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RON DESANTIS The Florida governor has agreed to allow Florida to join a national electronic center to exchange voter registration data with other states, an effort longsought by county supervisors of elections.

Florida will become the 29th state to participate in the Electronic Voter Registration Information Center, a consortium of states that share voter registration information.

Data matches by the center can identify voters registered in two states, those who have moved between states and those who have died, which allows county elections officials to identify and remove people who are no longer eligible to vote in the state.

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sociation of University Women (AAUW) awarded the University of West Florida grad student a Career Development Grant.

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WILLIAM REYNOLDS The Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) Pensacola Chapter recognized the founder and publisher of northescambia.com as Media Person of the Year. FPRA Pensacola Chapter has a long-standing tradition of recognizing a local media professional as Media Person of the Year, which expresses appreciation for the vital relationships public relations professionals have with members of the media to bring news stories to light.

registered lobbyist in Florida appears to have violated a Florida law requiring paid lobbyists to register and file reports for each calendar quarter disclosing their total compensation from clients. According to NRA reports and tax returns, Hammer was paid $659,000 to lobby for the organization in Florida. None of those payments was reported to state lobbyist regulators.

The Florida leadership has asked the Office of Legislative Services General Counsel Audrey Moore to investigative—a political move many considered to keep the review out of the public eye.

political action committee attacked Quint and Rishy Studer for being greedy carpetbaggers for pushing for the Community Maritime Park. The group was convinced the park was a boondoggle that would bankrupt the city. Last week, Pensacola was recognized for being voted America's Strongest Town in celebration of the progress the city has made toward being financially strong and resilient. For the past three years, the city's property values have increased 21.5 percent, according to Mayor Grover Robinson.

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RINSE, RELOAD, REPEAT After mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso, many hoped that federal and state lawmakers would do something about gun reform, but yet again, any meaningful legislation to curb gun violence has stalled, even though voters want it.

Last week, we polled 547 likely voters in Florida's First Congressional District and found strong support of universal background checks —81%. Only 13% said they didn't support the checks, and 4.9% were undecided.

When asked whether they supported including the purchaser's social media, such as Facebook and Twitter accounts, in the background checks, 57.2% of the respondents approved.

Another 52.3% supported banning the purchase of military assault rifles.

Our district isn't the only one demanding more gun safety. A Fox News poll found broad support for requiring background checks on all gun buyers (90%) and a 67% majority that favored banning assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons.

Voters say it's time for meaningful reforms. Unfortunately, Republican leaders don't agree, and what the majority wants isn't translating to legislation.

After 31 people were killed in El Paso and Dayton, President Trump expressed support for strengthening background checks, but then he appeared to back off the issue. Most recently, the president said he plans to fill in "some of the loopholes" in the background checks, which may or may

not include universal checks involving all transactions, including personal gun sales.

In early August, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that strengthening background checks and red flag laws would "lead the discussion" on addressing gun violence, but he now appears to have changed his mind on pushing for any gun reforms while the president continues to send mixed messages.

In Tallahassee, Democrats wanted at a special session to discuss background checks for the transfer of all firearms, prohibitions on the sale and possession of largecapacity magazines, revisions to requirements about in-home weapon storage, an expansion of the state's "red-flag" law that allows judges to order the removal of guns from individuals who pose a danger to themselves or others and the creation of an "Urban Core Gun Violence Task Force."

House Republicans have killed the effort.

In straight party-line votes, 56 House Republicans voted against the special session proposal, making it impossible for the Democrats to reach the required 60% support.

The political formula for lawmakers appears to express sympathy for the victims of our massacres, let the public outrage die down and keep collecting checks from the pro-gun lobby. Then wait for the next mass shooting and repeat. {in} rick@inweekly.net

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THE FIGHT FOR A PUBLIC BEACH mel said. "We're all, like, freaking out, because he promised us time to review the ordinance."

The beach advocates showed up at the county wearing their matching yellow shirts of solidarity and engaged in a spirited discussion with the commissioners about their concerns, such as the absence of language contained in the referendum which prohibited the sale or leasing of currently unleased, protected portions of the island.

A week later, Krumel doesn't sound much happier, though she does hesitantly describe her position as "cautiously optimistic" that the final draft of the ordinance will be up to snuff.

"We met with Bender yesterday," she said. "We are still in the negotiating phase."

WE WANT THE SAME THING

By Jeremy Morrison Who can lay claim to a grain of sand? On Pensacola Beach, it's kind of complicated.

In 1947, the federal government deeded Santa Rosa Island to Escambia County, with the condition that it be used for the "public interest" and not resold, only leased. And while much of the island is subject to 99-year, recurring leases, it remains technically public to this day.

"Every single square inch of sand that is not federal belongs to the citizens of Escambia County," said Dianne Krumel, president of Save Pensacola Beach.

"Every single square inch of sand that is not federal belongs to the citizens of Escambia County."

Dianne Krumel For the past couple of years, Krumel has led a fight to have the public's ownership of the beach codified. Last year, a non-binding referendum affirming such was placed on the ballot and subsequently passed.

Since that time, county leaders have worked with beach advocates to craft an official ordinance encapsulating the spirit of the referendum and thus codifying the public's ownership of the beach. The Escambia County Commission has scheduled a public hearing on the new law for Sept. 5, with advocates still pushing for something with as much teeth as possible.

"We are willing to compromise," Krumel told commissioners during a recent public meeting. "But this ordinance that you sent to the Santa Rosa Island Authority? Are you kidding me? They gutted it.

It had nothing to do with what the people voted on."

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Save Pensacola Beach was born out of opposition to a 2017 effort spearheaded

by U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, (R-FL), to pass a federal law that would grant beach leaseholders ownership. Gaetz has since dropped the issue—known as fee simple— acknowledging it lacked public support.

"Fee simple is basically giving away for free property that is currently leased on the island," Krumel said, describing the legislative move as an attempt to subvert the public in order to turn Pensacola Beach into a privatized "cash cow." "Just ramming it through. They thought they could see the glowing light on the horizon."

In response to this fee simple effort, Save Pensacola Beach gathered petitions in opposition, and they lobbied Sen. Bill Nelson to withdraw his support for the bill, an exercise that paid off and ultimately doomed the legislation. The group also pushed for a non-binding referendum to be placed on the 2018 ballot, which ended up strengthening their position.

"Immediately, we wanted to move into action to provide a layer of protection in an ordinance," Krumel said.

Ushering the referendum into an ordinance has taken a while, with the backand-forths with the SRIA and games of push-and-pull with the commissioners over language specifics.

"They're just trying to wear us down," Krumel said. "This should be an absolute no-brainer for the commissioners to respect the will of the people."

When Krumel noticed that Escambia County Commissioner Robert Bender was throwing a draft beach protection ordinance up for consideration, she was a little surprised.

She thought her group of advocates was going to have more time to review the proposal.

"We didn't even have time to react," Kru-

Rolled out on a table in Commissioner Bender's office is a map of Santa Rosa Island.

It's color-coded and denotes areas protected as conservation or preservation sites.

"This is Pensacola Beach as we know it," Bender said, taking a step back and surveying the map. "You step back and say, 'What are people worried about?' They're worried about turning into a Destin or a Panama City."

Pensacola Beach's neighbors to the east allow for private ownership on their beaches.

To the west, Orange Beach and Gulf Shores in Alabama offer the same. Those locales have garnered reputations as overcrowded, overbuilt canyons of condominiums that block the public's access to the beach.

In contrast, development on Pensacola Beach has exercised considerably more restraint. And people seem to like that landscape better.

"The referendum was a litmus test," Bender pointed out. "Clearly, overwhelmingly, 80% of the people said, 'We want Pensacola Beach to stay the way it is.'"

Looking up and down the beach on his map, the commissioner notes that there are only a few sites left that would be relevant for development. There's some property next to Margaritaville and some by the Holiday Inn, then the two parcels available at Portofino.

"Other than that, the island is pretty much built out," Bender said, noting that his proposed ordinance reaffirms a 4,128-unit building cap and requires majority votes for both the SRIA and county commission to increase it.

In addition to a building cap element, the most recent draft version contains language reaffirming the 1947 federal deed and also mandates majority votes from, again, the SRIA and commissioners to change the zoning of portions of the beach currently zoned as conservation or preservation.

"What we're doing is we're preserving the recreation, conservation and preservation areas, we're reaffirming the residential building cap, and then we reaffirmed the 1947 deed," the commissioner said. "I think

that is a legal way to put the referendum into an ordinance that keeps the intent."

Bender said he thought the Save Pensacola Beach camp seemed "hopeful" upon going over the revised draft.

"I think we all want the same thing," the commissioner said.

PEOPLE CALL US CRAZY

Bender's fellow commissioners generally appear supportive of his efforts to fashion the referendum into an ordinance.

Following the public debate with beach advocates during an Aug. 15 meeting, they encouraged him to work toward a compromise on the ordinance.

But one commissioner was not supportive of the cause, instead lashing out at beach advocates and in particular at Krumel, whom he had previously lambasted on social media for acting like a member of "antifa"—shorthand for left-wing antifascists prone to civil disobedience—in her pursuit of a beach ordinance.

"It's getting absurd. The antifa behavior is getting absurd," Underhill said at the meeting. "Dianne, at some point, you're going to have to trade in that yellow shirt for a black mask if you keep this up."

Reflecting on the exchange, Krumel said she was as committed as ever to realizing a beach-protection ordinance, calling the mission "the hardest challenge of my life, ever."

"Our team has no intentions of quitting now. Everyone on our team is as committed as I am to see this through." Krumel "Our team has no intentions of quitting now," she said. "Everyone on our team is as committed as I am to see this through."

