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Only a 58% chance I will graduate from high school.

I am three times more likely to live below poverty level.

I will find it twice as difficult to find a job.

Only a 38% chance I will read on grade level.

Without school meals, I'll likely go hungry.

I can earn 55% more if I live in Atlanta.

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The commissioning service at Greater Little Rock Baptist Church was part of the localhelping agency’s 25-year anniversary celebration. Meyer has nine years experience in non-profit work, counseling, community organizing and outreach. A former young adult missionary with the United Methodist Church, she has spent time in Israel and Palestine and is passionate about peace and justice in that area.

GULF POWER The Florida Public Service Commission voted to reduce the fuel and purchased power charge on Gulf Power customers’ bills. Residential customers using 1,000 kilowatt hours will see their total monthly bill, including gross receipts taxes, decrease by $3.33, to $122.46, effective March 1. Gulf Power requested this mid-course adjustment due to a reduction in projected 2012 natural gas prices and an unexpected over-recovery for actual fuel expenses in 2011.

LUNCH LADIES On Feb. 21, Emerald

Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA) presented the “Protector of the Environment” award to the Escambia County School Board’s cafeteria operations. This initiative rewards local businesses and food service establishments that promote a positive, safe and clean working and eating environment through the ECUA’s Fats, Oils, and Grease and Backflow Prevention programs.

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GOV. RICK SCOTT We need a new

bridge for Pensacola Bay. Our Republican governor and legislature have raided the state’s transportation fund the past three years to balance the budget and pay for their pet projects, leaving little to pay for our new bridge. Scott’s solution is to make our new one a toll bridge. Good business, but bad government. We already have the Garcon Point Toll Bridge that hasn't been able to pay for itself.

GREG EVERS & CLAY FORD In the tradi-

tion of pleasing lobbyists and doing the bidding of House leadership, the two Pensacola-area lawmakers are sponsoring bills to open up state lands—specifically, Blackwater River State Forest—to oil and gas exploration. No one asked the locals how they felt about it. It didn't come up in the town hall meetings with the legislative delegation.

However, the Florida Petroleum Council is very happy, as well as the Koch brothers. We expect to see similar legislation proposed in other Republican-controlled states.

FOSTER FRIESS The major donor to the

super PAC backing Rick Santorum followed the lead of State Sen. Don “Hang ‘em High” Gaetz, with his quip on MSNBC about women and contraceptives. “Back in my days, they used Bayer aspirin for contraceptives,” Friess said, adding: “The gals put it between their knees, and it wasn't that costly.” Those hilarious conservatives, we just can’t get enough of their jokes. Tell us the one about rabbi, the priest and the iman, Mr. Friess.

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And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular; but one must take it because it is right.”

Escambia County and the City of Pensacola have huge disparities in economics, education, health and criminal justice. While other parts of the country have made progress in closing these gaps that were created by decades of segregation, this area has not.

The numbers are indisputable, and the situation is getting worse. We have to narrow the divide between our white and black communities. Unless we do, we are doomed to failure, especially when it comes to public education and our black youth.

It’s simple math. With minorities steadily outnumbering whites in our public schools, we can’t have a quality education system unless we adopt best practices that reach them.

Drilling them on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test isn’t working.

A third of the black community is under the age of 20. Many of them live in singleparent homes that are struggling to feed, clothe and care for them. Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and his school board should stop blaming these demographics for their failures and start coping with these realities.

The schools, local governments and non-profits must join forces to help the black community develop viable solutions.

The school district should seek out programs that have worked in other communities and review them with black leaders.

More black principals and teachers need to be hired.

Both the county and city need to modify their neighborhood service programs and partner with nonprofits to develop more after-school programs. Community centers need to be more than empty buildings and monuments to politicians. Instead of curfews, they should expand their youth sports and bring back midnight basketball.

Whenever programs are initiated, they must be done with input and support from the black community. The days of “plantation politics”—where whites alone decide what’s best for the black community—need to end.

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A SALUTE TO DIFFERENCE MAKERS Mayor Hayward forms Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee Mayor Ashton Hayward announced that he has formed a seven-member Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee to guide the continued growth and development of Pensacola’s downtown.

The seven members of the Mayor’s Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee are Dr. Ken Ford, Teresa Dos Santos, Christian Wagley, John Myslak, Brian Hooper, Stephanie Powell, and Shana Neuhaus.

Over a four-month period beginning in February, the committee will be tasked with assisting the Mayor in implementing the redevelopment of the CRA District, including downtown, the waterfront, and the surrounding neighborhoods. Consistent with his 20 Solutions for 2011, Mayor Hayward has encouraged the committee to develop policies that incentivize development of housing with a wide spectrum of affordability and convert vacant and surplus public property to active uses.

Much like the advisory committees on port and pension issues established last year by Mayor Hayward, the Urban Redevelopment Advisory Committee will be asked to produce a report outlining specific recommendations. In a letter to committee members, Mayor Hayward outlined nine goals to guide the committee’s work:

• Build a community that is competitive in today’s economy.

• Replenish the income of the CRA through new capital investment.

• Make productive use of the large inventory of public land.

• Create jobs and a sustainable future for this community.

• Create a walkable community by increasing mixed-use density.

• Insure that opportunities created and resources expended will benefit all.

• Create a waterfront that is a thriving public space.

• Create housing with a wide spectrum of affordability.

• Restore the value of the authentic, historic character of downtown

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FLORIDA’S LAST STAND? “It’s not about our generation. It’s about the next five generations from now.”

Christina Ortland

Protesters get wet Feb. 17 with Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Jeff Miller on Palafox Street. / photo by Jeremy Morrison

Drilling Holes in the Sunshine

By Jeremy Morrison It’s been a busy year so far. Tough to keep up with, even. It makes Julie Wraithmell dizzy.

“I’m at a point in our legislative session where my adrenal gland has about run out of juice,” said Wraithmell, director of wildlife conservation with Audubon of Florida.

Over the past couple of months, the stage has been set for a major shift in Florida’s energy exploration landscape. Possibilities lurking at both the state and federal levels could create an oil and natural gas exploration bonanza both offshore and on public lands.

“It’s a tough economic climate right now and legislators are looking at any way to bring in revenue,” Wraithmell said.

Recently, a transportation bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives which would increase energy exploration across the board. Where Florida is concerned, the eastern Gulf of Mexico—currently off-limits to drilling—would be opened up through a redrawing of the central-eastern boundary and incremental lease sales.

In Tallahassee, lawmakers are looking to open up state lands to exploration. Currently, they’ve zeroed in on Blackwater River State Forest in Santa Rosa County, but the language is loose and there could be ramifications for any state land in Florida.

“There may be some oil up there,” said State Sen. Greg Evers. “They could actually get some. Who knows?”

For energy companies it could be the dawn of a new frontier. A lot’s on the table.

The Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska, California and vast swaths of the country could become fair game.

And Florida. Both inland and offshore. The industry’s been eyeing the state for years like it was the last virgin at the prom, and now it may finally be coming up for grabs.

