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DON GAETZ The state senator from Niceville was the surprise star of Jeb Bush’s presidential rally on June 15. He was the final speaker to fire up the crowd before Bush announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination. According to the Miami Herald, Gaetz delivered some of the best one-liners, including this one aimed at Marco Rubio: “The presidency of the United States does not come with training wheels. The presidency of the United States should not be the first management job you apply for."

CHARLES COTTON The National Rifle Association board director blamed the nine shooting deaths at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. on Clementa C. Pinckney—a state senator and the church’s slain pastor. Cotton wrote on a Texas-based forum for gun owners, “Eight of his church members who might be alive if he had expressly allowed members to carry handguns in church are dead. Innocent people died because of his position on a political issue.” The NRA said Cotton didn’t speak for their organization. The message has been deleted.

State athletic director is the new Senior Vice President and Executive Director of the Andrews Institute. Dr. Joyner is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with a sports medicine emphasis. He is a former chairman and senior member of the United States Olympic Committee sports medicine team. He was a two-sport AllAmerican and captain of the football and wrestling teams at Penn State. He also was an Academic All-American at Penn State

CHARLIE WARD The head football coach at Washington High School held his second annual Mentor Leadership Camp on June 20. Ward won the Heisman Trophy while leading Florida State to a national championship. He went on to play point guard for the New York Knicks. The unique camp consisted of six stations where kids and their fathers had a six-minute drill followed by a life message.

the eve of the Florida Department of Health accepting applications to grow low-THC cannabis, such as Charlotte’s Web, the Jacksonville City Council approved a six-month moratorium to block any such businesses from operating in Duval County. The action is devastating to families like the Batemans who we featured on our June 4 article, “The Faces of Cannabis,” on the yearlong fight to make it available for children dealing with severe forms of epilepsy.

MCM-BAP The Miami developer tried to get away with offering only $150,000 for 99-year leases on three Maritime Park parcels, two of which were waterfront lots. MCM-BAP also said the annual lease fees were to cover any real estate taxes and maintenance fees. The city passed on the offer negotiated by its real estate broker, CBRE. MCM-BAP said it will have a new proposal in three weeks.

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LET GO OF THE PAST In the wake of the shootings at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, conservative South Carolina Republicans are joining their voices with those in the AfricanAmerican community in calling for the Confederate battle flag to be removed from the state’s Capitol.

The suspect in the massacre of nine people while they attended a Bible study, Dylann Roof, had posed for numerous photos with the Confederate battle flag. Over the weekend, black leaders had begun asking state lawmakers to take down the flag from the state building.

On Monday, Gov. Nikki R. Haley called for it to come down. At a news conference, Haley said, “Today we are here in a moment of unity in our state, without ill will, to say it’s time to move the flag from the capitol grounds.”

Opposition to the Confederate flag has extended beyond the state’s borders. Walmart and Sears, two of the country's largest retailers, have announced the removal of all Confederate flag merchandise from their stores.

Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn said his fellow lawmakers need to rethink the state flag that incorporates the battle flag in its design.

"We must always remember our past, but that does not mean we must let it define us," Gunn (R-Clinton) said. "As a Christian, I believe our state's flag has become a point of offense that needs to be removed.”

Eventually, the Confederate flags will

be moved to fly only at museums, cemeteries and Civil War battlefields, not on government property…except in Escambia County, Florida.

The Board of County Commissioners almost got ahead of the curve on this issue.

Last year, the board voted to remove the five flags, which included the Confederate battle flag, from the Pensacola Bay Center and replace the display with the U.S. flag and the state flag.

Then Commissioner Grover Robinson had second thoughts, after all he had an ancestor who fought for the Confederacy and Pensacola was known as “The City of Five Flags.” He argued another Confederate flag would be more suitable, even though the African-American community told him otherwise. By a 3-2 vote, the commissioners returned five flags to the center, replacing the battle flag with a what Robinson considered a less offensive Confederate flag.

Governor Haley, Walmart, Sears and Mississippi House Speaker Gunn are not making that distinction. They are not asking to replace the battle flag with another Confederate flag. They are saying the time has come to let go of the past and no longer let it define us.

Escambia County and the City of Pensacola should do the same. {in} rick@ inweekly.net

Eventually, the Confederate flags will be moved to fly only at museums, cemeteries and Civil War battlefields, not on government property.

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DON’T ASK HOW THE MARITIME SAUSAGE IS MADE

The Studers’ proposed School of Entrepreneurship

By Rick Outzen Butchers never recommend watching how the sausage is made. It’s best to enjoy the pork links oblivious to the process and actual components. Otherwise, no one would ever eat sausage.

The mayor’s office runs the city of Pensacola, but figuring out the hows and whys of its actions and decisions may not be mentally healthy.

The city of Pensacola has struggled with how to develop the seven remaining parcels at the Community Maritime Park. The Pensacola City Council appears to be ready to approve a $20-million investment by Quint and Rishy Studer in three parcels, but a proposal by Miami developer MCM-BAP has been mired in controversy. Its future is less clear.

