, Nader is working to

but there are things going on kind of underneath an undercurrent, which is

create films that defy preconceived notions.

something that I focus on—the atmosphere, the emotional tone.”

Nader, a Jacksonville native, has been deeply fascinated and intrigued by film and

Shooting in 16mm gave Nader the feel he was looking for on screen, but doing

the arts, starting from a very young age. Nader’s love for film started as a kid when

so came with its challenges.

he first saw Star Wars in theaters, resulting in him watching all sorts of behind the scenes footage of various science fiction films.

“It was terrible at times . . . There's an immediacy to film, for example, you really have to light everything, and I mean really push the lighting,” he explained.

With a father who is a musician, Nader devoted himself to music starting at 13

Sometimes you could spend all day getting that set up and you will roll two or

years old, believing that finding any success within the film industry was simply

three takes which are 30 seconds each and you'll end up with 15 seconds maybe

unattainable. Nader remained committed to music for decades, focusing on his

[for the film]. … It’s a completely different animal.” Despite the difficulties using

band Hank El Diablo. Punk in nature, Hank El Diablo also combined various genres

16mm, Nader said he was glad he did it. “I feel like it’s made me a better filmmaker.”

of music to create its experimental sound.

In terms of inspiration and actually sitting down and starting the process of writing a film, Nader said it’s sacred and personal.

When Nader turned 39, he decided that he was going to take his passion for film to the next level and pursue this lifelong dream of his.

“I don’t sit down with preconceived notions,” said Nader, “I just start to have conversations with the characters and kind of let them go where they need to go

Today, Nader has two independent film releases under his belt. The first film, Shoot

so things happen organically.”

the Messenger, was released in 2016 and tells the story of a troubled young man whose life takes an unusual detour as he unwittingly stumbles upon a bizarre

He also looks to other art forms for inspiration. “Music is a big one. I’ll try to

and dangerous underworld. With hints of action and a whole lot of darkness, the

find inspiration from music or poetry, really focusing on emotional tone,” he said.

film had audiences hooked from start to finish. The cast consists of both actors

“Instead of watching modern movies, I’d probably be better off listening to an old

and non-actors, with Justen Mann starring as the film’s main protagonist. The

jazz record. I also watch a lot of short films from around the world.”

film was shot in Jacksonville, with glimpses of Downtown architecture making an appearance.

The future is very exciting and full of possibilities for Nader, who is currently working on a 10-minute short film, Disunity: A Love Story. He’s also written several

Nader’s second film, The Exchange, was released earlier this year. The film, also

other shorts and feature films he hopes to get the ball rolling on soon.

shot on 16mm, follows Hattie and Draven Walker, a mother and son who move to a new town that is quick to scope the newcomers out. Reigning over this small

The mind and works of Henry Nader are actively pushing boundaries through

town is a man, Rev. Wrathbone. Full of oddities, twists and turns, The Exchange

experimentation with various genres, atmospheres, media and themes of darkness.

features Breezy Sharp and Auggie Pulliam, as well as John Amplas whose credits include cult classics Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow and Day of the Dead.

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Le Chat Noir

Rain Henderson Black cats have made great companions to witches, widows and computer whizzes in many cult classics: Hocus Pocus, Kiki’s Delivery Service, The French Exit and The Matrix…just to name a few. What you may not know is the felis catus nigrum plays a role in the lives of real characters too. The Bombay, for example, is a friendly, intelligent, talkative cat bred to look like a tiny panther. Though sometimes mistaken for bad luck and often ranking low odds of adoption at the shelter, these icons risked their fame and fortune for

Bob Dylan

a black furry friend.

Brigitte Bardot

Cher

Given the nature of his works, director, writer and producer Henry Nader has an extensive master list of horror(ish) films he’s seen. He shared a few of his favorites just in time for Halloween.

Carnival of Souls Eraserhead

A Girl Walks Home Alone

Patti Smith

The Body Snatcher

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Classic Beauty Photos & Words Isa Barrientos

Bursting with fantasy in glittering gowns, Jacksonville’s burlesque

“We've been very lucky for our last few shows to have a really good

scene has made its post-pandemic comeback, leaving a trail of

crowd. The Cabaret Hour did not start out that way,” said Parker,

dropped jaws and feather boas.

reminiscing on shows from years ago. “For a while, when we first started, we were lucky to get 10 people in the door.”

Sunny Parker went between the dressing room and the DJ booth as the crowd started trickling up to the second floor. A classic beauty in

Parker founded her troupe, Punk Rock Burlesque, five years ago after

a satin robe with rhinestones peeking out from her chest, she was to

seeing a local Bada Bing Babes Burlesque show. “I thought it was

host the launch of Shim Sham Burlesque, a new bimonthly cabaret

really cool, did some research on the internet, bought a garter belt

show at the beaches.

and dove in from there,” she said.