Further, the beach activist said she'd like to eventually see state and federal legislation enshrining the protections outlined in last year's referendum. She knows that's a heavy lift.

"We have a wishlist," Krumel said.

"People call us crazy, but they called us crazy and thought we couldn't kill SB 1073 either, and we did. So, you're looking and talking to crazy right now."

Insofar as the Sept. 5 public hearing, Krumel said she intends to fight for changes if the version of the ordinance that appears before the board isn't to her liking.

Between now and then, Save Pensacola Beach has scheduled a town hall for 1 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 31 at the downtown public library to discuss the issue.

"Once it's gone, you know, it's gone," Krumel explained her passion for trying to enshrine the public's ownership of the beach into an ordinance. "That's why I fight so hard." {in} inweekly.net

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NO HAPPY ENDING

By Rick Outzen A series of raids of local Asian massage parlors have uncovered a multi-state human trafficking operation in our quiet, family-oriented community. Some may be shocked but not our congressman and law enforcement.

Last April, Rep. Matt Gaetz met with law enforcement agencies to discuss the rise of Asian massage parlors across his district ("Sex & Massage Parlors," 5/2/19).

"Rolling from my house in Fort Walton to my office in Pensacola, I pass more than a dozen places that are offering Asian massage, with hours of operation that exceed well into the p.m. hours and have blacked out storefronts," said Gaetz. "There may be some of those that are operating legitimate massage, but it seems to be a real increase in the amount of that activity that's occurring."

According to Gaetz, some of the key indicators of illegal activity at the massage parlors are women asking for a large tip, a locked front door, covered windows, a regular rotation of women who live at the business and advertisements on commercial sex websites.

ASIAN MASSAGE PARLORS

On Aug. 16, U.S. Attorney Lawrence Keefe announced the raids on several massage parlors owned by Pensacola resident David C. Williams, 41, for using interstate facilities for purposes of racketeering, money laundering conspiracy and the harboring of illegal aliens for commercial advantage or private financial gain.

The three-count criminal complaint alleged Williams was arrested in connection with his operation of multiple Asian massage parlors in Florida, Virginia and Pennsylvania where over ever a dozen search warrants were also executed.

An affidavit filed last week in federal court in Pensacola laid out the investigation that led to the raids. The document revealed many of the indicators of human trafficking named by Rep. Gaetz in April were allegedly taking place at Williams' businesses.

In July 2017, the FBI received two anonymous tips through the National Human Trafficking Hotline. The tips indicated the massage parlors located at 7055 Fairfield Drive, Pensacola, and 1800 Beck Avenue, Panama City, were possibly using under-aged females and offering sexual acts for additional money during the massage sessions.

During an initial investigation by the FBI, the Panama City Police Department sent a Confidential Informant (CI) to purchase a massage at the Panama City location. Shortly after the massage started, the CI was offered sexual acts for additional 88

money by an Asian female. The CI refused any sexual acts, at which time the Asian female providing the massage continued for only a brief time and then informed the CI the massage was complete.

According to Bay County Clerk of Court records, Williams in March 2017 purchased 1800 Beck Avenue in March 2017 for $135,000. He also filed Articles of Organization for a Limited Liability Company for "1800 Beck Massage LLC" with the state of Florida.

In late October 2017, the Escambia County Sheriff's Office (ECSO) responded to a complaint about possible prostitution at 7055 Fairfield Drive. Williams identified himself as a co-owner of the business. While ECSO was present, Williams removed a camper, which was owned and registered to him, located behind the building—one of the NHTH tips received by the FBI indicated Asian females were living in an RV behind this business location.

Two months later, the ECSO returned to the business to investigate a suspicious person complaint. Upon arrival, Williams let the deputy accompany him inside the business and talk with the three Asian female workers.

One masseuse produced a New York state identification card and a Florida massage therapist license that had expired 8/31/17. Another provided a California state identification card and Florida massage therapist license. The third could not produce any identification at first. A later a friend brought her Chinese passport, U.S. employment card that had expired 7/24/17 and Florida massage therapist license.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported one female had been arrested at a Utah Massage parlor and was under investigation for providing sex acts to customer. Another was in the immigration databases and was subject to deportation since her visa had expired in January 2009.

The affidavit listed 22 massage parlor locations in four states that were found to be associated with Williams through law enforcement reporting, electronic federal search warrant results, and corporate and government records.

Three massage parlors are in Escambia County—7055 Fairfield Drive, 704 Massachusetts Avenue and 127 N. New Warrington Road. One is in south Santa Rosa County—3268 Fordham Parkway.

BACKPAGE.COM

Court documents showed how Williams used the website backpage.com to advertise his massage parlors. Backpage was launched in 2004 by New Times Media, a publisher of 11 alternative newsweeklies, as a free classified advertising website.

Several alt-weeklies published its classified ads on the back page of their publication.

The classified advertising website became the largest marketplace for buying and selling sex. Federal law enforcement agencies seized it in April 2018. Its CEO, Carl Ferrer, pled guilty to charges of facilitating prostitution and money laundering. As part of his plea agreement, Ferrer agreed to shut down the site and give its data to law enforcement.

In November 2017, backpage.com provided the FBI records regarding advertisements associated with telephone numbers related to its human trafficking investigation. An analysis of the records revealed 25 telephone numbers and five email addresses linked to backpage.com ads for various massage parlor locations directly tied to Williams and his partner.

The total number of backpage.com ads connected to Williams and his partner was approximately 6,827, costing about $63,952.

Of those ads, nearly 5,274 were associated with multiple locations in Florida.

The ads consisted of describing "new cute girls," "getting your kinks rubbed out by an Asian hottie" and other such similar descriptions, which tended to focus on the Asian females and used sexually-suggestive wording.

During the investigation, over 100 Chinese nationals were found to have direct ties to Williams or his partner and their suspected businesses. The names of those who worked in the Pensacola area, approximately 28 females, were submitted for query within various DHS immigration databases.

Approximately 16 of those women utilized a "last known address" within New York, with a dozen originating from Flushing, N.Y., despite all being physically located at establishments in Florida. During the investigation, Flushing was identified to be a "hotbed" of illegal activity. Illegal aliens utilized various Flushing addresses as a central address and point of contact while they continued to move about the country—frequently working in prostitution.

In summary, the affidavit stated that there was probable cause to believe Williams owns/operates multiple massage parlors that are held in nominee names.

He staffs them with Asian females, who appear to be illegally present in the United States, that engage in illicit sexual acts with massage customers, and he utilizes bank accounts associated with the massage parlors to clean the funds garnered from the criminal activity.

FEAR, FORCE, COERCION

As an attorney who fights against human trafficking, Troy Rafferty wasn't surprised to hear about the raid on Asian massage parlors.

He saw them as part of a much larger network that exploits young women and men for sex and profit. His firm, Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Rafferty & Proctor, has filed mass

tort cases against the hospitality industry for the alleged role it plays in human trafficking.

"You can't hear or read about the stories of these victims and not get involved," said Rafferty. "What we found as we've gotten into this litigation is that it's not just the traffickers who are making money from the trafficking.

It's all types of businesses that are condoning and profiting greatly from trafficking."

"You can't hear or read about the stories of these victims and not get involved." Troy Rafferty He continued, "For example, the hospitality industry and the hotels, just because they have executives sitting in boardrooms in their Armani suits doesn't make them any less responsible for the trafficking that they profit from than the pimp or the trafficker who's selling these young kids."

Rafferty was talking about some of the largest hotel chains in the country that operate in Las Vegas, New York City, Miami and large metropolitan areas that host Super Bowls, World Series and numerous conventions—places where hotels benefit financially and turn a blind eye as "people come in and pay cash for the room for multiple days at a time, week after week after week, and walking by the front desk every day with young girls and boys who are sold for sex."

"Traffickers are patient and sometimes start targeting their young victims six months to a year before they take control of them," said Rafferty. "They'll target them on social media. They'll target runaways or any child who would seem vulnerable to a trafficker.

Trafficking victims do not just come from one type of family or background. It's not just a poor child. Some come from rich families, any child who gets in the wrong place at the wrong time and then somebody just happens to give them the wrong kind of attention."

Rafferty wanted to make clear that prostitution, whether in a massage parlor, casino or on the street, is not a victimless crime.

"They are being forced to engage in these sex acts, but it's not always bound force," he said. "It's an emotional and mental force. These traffickers invoke great fear into their victims."

He explained, "They say, 'Now you're going to do this or I'm going to tell your family that you've slept with 10 guys,' or, 'You do this or I'm going to send you off back to wherever you came from,' or, 'You do this, you're back on the street,' or, 'You don't do this, and we're chasing you.' It's just all of these mind games and traumatizing threats that prevent victims from escaping."

Rafferty said, "Who chooses to look down the street and say, 'I'm going to sleep with the next 10 people'? Who chooses that? The victims are entrapped into this life through fear, force and coercion." {in} inweekly.net

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HOLLEY EXITS DEC. 6 When Mayor Gro-

ver Robinson came into office, he brought Chris Holley out of retirement to be his administrator. By the end of this year—Dec. 6 is the tentative date—Holley will be heading out.

"Chris has been very instrumental in helping to create the changes, I think, you're seeing in-house," Robinson said. "I couldn't have done it without him."

When Holley came on board, he stated that it would only be for a short-term duration. The mayor said that he was hoping for 18 months but also thought Holley had initiated many of the items he was brought aboard to address.

Specifically, the mayor credited Holley with his work putting together an administrative team and working to develop succession plans within departments. He also said that the administrator was instrumental in putting together a human resources manual and pushing for employee raises.

Robinson said that the city could take its time finding the next city administrator. He pointed to Assistant City Administrator Keith Wilkins, who himself is set to retire in 2020, as being able to pick up any slack and said he felt like he had about nine months to work on finding a replacement.