Mayor Ashton Hayward’s maritime park journey from market analysis to reviewing proposals to project approval has been convoluted. Three city administrators and his chief operations officer have not been able to make the process any smoother or more transparent.

MARKET ANALYSIS

In March 2013, Mayor Ashton Hayward hired CBRE, an international real-estate consulting company, to do a market analysis of the city's property at the Community Maritime Park, the Airport Commerce Park and the Port of Pensacola.

The mayor had boxed himself into a corner. The CMPA and City Council were fighting over whether to allow the YMCA build on Parcel 8 at the park. Hayward had earlier endorsed the project but had gotten cold feet when some of his supporters questioned the wisdom of placing a nonprofit on a waterfront parcel.

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airport. His re-election was a year away. CBRE gave him cover and offered an opportunity to find other prospects for the maritime park.

Piggybacking off of a state contract, the mayor didn’t bid the work. He paid CBRE $46,500 for a marketing plan. If the firm was later given the listing agreement, the mayor’s office said CBRE would be paid a 4 percent commission.

On Aug. 6, 2013, CBRE presented its report, “Real Property Market Analysis & Recommendations for Community Maritime Park, Pensacola Deepwater Port & Pensacola International Airport.” CBRE devoted 10 pages of the 33-page report to the park.

The broker said that there was sufficient demand for a full-service hotel consisting of 225 rooms and conference space. The best site for the hotel was Parcel 8, where the YMCA wanted to build. The firm concluded the market would not support rental housing.

However, condominiums could be successfully developed in conjunction with restaurants and retail on Parcel 7.

Two months later, the mayor recommended to the Pensacola City Council and CMPA board that CBRE be hired as the city’s exclusive real estate broker. Both bodies agreed.

Then nothing happened for nearly a year.

No offers were presented to the City Council or CMPA.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

In September 2014, CBRE put out a request for proposals for the remaining seven parcels at the park. Studer Community Investments made proposals for Parcels 3 and 9. CBRE brought in a Miami developer that wanted to develop Parcels 4, 7 and 8 and asked for the right-of-first-refusal on all the other parcels, essentially blocking the SCI offer.

The developer, a joint venture between the Miami-based companies Munilla Construction Management (MCM) and Bermelllo Ajamil & Partners, Inc. (BAP), told the CMPA board at

its Jan. 28 meeting that it would invest $65 million in a development that included a 120-room hotel and 200 luxury apartments that could be converted to condominiums.

The MCM-BAP proposal had several key differences from the 2013 CBRE report.

The hotel had 100 units fewer than the one described in the report, and the project had been relocated from the waterfront to Parcel 4 on Main Street.

Two years earlier, CBRE concluded rental units weren't feasible, and restaurants and retail were best for Parcel 7 to support the condominiums. MCM-BAP ignored the report and proposed 200 luxury-housing rentals for Parcels 7 and 8 with potential for condo conversion subject to market conditions—investment $45 million. It wasn't building any restaurants or retail.

MCM-BAP agreed to pay a minimum of $275,000 ground rent for the three parcels or 7.5 percent of the annual rent.

In March, CBRE presented to the CMPA board its draft of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between MCM-BAP and the city. A controversy arose because the MOU had changed CBRE’s commission from 4 percent on the leases to a $2.5 million success fee paid by the developer to the broker at close.

CMPA board member Fred Gunther questioned the new arrangement.

“The CMPA board and city executed an exclusive listing agreement with CBRE,” Gunther said. “That agreement requires that the city agree to pay 4 percent of the gross lease, capped at 30 years…There was nothing in that agreement to allow the broker to pursue a separate fee from a potential tenant, buyer, whatever.”

However, the RFP had changed the fee structure to a success fee. City Chief Operations Officer Tamara Fountain told Inweekly that she believed that it was former City Administrator Colleen Castille who approved the RFP and the new fee structure.

Fountain said, “Ed Spears issued the RFP without having the CMPA Board approve it. I think CBRE assumed Spears brought if before the CMPA Board. This is the reason CBRE was surprised when they got pushback from the CMPA Board yesterday.”

Two days after the CMPA vote, Ed Spears, the CMPA executive director, left city hall and later turned in his resignation.

The impression given to the media by the mayor's office was Spears was being forced out because of the RFP. Inweekly asked CBRE about the success fee. The broker said the fee would be paid by the developer as part of their overall project costs and eliminated the out-of-pocket costs of the City of Pensacola.

A CBRE spokesperson said, “CBRE has communicated the proposed success fee method of compensation since the beginning of the engagement.”

Inweekly reviewed the exclusive agreement given CBRE. It did state that if CBRE also represented a prospect for the parcels: “City and CMPA either (a) consents to CBRE transitioning from a single agent to a transaction broker, or (b) upon request and consent, authorizes CBRE to appointed designated agents.”

The spokesperson didn’t say who in the city was aware of the success fee being in the RFP and had consented to the change, but Councilwoman Sherri Myers said CBRE told her it was Spears, Castille, Fountain and Chief Financial Officer Dick Barker.

At its April 6 agenda review meeting, Councilman Charles Bare recommended the termination of the agreement. Councilwoman Myers made the motion to pull his agenda item because she believed that it had already terminated in February when CBRE's contract expired.