For the energy industry, it could be shaping up to be a good year. For folks like Wraithmell, it’s discouraging.

“It’s a climate where anything can go,” she said.

HUNTING BLACKWATER’S BLACK WATER

It’s difficult to discern a state line in the middle of a forest. Trees don’t observe such jurisdictional boundaries and neither do oil deposits.

Oil companies, however, must observe state lines and all the accompanying laws.

Or, at least, get the laws changed.

Currently, Fair ways E xploration and Produc tion , LLC is look ing for oil in A labama’s Conecuh National Forest .

They seem encoura ged , enough so to want to t ake a poke around in neighboring B lack water River St ate Forest in Florida .

To that end, State Rep. Clay Ford, as well as Sen. Evers, introduced bills which seek to foster public-private partnerships in public land energy ventures.

“I’ve been told we’ve got about three million acres that are worth taking a look at,” said Ford in early February.

Initially, the bills covered all state lands, but people down south get squeamish when it comes to the Everglades. As the bills have worked their way through committee they have been whittled into Panhandle-centric pieces of legislation, meaning they pertain exclusively to Blackwater.

“The folks down there in the Everglades did not want this down there,” explained Evers. “—what the consensus was ... if you will limit it to Tallahassee and back to the west that will be fine.”

The bills—H.B. 695 and S.B. 1158—encourage exploration on state lands by offering companies’ the option of exclusive deals once they strike oil. Currently, companies can explore for oil on state lands that allow for such in their contingency plans, but then they must compete with other company’s when the land becomes available.

“They would get the first right of refusal,” Evers explained.

The only state land the bills would affect is Blackwater River State Forest, as that is the only locale west of Tallahassee with a contingency plan which allows for drilling. The area is home to historical wells that some say should be revisited with modern technology.

“We’re all just speculating,” Evers said. “We don’t know, it all depends on an oil company coming in and doing the seismic exploration.”

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Right now, the Panhandle legislators contend, oil companies have little incentive to explore, given that their efforts could all be for naught if another company scooped up the property.

Fairways Exploration has dispatched lobbyist Dale Patchett—a former state representative and former deputy director of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection—to push the pair of bills in Tallahassee.

The company’s good to go as soon as their man gets it straight on the books.

Truth is, the company is already in Blackwater.

“Fairways Exploration has already done some seismic work in Blackwater,” Evers said, explaining that the company needed to come across the state line into Blackwater—“couple of miles or something, I don’t know”—in order to get accurate seismic data in relation to neighboring Conecuh.

In mid-December, local hunters could be found sulking online on the Pensacola Fishing Forum.

“In BW where I hunt they have cleared so much land and cut down a lot of old trees to get in there and test the area,” wrote Deersniper270. “I haven’t ever seen so much orange.”

The Audubon Society is worried about more than hunting. The organization is alarmed at the possible fate of Blackwater because the forest is home to the endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker and only recently remediated from drilling activity in the middle of last century.

“It’s arguably one of the best examples of longleaf pine in the Southeast,” Wraithmell said, wondering aloud why Floridians would want to lure oil companies into the forest to begin with. “Why should we have our thumbs on the scale in the favor of the oil company?”

Plus, she’s not convinced the drilling would be confined to Blackwater, or the Panhandle.

“Management plans can easily be changed, so that’s any state land,” she said.

The pair of Northwest Florida legislators seemed satisfied enough to be bringing the oil game back to their neck of the woods.

Evers, in fact, is aiming to get the ball rolling right through his backyard—the senator owns property in Blackwater.

“Yes I do, I was born and raised on Blackwater State Forest.” Evers said. “Through the course of my life, I have purchased some land on Blackwater.”

The Blackwater River State Forest has pockets of privately owned land. Evers ballparked his property holdings, estimating that he had around four parcels ranging between 25 to 75 acres a piece.

While Fairway’s neighboring seismic exploration could certainly provide evidence to encourage private property owners to take the plunge on their own chunks of forest land, the senator contends that the company’s presence in Blackwater would not enhance his own property holdings “one iota,” pointing out that he could already lease his land to treasure hunters.

“I could already do that,” Evers said. “If an oil company called me and said, ‘Greg, I understand you’ve got 75 acres of land and we want to do seismic work on it’—I could already do that.”

Both Evers and Ford said they were opposed to drilling offshore in Florida’s state or federal waters. They’ve wrapped that opposition into their arguments favoring inland drilling.

“It’d just be a better situation,” Evers said.

“If we do it on land, we don’t have to worry about our beaches.”

But it doesn’t have to be an either-or situation. While Tallahassee concerns itself with state lands, legislators at the federal level seem to have more of an appetite to explore offshore.

“We’ll see. That’s a federal issue,” Evers bristled at the notion. “We don’t want the situation we had last year ... well, I guess it was two years ago—time flies when you’re having fun—we don’t want that on our beaches.”

THE D.C. DILEMMA

The voice on the other end of the line was full of cautious optimism. It sounded weary from lugging around the huge asterisk it was required to install at the end of each sentence.

Dan McFaul—U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller’s chief of staff—shrouded his excitement in a whispered hush, like he was dolling out directions to a super-exclusive party where the drinks would be free, but, alas, non-alcoholic. His boss was apparently getting close to muscling the RESTORE Act a few yards up the legislative field.

“It’s bad for the country.

It’s bad for Florida.”

Bryan Gulley Launched last fall by a group of Gulf Coast lawmakers, the RESTORE Act is an attempt to keep 80 percent of fines resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the region instead of sending the untold billions to the federal treasury. McFaul reported that the act was getting “tweaked” and attached to a transportation and energy bill in an effort to get it passed.

But there was a catch: RESTORE was getting attached to H.R. 7, which would open up previously untapped areas of the country to energy exploration. The bill is a candy-coated dream for the oil and natural gas industries.

In addition to opening up the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge and the Outer Continental Shelf to drilling, as well as assuring the Keystone XL pipeline, the bill puts the eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico on the table. The bill—which passed the house the next day, with RESTORE attached—includes language that redraws the central-eastern boundary in the Gulf, effectively opening up everything west of the Military Mission Line to oil and natural gas activities; it also requires incremental leasing of 50-block tracts in the eastern gulf, as well as gives the secretaries of Interior and Defense the authority to prioritize energy exploration over military exercises on a case-by-case basis.

The irony of attaching RESTORE to H.R. 7 was not lost on McFaul. He said piggybacking the act onto a bill which opened Florida’s portion of the gulf—rigs as close as nine miles off of Pensacola Beach—was “not ideal.” The final bill passed, but Rep. Miller voted no, because of the eastern gulf provisions.

“I understand the bill passed the House and it’s likely symbolic,” said Wraithmell. “I’m not sure the Senate will take it up, and Obama will never sign it.”

Florida Sen. Bill Nelson doesn’t expect the energy aspects of the bill to gather much support in the senate. He still considers the eastern Gulf of Mexico as untouchable.