"Keith is still here," the mayor said. "While he plans to leave in 2020, he still provides us an interim by which we would really have a significant amount of time to try to find who we have that makes the team move forward."

Prior to taking off at the end of the year, Holley said he had a few more things he'd be working on. Items mentioned included filling the city's vacant HR director position and also planning a staff retreat for November aimed at "building a level of trust among all the department heads."

"Still plenty of work," Holley said. "I'll be around a while."

DISTRICT 5 NOMINEES The city of Pensacola has provided the list of potential appointees to Pensacola City Council's empty District 5 seat.

Left vacant following the recent passing of Councilman Gerald Wingate, the District 5 council seat will be filled by the city council during a special meeting Sept.

4. Council members must submit their nominees to be considered for the appointment by 5 p.m. Friday.

The list is fairly reflective of community discussions had earlier in the week—during which several District 5 residents threw their names in the proverbial hat—with a few new names also added to the conversation.

The appointee nominations thus far are 010 1

as follows—Betty Allen, Taran Black, Teniade Broughton, Ron Helms, John Jerralds, Alexander Kozmon, P. Jay Massey, Tony McCray, Haley Morrissette and Walker Wilson.

Broughton, Helms, McCray and Morrissette all stated their desire to sit in the District 5 seat during a community meeting held at the Bethel AME Church Monday evening.

Rodney Jones, at the same event, expressed some hesitancy due to Mayor Grover Robinson's suggestion that whoever is appointed take a pledge not to run for the seat in 2020 in order to avoid a scenario where city council is handpicking an incumbent. Incidentally, Jones was nominated as a potential candidate but withdrew his name on Thursday.

The new names on the list include Allen, Black, Jerralds, Kozmon, Massey and Wilson.

Each nominee had to be submitted to the city by a council member in order to be considered for the appointment.

Councilwoman Sherri Myers nominated almost every appointee candidate, with the exception of Black and Kozmon. Black was nominated by Councilman Jared Moore and Kozmon by council President Andy Terhaar. Terhaar also threw in on Massey's and Wilson's nomination, while Moore also submitted Allen's name and joined Myers and Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn in nominating Broughton.

While Mayor Robinson has requested that the eventual appointee bow out of consideration in the 2020 election, he has acknowledged he has no authority to require such. The nominees have varying perspectives on this request. Helms and Jones, for example, have already filed to run for the seat in 2020.

If this list holds, city council will be deciding between these 10 nominees on Sept. 4.

There is also a chance more names will be added prior to the Aug. 23 deadline.

Here's a brief rundown of the nominees based on information provided on the applications they submitted to the city: •Alexander Kozmon lived in the district for nine years; had a 20-year career with the Connecticut Department of Mental Health; served as police lieutenant in Connecticut.

•Betty Allen lived in the city for 41 years; former city employee; worked in community development and the city clerk's office.

•Haley Morrissette lived in the city for 10-plus years; member of Dream Defenders; works as a survivor care coordinator at Lakeview Center.

•John Jerralds has been a city resident for 40 years; previously served on the city council.

•P. Jay Massey has been a city resident for 23 years; co-founded Coco Design; works as a digital ADA/accessibility consultant.

•Ron Helms has been a city resident for two years and two months; is a military veteran and ordained clergy; has filed to run for the District 5 seat in 2020.

•Taran Black has been a city resident for two years; has "an unsettling desire to serve;" works as a case manager at Lakeview Center.

•Teniade Broughton has been a city resident for seven years; focuses would be affordable housing and expanding access and programs at Woodland Heights Community Center.

•Tony McCray has been a 55-year city resident; has served on the Human Relations Commission as well as on the boards of the Gulf Coast African American Chamber and the African American Heritage Society.

•Walker Wilson has lived in the city for 16.5 non-consecutive years; serves as the president of the Pensacola Young Professionals; would focus on implementing the mayoral transition report, on which he worked for businessman Quint Studer.

DREAM DEFENDERS Dream Defenders has released the name of the Pensacola police officer who killed Tymar Crawford when the man got into an altercation with police after being stopped on July 5.

The officer was Daniel Siemen, according to the PPD public records attained by Dream Defenders. Siemen is currently on paid administrative leave.

"Because we believe this information should have been made public by the city as soon as it was available, we wanted to come to the community of Pensacola with this information first," wrote the organization on its Facebook page.

Dreamer Defender is demanding that Siemen be fired from the Pensacola Police Department. They have scheduled a march on Pensacola Police Department for 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27.

Organizers said, "We're meeting at the corner of C and Brainerd streets, where Daniel Siemen and two other Pensacola police officers ended Tymar Crawford's life."

SUPER MAJORITY DANCE On Thurs-

day, Aug. 15, the Escambia County School Board held another workshop to discuss the proposed policies for the appointed superintendent. At the top of the discussion was Section 5 of the policies and whether a supermajority vote should be required to fire a superintendent without cause.

The board members danced around the problem without making a final decision at first but later agreed to drop Section 5 and have the superintendent's contract dictate terms for termination.

Board member Kevin Adams made it clear inweekly.net

he didn't plan to vote on a policy that required a supermajority vote—four out of five school board members—to fire a superintendent.

"I won't have any problem voting for us to advertise the policy, but when it does come around for a vote, I'll be voting no on that supermajority reason," he said. "I know we got three districts in the state of Florida that do have supermajority out of the 28, but I'd like to have a stronger board, not a weaker board.

So, that'd be my reasons to vote against it."

Board member Bill Slayton was disappointed. He said, "I just want to say, that's your right, and I will not say anything against it except for the fact that I personally was hoping that this board would unanimously accept this document and not someone pull one vote for one sentence."

Adams, who won re-election last year, said that no one told him that they wanted a weak school board while he was campaigning.

"I never heard anybody saying to dilute the authority of the board, not once, " he said.

"I don't know why we need to have that in there when we got 24 other school districts that don't have it."

Board member Paul Fesko also campaigned last year.

"I understand exactly what Mr. Adam's is saying. I've had the same feeling during the entire campaigning," he said. "The people that I spoke with were not in favor of supermajority. They said the whole reason was that for the board to be able to remove from office … and it shouldn't take a supermajority to do that."

The retired assistant school superintendent said that he had worked with people who were difficult and toxic but whose behavior might not have risen to the level that would garner a supermajority vote to terminate.

"I still have great reservations about it," said Fesko. "I was 100% with Mr. Adams on this issue until the last meeting, we went

into great lengths discussing it. I could be swayed either way."

Hightower said that a school board could always change the policy later. Adams replied, "That may be the way; it's just going to make it a little tougher."

It first appeared the board would delay any decision, but later during the workshop, Hightower made a suggestion. She said, "I think you could eliminate five—the section that sets forth supermajority—totally, because basically, it says throughout the term of the contract. So, you're going to have the contract language that will be what will govern it. " "You can leave it out and let the contract be negotiated as to how he could be removed for cause or without cause," said Waters.

Adams liked relying more on the superintendent's contract than putting termination conditions in the policies. He said, "A lot of them do not have a lot of verbiage in their policy, and it refers to their contract."

"Going to delete Section 5," Hightower instructed Waters, "that entire section. Or the only other thing I could see would be, superintendent removal of is governed by the contract."

Waters agreed to replace Section 5 with "termination of superintendent for cause or without cause shall be set forth in the contract."

M.E. NOMINEE WITHDRAWS State

Attorney Bill Eddins announced last Friday that Dr. Scott Luzi has withdrawn his name for consideration as Chief Medical Examiner for the First District of Florida.

The Search Committee will meet 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 18 in the Multimedia Room of the M.C. Blanchard Judicial Building to discuss how to move forward.

STATE OF THE CITY Mayor Grover Robinson last week presented his first State of the City at a luncheon sponsored by the Greater

Pensacola Chamber. He highlighted several areas of growth over the past years, including residential and commercial permits, ad valorem and sales tax revenue increases.

"What it is showing is that this is a community that people want to come to," Mayor Robinson said. "It speaks to the quality of the place. But the only problem with that is every time we keep having growth, we've got to reinvest in ourselves."

Part of that reinvestment includes new city staff members such as Complete Streets Planner Mike Ziarnek, Neighborhoods Administrator Lawrence Powell and Assistant City Administrator Kerrith Fiddler, who he said are all looking into ways to better serve citizens of Pensacola.

"That's why we've hired the complete streets person," Mayor Robinson said.

"That's why we're looking into how can we make Pensacola the place that you want to live, that your children want to come back and live. And it takes reinvestment over and over in what we're doing, so I think that's what your team that serves you every day is trying to do as we're moving forward."

Mayor Robinson also highlighted the city's "Florida's First and Future" tagline. He said, "We want all of your companies that you're working in to be working at that lead edge of what we're doing so that we are not just simply limited by our past, but we also are looking at an unlimited future and working together."

UNITED WAY GRANT TRAINING United Way of West Florida (UWWF) is beginning its annual partner agency certification process. Becoming a certified partner is the first step to becoming eligible to apply for grant funding through UWWF's Community Investment Process.

Any nonprofit agency interested in becoming a United Way partner is required to attend one certification training session.

At these sessions, attendees will learn the types of documentation and forms required to apply for certification and will walk through how to upload these to the online platform used for certification. To reserve your spot, email Rebecca Cleary, rebecca.cleary@uwwf.org.

Escambia County trainings are 9-11 a.m.

Thursday, Aug. 29, and 3-5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.

3, in the United Way of West Florida Community Room, 1301 W. Government St. Santa Rosa County training is 10 a.m.-noon at the Gulf Breeze Chamber of Commerce, 409 Gulf Breeze Parkway.