Councilman Larry Johnson said that when he met with CBRE the prior week, he was told that the mayor had signed a oneyear extension. inweekly.net

“No, the listing agreements for them have expired and have not been renewed,” City Administrator Eric Olson said, but he said the mayor was negotiating an extension with the broker.

Myers pointed out that even if the listing agreement was terminated or had expired, its Paragraph 4 gave CBRE an additional 180 days to negotiate with any parties it had brought to the city. The council agreed to pull Bare’s item off the agenda.

On April 8 a little before 7:30 p.m., Fountain sent the Pensacola City Council a memo from the mayor. Mayor Hayward said he was extending CBRE’s listing agreement for one year.

“We asked CBRE to do a job, and they have done it,” wrote the mayor. “They have brought forward a strong prospect and project for our consideration. As a result of my satisfaction with CBRE’s performance, I am in the process of extending their listing agreement by one year.”

Mayor Hayward said, “The MOU is simply a framework for the city and the developer to closely examine one another, open negotiations and determine if a deal makes sense for all parties involved.”

He said he had asked Council President Andy Terhaar to schedule a special meeting for the council to consider the MOU. He said he, along with legal counsel and representatives from CBRE, would attend the meeting.

Hayward the next day sent out another email. He had negotiated a $1 million reduction in the success fee that CBRE could be paid by MCM-BAP, capping the fee at $1.5 million.

No workshop was held in May. The MOU wasn’t placed on the council’s agenda.

The media discovered Fountain had received on May 1 a memo from Michael McShea and Lee Ann Korst of CBRE that said the MCM-BAP deal was falling apart due to “bad press.” The developer was seeking substantial decreases in the proposed minimum rents. CBRE said it would continue negotiating with MCM-BAP. Fountain had not shared the memo with the Pensacola City Council or the CMPA Board of Trustees.

PROJECT APPROVAL?

On June 8, the mayor’s office received the revised MOU from MCM-BAP. As CBRE had written a month earlier, the deal had changed substantially. The total investment for parcels 4, 7 and 8 had been cut from $65 million to $33 million. The new lease payments totaled only $150,000. MCM-BAP would not pay real estate taxes (estimated $590,000 annually) or common area maintenance fees.

The new offer included a proposal for surface or structured parking on Parcel 5 or 6.

MCM-BAP would not pay rent on the parcel.

If structured parking was built, the cost would be $8-12 million. The city and CMPA were expected to contribute toward the construction cost.

Based on the 2012 appraisals, the rent on Parcels 4, 7 and 8 should have been about $509,000 a year. The commission for CBRE was no longer in the MOU but was in a separate private agreement between MCM-BAP and CBRE. The mayor's million-dollar reduction in CBRE's fees wasn't mentioned. The real estate broker still wanted to give MCMBAP the first refusal on the parcels that the Studers wanted.

June 25, 2015

On Thursday, June 18, the council held the workshop the mayor had promised in April.

Neither Hayward nor Fountain attended.

Pensacola City Council listened to presentations by MCM-BAP and Studer Community Investments.

The morning of the workshop, the daily newspaper reported that Mayor Hayward— through Fountain—said he opposed the new MCM-BAP proposal. Fountain described the latest offer as a disappointment. If MCM-BAP couldn’t come to the table with an offer closer to the original one, she indicated the city would hold off until the market conditions improved.

She said she had met with CBRE on Wednesday, and the broker had recommended the city not accept the offer.

It seemed incredulous that CBRE would recommend rejection of an MOU that it negotiated, and the mayor’s office would be disappointed when it had known for six weeks the offer would be reduced. No one asked those questions at the workshop. The council didn’t want to know how the MOU “sausage” was made.

At the workshop, Quint Studer presented renderings of his projects in which he expected to invest $20 million. On Parcel 6, which is on Main Street next to Baskerville-Donovan’s headquarters, he proposed building a School of Entrepreneurship that would focus on community building, research and supporting small-business development.

The smaller Parcels 3 and 9 abut the stadium along the left and right field foul lines, respectively. Studer presented for Parcel 3 a three-story building with a childcare center on the first floor and possibly a sports museum and offices on the top two floors. On Parcel 9, he would build a conference center with breakout rooms and areas for educational events. It also would include expanded training facilities for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos.

Rent for all three parcels totaled $109,258 annually. Common area maintenance fees would be $11,302.50 annually. The rent and fees would increase 5 percent every seven years.

The council members were pleased with Studers' plans for the parcels and agreed to consider the contracts for the parcels at its July meeting.

Mike McShae of CBRE and Erik Valderrama, principal for MCM-BAP, did not have renderings for MCM-BAP’s proposal. They told the council that the developer was willing to discuss modifications to its proposal for rent, common area maintenance fees and real estate taxes.

Valderrama said MCM-BAP would bring a new rent proposal in three weeks. The changes in the developer's original proposal for the three parcels reflected further investigation in Pensacola area’s market conditions. No one brought up CBRE’s 2013 market report, which was even more optimistic than MCM-BAP original offer and that the 2015 market is much better than it was two years ago.