“That provision isn’t in the senate bill and it’s not there for good reasons,” said Bryan Gulley, Nelson’s press secretary. “It’s bad for the country. It’s bad for Florida. And Bill Nelson would do whatever he could to stop it.”

SINGING IN THE RAIN

The drizzle has turned into a bona fide shower in front of the federal building on Palafox Street. Christina Ortland pops an umbrella over her two small children and their protest signs decrying the push for full-throttle energy exploration.

“It’s not about our generation,” Ortland said.

“It’s about the next five generations from now.”

The mother has brought her daughters out to join in an afternoon protest outside the Pensacola offices of Sen. Marco Rubio. Large cardboard cutouts of the senator and Rep. Miller greet passerbys and get progressively soggier in the rain.

Ortland is a biologist by trade. She’s still reeling over the 2010 oil spill and the fact that her kids get black, sticky goo on them when they play at the beach. Plumbing the depths offshore of Florida, or the state lands in Blackwater—“awesome,” she laughed, pumping her fist sarcastically in the air—does not strike her as a good idea.

“We can’t even eat the mullet in our generation,” Ortland said, before retreating to drier ground. “I can’t imagine three generations from now.”

At the Audubon Society, Wraithmell understands the mother’s distress.

“See how I’m frustrated?” she asked.

The following Tuesday—on Feb. 21— Evers’ bill hit the state senate’s Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee.

Though the bill was expected to pass the Republican-led committee, the bill was temporarily postponed.

“The governor had some problems with it so we just TP’d the bill,” Sen. Evers explained following the committee meeting. “It’s probably dead for this year.”

Evers said he didn’t know if he’d float the bill during the next legislative session. The senator also said his bill’s death would have implications for Rep. Ford’s twin bill.

“If one doesn’t pass, the other doesn’t pass,” Evers said.

While the pair of state bills have apparently lost their steam for now, the broader ball game continues offshore. The fate of the eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico currently rests in the U.S. Senate. {in}

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If I move to Birmingham, I’m four times more likely to own a business.

Only half of my black neighbors own their homes.

I’m 3.7 times more likely to be placed in the criminal justice system.

Racial Disparity by the Numbers

Twice as likely my parents didn’t graduate from high school.

By Rick Outzen The lives of African-Americans in Escambia County are very different from those of their white counterparts. While local leaders like to talk about improving the quality of life of the city and county as they plan the course of this community for the next 25 years, that phrase—“quality of life”— has a very different meaning for black families who see themselves falling further behind.

One-in-four chance I will have a heart condition.

The disparities in business, education, health and juvenile justice between blacks and whites are huge and have gotten worse over the past 10 years. Local leaders might as well be talking about space travel to the black community— unless they are willing to address the disparities.

AfricanAmericans make up 23 percent of Escambia County’s population and 28 percent of the City of Pensacola, according to the 2010 U.S. census. A third of them live below the poverty rate, and their median household income is $22,787 less than white households—almost $7,000 worse than in 2000.

Only three out of every five black students graduate from the Escambia County public school system, while 83 percent of the white students graduate.

Less than 40 percent of the black students read at or above their grade level.

The percentage for their white classmates is 72 percent.

The rates for heart attacks, stroke and diabetes for blacks in Escambia County are much higher than the averages for blacks statewide and nationally. The fetal and infant death rates are also higher than those averages, and about three times higher than those for whites in Escambia County.

In addition, compared to the statewide averages, black youth in Escambia County are more likely to wind up in the criminal justice system. They are more likely to be detained, more likely to be committed and more likely to be tried as adults.

The City of Pensacola contracted last year to have a disparity study done to help serve as the legal basis for the city possibly restructuring its purchasing and contracting to include more minorityowned businesses and contractors. While that study will be released soon, the IN wanted to do its own analysis of the disparities, looking beyond economics and city contracts.

The IN gathered the latest data available to give a fuller picture of disparities between the black and white communities. The paper believes that any revitalization of Escambia County and Pensacola will not be sustainable unless it revitalizes all aspects of this community.

The numbers are disturbing. They are intertwined and will require coordination of leadership, commitment and effort between the black and white communities to begin narrowing the gaps. The IN hopes that these statistics will become part of the local political dialogue during this year’s election cycle.

Ignoring them or waiting for them to right themselves hasn’t worked. ▶

The IN hopes that these statistics will become part of the local political dialogue during this year’s election cycle.

If my mom is younger than 20, I have a 25% chance of having a sibling.

Only a 13% chance of being an Escambia County teacher.

One-in-six chance to be a principal.

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RACIAL DISPARITY BY THE NUMBERS

Economic Profile The UWF Haas Center for Business Research and Economic Development helped the paper develop an economic profile. Poverty is pervasive in the black community. The poverty rate is three times higher. The employment rate and the percentage of individuals at the age of 25 and over without a high school diploma are more that twice as high than those for whites in Escambia County.

The gap in median household incomes between blacks and whites worsened during the last decade. For every one dollar a black household increased its income, a white family improved by three dollars.

American Community Survey 5-year estimates

White

Black

Difference

Median household income in the past 12 months (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars)

$49,279

$26,492

$ (22,787)

Median household income per 2000 Census

$38,881

$22,846

$(16,035)

Improvement from 2000 to 2010

$10,398

$3,646

Poverty

White

Black

Individuals below the poverty rate

20,848

20,006

Poverty rate

10.7%

32.7%

3.06

High School Education

White

Black

Ratio

Number of Individuals Age 25 and over without a High School Diploma

14,838

8,570

% of population 25 and over without a HS diploma

10.3%

22.6%

2.19

Home ownership

White

Black

Ratio

Occupied housing units

84,911

22,341

Ratio

Owner Occupied Housing (number of units) 60,867

11,934

% owner occupied

71.7%

53.4%

0.75

Unemployment Rate

White

Black

Ratio

8.3%

17.9%

2.16

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006-2010 American Community Survey

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Education Profile The demographics of the Escambia County public school system are changing, according to reports from the Florida Department of Education. Fifteen years ago, white students comprised 60 percent of the enrollment. Today, the percentage is slightly less than half. The percentage of black students has remained relatively flat.

However, the school system has few minority principals and has had a three percent decrease in black full-time instructional staff over the past three years.

The gap in education outcomes between the races is expansive and the percentages are below the state averages. Despite the school district receiving nearly $60 million in Title 1 funds to help economically-disadvantaged students, a smaller percentage of black students graduate. The percentages for reading and math proficiency are also significantly less than their white classmates and behind the state averages.