All agencies that attend a training will have until Oct. 11 to submit their certification documentation. United Way of West Florida's Finance Committee and Board of Directors will review all documentation and determine whether agencies qualify for certification.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS Sherri Myers,

Pensacola City Council District 2, is hosting a town hall meeting 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, at Tryon Library, 1200 Langley Ave. The meeting is regarding Broadview Farms/ Parker Circle neighborhoods.

The Cpl. J.R. Spears Detachment of the Marine Corps League announces the Annual Heroes Among Us speaker series event for 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug 29, in Rosie's at Seville Quarter with Guest of Honor Lt. Colonel Andrew Del Gaudio, USMC, Ph.D. City of Pensacola Parks and Recreation hosts a ribbon-cutting event for the reopening of Morris Court Park 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31. Morris Court Park is located at 1401 W. Lloyd St. Penn State Alumni, Emerald Coast Chapter welcomes alumni, fans and friends of Penn State 1:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, at Seville Quarter in Fast Eddie's for the first annual meeting and game watch for the 2019-2020 year. {in}

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By Jeremy Morrison

Local brewers collaborating on an American Pale Ale for Pensacola Beer Week

Sitting in his taproom on a recent Sunday afternoon, Perfect Plain Brewing Co. cofounder Reed Odeneal took a sip of his beer and considered for a moment the proliferation of breweries in the Pensacola area.

"People are asking for it," Odeneal smiled.

Prior to Perfect Plain opening its doors downtown on Garden Street a few years ago, there were already a few breweries in the area. Since then, numerous more have launched, and there are more still to come.

"We're looking at 15 this time next year and maybe more," said Jim Martin, treasurer of the Escambia Bay Homebrewers Club (EBHC).

Rather than viewing his brewery brethren as competition, Odeneal is glad Pensacola's brewery scene is expanding.

"All of us want even more breweries. That's going to get even more people excited about craft beer." Reed Odeneal "All of us want even more breweries.

That's going to get even more people excited about craft beer," he said, explaining how each brewery offers something unique. "Everybody's going to do it a little bit different. That's the exciting thing about beer."

Pensacola's burgeoning brewery scene is hardly an anomaly. Places around the country are experiencing a brewery renaissance of sorts, with an estimated 7,000 breweries turning out locally-brewed beer in the United States.

"That's kind of the way it was before proAugust 29, 2019

hibition. I think we're going back toward that," Odeneal said. "I think that is the direction we're heading, this hyper-local model."

That hyper-local model is being celebrated during Pensacola Beer Week, which will conclude Sept. 6 with the 2019 Emerald Coast Beer Festival. In addition to beers brewed at Pensacola establishments, the festival will offer the opportunity to taste beers from around the region as well as a deep collection of homebrews.

A Rising Tide

The Emerald Coast Beer Festival is expected to be larger than ever this year.

It's attracting breweries from throughout the Southeast and beyond.

"I think pretty much everyone on the Gulf Coast is coming, from Big Beach in Gulf Shores to Oyster City in Apalachicola," said April King, who sits on the EBHC board and is helping to organize the festival.

The festival wasn't always an affair of such a grand scale. It started off modestly inhabiting a nook of Seville Quarter and grew over the years to encompass the entire complex. Martin pegs the inaugural attendance at under 200, while last year's crowd numbered about 2,300.

"So, we've come a long way," he said.

Martin traces the beer festival's roots to monthly gatherings the homebrewers club held to try each other's beer.

"Everybody would bring something and we'd share," he recalled.

Back then in Pensacola, there wasn't much in the way of craft beer.

"There wasn't much on draft you could

find that was craft beer. It was mostly European," King said. "You'd find a lot of Bass and Guinness, some Sierra Nevada, maybe some Sam Adams."

"I remember you were really lucky when you could find Sierra Nevada," Martin said.

Slowly that began change. Craft brews from smaller breweries began showing up in the store. The Cigar Brewery expanded the area's selection of craft beers on tap, as did Hopjack's, with its seemingly overwhelming wealth of selection.

Except for the brewing operation at McGuire's Irish Pub, which has been going since the mid-'80s, there wasn't any locally-brewed craft beer in the area. That would change in 2010 with the introduction of the Pensacola Bay Brewery.

"The second wave of the craft explosion was just getting started," Mark Robertson, brewmaster and co-owner of Pensacola Bay Brewery, put the establishment's founding into a national context.

From their location hugging a southern corner of Seville Square, the brewery began putting out a stable of staples—from porters to pale ales, with names like DeLuna, DeSoto and Riptide—and blanketing the historic district with the distinct smell of beer being conjured into existence.

In the years following, the Pensacola area has seen one brewery after another emerge. Downtown now has several, and there are a number of establishments out in Escambia County.

Odeneal got involved with Perfect Plain when he got a call from his soon-tobe partner, D.C. Reeves, who wanted to

open a brewery in Pensacola. Reeves had scouted Odeneal in Asheville, N.C., the Southeast's craft beer Mecca.

"I never expected to be in Pensacola," Odeneal said, adding that he could tell upon arrival the city was evolving and had the appetite for an additional brewery. "You could just tell it's on the upswing, a rapid upswing."

With the addition of each additional brewery, the fellowship of local brewers grows and with it a spirit of cooperation and community.

"We help each other out," Robertson said, explaining that one establishment might come to the rescue when another runs short on a particular ingredient. "We get together in bars and talk about beer."

Odeneal said he appreciates this collaborative nature of the industry and feels it benefits the overall community.

"Craft beer is still so young, you can't afford not to be," he said. "What's the phrase? A rising tide lifts all ships."

As part of Pensacola Beer Week, local brewers got together and dreamed up a collective brew. The beer was brewed at Pensacola Bay Brewery—"It just made sense to do it over there; they're the OGs," said Odeneal —and will be available at the various local breweries throughout the week.

"That was a lot of fun. It was kind of surreal, sitting in a room together with all the other brewers talking about the beer we were going to brew together," Odeneal said. "We all kind of pooled our ideas together."

Pensacola's brewers ended up producing an American Pale Ale for the occasion.

"It's got a dank, piney, citrusy taste with a nice earthy, citrusy nose," said Robertson.

"It's a pretty good beer, actually."

Another Round

Surveying the Pensacola area's growing number of breweries participating in the annual beer festival, King won't say which is her favorite. She's just glad they all brew a stout.

"I like all of the breweries," she said. "I think all of the Pensacola breweries bring something unique to the craft beer scene."

Maintaining this individuality, or uniqueness, is key, the homebrewers club member said, to Pensacola's healthy brewery community.

"Our breweries aren't stepping on one another's toes insofar as style," she said.

"Everybody's kind of doing their own style, and you don't just have a bunch of pale ales being brewed everywhere."

Likely because of this field of varied styles, the notion of market saturation doesn't appear to be in play. In other words, the addition of a new brewery has not resulted in a drawdown on an existing brewery's business.

"They're all flourishing as far as I can tell," Martin said. "They have their own little groups of people, and they don't get smaller; they just grow and grow."

Before next year's craft beer week and Emerald Coast Beer Festival roll around, Pensacola will have even more breweries.

Among them will be the Emerald Republic 13

Brewing Company, which is set to open downtown this fall.

"I thought that I could bring something really unique to Pensacola," said Phil Zayas, who moved to the area from Texas after completing the Master Brewers program at the University of California Davis.

Another new addition coming downtown this fall will be Odd Colony Brewing Company. Before launching the brewery, Brett Schweigert asked himself a question.

"The question was, what can we provide to this beer scene that is unique, different and true to our roots," he said.

Schweigert, who grew up in Pensacola, moved to Asheville a few years back with intentions to explore the craft of brewing. He ended up getting a position with a brewery and subsequently tapped by Odeneal to return home and help with Perfect Plain.

More recently, a friend Schweigert has known since middle school hit him up with a proposition to open his own brewery. And he's pretty confident Pensacola can take on at least one more.

"As long as you're providing a quality product," the brewer said, "I think the market will be receptive." {in}

EMERALD COAST BEER FESTIVAL

WHEN: 5:30-8:30 p.m., Friday Sept. 6 WHERE: Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. COST: $30 in advance, $40 at event DETAILS: emeraldcoastbeerfest.com

Micro Bros / Courtesy Photo

WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 1-Sunday, Sept. 8

Every brewery has a story. Maybe more than one. And Micro Bros is aiming to tell those stories.

Micro Bros is Jared Michael Cramblet and Jarrod Michael Moxley. The duo has plans to visit breweries around the United States and dig into the stories and culture surrounding the establishments.

For more details and event announcements, make sure you check out these local breweries:

"Think Bourdain meets beer."

Jared Michael Cramblet

PENSACOLA BEER WEEK

A Little Madness Brewing Company facebook.com/alittlemadnessbrewingcompany Alga Beer Co. facebook.com/algabeerco Big Top Brewing Company Pensacola facebook.com/bigtopbrewpcola

"Think Bourdain meets beer," said Cramblet. "Not that we'd ever be bold enough to compare ourselves and sense of storytelling to that of Bourdain, but we hope to bring some of those same feelings

of adventure and curiosity to the show."

Micro Bros is a venture from Northwest Florida-based production company Lensea Film and will be shooting a pilot episode at Sweetwater Brewery in Atlanta.

"It's an idea I've had for a while," Cramblet explained recently.

The concept of the show is based on sharing insightful or interesting stories associated with different breweries. Sweetwater, for example, has a charity beer called Second Helping, the proceeds of which go to support an organization called the Giving Kitchen, which works to help support service industry employees who find themselves missing work due to health issues.