At 10 p.m. Parker cleared the center of the room. Ever so sexy and

Led by Miss Parker, the troupe features Anita Nightcap, Chlora de

cool, she welcomed an eager audience and listed out the rules: no

Formme, Lyla Jay Blu, Vienna LePaige and Autumn Josette. They

touching the performers, no flash photography, no judging based on

weave burlesque with a punk rock influence, bringing new life to a

race, gender, age, sexuality.

century-old tradition.

“It's important that everyone feels comfortable and safe at the shows.

Parker’s Cabaret Hour features acts from out of town and is more of a

We also want to go outside the box,” said Parker, “I want it to feel like

variety show, with comedy and entertainment on top of the strip teases.

an inclusive and safe space.”

“We just kept at it, then we'd start getting 50 people in the door.

The lights dimmed and a sensuous cabaret song started to play

Now we're having to book bigger venues because the shows are

as Misty Rose from Orlando emerged from the back of the crowd.

selling out.”

She danced around the room, stopping to shimmy and shake, and removed one article of clothing after the other without missing

While the dancers had a wardrobe change, two volunteers stepped

a beat.

up for a game. A pair of tennis balls in a sock was tied to their belts, and they were challenged to get them out without using their hands.

Tallahassee’s Indie Sinclair followed in fishnets and lingerie with an edgy, vivacious performance, then local Lyla Jay Blu presented an

The second set of performances was as impressive as the first and

elegant strip-tease, leaving the floor covered in feathers and

ended in a bonafide champagne shower by Lyla Jay Blu.

dead presidents.

Shim Sham Burlesque’s next bimonthly show is Oct. 20, and the Each performer ended their number in pasties and a thong, dollar

Cabaret Hour will return with a prohibition style show at the Volstead

bills flying into their baskets along with cheers and applause. It’s

December 3. Punk Rock Burlesque will be back in January.

not like what you’d see at a gentlemen's club, though—performers bring the elevated charm of Josephine Baker and Gypsy Rose Lee into the new millennium. The theatrical striptease is alluring rather than overtly sexual.

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PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES

TOGETHER REPORT HATE CRIMES Neuralink

Ariel Rademeyer

Elon Musk is back at it again with another life-changing invention that may alter the world as we know it: Neuralink.

The brand-new, advanced neurotechnology is a brain-computer interface that may solve global health issues such as memory and hearing loss, insomnia and depression. This “neuro-gadget” would be surgically implanted into one’s brain with insulated wires connected to electrodes that send signals across the brain to transmit data and information. With constant and rapid growth of innovation toward this project, we have now begun to comprehend the expansive and endless possibilities of our future.

When some people first hear of this project, their immediate reaction is that it is filled with complete lunacy straight out of a sci-fi movie. This innovation, although it may seem absurd, might just be humanity with solving the impossible. For instance, telepathic powers may not be too far from the unthinkable as it once was. With the help of Neuralink, one may be able to wirelessly transmit memos from one Neuralink gadget to another. In a sense this represents our next step toward real telepathic powers. Furthermore, Neuralink may speed up the way in which we communicate. Translating languages, for example, can happen at a much more rapid pace. With Neuralink, users are able to train these gadgets to fire certain patterns into words, phrases or images.

However, with innovation comes extensive consequences, and these, in no manner, should be taken lightly especially concerning viruses and hackers.

There remains uncertainty if this neurotechnology could be hacked into like computers or be susceptible to a virus. While a piece of equipment may be able to withstand damage from a virus, the human brain may not. Can Neuralink affect the development of one’s brain and/or result in long-term, even permanent damage? Since Neuralink does, in a sense, rewire the brain, our neurons may not be equipped to use this alternative to fire signals within our brain's current state.

Neuralink may change the world in its ability to improve the transportation of information to one another or by speeding up the rate of communication. On the other hand, negative influences such as possible hackers that could negatively alter the state of our lives.

Either way, this miniature brain-computer interface will influence humanity when released. As a society, we must consider its costs and weigh our future possibilities.

Is it time to start thinking carefully about combining artificial intelligence and humans? Could this neurotechnology truly create human soldiers? What are the ethical limitations with regards to AI? What prospects will Neuralink provide for humanity?