Enrollment - Students

2008-2009

2011-2012

Change

Total

40,921

40,495

(426) -1.0%

White

21,602

20,124

(1,478) -6.8%

Black

14,949

14,287

(662) -4.4%

Other

4,370

6,084

39.2%

Graduation Rate, 2010-11 (per Average Yearly Progress reporting)

Escambia

State

Overall

72%

78%

White

83%

85%

Black

58%

67%

Reading Proficiency (per Average Yearly Progress reporting)

Escambia

State

Overall

59%

62%

White

72%

73%

Black

39%

44%

Math Proficiency (per Average Yearly Progress reporting)

Escambia

State

Overall

62%

68%

White

74%

78%

Black

43%

51%

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Full-time Instruction Staff

2008-2009

2011-2012

Persons

Total

2,974

3,203

229 (7.7%)

White

2,481

2,604

123 (5.0%)

Black

421

408

-13 (-3.1%)

Other

72

191

119 (265.3%)

Principals

Total

White

Black

Other

Elementary

31

26

4

1

Middle

9

6

1

2

High

7

5

2

0

Other

3

2

1

0

Total

50

39

8

3

Percentage

78%

16%

6%

Student demographics

50%

35%

15%

Source: Florida Department of Education

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Health Profile On July 27, 2006, the Comprehensive Assessment for Tracking Health 2005 study was released.

The 600-page assessment reported that health problems in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties are akin to those found in third-world countries and had gotten worse since the last study in 1995, especially among minorities and the poor.

On 430 specific health indicators, the poor health outcomes were more prevalent in areas where there are large numbers of minority and/or lower income residents.

The latest statistics from the Florida Department of Health show the health issues in the black community in Escambia are still worse than the state averages and in comparison with their white neighbors.

Many forego medical treatment that they can’t afford and ultimately seek care in emergency rooms.

Chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease are not managed appropriately and prescription medications are not taken as needed, causing conditions to worsen and become increasingly expensive to treat.

Median Age

Both Sexes

Male

Female

White

41.3

39.3

43.5

Black

30.5

29.0

32.0

Source: 2010 Census Summary File 1 prepared by the U.S. Census Bureau, 2011 Adults who have ever had a heart attack, angina or coronary disease

Escambia

State

Black

23%

8%

White

10%

11%

Adults who have ever had a stroke

Escambia

State

Black

10%

4%

White

3%

4%

Births to mothers ages 15-19 (2008-2010- rate per 1,000 births)

Escambia

State

Black

78.4

57.2

White

32.8

31.2

Births to unwed mothers ages 20-54 (2008-2010- rate per 1,000 births)

Escambia

State

Black

76.6

66.0

White

33.2

37.2

Fetal deaths (2008-2010- rate per 1,000 births)

Escambia

State

Black

14.1

12.7

White

5.4

5.6

Infant deaths, first year (2008-2010- rate per 1,000 births)

Escambia

State

Black

16.5

12.6

White

6.8

5.1

Source: Florida CHARTS - Minority Health Profile, www.floridacharts.org

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Juvenile Justice Profile Last year, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice released its Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Benchmark Report that provided a systematic assessment of the juvenile justice system in Florida and within its 67 counties. The department looked at referrals to the justice system and how the cases were handled.

According to the report, African-American youth were increasingly overrepresented over the past decade, especially at the front-end stage—youth referred to the juvenile justice system.

In Escambia County, more than a third of the black population is less than 20-years-old, according to the latest census. When the DMC study was done in 2009, there were 31,092 youth in the Escambia County area between the ages of 10 and 17. Black youth comprised 30 percent of that total.

The referral rate for black youth in Escambia County was 3.7 times higher than the rate of white youth referred in FY 2009-10. This was a 9 percent increase from FY 2005-06 and 1.4 times higher than the statewide average of FY 2009-10.

In addition, compared to the statewide averages of FY 2009-10, black youth in Escambia County were more likely to be judicially disposed, more likely to be detained, more likely to be committed and more likely to be tried as adults.

COMMUNITY FEEDBACK

The Independent News shared these statistics with AfricanAmerican ministers and received the following comments: Rev. Lonnie Wesley, III, pastor of Greater Little Rock Baptist Church: “I have seen the numbers and they are staggering. I believe this calls for a lot of self-evaluation; then we all must get involved to find the solution in order to initiate a change for the better of all of our children in this county. And we must do it now. Now is the time.”

Rev. Charles Morris, pastor of Bethel AME Church: “Though every citizen in our community will view these statistics as disturbing and embarrassing, our poor and underserved struggle with this stark reality every single day.

“Until we can address the issues with our failing school system, all the other dire statistics relating to economics, health and even criminal justice will remain unabated.

“A just society is always measured by how you treat the least, the lost, and the left-out! We cannot become the next great city until we can reason together as a community on what is just and right and fair.”

Rev. LuTimothy May, pastor of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church: “The statistical data indicates that to continue ignoring the daunting disparities that currently exist in Escambia county is an open acceptance to the dismal decay and decline of an entire community.” {in} February 23, 2012

Referrals – 2,814 youth locally

Escambia

State

White

33%

39%

Black

64%

42%

Judicially Disposed: 2,195

Escambia

State

White

31%

37%

Black

67%

46%

Detained: 1,049

Escambia

State

White

28%

33%

Black

70%

49%

Committed: 343

Escambia

State

White

24%

35%

Black

72%

51%

Transferred to Adult Court: 126

Escambia

State

White

28%

27%

Black

70%

55%

Source: Florida Department of Juvenile Justice

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Give Up

Life During Lent

by Jennie McKeon

While the purpose of Lent is supposed to be spiritual, it wouldn’t hurt to be healthier.

And while you decide what to give up, it’s important to know why you should give up a particular food and what would be its best substitute when the cravings kick in.

GIVING UP THE GOODS

As the excesses of Mardi Gras subside, certain denominations within the Christian religion begin their observance of Lent. The tradition is based on Jesus’ 40 days of fasting in the desert, and often involves giving up certain foods or drinks.

While a short-term Lent commitment has spiritual aims, a longer term change in one’s diet—letting go of things like alcohol or sugar—could prove beneficial as well.

Leah Seacrest is the wellness coordinator for Sacred Heart Health system and group fitness director and operator for Studio P Pilates at Omni Health and Fitness. Seacrest has a bachelor’s degree in nutrition from the University of Georgia and has been a trainer for over 20 years in health and wellness.

Needless to say, she knows her way around nutrition facts.

“Truly, more so than a singular food or drink, it may be more beneficial to go to the source of our ‘demons’ and give up a habit,” Seacrest said in an e-mail interview. “For example, I had a client that ate fairly healthy but was in the routine of having a heavy snack before bedtime. Once we worked out a better eating schedule during the day of three meals and two snacks, and stopped any snacks after 7 p.m., she lost the extra 10 pounds that hadn’t budged before. So, she really didn’t give up anything, she just readjusted her habits.”

Seacrest had another client who could not stop herself from eating the chocolates she kept on her desk. The solution was replacing them with mints.

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Those of you out there with a sweet-tooth are most likely vowing to give up candy and chocolate for Lent. You might think those yogurts with fruit at the bottom, or ones named after desserts, would be a great substitute (Heidi Klum likes them!), but Seacrest points out their faults.

“What’s at the bottom of those yogurts are nothing like real fruit, most of the time it’s a sugary gel substance that adds no nutritive value and is far from real fruit,” she said.