"I really dig what the Giving Kitchen does, so I think that's a cool story," Cramblet said,

Gary's Brewery & Biergarten facebook.com/garysbrew Goat Lips Chew and Brewhouse facebook.com/goatlipschewandbrewhouse Gulf Coast Brewery facebook.com/gulfcoastbrewery Odd Colony Brewing Co. facebook.com/oddcolony Pensacola Bay Brewery facebook.com/pbbrew Perfect Plain Brewing Co. facebook.com/perfectplainbrewingco Spahr Brewing Company facebook.com/spahrbrewing 414 1

Details: kickstarter.com/profile/microbros

PARTICIPATING BREWERIES

Coastal County Brewing Company facebook.com/coastalcounty Emerald Republic Brewing facebook.com/emeraldrepublicbrewing

adding that he knew someone who personally benefitted from the aid offered by the organization. "He's a chef and he broke his leg and he was out for eight weeks."

The Micro Bros pilot will be shot in November with hopes of having a final product ready for interested networks or streaming services to look at early next year. Although the pilot is fully funded, the Micro Bros team will be doing a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to pay for post-production costs, marketing and film festival entry fees.

That crowdfunding campaign will launch on Kickstarter Sept. 1.

When he's not teaching high school biology, Andrew Marr can be found running trivia night events around Pensacola.

"I mostly do it at breweries," he said of the trivia events.

While game night participants might be knowledgeable about a particular strain of trivia, Marr found that they typically were not that aware of the area's brewery landscape.

They were familiar with the brewery they frequented but not with the growing field of other watering holes.

"It was kind of a surprise," Marr said. "I really wanted to put together something that was like a compendium of these breweries."

After visiting friends in Tampa—a brewery haven—the trivia host got turned on to the concept of a brewery passport—a booklet of coupons for an array of area breweries. He

knew the passport concept would work in Northwest Florida.

Once he got the ball rolling, the Northwest Florida Brewery Passport fell together pretty easily. In total, more than 20 regional breweries are participating.

"It appealed to so many of them," Marr said.

"It really came together organically, people calling me and saying, 'Hey, can I be a part of this?'"

The brewery passports will be debuted at the Emerald Coast Beer Festival next weekend. Each book costs $25, with a dollar from the sale of each book going to help the Sea Turtle Conservancy.

Details: facebook.com/uselessknowledgetrivia

Pensacola Bay Brewery Big Top Brewing Company Pensacola Gary's Brewery and Biergarten A Little Madness Brewery The 5 Barrel Brewery Gulf Coast Brewing Alga Beer Company Coastal County Brewing Company Brew Angels Brewery Beardless Brewhaus Ye Olde Brothers Brewery St Michael's Brewing Company Strange Colt Brewery 3rd Planet Brewing – The Launchpad 3rd Planet Brewing – The Mothership Props Ale House Props Brewery & Grill Props Craft Brewing & Taproom Destin Brewery Salty Oak Brewing Company

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Arts & Entertainment art, film, music, stage, books and other signs of civilization...

Leading Ladies

By Savannah Evanoff

If there isn't a seat at the table, Melody Davis builds one.

Davis, one half of the local rap duo Cookies and Cake, once felt a tad slighted in the music community. After all, she is a woman in a band with another woman, she pointed out.

"In the beginning, we would play shows and we would open, and people would be like, 'Oh, that's cute. You guys are rappers,'" Davis said. "I was like, 'No, take it seriously. We're performing original material.'"

Tired of being the token women on a lineup, Davis sent out a call to female artists for a festival oriented around women.

As the sixth annual Lady Fest approaches, she realizes it's grown into something even more inclusive.

The music and arts festival has evolved into an event for the LGBTQ and nonbinary communities.

"I wanted it to be people who don't normally get a chance to be on stage and be paid attention to instead of being at a show where they're just the opening band," Davis said.

"I strive to make a thing people can come and play and everyone's paying attention to them and they're excited about the performers—and getting people to start their own bands. I like getting people who sometimes feel like they don't have a space in the scene and getting them excited about being part of it."

And yes, men can come, too.

Davis concocted the perfect recipe for Lady Fest 6, featuring musicians, comedians, dancers and other artists. And if anyone knows how to mix ingredients, it's her.

The musician and activist is also a baker. She wears the oven mitts behind the sweet treats of Pretty Baked.

The proceeds from Saturday will go toward a future brick and mortar for Davis' bakery.

Her dream is to have a space that offers more than just sweet treats.

"I want to do a community space where we could do open mic nights and people can come and play games with their friends and eat cupcakes—a place where people can feel safe to hang out at," Davis said, "and eventually expand into a larger space

that's community oriented. I would love to teach vegan baking classes."

If the music isn't enough, Davis will undoubtedly lure in festivalgoers with her cookie-upon-entry tactic.

"I'm just going to be giving them away that night," Davis said. "I figure that would be the best way to get the word out there if someone's like, 'I had this cupcake and it was vegan, and I want to give this girl money so she can open up a bakery.'"

Friday is mostly a night of "power pop lady bands," Davis said. The evening will start with comedian Carol Rivers, continue with vocalist Mokoreen and features a few bands semi-new to the Pensacola music scene—Don't Feed the Plants, Yam and Rat Daughter.

"I really love Rat Daughter," Davis said. "It's a two-piece, and I actually went and saw them a couple weeks ago and it's very power punk.

You can tell there's a lot of emotion in those songs. I'm very excited to see them again."

Friday also features a surprise band coming in from out of town, Pensacola acoustic duo Gene Therapy, Tallahassee bands My Fault/ Your Fault and Cooper! and Panama City doomy disco band Death Cradle.

Cookies and Cake, Davis' "riot girl rap group," is the last performance that night. Their ammo is not only having fun but also pointing out stuff going on in the world—like in their anti-rape song "Short Skirt Tight Shirt."

"I've heard men talk about slipping girls drugs and then they're laughing about it like, 'We're just kidding,'" Davis said. "I don't believe it … The song is calling out the rape culture and saying, 'This has gotta stop. We gotta make it better.' It's kind of incredible to see a room full of women singing this song with us."

Sometimes Davis spots a man reacting uncomfortably to the lyrics.

"It makes you wonder, 'Are you not OK with consent?'" Davis said.

After Cookies and Cake, Davis has a killer gothic dark wave dance party play mix.

"We're going to dance to some spooky music until chizuko shuts its doors," Davis said.

Saturday's schedule is equally diverse.

It will start with a Latin-style street

"I wanted it to be people who don't normally get a chance to be on stage and be paid attention to instead of being at a show where they're just the opening band." Melody Davis

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dance lesson and demonstration, followed by comedian Olivia Searcy, who Davis suspects has performed at every Lady Fest.

That night will also include performances from Pensacola duo Ohioh, Tallahassee's hyper enough, comedian Leah Holcomb, singer-songwriter Cat Grizzle, Future Hate from Mobile, Alabama and Blood Moon Pact—another of Davis' musical projects. She calls it "witch punk and experi-metal."

"Blood Moon Pact is like, 'I want to burn the patriarchy to the ground,'" Davis said. "It's very dark, very primal. It started out as me and two other people. One person was banging on a Lowe's bucket and the other person was playing cello and we got another person who plays guitar."

Both nights will feature artist vendors of all sorts. Davis is psyched to have her friend Kaylin Sparkles' Hair Tinsel Booth.

"She will apply some really cool tinsel in your hair," Davis said. "As someone she's done this to, it lasts for like two months and people are like, 'What's that in your hair? Is it sparkly?' It's kind of awesome."

Door money will benefit ARCSoutheast, which aims to help individuals in the South in accessing safe, compassionate and affordable reproductive care. There will be a donation jar set up for the Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest Florida. Pretty Baked, Saturn Collection and Hula Moon will auction off prizes to raise money for FavorHouse, a certified domestic violence center for Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

The festival has a bit of everything because Davis strives to make an event that won't leave anyone out.

If there isn't a seat at the table, Davis builds one, and then she bakes a batch of vegan oatmeal cream pies for everyone at it. {in}

LADY FEST PENSACOLA

WHEN: 7 p.m. doors open; 8:30 p.m. show; Friday, Aug. 30-Saturday, Aug. 31 WHERE: chizuko, 506 W. Belmont St. COST: $5 Friday, $1 Saturday DETAILS: facebook.com/ladyfestpensacola

LADY FEST PENSACOLA 2019 SCHEDULE FRIDAY AT CHIZUKO

Proceeds will benefit ARC-Southeast 8:30 p.m. Carol Rivers (comedy) 9 p.m. Mokoreen 9:20 p.m. Don't Feed the Plants 9:50 p.m. Gene Therapy 10:20 p.m. Yam 10:40 p.m. surprise guest 11 p.m. Rat Daughter 11:45 p.m. My Fault//Your Fault 12:15 a.m. Cooper!

12:50 a.m. Death Cradle 1:20 a.m. Cookies and Cake DarkWave Dance Party until close

SATURDAY AT CHIZUKO

Proceeds will benefit the Pretty Baked and Melody Davis' dream of opening up a vegan bakery/community space 8:30 p.m. Emily Grace Bishop opens up the night with lessons and demonstration in Latin movement (street style) 9:45 p.m. Olivia Searcy (comedy) 10:10 p.m. Ohioh 10:45 p.m. hyper enough 11:11 p.m. Leah Holcomb (comedy) 11:50 p.m. Cat Grizzle 12:20 a.m. Future Hate 1 a.m. Blood Moon Pact Each night will feature an array of artist and merchandise vendors. Shop pieces from Astral Thread, Organic Expression, The Book Pedaler, A Torn Artist, Tabbitha Manzanet, The art of Minxi, Mallory Luana Art, Saturn Collection, Keep Away from Cats jewelry, Claudia Lebrun Art, Beneath the Bark Jewelry, Kaylin Sparkles Hair Tinsel Booth, Art by Cass, Art by Shel and Kys Embroidery.