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1-800-CALL-FBI tips.fbi.gov

Doors of Perception Stewart Rogers

On February 21, 1965, police in Berkley, California, raided the homemade

with our neighbors, we need to consider the possibility that two people

lab of Owsley Stanley, soundman for the Grateful Dead, thinking he was

with different perspectives can both be right at the same time.

producing meth, illegal at the time; only to discover that he was making a relatively unknown substance called LSD, legal at the time. He beat

Truth, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder. Just as two people

the charges and went on to synthesize over 5 million LSD doses by 1967,

dropping identical tabs of acid at the same time in the same place will

even though the drug became illegal in October of 1966. Who knows?

see, hear and feel their experiences in entirely different ways, each of us

Maybe I sampled his wares back in the day.

understands reality from our own point of view. One person sees a smile as a sign of kindness. Another sees the same smile as a sign of ridicule.

As hippies, we didn’t pretend to have all the answers. We were content to

A gesture seems peaceful to one person and threatening to another.

simply ask the questions. Like wide-eyed adventurers on the open seas, we were comfortable with uncertainty and excited about exploring new

It’s easy for someone of my liberal sensibilities to think of Trump

lands just over the horizon. Tripping showed us that reality was wider,

supporters as “deplorables” as Hillary Clinton so crudely described them.

deeper and more mysterious than we had imagined. Based on his own

It’s easy to imagine that they’re racist, gun-toting, half-wits who crawled

experiences with mescaline, English philosopher Aldus Huxley described

out from under a rock to vote. It’s easy to conclude that Democrats are

this psychedelic journey as opening the doors of perception and seeing

right and Republicans are wrong, that those on the left are good while

infinite possibilities.

those on the right are bad.

I’m reminded of this life-changing insight when I look at America's political

But maybe I’m wrong. Maybe I don’t really know what’s in the hearts and

divisions. Trump and friends made lying an art form over the last 4+ years.

minds of these folks. Maybe they have a good reason to be angry, a

Whatever they say is true. What anyone else says is “fake news.” After

reason I would share in the same situation. Maybe they think I’m acting

years of this craziness, America’s divisions have morphed beyond political

superior and elitist, even if I’m not. Maybe they believe I don’t care, even

differences or even questions of right and wrong. Now we face the most

if I do. Maybe we’re all riding on the same bus, looking out the same

fundamental question that any sane person must answer. What is true?

windows and seeing different things.

Should the definition be based solely on what we see, smell, taste, hear

Maybe when it comes to absolute truth, I don’t know; and you don’t either.

or feel? Or can some things be true even when they’re invisible to the five

Maybe the road to peace is not a one-world government or a one-world

senses? Do we define reality by what someone else tells us or by what

religion but a one-world willingness to honor the perceptions of others.

seems right in our own minds? Is truth a constant over the ages or a fluid understanding that evolves over time?

Stewart Rogers is the co-author/editor of What Happened to the Hippies? published by McFarland Press. He can be reached at Stewart@

All of this sounds like psycho-mumbo-jumbo unless we consider the role

WhatHappenedtotheHippies.com.

that open-mindedness plays in our survival as a species. Several years ago, I came across a bumper sticker that read: “Militant agnostic: I don’t know and you don’t either.” As creatures who crave certainty, our most difficult challenge is to admit that we might be wrong, that an assumption made about someone is off base, and that a fact we took as a fact isn’t, in fact, a fact. Even more importantly, if we ever hope to live peacefully

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SHRIMPIN AINT EASY Photos & Words Vincent Dalessio

Let me start off by telling you how much shrimp I eat: A LOT, but it wasn't until a

“[In] his walker, he had to learn to make it stop rolling with the rocking boat,” she

international journalism course with Professor Nicolas Tatro that I really began to

explained. “Some of his first life lessons were staying steady on the water.”

question the source of my seafood and the importance of sourcing seafood locally.

Although commercial fishing often gets a bad rap due to overfishing, bycatch and Shrimping has been a vital aspect of Northeast Florida’s commerce since the early

habitat destruction, there are people like Miss Marilyn and her team who act as

1900s when Greek boat builders Michael Tiliakos and Demetrios Deonas moved

stewards for protecting local waterways.

to Fernandina Beach. Using larger engined boats with the ability to trawl larger nets, they helped establish Fernandina as the birthplace of the modern shrimping

“We want [commercial fishing] to be around for a long time, so we're going to

industry. By 2016, the greater Jacksonville area was bringing in nearly $7 million

take care of the ocean, and even maybe more so than a person who has no local

of product to the total Florida shrimp market of $42 million.

knowledge that just opened a couple of books and read some papers,” she said.

“The fact is you want to see real data, look at one of the computers on those boats

Miss Marilyn Louise, a third-generation commercial fisherwoman, is one of the

and you'll see everything completely marked out right down to depth contours,

largest contributors to the seafood supply chain coming through Mayport Inlet.

where you can drag, where you can't drag, what the bottom is, what's on that

The lifelong resident of Mayport Fishing Village walked me through what it’s like

bottom … We know everything that’s going to be happening. We spent a lifetime

to live a life sustained by the ocean.

to be completely educated about this.”