“And, quite frankly if a yogurt has a frilly name, it’s probably not good for you. Yogurt’s nutrients are good for everyone and its mix of carbohydrates and protein are great, but pick the wrong kind and a single serving of yogurt can have a really high amount of sugar and saturated fat. It’s better to pick a yogurt with additional active cultures to help your digestive system, or plain yogurt and liven it up with fresh fruit or nuts.”

Instead, Seacrest says you want a yogurt that has “live and active” cultures with no more than 180 calories, one and a half grams of saturated fat and 30 grams of sugar. You want at least 20 percent of your daily calcium and 300 milligrams of potassium with your yogurt.

Energy bars are another misleading “healthy alternative.”

“I heard once, most of them being described as candy bars rolled in granola, and, that is basically what they are,” Seacrest said.

“A lot of them out there are filled with high fructose corn syrup, added sugar, and saturated fat. Plus most of them are more of a snack size, but because of their calorie content they really should replace an entire meal.”

Seacrest suggests fueling up with “high and pastas. After the holidays you may have quality carbs and protein” by opting for a already had your fill of candy and alcohol. If one-quarter cup of trail mix or one and a half not, try giving up either one. Candy addicts ounces of low-fat cheese and three or four can cut 300 calories or more by eliminating it small, whole-grain crackers. from your diet, the same goes for alcohol.

Many observers of Lent might give up “A lot of candies are pure sugar and have breads—taking a cue from fad diets—but nearly zero nutritive value. They are digested you don’t have to. Instead, you can substivery rapidly, raise your blood sugar supertute white bread, which is essentially sugar, fast, and leave you wanting another handful.” and choose wholegrain. However, Seacrest Seacrest said. “Need a healthy alternative? explains, shopping for wholegrain can be Reach for a piece of fruit. To make it a great tricky too. snack, pair the fruit with a protein, like peanut “Opt for wholegrain bread with complex butter. Alcohol consumption also contribcarbohydrates and fiber,” she said. “Look for utes to you eating more, thus leading to more whole grain flour, a simple ingredient list, prefcalories ingested.” erably two to three grams of fiber per slice and preferably minimal sweeteners. Wholegrain breads do tend You might notice after 40 days that you to have more don’t crave sweets, alcohol or white bread as calories than much as you think. Maybe this is what Lent is their white all about—realizing what’s really important in counterpart life and what we can live without. so you can “The small steps add up,” Seacrest said. always do “Little changes in eating and activity level lettuce wraps have a more positive impact on health than as a healthy drastic ones. Rarely do extreme diets last alternative.” over the long term. So, maybe give yourself You could a goal like, ‘I will give up fried foods Monday also be a more through Friday’ or ‘I will only drink one soda conscious label a day.’ That way, you are giving yourself a reader and give doable goal.”

Lent or no Lent, people are constantly up types of foods or ingredients. Eliminating seeking ways to shed a few pounds. Making processed foods, which are typically overeata lifestyle change shouldn’t last for a month en Seacrest said, would do a body good. or two, but a lifetime and so you need to be “Processed foods make up a big percentpatient with yourself. age of snacks people eat every day,” she said.

“I think the number one piece of advice is “Processed foods can contain several things don’t beat yourself up,” Seacrest said. “Everythat are bad for our health.” one is trying to balance the ups and downs of Two culprits you’ll find in processed foods life with family, friends, work, etc., on top of are trans fat and high fructose corn syrup, trying to eat right and exercise. It’s okay if you which Seacrest said you should be on the overindulge every once in a while and it’s okay lookout for. if you fall off your path. Forgive yourself and “Trans fats raise bad cholesterol and get right back on track.” {in} lower good cholesterol,” Seacrest said. “You can find them in commercially fried foods and packaged foods, like baked goods. Another name for them you will see on packaging is ‘hydrogenated.’ Trans fats contribute to weight gain and put you 5151 N. 9th Ave. 416-7000 at greater risk for heart disease, cancer, and stroke.”

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Health Talk: Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida

by Jennie McKeon

Once you’ve decided to give up, you should also give back. Lent is not only a time for prayer and fasting, but alms giving.

“Lent represents becoming stronger in our faith and a reflection of ‘Love thy Neighbor,” said Mark Dufva, executive director of Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida. “What better way to share love than giving back?”

Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida isn’t as interested in knowing which church you go to as they are in helping the community. Of the 53 ,000 people served by the northwest chapter—which covers Pensacola, Fort Walton Beach, Panama City and Tallahassee—85 percent are not Catholic.

“We serve need, not creed,” Dufva said.

Dufva said the pre-Lent party is usually more popular than giving up and giving back.

“I see too much Mardi Gras and not enough Lent,” he said.

How you choose to give back is up to you.

It doesn’t have to be just writing checks.

“Ask yourself, ‘How do I improve my community?’ Improve through your talent and time—share the wealth you’ve been blessed with,” Dufva said.

Many people choose to give back through the Bridges to Circles project, which matches motivated individuals living in poverty with allies who provide emotional support and assist with life issues.

Haley Richards is the Bridges to Circles community organizer. She started out as an ally with her mom and sister.

“It’s a different approach,” Richards said about the initiative. “Instead of putting canned goods in a box, you build a relationship and see how they transform.”

There are two options to becoming an ally and joining a circle, or a family trying to overcome poverty. The first is a matched circle, which is two to three allies working with one low-income family focused on accomplishing goals and building relationships. The second option is the outcome circle, where two to three circle leaders and two to three allies focus on one outcome such as finances, small business development or homeownership.

Allies do not support families financially, but rather emotionally. Allies are asked to commit to meetings on the first and third Tuesday of the month and weekly optional meetings.

Allies must complete a two-hour training session that gives an overview on Bridges to Circles as well as Bridges Out of Poverty, a session that offers strategies for allies. All training is conducted at the Catholic Charities’ Outreach Center at 1815 N. 6th Ave. from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

The next Bridges Out of Poverty class is Thursday, March 8 and the next Ally Training session is Thursday, Feb. 23.

Contact Richards at 429-7296, ext. 17 to sign-up for training.

Whether it’s Bridges to Circles or visiting inmates, often the volunteers are just as touched as those who are helped.

“I’ve been helped more than the people I’m helping,” Dufva said. “I leave my prison ministries and I think, ‘Did I help them as much as they helped me?’”

It’s good for the community to know what needs to be improved on, and to build relationships with people from all walks of life.

“We motivate families to help change the system, barriers that keep people in poverty,” Richards said. “We want to change some things in the community.”

Bridges to Circles often helps break barriers between social class and the positive change is evident in some families. As of November 2011 there has been a 48 percent increase in median income for circles, from $576 to $1232 after 18 months.