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By Savannah Evanoff

Happy To Be Here

Photo by Alex Bandoni

No one has to ask.

Barrie is happy to be here. From forming a band together in Brooklyn to landing on the guestlist for a private garden party at the Museum of Modern Art, the fivepiece band named after its female lead singer is inherently cool with wherever they end up.

As the deadline loomed, the band members had no qualms when keyboardist Spurge threw out the name, "Happy To Be Here," for their debut album.

"It's a sentiment we all find ourselves feeling and even saying," Barrie said. "It's gratitude to be where we are. Often in New York, you find yourself in situations and events and with people where you're kinda pinching yourself. As soon as he said it, we

were like, 'Yeah this feels right'—especially with this project. We were like, 'How did we end up here? I don't know, but we feel really lucky to be in this situation.'"

"We were like, 'How did we end up here? I don't know, but we feel really lucky to be in this situation.'"Barrie They didn't know "here" was going to be in New York as the band Barrie. But, when a manager found a few of vocalist Barrie's songs online and connected her with a couple of the members, it instantly

felt right. She thinks he had a sixth sense about it.

Barrie's chill style of songwriting is likely what caught the manager's attention.

No one has to ask her to tone it down.

"Even if I think I've written a really rockin' song, I listen to it later or someone else listens to it and they're like, 'No, this is chill,'" Barrie said. "I think that's just what comes out of me. I think I'm going crazy, and they're like, 'Nope, still very mellow.'"

Barrie's calming vocal style has always lent itself to naming a band after her.

"People have mentioned the idea before when I had other projects like, 'You have a weird name; you might as well name it after yourself,'" Barrie said. "Eventually, I gave over to it. You kinda get used to it, being like, 'We are Barrie,' and hearing people talk to you about you in the third person."

It's ironic though. Barrie isn't technically her name, and Barrie didn't technically always know her name.

"My full name is Barbara, named after my grandmother," Barrie said. "When I was a baby, my parents were like, 'That is way too big of a name for a little kid.'"

Her mother called her Barrie, after both a childhood friend and a town in Ontario— a halfway point between where she grew up in Toronto and where they would go swimming and skiing in the winters and summers.

"She had fond memories," Barrie said.

"I think they were like, 'That seems fitting.'

I didn't even know my name was Barbara until I was 10 years old."

The name makes sense, because Barrie is also the band's primary songwriter.

Barrie is deliberate with her lyrics and keeps a giant list of notes on her phone about things she hears or sees. She digs having entire songs based on a movie, trip or book.

"I don't like talking about myself through music," Barrie said. "I really like

telling other people's stories, things that are going on around me. The self comes through in the telling it. It doesn't have to be first-person. The things you pick up in an experience or interactions with a person are very telling about the narrator anyway.

The things you include and leave out are all very informative."

"Geology" is based on a James Baldwin novel Scurge lent her when she first moved to New York.

"I was just reading it nonstop on the subway, feeling very inspired by that," Barrie said. "It's funny listening to that song, because it reminds me of the novel but also that era of my life, just having moved to the city and feeling like I was really in this new and exciting and inspiring place."

New York is as overwhelming, loud and busy as they say it is, she said. It only took her a few seconds to come up with a really New York-y New York anecdote.

Guitarist Noah sweet-talked the band onto a guest list for a private show at the Museum of Modern Art. "I remember saying to myself like, 'How the hell did I get in here, standing next to Maggie Gyllenhaal and these fashion people?'" Barrie said. "It was like, 'This is really the center of the world, isn't it?'" The whole first year of being there was a series of pinching yourself—and not just in terms of meeting a famous person—just being surrounded by cool, interesting young artists who are figuring out their stuff, too."

As always, Barrie is just happy to be here. {in}

BARRIE

WHAT: Why? with Barrie WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30 WHERE: Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox COST: $15 DETAILS: vinylmusichall.com

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calendar St. Sign up for the newsletter for menu. eotlcafe.com ZUMBA WITH SHANNON AND FRIENDS 6-7 p.m. $4. Homestead Community Center, 7830 Pine Forest Road.

MEDITATION AND ENERGY HEALING 6 p.m.

Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org ADRON CHAMBERS YOGA 6:30 p.m.

Donation-based yoga with Adron Chambers every Tuesday and Thursday. Asher & Bee Apothecary and Tea House, 7 E. Gregory St. facebook.com/asherandbee COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAMER DON SCHLITZ

7-9 p.m. $20. Flora-Bama Lounge, Package and Oyster Bar, 17401 Perdido Key Drive.

FRIDAY 8.30

ONE-ON-ONE TECH HELP 10 a.m. Pensacola

Library, 239 N. Spring St. mywfpl.com

BINGSU & CHILL: A POP-UP EVENT 3 p.m.

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THURSDAY 8.29

WORK ON THE FLORIDA TRAIL 8 a.m.-12:30

p.m. Every Thursday. Three miles north of Deaton Bridge Road. meetup.com/ftawesterngate YOGA WITHIN REACH 9-10 a.m. Free. Community Health Northwest Florida, 2315 W. Jackson St., Room A. healthcarewithinreach.org AWM WINE TASTING 5-7 p.m. Free. Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. 9th Ave. facebook.com/ aragonwine

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YAPPY HOUR 5-10 p.m. Bring your dogs for

drink specials. A portion of the proceeds benefits The Escambia County Animal Shelter.

Red Fish Blue Fish, 5B Via De Luna Drive.

GULF COAST CHORALE FALL SHOW 5:308:30 p.m. Gadsden Street United Methodist Church, 901 E. Gadsden St. WINE AND UNWIND 6-7 p.m. $12. Frazier's Country Wines, 3130 Barrancas Ave. END OF THE LINE THURSDAY DINNER 6-9 p.m. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright

Every Friday through Aug. 30. Asher & Bee and Apothecary and Tea House, 7 E. Gregory St. facebook.com/asherandbee HAPPY HOUR COOKOUT 5 p.m Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com DARK MOON MEDITATION 6:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Asher & Bee Apothecary and Tea House, 7 E. Gregory St. facebook. com/asherandbee OPEN MIC 7-11 p.m. Café Single Fin, 380 N. 9th Ave. facebook.com/cafesinglefin WHY? 7 p.m. $15. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com

GLOW BOWL 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Every Friday and Saturday. $12 per person. Strikerz Entertainment Center, 3200 N. Palafox St.

SATURDAY 8.31

PARKRUN/WALK MEETUP 7:30 a.m. University

of West Florida, Rec Plex North Field, 11000 University Parkway. parkrun.us/recplexnorth SANTA ROSA FARMERS MARKET 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Fresh local produce, honey, baked goods and live music. Pace Presbyterian Church, Woodbine Road.

PALAFOX MARKET 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Fresh produce, live plants, baked goods, fine art and antiques. Items originate directly from participating vendors, including dozens of local farmers, home gardeners and area artists. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, N. Palafox. palafoxmarket.com YOU SELL IT HERE FARMER'S MARKET 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free admission. Every Saturday. 8600 Pensacola Blvd., facebook.com/yousellithere OCEAN HOUR CLEAN-UPS 9-10 a.m. Park East on Pensacola Beach and Ft Pickens. oceanhourfl.com 25TH ANNUAL ANTIQUE APPRAISAL FAIR 9 a.m.-2 p.m. $5 (includes cost of one item appraisal) Garth's Antiques and Auction Gallery, 3930 Navy Blvd.

DRAG BRUNCH 10:30 a.m. $8 cover. The Vineyard, 1010 N. 12th Ave. facebook.com/ pensacolavineyardbistrowinebar 7TH ANNUAL BACKPACK PROJECT USA FAMILY FISHING RODEO Noon-4 p.m.

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calendar Grand Lagoon Yacht Club, 30 East Texar. backpackprojectusa.com GULF COAST SUMMER JAM-JAZZ EDITION

2:30 p.m. $75-$100. Community Maritime Park, 351 W. Cedar St. gulfcoastsummerfestjazzedition.com FIBER FREESTYLIN' AT STUDIO SOUTH 3-5 p.m.

Saturdays. Open to all knitters, crocheters, weavers and more. Studio South, 955 E. Nine Mile Road. studiosouthon9mileroad.com WALKING CEMETERY TOURS 5:30 p.m. $12 plus tax. St. John's Historic Cemetery, 301 N. G St. goretro.us SAENGER CLASSIC MOVIE SERIES: CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON 7 p.m. $6. Saenger

Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. pensacolasaenger.com

AUTO RACING 8 p.m. $15-$20. Five

Flags Speedway, 7451 Pine Forest Road.

5flagsspeedway.com SATURDAY SWING OUTS 8 p.m. $5. Saturdays.

Breathe Yoga Studio, 505 S. Adams St. WIDESPREAD PANIC 8 p.m. $66-$76.50.

Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. pensacolabaycenter.com GLOW BOWL 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Every Friday and Saturday. $12 per person. Strikerz Entertainment Center 3200 N. Palafox St. WIDESPREAD PANIC AFTERPARTY WITH YELLOWHAMMER, JENNIFER HARTSWICK, FUTURE ASTRONAUTS AND MORE 11 p.m. $10. Vinyl

Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com

SUNDAY 9.1

THEMED BRUNCH AT PERFECT PLAIN 10 a.m.

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Perfect Plain Brewing Co., 50 E. Garden St. facebook.com/perfectplainbrewingco BRUNCH WITH LIVE MUSIC 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Café Single Fin, 380 N. Ninth Ave. facebook.com/cafesinglefin TRANSMISSION GROUP WORLD SERVICE MEDITATION 10:30 a.m. Free. Ever'man

Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org PENSACOLA BEER WEEK 11 a.m. Through Sept.