As a child, Miss Marilyn learned to run shrimp boats from her father and grandfather.

The one afternoon I spent on a shrimp boat opened my eyes to the amount

She’s since passed her knowledge and experience on to her own children, having

of product they move. On their most recent trip, which lasted 27 nights, the

taken her son out shrimping with her when he was only 11 days old, noting he had

crew caught, processed and stored exactly 1,400 65-pound bags of shrimp.

sea legs before he could walk on land.

Experiencing the process firsthand allowed me to witness the amount of hard

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work and manpower needed to run a shrimping boat and how much commercial

just so much imported farm-raised junk that honestly I wouldn't feed to my family.”

fishing contributes to the local economy.

Aside from the health/safety issues, supporting internationally caught seafood plays into an even bigger issue. An Associated Press investigation of modern

In addition to the seafood they bring in in, the local commercial fishing industry

seafood sourcing in the Arafura Sea revealed the international supply chain is

uses a mind-blowing amount of resources for these trips. Marilynn put it in

riddled with human trafficking. Some migrant workers in the Thai seafood industry,

perspective: A semi-truck gasoline tanker carries about 7,000 gallons of fuel;

for example, work up to 20 hours a day in unsafe conditions, for little to no pay

one boat can carry about three tankers worth of fuel, two and one-half tankers of

and often while enduring physical abuse.

shrimp and one tanker of water. On top of this, deckhands spend about $3,000 on groceries for an average trip.

Marilyn and I talked about this and she put it this way, “Do you want those people to be the ones who you get your seafood from? Or do you want people that

Miss Marilyn and crew catch what many consumers call Mayport shrimp. However,

care about the environment and take care of the species that are around, having

she explained, the vast majority of their harvest doesn’t come from within Mayport,

conservation in mind?” In other words, buying local seafood is about more than

Most are caught between mid-Georgia and Cape Canaveral. Her boats harvest

just stimulating the local economy.

white shrimp or Mayport whites, rock shrimp, brown shrimp and royal reds are among the few local fleets equipped to shrimp in water as deep as 1,800 feet.

Commercial fishing isn’t just a job for Marilyn: It pulses through her veins. In addition to running her business, she sits on the board for the South Atlantic

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“People just think shrimp is shrimp. You go into a restaurant, you order a shrimp

Fishery Management Council shrimp advisory panel and is active in oceanic

dinner,” Marilyn said, “I always tell people to ask about what you're eating. Make

conservation. Now with her son also running boats for the business, she knows

sure it’s wild caught USA product. It definitely makes a difference because there's

her legacy will live on.

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Behind the scenes of Tiger King 2 John Phillips

It was announced recently that Tiger King 2 will air on Netflix on

Six months later, I’m fielding a call from the family of Don Lewis.

November 17, 2021. Jacksonville will be heavily featured as many of

His three daughters, Donna, Lynda and Gale wanted to pursue

the people from season 1 have come to Jacksonville for interviews.

a potential case against Carole Baskin and others. They also needed help navigating the attention that Episode Three (which

As a 20 year attorney, I have had a lot of clients, including many

briefly touched on the disappearance of their father, Don Lewis),

celebrities. We just obtained a victory in a first amendment

brought their family.

case for Omarosa Manigault Newman against Donald Trump’s Campaign. However, no client has quite ever been like Joe Exotic,

The statute of limitations for wrongful death claims was long gone.

the Tiger King.

However, with Carole Baskin producing daily videos claiming others were responsible for the death of Don Lewis and other

The first time I met Joe was as he walked into the visitation room

videos saying offensive things about people, we had the potential

in the federal prison known as the Federal Medical Center in Fort

for defamation claims. We also had a possible civil claim for

Worth, Texas. He still wore his trademark mullet, but his fringed

intentionally causing the death of another. While we didn’t quite

leather jacket and gun belt had been replaced by a prison issued

have everything we needed for a case just yet, Florida has a “pure

uniform. Nevertheless, his personality remained larger than life.

bill of discovery,” which provides subpoena power and the ability

Not even prison could put out that fire. I often think about that

to take depositions. We started there.

meeting and how it all came to be. And how it all began with a single phone call.

Things got really interesting after the Don Lewis memorial. As Baskin was basking in her new found fame, she was invited

Almost six months into the pandemic, I received what I first

to compete on Dancing with the Stars. Carole may have

thought was a prank call. My work as a wrongful death lawyer on

seen this as fun, but my team saw this as an opportunity. We

some high-profile cases brings me all kinds of attention. Despite

decided to take advantage of her appearance and filmed a

my concerns, I returned the call. It was Dustin Roggow, the fiancé

public service announcement seeking information concerning

of Tiffany Lewis. Tiffany is the granddaughter of Don Lewis who

the disappearance of her husband and aired it during the

was once married to Carole Baskin. He wanted help finding out

DWTS premier. The commercial was set and scheduled to air

what happened to his fiancé’s grandfather. It was a wrongful

in Jacksonville and Tampa but with our connections at People

death, but also a mystery…of sorts.