“It was eye-opening,” Richards said of being an ally. “You know, there are people out there who are motivated to change—go against stereotypes. We worked with a couple of families who couldn’t look you in the eye when they first came here. Now, they’re willing to come and share their story.” {in}

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Pensacola Museum of Art has a new exhibit featuring works by the Florida Highwaymen—a group of 26 African-Americans who broke convention and escaped a life of manual labor to paint—on display now through March 17. Do yourself a favor and go check it out. pensacolamuseumofart.org painting by James Gibson

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Original and Amped Those that do have that amount of original music go on to round two. Then I go out and listen to them play live in clubs.

Here I am, a man of a certain age, standing in the corner of The Handlebar listening to music late into the night. It is research after all.

IN: Where are the concerts held? And, can we see it live, or is it only on TV? Harrell: The concerts are held in the Jean and Paul Amos Performance Studio on the campus of Pensacola State College. It is a beautiful 500-seat studio and theater. All of the performances are free and open to the public. We shoot the performances with six cameras for the highest quality recording.

Dannica Lowery / photo by Brittnay Therese Photography It’s just the thing to fill the gap between your action packed weekends: WSRE is about to kick off its fourth season of StudioAmped. The eight-concert series features an eclectic mix of bands, all performing original material. The concerts are held in the 500-seat Jean & Paul Ramos Performance Studio on the campus of Pensacola State College and are free and open to the public.

IN had a chance to talk to concert producer, Bill Harrell, about the history of the event, the changes made this year and what we have to look forward to with season four.

IN: So, this is like a version of Austin City Limits, Pensacola style?

Harrell: We tried to get the same feel as Austin City Limits for our events.

IN: What is different about this year?

Harrell: Well, for season two and three, we featured free soda and pizza and the concerts were spread out over eight Fridays for a couple months. It was so hard to set up and tear down the sets. Time is money for the station, so we changed the format. This season, we are featuring a concert a night over eight nights and two weeks starting Thursday, Feb. 27. With this scheduling format, the bands don’t have to give up money-making gigs. Often the bands choose to release new CDs on their scheduled night.

The concert series will offer a variety of musical genres including pop, rock, reggae, indie, country and more. Bands scheduled to appear are:

throughout the Southeast. Formed in Colorado in 2005, the band opened for national acts such as Junior Toots, The Itals and Mystic Roots while living in the Denver area.

FEB. 27 - BIG PICTURE Pensacola-based band Big Picture includes members Todd McCabe, Chaz Pare and Scott Riggs, with a 1980s pop/ rock sound.

FEB. 28 - ELYSE THEROSE Indie rock band Elyse Therose began in Niceville, with vocalist Erin Elyse Jeffreys.

Elyse Therose won the 2011 University of West Florida's Battle of the Bands and has opened for the Gin Blossoms, Drivin’ N Cryin’, and Brooke Fraser.

FEB. 29 - ROMAN STREET From the Mobile area, Roman Street describes their music as Latin jazz and their group as an “acoustic jam band with a Latin flair.” Their trio—classical guitar, acoustic guitar and congas—plays music that is simultaneously relaxing and breathtaking.

IN: How many years have you been involved with StudioAmped?

Harrell: I started in the second year, so this is my third year of producing the shows. I have been with WSRE for six years as the development of community engagement and development.

IN: How did it start?

Harrell: It was a vision of the station manager. We needed to create a music series, and original music is something many people really appreciate. The concept, as it is today, remains the same as when it started. WSRE is missing a lot of funding this year, so anything that creates programming is a good thing.

IN: Who picks the artists?

Harrell: That is a tough thing to do—there is so much talent in the area. The first qualifying factor is if the bands have seventy-five minutes of good, original music.

Roman Street / photo by John Estes

MARCH 6 - DANNICA LOWERY With nothing but her crystal clear voice and acoustic guitar, Santa Rosa Beach performer Dannica Lowery tells the stories of her life.

MARCH 7 – THE ICARUS EFFECT Alternative/hard rock band The Icarus Effect, from Pensacola, has performed at DeLuna Fest and Vinyl Music Hall. The band includes vocalist Scotty Houseknecht, guitarist Ralph Haynes, guitarist/ tablist Mike Bersabal, bassist Cory Dull and drummer Ray Ruddy.

MARCH 8 - FORREST WILLIAMS BAND Destin’s Forrest Williams Band plays a range of music from country to soul to rock and roll.

All concerts are taped in high-definiMARCH 1 - BROOKE WOODS tion by WSRE’s award-winning production Since her stage debut at 2-years-old, team. Beginning Thursday, April 12, WSRE country singer Brooke Woods has been will televise each concert on Thursdays winning over audiences. While singing from 9 to10 p.m., with a repeat on the foland playing fiddle with the Sawmill Band lowing Wednesday from 10 to 11 p.m. {in} at The Farmer's Opry in Pace for years, Brooke performed with country legends such as Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, Ronnie McDowell, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Rodney Atkins and many more. Now WHEN: 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) a solo artist, Brooke and her band Thursday, Feb. 27 perform across the southeast.

WHERE: Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd.

MARCH 5 - TRIBE ZION COST: Free Tribe Zion delivers a mix of regDETAILS: wsre.org/studioamped gae/hip hop/ska/punk/rock. Based in Pensacola, Tribe Zion tours

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The Constellations Return IN: Might we expect any other collaboration with artists in the future?

WH: We have some ideas of who we would like to work with, but I can’t give any specifics because it’s kind of in the works now. So, the answer is yes.

They’ve been busy since the last trip to town. The Atlantabased Constellations have been recording, collaborating with Cee Lo Green and planning an extensive summer tour. While driving to Asheville, N.C for a show, the Constellations’ Wes Hoffman took some time out to discuss life on the road and what it’s like to return home.

IN: Were you working on anything prior to planning out the tour?

WH: We were actually recording all winter. We spent a month in the studio and we’re trying to make some of the new stuff available to the public. We want to get some of it out before the Warped Tour. And we just put out a video for the song we did with Cee Lo, “Love is a Murder.”

IN: How did you guys meet?

How did the band come about?

WH: Well, the most recent album we released, “Southern Gothic,” actually started out as a studio project of Elijah Jones (singer) and producer Ben Allen. I was urging them to release the album. Everyone who ended up playing on the album kind of already knew each other from working or playing in other bands around Atlanta.

IN: So it all just kind of came photo by Jennifer Tzar together?

WH: Yes, and the members of IN: Have you played any other festivalthe group now are the true, holdfast ones. type things?

We’ve seen a lot of people come and go. The WH: Yeah, we were on the festival circuit last band is often a collective of musicians, you year. We played Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Austin never really know what you’re going to get.

City Limits, Music Midtown and DeLuna Fest.

Festivals can be really cool. It’s fun playing to IN: I see you guys have a pretty extenan audience that big, but at the same time, you sive tour lined up from now until the can’t really vibe off the energy of the people in end of August. the crowd because they’re so far away.

WH: We’re on the road right now with reggae artist Mishka. And we’re going to be IN: What is life on the road like for you guys? doing the whole Vans Warped Tour. They’re WH: We’ve got a van, pulling a trailer betrying to rebrand the Warped Tour a little hind it. It’s just a bunch of stinky dudes. It’s and make it so it’s not just punk, but a little really not very glamorous. It is fun, though. of this and a little of that. We could end up We like to hang out and have a good time. rising like a lead balloon or it could go over Ninety percent of the time is spent driving really well. from city to city.