8. Perfect Plain Brewing Co., 50 E. Garden St. facebook.com/perfectplainbrewingco VEGAN BRUNCH 11 a.m.-2 p.m. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright St. Sign up for the newsletter for menu. eotlcafe.com SUNDAY BRUNCH AT H20 11 a.m. $28.95 for adults. Free valet parking and 15% off with local ID. H20 Hilton, 12 Via De Luna Drive. facebook.com/hiltonpensacolabeach GROVE & BROWN MARKET 1 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 17. Local vendors, artist, and farmers. Henny Penny's Patisserie, 4412 W. Jackson.

BATHTUB RACES 2 p.m. $30 per team. Bamboo Willie's Beachside Bar, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. bamboowillies.com SOUL BEACH SUNDAY MINI FESTIVAL 2-9:30 p.m. Free. Presented by Real Women Radio. Gulfside Pavilion at Casino Beach, 20 Casino Beach Blvd.

GULF COAST SUMMER JAM-JAZZ EDITION

2:30 p.m. $75-$100. Community Maritime Park, 351 W. Cedar St. gulfcoastsummerfestjazzedition.com

JUSTIN MOORE AT FLORA-BAMA 4 p.m. $49.50-

$89.50. Flora-Bama, 17401 Perdido Key Drive. florabama.com/justin-moore-concert WIDESPREAD PANIC 8 p.m. $66-$76.50.

Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. pensacolabaycenter.com WIDESPREAD PANIC AFTERPARTY WITH POST PLUTO 10 p.m. $10. Seville Quarter,

103 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

MONDAY 9.2

RESUME HELP 11 a.m. Molino Branch Li-

brary, 6450-A Highway 95A. mywfpl.com

PENSACOLA BEER WEEK 11 a.m. Perfect

Plain Brewing Co., 50 E. Garden St. facebook.com/perfectplainbrewingco PILATES MAT 1:30 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org CRAZY CUPCAKES CLASS 5:30 p.m. $40.

Henny Penny's Patisserie, 4412 W. Jackson. facebook.com/hennypennyspatisserie BUTTERCREAM TECHNIQUES CLASS 5:30 p.m. $40. Henny Penny's Patisserie, 4412 W. Jackson. facebook.com/hennypennyspatisserie SEVILLE QUARTER MILERS 6 p.m. Runners meet in front of Seville Quarter for a run around downtown Pensacola. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

TUESDAY 9.3

YOGA WITHIN REACH 9-10 a.m. Free. Community Health Northwest Florida, 2315 W. Jackson St., Room A. healthcarewithinreach.org

PENSACOLA BEER WEEK 11 a.m. Perfect

Plain Brewing Co., 50 E. Garden St. facebook.com/perfectplainbrewingco BLUE ANGELS PRACTICE 11:30 a.m. National Naval Aviation Museum viewing area, 1878 S. Blue Angel Parkway. Use West Gate Entrance.

TRYON FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT 4 p.m. Tryon Branch Library, 1200 Langley Ave. mywfpl.com COMPLIMENTARY WINE TASTING 4-6 p.m.

Bodacious, 407-D S. Palafox. sogourmetpensacola.com FIBER FREESTYLIN' AT STUDIO SOUTH

5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Open to all knitters, crocheters, weavers and more. Studio South, 955 E. Nine Mile Road. studiosouthon9mileroad.com WALKING CEMETERY TOURS 5:30 p.m. $12 plus tax. St. John's Historic Cemetery, 301 N. G St. goretro.us ALL ABOUT FISH COOKING CLASS 6 p.m. $60. So Gourmet, 407-D S. Palafox. sogourmetpensacola.com FUNKY YOGA 6 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org ZUMBA WITH SHANNON AND FRIENDS 6-7 p.m. $4. Homestead Community Center, 7830 Pine Forest Road.

ADRON CHAMBERS YOGA 6:30 p.m. Donation-based yoga with Adron Chambers every Tuesday and Thursday. Asher & Bee Apothecary and Tea House, 7 E. Gregory St. facebook.com/asherandbee COUNTRY TWO-STEP DANCING 6:30 p.m.

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calendar $12. Whiskey Runners Saloon. 610 E. Nine Mile Road. dancecraftstudios.com BANDS ON THE BEACH 7-9 p.m. Free.

SheAndTheIts. Gulfside Pavilion at Casino Beach. visitpensacolabeach.com

WEDNESDAY 9.4

PILATES FUSION 10:30 a.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org PENSACOLA BEER WEEK 11 a.m. Perfect Plain Brewing Co., 50 E. Garden St. facebook.com/ perfectplainbrewingco ONE-ON-ONE TECH HELP 3 p.m. Pensacola Library, 239 N. Spring St. mywfpl.com WAGGY WEDNESDAYS WITH PENSACOLA HUMANE SOCIETY 4-7 p.m. Pet-themed games

and prizes. Through Sept. 18. $1 from every Tito's Vodka sale benefits Pensacola Humane Society. Island Culture Tiki Bar, 17 Via De Luna Drive. pensacolahumane.org VEGAN AND VINO SUNDAYS 4-7 p.m. Skopelos at New World, 600 S. Palafox AFRICAN DANCE FITNESS 5:30 p.m. Every Wednesday. Henny Penny's Patisserie, 4412 W. Jackson. facebook.com/ facebook.com/ hennypennyspatisserie YOGA FLOW 6-7 p.m. Free. Ever'man Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org WEST COAST SWING DANCING 6:30 p.m. $12.

Whiskey Runners Saloon, 610 E. Nine Mile Road. dancecraftstudios.com TRANSMISSION GROUP WORLD SERVICE MEDITATION 7:15 p.m. Free. Ever'man

Educational Center, 327 W. Garden St. everman.org

Arts & Culture

≥Events

PMA GALLERY TOURS 2:30 p.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays. Free with museum admission. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org

YOGA AND ART WITH NANCY LA NASA 5:30-6:30

p.m. Monday, Sept.

2. Free with museum admission (free for PMA members).

Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org

≥Current Exhibits THE ART OF MINXI

On view through August. Open Books Bookstore and Prison Book Project, 1040 N.

Guillemard St. facebook.com/artofminxi KEEP IT MOVING On view through Sept.

5. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. artelgallery.org THEM DAMNED PICTURES: A HISTORY OF POLITICAL CARTOONS On view

through Sept. 15.

Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org EXPOSURE On view through Oct. 4. Luna Fine Art Gallery at the Hilton Pensacola Beach, 12 Via De Luna Drive. lunafineartgallery.com TERMINAL: PHOTOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS FROM STIEGLITZ TO STASIECZEK

On view through Oct. 18. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org

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Moore Beach Time

in a house that we'd rent and write songs," "My dad doesn't drink, so he always Moore said. "Drink beer and write songs. So drives," Moore said. "The rest of us do. I orthat's what we did this time. Half the material dered a drink. Then, I ordered two or three on my first couple albums I wrote down there more throughout dinner. My mom happens years and years ago. Matter of fact, probably to go, 'Why do you drink so much, son?' half the vocals I did on those first two albums Mind you, she's drinking a margarita at the were in a hole-in-the-wall studio down there." time. 'Hell, I don't know. I just never found Moore has other significant memories in a reason not to. If my team loses, I drink. If the area, too. He met his wife in Panama City 18 they win, I drink to celebrate' … there are a years ago during a high school senior trip. The lot of reasons why we drink." two have been together ever since.

When Moore tells the story, he always "It's always been a really special place to says it's a drinking song inspired by his mom. my wife and I and also been a big part of my Not all of Moore's songs have a playful songwriting over the years," Moore said. "It context. His most popular on Spotify today is breeds creativity."

"The Ones that Didn't Make It Back Home," A creative, stand-out title on the album a song meant to honor servicemen and women. is "Jesus and Jack Daniels." In it, Moore sings, "That's those who are in our military "I've got my strength, and Lord knows I've got and here at home—whether it be police my weakness/Oh, I'm lost somewhere between officers or firefighters, teachers, which Jack Daniels and Jesus." are unfortunately in the line of duty now," Moore said. "It's a song I wrote to honor those men and women. People have obviously taken to it. I'm proud of it."

It reminds Moore of a former hit song, "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away" "(It) kinda taught me how powerful country music is," Moore said. "It's always fun and good for your career to have a hit "It's a fictional couple in the song, but I song, but it's even more special when it's think a lot of people—at least where I grew a song that people tell me in meet-andup—can relate to it," Moore said. "I knew greets, in the supermarket, that it helped people who had parents like that. I saw it them through a difficult time of losing a firsthand growing up. I've always enjoyed loved one. It's special to have songs that impact people's lives in a positive way when when titles do that, you read a title and go, 'I gotta hear that.'" they need it."

Moore digs a title that draws attenMoore's songwriting style is reflected in tion—like his album title—even if it the the album title. Late nights and long necks song doesn't end up on the album. {in} are involved.

Moore and co-writers wrote his latest record "retreat style" at Moore's beach house in Destin. And it isn't the first he's written in NorthWHAT: Justin Moore with Easton Corbin west Florida.

WHEN: 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1 "Early on in my career, when I lived WHERE: Flora-Bama, 17401 Perdido Key Drive in Nashville, my producer and I would drive down—which is about a six-andDETAILS: justinmooremusic.com a-half-hour drive—and lock ourselves

"It's always been a really special place to my wife and I and also been a big part of my songwriting over the years." Justin Moore

Photo by Cody Villalobos

The album title—well, it's kind of a funny story.

Country musician Justin Moore's 2019 album is called "Late Nights and Long Necks," but you won't see that name on the track listing.

That song isn't even on the record.