TV and TMZ, we knew it could be boosted nationally. However, the commercial did not air at the scheduled time. Turns out, the

If you don’t know who Carole Baskin is, then where were you

commercial needed broader approval from the network. But by

when the COVID pandemic hit? My wife and I were on the couch

the time Good Morning America aired the following morning,

and every time we turned on Netflix, we saw trailers teasing

the commercial was viral. Howard Stern talked about me. More

an outrageous show called Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and

importantly, he read my line, “Do you know where Don Lewis is?”

Madness. Before long, our friends were posting about it and

Calls poured in.

everyone from Cardi B to Donald Trump was talking about it. We watched a few seconds and then immediately consumed episode after episode. Joe Exotic, the Tiger King, was medicine to our COVID-induced boredom.

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Unfortunately, even with the success of the commercial, the drama caused from within their circle led to us amending them out of the lawsuit, but continuing to support their family. While my legal relationship with the Lewis family was over, the case against Carole Baskin was not. I still represented the one person Carole Baskin was defaming at every turn.

McQueen v. Baskin continues to this day.

And then one day, out of the blue, I received a request from a man named Joseph Maldonado-Passage. He had seen the commercial and followed my work as much as possible in prison. We corresponded for a couple weeks and in January of 2021, I, along with my trusted associate Amy Hanna and creative director John Lawless, headed to Ft. Worth to meet Joe in person. There, in the prison visitation room, I met Joseph Maldonado-Passage, the man behind the public persona of Joe Exotic. A man who is currently serving 22 years in federal prison for crimes he did not commit.

Joe has been in prison since 2019, so he has never enjoyed the fame that Tiger King brought to his co-workers and family. Before prison, Joe was small town, animal world famous. He had his own TV show on a public access station and he had fun with it. But now he was a spectator of a docuseries that exposed every aspect of his life—the good and the bad.

His fame now went beyond the gates of the animal park, beyond Wynnewood and way beyond Oklahoma. Who I met that day in prison was not the person Tiger King introduced us to. Because the person underneath all of the hair and the leather and the outrageous behavior we saw on Tiger King, is not Joe Exotic but Joseph MaldonadoPassage. The man we signed up as a client was more than a zookeeper or entertainer. He is a man who took in the down and out and made them family. He is a man who gave the hopeless a purpose. He is a man I’ve come to know and consider a friend.

We left that meeting as his attorneys and just like that I went from a guy watching Tiger King on TV to the lead attorney for the Tiger King.

My team and I have begun working on viable remedies to secure a new trial for Joe and in that effort, many of the stars from the show, who are also witnesses, have traveled to Jacksonville to provide perspective and new evidence. All of them hoping to help Joe. We have also secured settlements for Anne McQueen against Howard Baskin and Big Cat Rescue. Netflix has tagged along for some of this adventure and when Tiger King 2 comes out this fall, you will see some of Jacksonville in the show.

In the meantime, we continue to work behind the scenes in our efforts to free Joseph Maldonado-Passage. Next up is his re-sentencing hearing. We have a long way to go, but one day, we hope to hear Joe shout "DUUUVAL" over the loudspeakers at our own Big Cat sanctuary at TIAA Field.

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Recycling Recall

Photos Mallory Schott & Words Rain Henderson Hello, round-Earthers, and welcome to “In This Climate?!” a new column where we will be tackling burning topics and bringing light to some hotties around town.

News broke that the city of Jacksonville was temporarily stopping it’s recycling pick-up services in early October, a slap in the face to my fellow anxiety-ridden climateers. The purpose of this gesture was to focus on garbage and yard-waste collection which the city had been gaining multiple complaints over. The new dropoff sites and announcements were being splattered all over social media, bashing Lenny Curry (rightfully) and panicking over the mountains collecting at the new recycling spots. Luckily a few true tree-huggers have taken matters into their own hands to divide from government reliance. Cue: Mallory Schott of White Harvest Farms, a non-profit farm on the Northside operated by Clara White Mission.

Schott, who I remember being the ultimate garden queen in college, is turning this not-so-great Jax happening into compost. I learned about Schott’s endeavors from a post by local bike shop, ZenCog, and was impressed (and curious).