What’s next for MCM-BAP? It’s unclear how the mayor's office will handle the new rent proposal. Will it review it more thoroughly than it did the prior two offers presented by CBRE? Will the proposal be sent first to the CMPA board for approval before the city council discusses it again?

This sausage is still not quite ready to serve. {in}

was just the friendly face of McGuire's Irish Pub. And the gal could sing.”

SRIA BUDGET CRISIS The Escambia Board

Molly McGuire Martin by Cooper Yates HONORING MOLLY MCGUIRE On

Tuesday, June 23, friends and family of the late Molly McGuire Martin gathered at Pensacola State College for the announcement of the Molly McGuire Culinary Arts Endowed Scholarship.

"The Molly McGuire Culinary Arts Endowed Scholarship will forever enhance the Culinary programs offered at Pensacola State College," said Edward Meadows, President of Pensacola State College. "This endowment will ensure that deserving students will have the financial resources necessary to fulfill their dream of attending this renowned program at Pensacola State. Molly McGuire’s legacy of outstanding hospitality in the restaurant industry provides a great example to our students entering this field."

She and her husband, William McGuire Martin, opened McGuire’s Irish Pub in 1977, the year they married. McGuire was the cook, bartender and designer while Molly served as hostess, waitress and charismatic entertainer. Together they went on to build several world-celebrated restaurants, Flounders (Pensacola Beach, Florida, in 1982); McGuire’s Irish Pub (Destin, Florida, in 1996); Crabs, (Pensacola Beach, Florida, 2000); and Vinny McGuire’s Pizza (Destin, Florida, 2011).

When she died last year of “brokenheart syndrome” after attending her grandson’s funeral, Molly’s friends wanted to do something to honor her memory. After meeting with Dr. Meadows, they agreed to establish an endowment for culinary art students at Pensacola State College “The intention was to raise at least $50,000, not for Molly McGuire Martin, but for the Molly McGuire Endowment for culinary students at Pensacola State College,” said attorney Jim Reeves, who has two children that Molly served as their godmother. “Well, hell, we're up to about $160,000 so far, with over 200 people.”

When asked what made Molly McGuire Martin so special, Reeves choked up.

“She was just a joy,” he said. “She personally answered every comment card. She

of County Commissioners asked the Santa Rosa Island Authority to cut its budget, and the board responded by voting to slash its FY 2016 budget in half.

Buck Lee, the SRIA’s executive director, hopes that instead of cutting services on Pensacola Beach, the BCC will give the money back to his agency to maintain the same service levels.

“The county asked us to cut our budget 50 percent, which we did,” said Lee on News Talk 1730 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speaks.”

The county’s plan is to take over the lifeguards and beach maintenance, according to Lee, but he hopes the BCC will keep the $4.5 million in the budget and let the SRIA staff continue to manage those services.

“We've done it before, we've checked every dime, and they knew where everything went, like it was supposed to,” Lee said.

Residents on Santa Rosa Island have been assessed both lease fees to the SRIA and taxes to Escambia County since 2004. The courts have upheld the county’s right to charge property taxes on the residents. The BCC wants to reduce lease fees paid by residents to the SRIA. Some thought the simplest solution would be deeding the properties over to the leaseholders, but many of the master leases have been subdivided, which has made it nearly impossible to untangle the deeds.

Lee said, “Let’s say that we went to a master leaseholder, and let's say he had fifty subleases, and we say we're going to cut your master lease 50 percent. Well, there's no grantee—and he doesn't have to I don't believe—to pass that savings on.”

He said he would hate for Pensacola Beach to lose its image.

“We were the number five beach in the United States with Trip Advisory, and that included Hawaii, and one of the reasons is our maintenance,” he said. “People don't realize we start working out here at four in the morning with the first shift, the second one comes in at seven in the morning, the last comes in at four in the afternoon. They leave after midnight.

There's only three and a half hours we're not out here doing something to make this beach great.”

Lee hopes SRIA supporters will lobby the county commissioners.

“I'm hoping some friends of mine can talk to some of the county commissions and say hey don't you believe Buck has a decent idea just send them the money and they'll keep track of it,” he said. “Let's leave the beach the way it is.”

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THE RESTORE PROPOSAL PORTAL

Alan McMillan

By Jeremy Morrison It’s out there. Always just over the horizon. An undefined amount, to be determined at an unknown time.

But eventually it will come. The big payday. The other end of the rainbow.

RESTORE dollars. That’s assured, as per the federal government.

In 2012, the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities and Revived Economies (RESTORE) Act became law, establishing the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund and guaranteeing areas along the Gulf Coast an eventual windfall of cash via environmental penalties associated with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident and subsequent spill. Ever since, people have been trying to figure out how to spend the money.

While some fines have already been levied—Escambia has already been allocated $10 million out of such fines—the real money will come when the federal government wraps up litigation with BP. No one knows how much it will be, but using a combination of federal and state math, the

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numbers being kicked around on the local level in Escambia are between $100 and $200 million.

Keith Wilkins, the director Community and Environment for Escambia County, estimates that the county will receive $10.6 million for every billion dollars of fine BP will eventually face.