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IN: I saw that you collaborated with Cee Lo Green, how was that?

WH: It was great. He kind of just showed up and did his thing, drank some Patron. I think that’s all he drinks. He’s actually pretty shy and keeps to himself. He is just this amazingly talented singer, composer, songwriter, etc. He walks in and just knocks it out of the park on the first take.

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JAUNE QUICK-TO-SEE SMITH EXHIBITION 8 a.m. through Mar 9. Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd, Bldg. 15.

484-1851 or pensacolastate.edu.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

‘RETURN TO BLACK AND WHITE’ 10 a.m. through Mar 2. Artel Gallery, 223 Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

‘STUFF I MADE’ 10 a.m. through Mar 2. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox.

432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

‘ALL NATURAL’ 10 a.m. through Mar 15. TAG at UWF, Bldg. 82, 11000 University Parkway. 474Faster Pussycat 2696 or tag82uwf.wordpress.com.

VEGAN DINNER AT EOTL 6 p.m. End of the Line ‘WELCOME TO MARGARITACafé, 610 E. Wright St. 429-0336 or eotlcafe.com.

VILLE’ MARGARITA TASTING 2 p.m. MargaritaPHINEAS PHOGGETTES 10 p.m. Phineas ville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. Beach. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

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WINE TASTING AT AWM 5 p.m. Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. Ninth Ave. 433-9463 or aragonwinemarket.com.

HOME GROWN NIGHT 5 p.m. Florabama, 17401 DINNER AND AN ARIA 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

Reservations required. Jackson’s Steakhouse, 400 THE DAVENPORTS 6 p.m. The Leisure Club, 126 S. Palafox. 469-9898 or jacksons.goodgrits.com.

S. Palafox. 912-4229 or tlcdowntown.com.

HERB CLASS AT EVER’MAN 6 p.m. $2 for COMMON THREAD 6 p.m. The Grand Marlin, non-members. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach.

Garden St. 438-0402 or everman.org.

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LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse. goodgrits.com.

AUTO DEFIANCE $4-$6.

The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

HOLLY SHELTON 7 p.m.

Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

CHARLIE ROBERTS 7 p.m.

Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 469-1001 or hubstaceys.com.

KARAOKE WITH BECKY 7:30 p.m. Sabine Sandbar, 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 934-3141 or dalesbigdeck.com.

TIM SPENCER 8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

FASTER PUSSYCAT 8 p.m. $10. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

DJ MR LAO 8 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

COLLEGE DANCE NIGHT 9 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

LIVIN THE DREAM 9 p.m. End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

JOHN BARBATO 9 p.m. Bama Dome, Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

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JAUNE QUICK-TO-SEE SMITH EXHIBITION 8 a.m. through Mar 9. Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd, Bldg. 15. 484-1851 or pensacolastate.edu.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/ darc.php.

‘RETURN TO BLACK AND WHITE’ 10 a.m. through Mar 2. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 4323080 or artelgallery.org.

‘STUFF I MADE’ 10 a.m. through Mar 2. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

‘ALL NATURAL’ 10 a.m. through Mar 15. TAG at UWF, Bldg. 82, 11000 University Parkway. 4742696 or tag82uwf.wordpress.com.

WINE TASTING AT DK 4:30 p.m. Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox. 438-4688 or dk4u.com.

WINE TASTING AT SEVILLE QUARTER 5 p.m.

Palace Café at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

WINE TASTING AT CITY GROCERY 5:15 p.m.

City Grocery, 2050 N. 12th Ave. 469-8100.

CHORAL SOCIETY PRESENTS ‘LYRIC LIBATIONS’ 5:30 p.m. $25, reservations requested.

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happenings HOLLY SHELTON AND DAVID SHELANDER 8 p.m. Ragtyme Grille, 201 S. Jefferson St. 429-9655 or ragtyme.net.

THE BLENDERS 8:30 p.m.

Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 4691001 or hubstaceys.com.

MIKE JENCKS & 1 HOT MESS 9 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshaker.com.

BAD HABITS 9 p.m.

The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. ‘All Natural’ / An exhibition of work by Chad Curtis / Postcard design by 470-0003 or fishhouse.

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LIVIN THE DREAM 9 p.m.

End O’ the Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. GovPENSACOLA ICEFLYERS VS. COLUMBUS COTernment St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

TONMOUTHS 7 p.m. Pensacola Civic Center, 201 E. THE REZ 9 p.m. Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 Gregory St. 432-0800 or pensacolaciviccenter.com.

E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

JERRY SEINFELD 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. Saenger Theatre, BUZZ CUTT 9 p.m. LiliMarlene’s at Seville Quarter, 118 S. Palafox. 595-3880 or pensacolasaenger.com.

130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

‘OF MICE AND MEN’ 7:30 p.m. Ashmore Fine MOJOFLO 9:30 p.m. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Arts Building, 1000 College Blvd. 484-1847 or Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com. pensacolastate.edu/lyceum.

LUCKY DOGS 9:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 PerSWING DANCING 8:30 p.m. American Legion, 1401 dido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

Intendencia St. $5. 437-5465 or pensacolaswing.com.

ADAM HOLT BAND 10:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 PHINEAS PHOGGETTES 10 p.m. Phineas Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

AFTER GAME SK ATE 10 p.m. Pensacola Civic Center, 201 E. Gregory St. 432-0800 or pensacolaciviccenter.com.

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BO ROBERTS 2 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

STEEL DRUMMER 6 p.m. Frank and Lola’s 1645 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.com.

JACK ROBERTSON 6 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

THE NAMES 6 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

PAUL KILLOUGH 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

SHAWN P & ADAM TYLER BROWN 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Rd. 497-0071 or hubstaceys.com.

SAWMILL BAND & GUESTS 7 p.m. Chumuckla’s Farmers’ Opry, 8897 Byrom Campbell Rd., Pace.

994-9219 or farmersopry.com.

KARAOKE WITH BECKY 7:30 p.m. Sabine Sandbar, 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 934-3141 or dalesbigdeck.com.

THE CONSTELLATIONS 8 p.m. $10. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

SHATTERMAT, SICKSICKSICKS, GUNS TO FIRE, TBA 8 p.m. $6-$8. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

PAT PRICHARD GROUP 8 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

SCOTTY & THE BRAIN 8 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach.

916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

DESTIN ATKINSON 8 p.m. The Leisure Club, 126 S. Palafox. 912-4229 or tlcdowntown.com.

DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

DJ MR LAO 8 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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PALAFOX MARKET 8 a.m. Saturdays, rain or shine, through Apr 30. Martin Luther King Plaza on N. Palafox St. between Chase and Garden streets. palafoxmarket.com.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

‘RETURN TO BLACK AND WHITE’ 10 a.m. through Mar 2. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 4323080 or artelgallery.org.