“White Harvest Farms is named in honor of [mission] founder Eartha White. There is such a cool story about this land and how she bought it from AL Lewis after saving his important papers from the Great Fire. Eartha once lived on the farm land and her house still stands, but it is in disrepair. The mission hopes to make it into a museum one day. There was a swimming pool and a fresh water spring that the city capped in the ‘60s — but, I understand this is a whole different story!”

White Harvest Farms uses cardboard bike boxes from Zencog to smother grass and weeds in new planting areas and line the grassy areas with wood chips to hold it in place. JEA drops their chips at the farm (instead of the landfill), and the chips make up about 30% of what goes into the farm’s compost recipe.

“The cardboard and wood chips add organic matter to the soil. In Florida our soil is sandy and lacks carbon which hangs onto water and nutrients and provides the scaffolding for bacteria and fungi to live and support plants. The extra carbon helps us send less surface water runoff of it into our precious water resources.”

Currently the farm is the site of an NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant studying soil biology and compost applications in organic farming. They provide free classes on the farm every Saturday, volunteering and community events. Go get dirty!

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Special Election, Special People Tommy Hazouri gets replaced, one last time Shelton Hull As soon as Tommy Hazouri announced he was going into hospice care in August,

(who would have probably won if she hadn’t been a woman), allowing Brown to

we all began to speculate about who would end up replacing him on the City

slip through into the runoff, where he beat Hogan by a margin so thin (just 1,662

Council. A bit ghoulish? Yes, but also necessary. Hazouri’s loss leaves behind a

votes, out of 192,952 total votes cast, or 0.86%), it was positively diaphanous.

gaping void in the council’s credibility, as well as its effectiveness. No one can ever fill his shoes, but filling his seat is necessary for the council to proceed with

Brown came into office with a coalition about as solid as the Jaguars’ offensive

its agenda, whatever the heck that actually is.

line, and he immediately proceeded to torpedo what little viability existed at all, first by purging City Hall of key division chiefs. This undermined the effectiveness

To that end, a Special Election has been declared to fill Hazouri’s seat on the

of local government in a variety of ways and did nothing to ensure the loyalty of

council, At-Large, Group 3. Currently, four candidates are declared for the Special

those who remained. His handling of the original HRO effort left his administration

Election: Nick Howland, James Jacobs, Howland Russell and Tracye Polson. Most

mortally wounded. (There was also the murder problem, but the entire country is

of the focus has fallen so far on the two Democrats, Jacobs and Polson, both of

dominated by shooters now; politicians and police have absolutely no power to

whom (full disclosure) are friends of mine, and both of whom have run for public

stop it, in this city or any other, so let’s not even bother talking about that.)

office before.

Despite being the only Democrat to run in 2015, in a majority-Democratic city, As always, this future election will be colored by the past. Every candidate who

Brown lost via what fictional race-car driver Ricky Bobby calls the “Shake and

runs for elected office in Northeast Florida must contend not only with the day-to-

Bake.” Republican Bill Bishop pulled 17% in the primary, largely due to centrists

day challenges that come with any campaign, but also the voluminous baggage

and disgruntled progressives. That may have prevented Brown, who got 43%, from

that weighs on all local candidates, especially those with progressive leanings. If

winning outright in the first round. But Lenny Curry, who won 38% in the first round,

one wishes to restore the health of our body politic, it would help to look back on

was able to retire Brown that May, 51% to 49%. His margin of victory (5,277 votes)

how things got so toxic and dysfunctional to begin with.

wasn’t huge, but it was still more than triple Brown’s winning margin of just four years earlier. Curry won on May 19, then 28 days later, Donald Trump announced

As of October 13, 2021, Duval County has 642,300 registered voters. Democrats

he was running for president. And American politics was instantly changed forever.

hold a decent advantage over Republicans (264,081 to 226,475), yet the GOP basically dominates virtually every aspect of local politics. There are a number of

Andrew Gillum almost rode a Blue Wave into the governorship in 2018, and that

reasons for this, starting with their superior fundraising abilities. There’s also the

resulted in some quality gains for local Democrats, mostly on the state level.

matter of 151,744 voters registered as NPA or some silly third party, who tend to

Locally, the 2019 election was an embarrassment for the entire city, except for

vote Republican. Another factor is the hundreds of thousands of lazy, fickle citizens

Curry, who coasted to arguably the easiest reelection victory that any of our

who can’t be bothered to vote, no matter how high the stakes are. Dems need

mayors have ever had. Was he vulnerable? Yeah, kinda, but the Democrats were

those votes, whereas Republicans are lucky they can just ignore such people.

too busy airing each other out on social media over minor differences in policy to offer even the flimsiest pretense of opposition to Curry.