“A million here, a million there, pretty soon you’re talking a lot of money,” Wilkins joked this month during a recent meeting concerning the use of the restoration money.

Each of the gulf states impacted by the spill—Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida—has its own system for dolling out the respective allotments of RESTORE money. By the time Escambia’s money trickles down to the county level, the decision of how best to use it will rest with the county commission.

Two years ago, the commission seated an advisory board to consider the bi question. In an effort to wrap their heads around Escambia’s needs, committee members have discussed and debated a host of issues and heard from all the regular players: the city of Pensacola, the chamber of commerce, nonprofits, businesses and activists among them.

Now, the county is looking to actively engage the public and formally accept proposals on how best to use the coming restoration dollars. They rolled out the invitation this month during the first in a series of community outreach meetings.

“We believe this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in Escambia County, and we should do something that makes a difference with this money,” Alan McMillian, vice chair of the county’s RESTORE Advisory Committee, told a crowd gathered at the Sanders Beach Community Center. “It can’t just be business as usual, we have to do something to make a difference in Escambia County.”

Beginning in July, the county is launching its RESTORE Project Application Portal.

The web-based portal will allow individuals, businesses and groups to submit projects

they feel should be considered for oil spill restoration money. The submittal site will open tentatively July 1 and remain open for 90 days.

When submitting proposals, applicants will be asked to summarize their projects and describe how associated work will be preformed in the Gulf region. They will also need to lay out an estimated budget and timeline, in addition to detailing how the project will conform to applicable federal, state and local laws and codes.

Applicants will also be asked to square their proposals with a set of criteria established by the county. The criteria—divided into categories and graded on a point-system—focuses on baseline thresholds, such as meeting the requirements of the RESTORE Act itself, as well as the three main planks of the local RESTORE conversation: the environment, the economy and infrastructure.

Applicants will need to account for how their proposal will restore or conserve habitat or improve water quality; increase tourism or create jobs or grow industry; reduce flooding or improve roads, sidewalks and bike lanes.

There are also “bonus” categories to be addressed on the county’s proposal application.

These categories deal with issues such as community health and improving opportunities for “disadvantaged or traditionally underserved persons or areas,” such as areas with a high low-income or minority concentration, or persons with a disability or limited English proficiency. The bonus area of the application will also address issues such as the utilizing local labor, protecting cultural and historic resources, employing green design, leveraging funds, partnering between community entities, sustainability and efficiency.

Each category on the application allows for a potential number of points, which will be used in determining a proposal’s overall score. For example, a proposal can earn a possible overall 20 points for each of the main categories of environment, economy and infrastructure.

“Ideally, the projects they are looking for will address every single criteria listed,” said Dewberry Project Manager Estelle Wilson, who is involved in facilitating the proposal portal.

Once the proposal period ends, tentatively on Sept. 30, the applications will be evaluated by a technical review team made up of the RESTORE Act Advisory committee, county commissioners and subject matter experts.

Following the evaluation and ranking of projects, a proposed list of projects will be made available and the public will be given an opportunity to comment before Escambia’s Board of County Commissioners submits a finalized project list to the U.S. Department of Treasury for federal approval. {in} For more information about submitting a RESTORE proposal to Escambia County, people can attend one of the upcoming community meetings, or visit www.myescambia.com/restore.

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District 1

5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 21 Where: Beulah Senior Citizen Center, 7425 Woodside Road

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5:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 11 Where: Gull Point Community Center, 7000 Spanish Trail Road

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DIFFERENCE MAKERS UNITED WAY RECEIVES GRANT FOR LOCAL READINGPALS PROGRAM United Way of Escambia County, in partnership with Every Child A Reader in Escambia, is proud to announce that it has received an $85,000 grant for a local ReadingPals program. ReadingPals is fundamental to improvements needed in student success, and we hope the program will lead to on-time graduation and lifelong success.

Specifically, this program will support early literacy mentorships with pre-Kindergarten program students at 5 local sites. Each of these sites was chosen for the available school leadership that has committed to partner in efforts to reduce geographic trends toward high poverty visible in the surrounding community.

Sites chosen include:

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By Christopher Sc “Write down the history,” he urged, with a passionate look his eye. “It’s the only thing that gives my life any meaning.”

This is a line from Aaron Cometbus’s novel “The Spirit of St. Louis,” a fictional account of the old school Pensacola punk scene, despite the title. Cometbus writes the influential punk fanzine Cometbus, but also played in several Pensacola punk bands, and lived next to (arguably) the oldest continuously-inhabited punk house in the United States—Pensacola’s own “309.”

In short, he’s an expert witness.

The urgent moment Cometbus describes is based upon a moment in my life when the drummer for a local band heard I was attempting to compile a history of Pensacola punk. “Write down the history,” he urged.

Despite the drummer’s plea, the fictional character and I had difficulty June 25, 2015

completing this onerous task. To outsiders, the history may seem trivial at best, or devoid of meaning in the larger context on Pensacola’s history or even the larger history of punk. Which was why I wanted to capture this history: to prove its importance and show that our history, the history of Pensacola punk, is an important part of the historical fabric of the region.