Moore wrote it 16 or 17 years ago.

"I've wanted it to be on every album," Moore said. "For whatever reason, it's not made any of the albums. Fast forward to this album, and I just knew for a fact it was gonna be on this one. This album was perfect for that

particular song. We went back and made a super traditional country album, and that's the type of song that it is."

"But long story short, it didn't make this album either."

Maybe the next one, he said nonchalantly.

The album title isn't the only funny story. He tells another one.

"Why We Drink"—the next single—is an up-tempo, party-ish song, he said. The idea behind the lyrics stemmed from a double date with Moore's parents at a Chili's or TGI Fridays—some restaurant of that sort.

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free will astrology WEEK OF AUGUST 29 ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): Here are examples of activities I recommend you try in the coming days. 1. Build a campfire on the beach with friends and regale each other with stories of your most interesting successes. 2.

Buy eccentric treasures at a flea market and ever thereafter refer to them as your holy icons.

3. Climb a hill and sit on the grass as you sing your favorite songs and watch the moon slowly rise over the eastern horizon. 4. Take naps when you're "not supposed to." 5. Sneak into an orchard at night and eat fruit plucked just moments before. 6. Tell a beloved person a fairy tale in which he or she is the hero.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): The hardi-

est creature on the planet may be the bacterium known as "Deinococcus radiodurans."

It can endure exposure to radiation, intense cold, dehydration, acid and vacuum. I propose we make it your power creature for the coming weeks. Why? Not because I expect you'll have to deal with a lot of extreme conditions, but rather because I think you'll be exceptionally robust, both physically and psychologically.

If you've been waiting for the right time to succeed at demanding challenges that require you to be in top form, now is a good time to do it. P.S. "Deinococcus radiodurans" is colloquially referred to as Conan the Bacterium, borrowing from the spirit of the fictional character Conan the Barbarian, who is renowned for his strength and agility.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): In the yearly

cycle of many Geminis, retreating into a state akin to hibernation makes sense during the end of August and the first three weeks of September. But since many of you are highenergy sophisticates, you often override your body's signals. And then nature pushes back by compelling you to slow down. The result may be a rhythm that feels like constantly taking three steps forward and two steps backward.

May I suggest a different approach this year?

Would you consider surrendering, even slightly, to the invitation to relax and recharge?

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): If you decide to travel to a particular place via hot air balloon, you must be prepared for the possibility that your route will be indirect. At different altitudes, the wind may be blowing in different directions: toward the east at a hundred feet high, but toward the southwest at two hundred feet. The trick for the pilot is to jockey up and down until finding a layer that's headed toward the desired destination. I see your life right now as having a metaphorical resemblance to this riddle. You have not yet discovered the layer that will take you where you want to go. But I bet you will soon.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): Considering how

bright you have been burning since the Flame Angels designated you as the Hottest Cool Person of the Month, I hesitate to urge you to simmer down. But I must. Before there's a meltdown in your vicinity, please lower your thermostat. Not a lot. Just a little. If you do

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that, everyone will continue to see your gleaming charisma in the best possible light. But don't you dare extinguish your blaze. Don't apologize for your brilliant shimmer. The rest of us need your magical radiance.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Shogun is a bestselling novel about an Englishman who transforms himself into a samurai warrior in 17th century Japan. Written by James Clavell, it's over 1,100 pages long. Clavell testified that the idea for the story sprang up in him when he read one line in his daughter's school book—"In 1600 an Englishman went to Japan and became a samurai." I suspect it's highly likely you will soon encounter a seed like that, Virgo—a bare inspiration that will eventually bloom into a Big Thing.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): Libran athlete Mickey Mantle is in Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame. He had a spectacular 18-year career, winning the Most Valuable Player Award three times, playing in 12 World Series and being selected to the All-Star team 16 times. So it's astounding that he played with a torn ligament in his knee for 17 years, according to his biographer, Jane Leavy. She quoted an orthopedic surgeon who said that Mantle compensated for his injury with "neuromuscular genius." I'm thinking that in the next few weeks you're in a position to accomplish an equivalent of Mantle's heroic adjustment.

Don't apologize for your brilliant shimmer. The rest of us need your magical radiance.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Most people who belong to the Church of Satan neither believe in nor worship Satan. (They're atheists and don't believe in the supernatural.) I think a comparable principle is true for many rightwing fundamentalist Christians. Their actions and words are replete with bigotry, hard-heartedness, materialism and selfishness—so contrary to what the real Jesus Christ taught that they in effect don't believe in or worship Jesus Christ.

I mention this, Scorpio, in hope of inspiring you to take inventory of whether your stated ideals are reflected in the practical details of how you live your life. That's always an interesting and important task, of course, but it's especially so for you right now. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to purge any hypocrisy from your system and get your actual behavior in close alignment with your deepest values.

conditioning and other people's hells.

My horoscopes come with an ironclad guarantee—if the advice you read is wrong, you're under no obligation to believe it.

And remember—a panel of 531 experts has determined that "Free Will Astrology" is an effective therapy for your chronic wounds and primordial pain. It is also dramatic proof that there is no good reason to be afraid of life."

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Here

are good questions for you to meditate on during the next four weeks. 1. How can you attract resources that will expand your mind and your world? 2. Are you bold enough to reach out to wise sources and provocative influences that could connect you with useful tricks and practical treasures? 3. What interesting lessons can you stir up as you explore the mercurial edges, skirt the changeable boundaries, journey to catalytic frontiers and make pilgrimages to holy hubbubs? 4. How best can you encourage lyrical emotion over polished sentimentality? Joyous idealism over astringent zealotry? Exuberant integrity over formulaic kindness?

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): "It is the beginning of wisdom when you recognize that the best you can do is choose which rules you want to live by," wrote author Wallace Stegner, "and it's persistent and aggravated imbecility to pretend you can live without any." That will be an excellent meditation for you during the coming weeks. I trust you are long past the time of fantasizing you can live without any rules.

Your challenge now is to adjust some of the rules you have been living by, or even dare to align yourself with some new rules—and then completely commit yourself to being loyal to them and enjoying them.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Given the

astrological omens that will symbolize your personal story in the coming weeks and months, I think Piscean author Nikos Kazantzakis articulated the perfect prescription for you. I invite you to interpret his thoughts to fit your circumstances. "We're going to start with small, easy things," he wrote. "Then, little by little we shall try our hand at the big things. And after that, after we finish the big things, we shall undertake the impossible."

Here's an additional prod from Kazantzakis— "Reach what you cannot."

THIS WEEK'S HOMEWORK: What do you want most for the person or animal you love best?

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21):

It's the right time for you to create a fresh mission statement and promotional campaign. For inspiration, read mine—"My column "Free Will Astrology" offers you a wide selection of realities to choose from.

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news of the weird FOWL! An upscale neighborhood near the Ibis Golf and Country Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, is all a-flutter over some unwelcome guests: dozens of black vultures. The Palm Beach Post reports that a New York family can no longer visit the $700,000 vacation home they bought earlier this year because the birds have defecated and vomited all around it, leaving a smell "like a thousand rotting corpses," claimed homeowner Siobhan Casimano. Homeowner Cheryl Katz put out fake owls with moving heads and blinking red lights for eyes to scare off the birds, but she said the vultures "ripped the heads off." Katz had to summon police when the vultures became trapped in her pool enclosure and attacked each other: "Blood was everywhere," she told the Post. Katz and other homeowners blame the invasion on a neighbor who feeds wildlife, supplying bags of dog food, roasted chicken and trays of sandwiches for their enjoyment. Neighborhood association president Gordon Holness told the Post the neighbor has been issued a warning, but the migratory birds are protected by federal law.

SPOILED A young man identified only as Akash, in Yamunanagar, Haryana state in northern India, received a brand-new BMW from his parents for his birthday, reported Fox News on Aug. 12. But Akash, who had nagged his parents for a Jaguar instead, told police the BMW was "a little small for him and his friends inside." So he pushed the new vehicle into a river, where it sank into deep water and had to be pulled out with a crane. "The youth was arrogant and kept insisting that he be given a Jaguar," police said. "We could only afford to give him a BMW," said his father. "We never imagined he would do anything like this."

SECOND THOUGHTS Maybe his conscience got the better of him. On Aug. 13, according to WTAE, a man in a wheelchair approached a teller at a First National Bank on Pittsburgh's South Side. The man, thought to be in his 60s, handed the teller a

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note demanding cash, but then "suddenly abandoned his robbery attempt and exited the bank," a police statement read. Police and FBI agents were on the lookout for the reluctant robber, but there were no photographs or video of him to aid them.

STRANGE OBSESSION Washington State Highway Patrol Sgt. Kyle Smith stopped along Highway 518 near Seattle on Aug. 13 to see if a car parked on the shoulder needed assistance. Instead, according to the Associated Press, he observed the driver inside with eight mobile phones, neatly arranged in a blue foam square, all playing Pokemon Go. Smith did not issue a ticket to the driver, but he did warn him to put the phones away and move along, as the shoulder is meant only for emergency stops.

WHAT'S IN A NAME? Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel brought the town of Dildo, Newfoundland and Labrador, continentwide attention in mid-August when he gifted the community a Hollywood-style sign installed on a hill above the town. Soon, Canadian adult toy company Our Pleasure posted a video to Facebook featuring some of its products in front of the sign and at other locations around the town, reported The Telegram, inciting anger among some residents. "They went too far with this," said Andrew Pretty, a member of the town's local service district committee. "They had one picture right next to the playground ... it's not right." Our Pleasure owner Cathy Daniels described the video as "more of a fun video," but townspeople don't see the humor. They are circulating a petition asking Our Pleasure not to use photos of Dildo for its advertising and social media campaigns. {in}

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