Less acknowledged and more disturbing to consider is the blatant self-destructive tendencies of local Democrats, who often seem all too eager to queue up when it’s

His only opposition came from former City Council President Anna Brosche, and

time to throw one of their own under the bus. Corrine Brown’s alleged crimes are

that was mainly a personal dispute between two Republicans that spilled out into

well-known, but what really ended her career was losing the support of her own

the public. Progressives talked her up, then left her alone on the battlefield to get

party. Some of those folks owed at least a portion of their own careers to her, but

steamrolled by Curry, Hughes, Baker, et al. Republicans also built on their majority

that meant little when it came time for the public moralizing, as if the mechanics

on the council. Indeed, the only local Democrats to actually beat Republicans in

of campaign finance in this community haven’t functioned in exactly the same way

any head-to-head contest in 2019 were Lisa King, Joyce Morgan, Brenda Priestly-

for as long as any of us have been alive.

Jackson and, of course, Tommy Hazouri. A 4-9 record might be acceptable if you’re the Jaguars, but it’s a bad look for a party that, again, hold majority among

Hazouri himself was no exception. Although he had never been accused of any

registered voters.

actual crimes, he was clearly guilty of being a moderate at a time when both political parties are in thrall to their own extremist flanks. Hazouri’s reelection bid

All 642,300 registered voters in Duval County are eligible to vote in the Special

for mayor in 1991 was ended by a fellow Democrat, Ed Austin, who soon switched

Election, but frankly, we’ll be lucky if even one-fifth of them actually vote. This is

parties, and that was basically the end of Democrats being contenders for mayor

not just a problem for one party or another, but for the city, in general. Most of the

in this town. This particular situation has had a chilling effect in down-ballot races

problems that one might spotlight can be blamed on citizens’ slack, but last year

for three decades.

was an object lesson in how quickly real change can occur, when the population is properly motivated.

Hazouri ran for mayor twice again, and each time he was beaten by Republicans who had never held elected office before. In both of those cases, the weakness of

The Special Election will take place on Tuesday, December 7—Noam Chomsky’s

local Democrats was as much of a factor as the relative strength of Republicans.

93rd birthday and the 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Then, as now, expect a

Austin would be the last Democrat to become mayor for 20 years, when Alvin

few surprises that day.

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A little healthy competition never hurts anyone. Separated by only less than a mile, the William Raines Senior High versus Jean Ribault High School football rivalry over the last five decades has arguably become the most intensified high school football rivalry in Northeast Florida. With both schools creating players of excelling endurance and stamina, this rivalry continues to strengthen each year.

Each year, the two teams come head-to-head for an intense passion to win. Both these two high school football teams have produced star players that have made their way up the ladder towards the National Football League. This infamous rivalry within our community has remained for decades and continues to prevail

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in its prominence today.

What makes a rivalry worthwhile is having a background to it. The Viking versus Trojan history goes way back when to over fifty years ago. Since their first game, both teams each year have come together and performed a zealous game of football. With an enthusiastic stadium of fans cheering on their team from the sidelines, these highly competitive teams want to win for their community and supporters. These football games never include a bleak moment when meeting on the field face-to-face. Regardless of if one appreciates watching the sport or not, these games captivate all individuals with their intensified atmosphere and energy produced from the particularly the stands. In particular, this rivalry is unique within the community as it represents more than just a simple football game. This rivalry is a game built up with a week’s worth of intensifying the crowds of fans, important news outlets documenting its fascinating features, and the desire of achieving and continuing a winning streak. This all leads up to a well anticipated and perhaps most highlighted high school football game of the season for Northeast Florida.

The football games include cheering and bonding with one another not only as a school community but also as a Duval County community.

Both teams each year generate players that turn into stars. One notable wide receiver from Jean Ribault is Laverneurs Coles. After graduating from high school, he pursued his football career at Florida State University as a Seminole in Tallahassee. From there on out, he played eleven consecutive and successful seasons in the NFL. His legacy provides hope for both the Vikings and the Trojans. Another notable player from Ribault is former wide receiver, Travis Taylor. In his early years, he played football for the University of Florida and played professionally in the early 2000s in the NFL for eight seasons. These teams consist of players with tremendous amounts of stamina and fortitude thus

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expanding opportunities for star players to emerge.

Without a dull moment on the field, both the Jean Ribault Trojan’s and the William Raines Viking’s arguably have the most intense high school football rivalry in Northeast Florida. From a fifty-year history to showing off the most excelling players on the field, these games always include enthusiastic moments for Duval County. It is important for our community to ask, who will be the next Laverneurs Coles? Who will be the next Travis Taylor? Only time will tell.

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FSA Testing Ariel Rademeyer

As of mid-September 2021, Governor Ron DeSantis plans to eliminate the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA), also known as Florida Statewide Testing. The FSA is an annual statewide assessment that tests students ranging from third grade to their sophomore year of high school on language arts comprehension as well as mathematics skills. This test typically occurs near the middle of April to the end of May and is necessary to pass in order to move onto the next grade level.