Nonetheless, within the broader Pensacola community there is little to zero recognition of this history. Compared with other social and cultural histories, punk’s role in Pensacola history is still fairly obscure, or nothing more than the talk of middle-aged people reliving their glory days—listening to the Ramones as they pick up the kids from school. True, maybe, but isn’t all history on some level is both political and personal?

Historical markers recognizing opera singers of the last century, dueling grounds

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of the century before, the area’s first azalea trees and numerous religious congregations decorate the city. Not to take away from any of this history, but a case could be made that Green Day—who were recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame— playing at The Nite Owl in 1989 is at least as historically significant as Sarah Bernhardt or John Phillip Sousa’s band performing at the Opera House 90 years earlier.

This article is my attempt to help reclaim this space, mark history, and serve as a temporary historical marker for a past and present that continues to make an impact on Pensacola—the nearly 40 year history of punk rock in Pensacola.

And what better way to begin this historical journey than a tour?

For now, I need to begin this “Punk Tour of Pensacola” with an apology and an admission: I’m sorry, but I can’t cover it all

here. There are too many bands, too many unforgettable shows, too many promoters, too much art and too many temporary show spaces to do everything justice in this little space.

Instead of an all-encompassing article, think of this article as the first part of an installment series on punk in Pensacola.

We’ll begin with borders on our story and borders for our map. The historical borders will be from the beginning of the scene to the current day. The physical borders will be, as if driving a stake into the heart of the city, from the north side of Palafox to the south side of Palafox.

This was originally going to be a walking tour, but it’s probably better to ride a bike, or maybe a Segway tour. I’ll leave your mode of transportation to you.

Now, to quote the Ramones (who did sleep here once): Hey! Ho! Let’s go!

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As the first club for punks in Pensacola, McGuigan’s Speakeasy holds a pretty historic spot in the hearts and minds of its generation. Photos of the bar show a space, well-loved and covered in Dead Kennedys and Black Flag graffiti placing this bar clearly within the punk spectrum, at least from a late-70s/early ‘80s perspective.

Whenever Pensacola scenesters speak of McGuigan’s, it’s rare that person fails to mention R.E.M. playing the Speakeasy before the regional band became famous.

While not punk, R.E.M. playing at McGuigan’s in 1982 is an important indicator of the direction the Pensacola scene was heading. Soon, Pensacola became a good place for touring bands looking to get their music out to a national audience, of which R.E.M. was very successful and McGuigan’s Speakeasy played an early role in the band’s success.

Northwest Florida’s Poet Laureate Jamey Jones used to frequent McGuigan’s Speakeasy back in his Kerouacian-youth.

“This little hole in the wall was a sanctuary,” Jones said. “We could wear ratty clothes, and would dance all by ourselves, as opposed to having to go through the whole meat-market ritual of having to ask a girl to dance or having to wait for a guy to ask you to dance.”

The comments on the late bar’s tribute Facebook page attest to the Speakeasy’s place in many people’s hearts.

“Like Punk music,” Jones said, “this bar gave us—the Pensacola punks—hope where before there had been none. And the owner, David McGuigan was super nice guy. Very friendly.”

David’s father, Yank, also had a bar— Yank’s Bar, located off of W Street—that held punk shows for a while. Earl Lyon, Pensacola’s most distinguished delivery driver and founder of Earl’s Killer Squirrel, remarked that he “saw a ton of great bands that Gus Brandt booked [at Yanks], including Screaming Trees, ALL, Big Drill Car, to name a few.”

The McGuigan’s Speakeasy Facebook page posted news that Yank recently passed away. A lot of Pensacola’s punk community have him to thank for punk’s foundation in Pensacola—not only for owning a bar willing to host punk shows, but for fathering the founders of McGuigan’s Speakeasy.

There was probably no punker venue in Pensacola history than The Mix. While the Speakeasy was a bar, meaning they sold alcohol above the counter, The Mix was an all-ages space.

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Nearly every local punk band played here, with Maggot Sandwich being the main draw. Maggot Sandwich played a crucial role in the growth of the scene not only as the premier local punk band, but maybe more importantly as the band who helped bring other touring bands to Pensacola.

The Mix put Pensacola on the growing map of touring spots for punk bands from across the U.S. and even the world. Italy’s Raw Power played The Mix along with the seminal New York hardcore band Agnostic Front, with local Redneck Meatwagon,

NME Saints and Maggot Sandwich often supporting the touring bands.

John Rickmon is currently a local realtor but in the mid-‘80s he was the bass player for Redneck Meatwagon. He remembered somewhat fondly his era of punk.

“I hated the music right up until we played it for the first time in the summer of 1984,” Rickmon said. “And then I couldn't play it enough. Michael Graham of Maggot Sandwich and KML Music sort of took us under his wing and booked us almost every week at The Mix.” For many, all-ages spaces such as The Mix were their gateway into punk. As a mostly youth fueled subculture, all-ages spaces—permanent or temporary—played a critical role in the scene’s growth.