‘STUFF I MADE’ 10 a.m. Tuesday-Saturday through Mar 2. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 4323080 or artelgallery.org.

‘ALL NATURAL’ 10 a.m. through Mar 15. TAG at UWF, Bldg. 82, 11000 University Parkway. 4742696 or tag82uwf.wordpress.com.

CORVAIR LOVERS CAR SHOW 10 a.m. Days Inn, 16 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 932-1500.

‘MAKE YOUR OWN SOLID PERFUME AND LIP BALM’ 10 a.m. $5, reservations requested.

Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St. 4380402 or everman.org.

PENSACOLA CAMELLIA SHOW AND PLANT SALE 11 a.m. St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church.

3200 N. 12th Ave. 432-9743.

WOMEN’S CINDERELLA BALL AND LADIES NIGHT OUT 6 p.m. Bring a gift valued under $15 for the Mean Stepmother Gift Exchange. Pensacola Improv Center, 375 N. Pace Blvd. 941-4321.

JAZZFEST GOES ON! DIVA EXTRAVAGANZA 6 p.m. $20-$25. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 433-8382 or jazzpensacola.com.

BALLET PENSACOLA’S RED AND BLACK BALL 6:30 p.m. $150, reservations required.

New World Landing, 600 S. Palafox. 432-9546 or balletpensacola.com.

PENSACOLA ICEFLYERS VS. MISSISSIPPI RIVER KINGS 7 p.m. Pensacola Civic Center, 201 E. Gregory St. 432-0800 or pensacolaciviccenter.com.

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• Even at a time of schoolteacher layoffs nationally, the Buffalo, N.Y., school system continues to cover all costs for cosmetic surgery for teachers. The benefit was established in the calmer 1970s, and no one, it seems, anticipated the facelift and liposuction crazes that subsequently developed. The annual expense in recent years, for about 500 benefit-takers a year, has been from $5 million to $9 million (equivalent to the average salaries of at least 100 teachers). The teachers’ union said it is willing to give up the benefit in a new collective bargaining agreement, but a quirk in New York law lessens the incentive of teachers to negotiate such a contract (in that the current, highly lucrative contract remains in force until replaced).

GREAT ART! But, Why? (1) Two British designers (who claim they had the idea independently and learned of the other only after they finished) recently produced elegant pieces using parts from a 2012 Ford Focus. Judy Clark made a dress and a biker jacket adorned with car keys, radio and dashboard components, seat covers, a speedometer and red taillights.

Katherine Hawkins created a necklace using dials, springs, buttons, seat materials and instrument panel switches. (2) Swiss artist Christoph Buchel has now secured local permits to bury a Boeing 727 38 feet under a patch of California’s Mojave Desert, near Bakersfield. Visitors will take a tunnel down in order to tour the 153-foot-long plane.

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POLICE REPORT Police officers are of course generally forbidden to engage in sex acts in order to gather evidence. Thus, a scandal erupted in the U.K. in January when The Guardian revealed that two undercover officers had fathered children (to enhance their credibility) while infiltrating protest groups beginning in the 1980s. After the two women learned in late 2011 who their kids’ fathers really were, they filed lawsuits against the responsible police agencies. (In Sydney, Australia, a state contractor operated under no such restriction when it hired a brothel inspector in January. Brothels are legal and regulated in Sydney, and if off-books facilities are providing sex illegally, the inspector can testify from first-hand knowledge.)

• Mayor Jim Preacher of the town of Norway, S.C., was pulled over by a state trooper in January for speeding. Preacher was unable to convince the trooper that his speeding was necessary in the performance of a mayoral duty, and their encounter apparently ended bitterly. As soon as the trooper drove off, the mayor turned on his own blue lights, chased the trooper down and accused the trooper of speeding. (Norway disbanded its police department last year, and a question remains whether the mayor has police powers.)

THE PRICE IS RIGHT: (1) Ms. Khadijah Baseer was arrested in Los Angeles in January on suspicion of prostitution. According to several men, Baseer had opened their car doors in the drive-thru lane at a McDonald’s, offering them oral sex in exchange for Chicken McNuggets.

(2) Misty Kullman, 25, was arrested for prostitution in Shelby, N.C., in January after police stopped a man who said Kullman performed an act for the agreed-upon price of $6. The man said he paid Kullman with a $2 bill, three $1’s and coins. {in}

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Stone-baked pizza with fresh veggies and cheese just can’t be beat!

One of the best places to eat in the area is Sluggo’s. As a vegetarian, I love the option to eat a full meal at a restaurant without ordering off the menu to accommodate my diet. The food is delicious and full of flavor.

Try the famous Culture Club or Nachos next time you’re downtown.

Retail Therapy: Truthfully, I do most of

my shopping online. But I must admit that nothing can beat the sales found at places like Dillard’s, PacSun, and a handful of other stores in Cordova Mall. Cotton On has some nice quality, simple clothing too. Something about walking around that mall just makes me want to spend money.

Watering Holes: My nightlife centers

around my work schedule. But, as a girl who loves craft beer, I like going out to places with a nice selection of different draft beers and good specials. This means hanging out after-hours on the patio with my co-workers at Mellow Mushroom or meeting up with friends at Hopjacks downtown.

I spend most of my weekends downtown.

Sometimes we start at Intermission and work our way down Palafox to Hopjacks, sometimes it’s the other way around. One of my favorite stops is Play. Nowhere else in town offers that novelty experience of partying in an arcade, and the jukebox also makes

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Nightlife: I don’t really get fancy and go out on the town, but sometimes it’s fun if there’s a big show or performer. I enjoy hanging out at End o’ the Alley at Seville Quarter and watching the music back there, and sometimes my liquid courage pulls me into Phineas Phogg’s to get wild with some friends in a completely foreign environment. We don’t club, we party!

Outdoors: Nothing beats going to

Blackwater or Styx River with a big crew of buddies. Whether you go to a outfitter like Adventures Unlimited or just drive a truck down there yourself, floating down these rivers for a few hours is a blast. Tubing is the most relaxing activity on the river, while kayaking will involve a little more maneuvering through the shallow waters.

Living in such close proximity to natural beauty that is found nowhere else is one of my favorite things about Pensacola. I regularly go out to the beach, down near Fort Pickens, and just lay out on the sand, listening to music, until the sun sets. The beach has an influence on my mood every visit, and I don’t think there’s any other place that helps me clear my head more.

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Arts & Culture: While Vinyl has drawn several bigger names to Pensacola since the venue opened, some of the best music experiences I’ve experienced in Pensacola take place at houses. The old 309 punk house on Wright Street books touring bands every so often, and informal settings like this allow the crowd to really make a connection with the musicians.

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Never Miss Events/Festivals: Gallery Night is one of the most fun events in Pensacola, and I can’t even dream of missing it since I’m so close to the action. I like that the city decided to close Palafox down until around midnight or a little later on these Fridays, since the walking-in-the-street part is part of the draw. {in}

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