However, DeSantis’ goal is to remove the entirety of the FSA and move toward an alternative way of evaluating students.

For the upcoming 2022–2023 school year, our governor proposes to eliminate this statewide test in exchange for a different method of assessment. This measure of knowledge includes various progress checks throughout the school year measuring a student's growth in the common-core subjects of language arts and mathematics. Parents, teachers and students all have reacted to this considerable change for the next school year with worry, enthusiasm and mixed emotions. Yet, the true question that arises is whether this is actually beneficial to students, parents, guardians, teachers or not.

To some, a single test that determines if a student remains at a certain grade level or not lacks a proper evaluation of the potential of students, while to others, one final test represents validity in its results. To students such as myself, this transition means that instead of attempting to cram information from the beginning of the school year, this new assessment of our knowledge will include interval growth checks throughout the school year. Not only will this new assessment allow students to represent growth in their learning, but this new implementation also includes a reduced amount of anxiety levels among students. With the FSA comes the extensive stakes of whether one will graduate with their peers to the next grade level or not. Despite this, there remains uncertainty for parents, guardians and teachers due to the unfamiliarity of these implemented changes and the way in which the data will be used to evaluate students.

As a student who has endured all the overwhelming anxious emotions leading up to the FSA each year, this proposal could most certainly aid the future of Florida students. For guardians, this transition enables both teachers and guardians to have meaningful conversations about areas in which students have shown both growth and struggle. The new method of assessment will allow students to work specifically on areas of weakness in order to perform mastery on these skills.

This is especially crucial for students with clear weaknesses in common-core subjects such as English language arts or mathematics. Teachers now would be able to take the extra step of assigning work specifically designed for growth in that student’s areas of weakness.

In all, this proposal brings controversy regarding the most accurate and valid way to assess students. While this new measure of knowledge may reduce some test anxiety, no official guidelines regarding how these tests will measure data, as well as how and when they will be implemented have been announced.

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Since its founding in 1998, the group has maintained the same four

Jason Brown was professional golfer on the Nationwide Tour who decided

members, who all sing lead vocals and also join forces to create incredible

to become a country musician. He changed his name to Colt Ford (that

four-part harmonies. With eight top 10 singles, Little Big Town has gone

name was just too good to be true for a country artist), recorded a couple

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As the winner of American Idol season 17 in 2019, Laine had a built-in

No. 1, Black is one of the most successful singer/songwriters of the

audience, but he’s been steadily climbing the country charts (“Flame” hit

modern era. Sounds like “A Good Run of Bad Luck” to us.

No. 8 on streaming platforms) … which may also have something to do

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Lauded for his “genre-bending” approach to country music, Brown infuses

native has been referred to as “the most promising and influential new

his songs with R&B and has worked with artists ranging from Lauren Alaina

country star of the last five years” by The New York Times. Take that,

to Khalid to DJ Marshmello. His bold collaborations have made him one

Kane Brown.

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ADULT ADVICE SHARI AND TERRY JAYMES

I love your podcast.

I’ve been dating the same woman (Shannon) since March. We’re having a good time and I’m becoming pretty interested in furthering our relationship.

I do have something that’s bothering me though.

When it comes to sharing our goals and dreams I’m all in. She, however, keeps everything close to the vest. When I asked her if she has any dreams she would like to fulfill she said, “That’s on a need to know basis” BTW, the tone in which she said it was cold and deadly serious.

Do you think this will be a problem? We seem to be getting along on every other level.

Bryan Orange Park, FL

TERRY: Great email, Bryan. I have a simple answer for this one. However, I’d like to see what Shari’s gut reaction to this is before I get into it.

SHARI: That, Terry, is on a need to know basis.

TERRY: Do you see what I have to deal with at home, Bryan? Consider yourself lucky. You can get out of this relationship free and clear.

SHARI: Seriously though, Bryan, I am wondering if your girl Shannon has any dreams. Maybe she’s just covering for a lack of imagination.

TERRY: This is very serious to me. I believe what makes a relationship great is the ability to support one another’s dreams. That and being able to inspire your mate.

SHARI: Agreed! If you don’t have that you don’t have much. You can have great sex, you can have common interests but if you don’t have support and someone cheering you on, what’s the point?

TERRY: Bingo. My biggest concern is that she was “cold and deadly serious.” If I were you, Bryan, I would end it. That’s what dating is. You’ve had six months to see all the cards and she played a doozie. Be classy about it but dump her. This is more than a red flag. This is a deal breaker.

SHARI: And there you have it, Bryan. Sounds like you need to swipe left.

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