A 1985 Pensacola News Journal article described The Mix as being “darker inside the bar than it outside” with black walls and Christmas decorations dangling “near the stage which is a low, cramped platform at one end of the barracks-like structure.”

After The Mix closed, The Mix II opened on Pensacola’s Westside. Lyon described the Mix II as having “no stage, but a lot of great bands…the Adolescents, Youth of Today, the Vandals, Dag Nasty and Operation Ivy.” Like the first Mix, the second Mix is now physically no more. The expansion of Gulf

Beach Highway claimed the building that housed the second—and last—incarnation of this historic club.

The Nite Owl was a seedy bottle club where nearly every major punk band from the late ‘80s to early ‘90s played. From the Offspring to Fugazi, more bands than could possibly be mentioned played this club— including some that became pretty big.

Long before Green Day was winning Grammys or doing rock operas on Broad-

way, they were playing in Pensacola’s DIY punk scene.

“I went to a lot of Green Day concerts before they exploded, and I saw how easy it was to play punk rock with power chords,” remembered Lyon. Anyone who listens to Earl’s Killer Squirrel can see the influence of these early Green Day shows on his band.

Green Day’s first show in Pensacola was in 1989 at The Nite Owl. According to legend and their roadie Aaron Cometbus, less than a dozen people saw Green Day’s first show. The crowd was so small Cometbus had to push people into the band to get “the crowd” to move away from the wall and get closer to the band. Several visits later, especially after the explosion of their 1994 album “Dookie,” the band had no problem getting the audience to come closer.

Before the 1994 Green Day explosion, however, Lyon said one of the largest allages show of the ‘80s was the 1989 Nite Owl show featuring Bad Brains, with Maggot Sandwich opening (of course).

“Maggot Sandwich laid down their blitzcore rock ’n' roll,” Lyon said. In typical fashion, “mostly everyone stayed outside until the main course [Bad Brains] came to play.”

When Bad Brains finally took the stage, “the place went nuts.” People came all the way from Miami. “I believe there was about 700 people there,” Lyon said.

If only gravel and a parking lot could talk, imagine the stories.

Many a punk has claimed to have grown up in The Nite Owl’s parking lot.

Unfortunately for today’s punk, he or she will have to grow up somewhere else since the former Nite Owl is nothing more than parking lot. The venue itself closed around the time Hurricane Ivan hit Pensacola, and the storm destroyed the building.

Beautiful or bitter, memories are harder to destroy.

“I miss the Nite Owl,” Lyon said. “But not the owners so much.”

If any of these spots is worthy of a historic marker, The Nite Owl is certainly one.

No offense to the late Trader Jon, but it’s safe to say that if John McCain thinks of your bar fondly, it’s probably not a punk club. Nonetheless, Trader Jon’s did serve other purposes besides getting sailors drunk, and one of those purposes was to occasionally host the punks.

According to Kent Stanton, who fronted Pensacola’s The Unemployed, a local promoter named John Fivgas began “booking shows in the big room on the other side of Traders. From what I gather,” Stanton said, “it was mostly Trader [Jon] letting him use the space for independent stuff.”

There aren’t a lot of fliers from those shows, at least that I’ve been able to uncover, but the ones that exist present another side to this bar’s history. Maybe the most significant aspect of this location, at inweekly.net

least for this story, is that it’s the only DIY punk show space in Pensacola that already has its own historic marker—so far!

“I don’t think there were a lot of shows,” Stanton said, “but [the shows Trader had] were pretty cool.”

Knuckleheads was a somewhat shortlived space where Gus Brandt booked some of the greatest shows of this important era in punk. This space was legendary, especially for those in the early ‘90s punk scene—a time in which Thurston Moore claims “punk broke.” For purists, this phrase could have a few meanings, but few could argue this moment wasn’t important to punk.

While Brandt booked shows at several spaces, Washington state’s Seaweed and Washington, DC’s Jawbox both played at Knuckleheads—among many others. Bad Religion was supposed to play there in 1992, but canceled because Greg Graffin fell ill at the last minute.

Kent Stanton remembered his band The Unemployed opening for the fear-inducing, fake-blood spilling metal band Gwar.

“It was one of the biggest shows around,” Stanton said. “Only I didn’t realize at the time we were filling in for The Melvins, [which explained] the 100 plus folks

who were pissed off The Unemployed were playing.

“Gwar were just a bunch of nice mellow stoned hippies backstage, but when they performed I was actually scared.”

Chris Wilkes and Colten Wright started a small venue that mostly held hardcore shows next to a small record store named Cramm Your Records. In that location, numerous bands performed in its short lifespan. Like most DIY venues, the intense energy of the shows didn’t keep the space afloat forever.

Wilkes continued to book shows at nearly every venue available for the same two reasons he and Wright helped start Section 8: “One, a desire to be closer and more involved with music in general. Two, to bring bands here that we personally wanted to see.”

Today, Wilkes is a regular fixture on the corner of Palafox and Garden Street where he works with a team of people who run Vinyl Music Hall. “We would have killed to have had a venue like Vinyl in all those years of venue hopping,” Wilkes said. “To have such a long lasting and consistent location with good size and great production. Man, we could have been doing so much more all those years.”

Vinyl Music Hall, which is celebrating its fifth year, has become “not only a

major component in local entertainment,” according to Wilkes, “but it’s actually changed the fabric of culture in this town.”

Much of this energy connected with Vinyl, which is a big part of the downtown revitalization, sprouted from this early desire to see punk bands play in Pensacola and originally took root at Section 8.

Subterranean Books, a beautiful bookstore that stood in the same place as Cramm Your Records next to the old Section 8 spot, did punk shows in an odd period after Sluggo’s was pushed out of Palafox and the Handlebar burned to the ground. In fact, one of its first shows was a May Day benefit show to help the Handlebar rebuild. Indeed, Subterranean Books hosted the punks fairly regularly for a few years.

Between the rows of books, lined people staring intently at national and local bands and various solo acts playing in the DIY punk scene. David Dondero and Jim White played together on one show when they both lived in Pensacola. Anarchist hardcore band Catharsis and San Francisco’s Subtonix and numerous other bands of the early 2000s played the bookstore, including a number of local bands.

In the courtyard behind the bookstore, which now houses Revolver Records, Pensacola’s This Bike is a Pipe Bomb played several shows as they rose considerably in popularity. Mobile legends XBXRX set their equipment up near the Sci-Fi and Western section and stood atop amps to play as they too rose in popularity to later join Washington’s Kill Rock Stars record label.

While he didn’t play a show at Subterranean Books, it’s worth noting that punk icon Thurston Moore, of New York’s Sonic Youth, frequented Subterranean Books when visiting Pensacola for his Grandmother’s birthday parties. His grandmother lived in nearby Alabama, but he’d often take a day trip to Pensacola to visit the punks and find barbecue.

Another unlikely venue which began holding shows during the “in-between years” was Van Gogh’s Coffee Haus. Managed by the surly ex-punk chain smoking barista Paula Mayberry, Van Gogh’s started doing shows partially as a favor. Within months, the punks took over.

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Van Gogh’s soon became something different—a home for the punks. For better or worse, punk shows have a tendency to change a space, and Van Gogh’s was no exception.

Probably the most significant nonlocal band to play Van Gogh’s was the Gainesville folk-punk band Against Me! These Gainesville punks made friends with Pensacola’s This Bike is a Pipe Bomb and played numerous small shows here.

Besides Against Me! playing the infamous generator shows—shows powered by gas-powered generators to play punk shows on “Hobo Beach” by the Graffiti Bridge—the band played a short-lived Sluggo’s incarnation on Garden Street.

Now Against Me! is featured in Rolling Stone magazine and historic themselves for featuring the first transgender lead singer of a major rock band. Since their fame, they now play at the much larger Vinyl Music Hall. In their early years, though, Hobo Beach and Van Gogh’s Coffee Haus were their destinations.

As the café’s shows grew, sometimes cramping as many as 300 sweaty hardcore kids in a spot that could barely hold 30 coffee drinkers, Van Gogh’s transformed so radically that the old owners looked to sell the shop. Since no one would buy it, they eventually sold it to the workers and one of their close friends, Jen Knight-Shoemaker.

Van Gogh’s then became End of the Line Café in 2002.

After the switch in ownership from Van Gogh’s to End of the Line, punk shows continued unabated for years with many major acts coming through on a regular basis. In the early 2000s, End of the Line was listed in an underground directory for freight-train hoppers passing through Pensacola as a friendly place to stop. Traveling kids— mostly punks—would jump off the trains, drop off their packs, tie up the dogs and hang out all day. As the punks found the café, the shows continued.

For Jen Knight-Shoemaker, the longtime-owner of the incredibly popular vegan restaurant, her most memorable EOTL shows were not the screaming emo band that attracted hundreds, but two acoustic (punk) shows in particular.

“One of the memorable for me was the Calvin Johnson show,” Knight-Shoemaker said. The former lead singer of the ‘80s legends Beat Happening played a solo show with David Dondero that lasted for at least two hours. “It was intimate,” KnightShoemaker said. “Almost like ‘an evening with Calvin Johnson.’

“It just seemed like we had the perfect space for that show. The sound was great, which was rare, and we got to see an amaz-

ing performance in this tiny room with a bunch of sweet people,” Shoemaker said.

“It felt really good.”

The other memorable show was when Def Leppard dropped by the café for tea after playing the Civic Center. What made this event punk was that the British rock band came to play the open mic, hosted by longtime punk legend Kent Stanton.

After playing a set to thousands at the Civic Center, they didn’t want to play their own songs. Instead, Def Leppard played Stanton’s songs with him into the late hours.

“The always amazing Kent Stanton and Def Leppard acoustic jam at the cafe,” Knight-Shoemaker said, “will go down as a favorite of mine.”

The return of Sluggo’s and the reconstruction of the Handlebar took pressure off End of the Line Café as one of the sole punk venues in Pensacola. Momentum further shifted as the Café focused more on the restaurant aspect of the café, which after all is why it originally opened. End of the Line Café remains a popular Pensacola dinning destination.

Speaking of punk venues with an all-vegan menu, now we have Sluggo’s.

Whether it’s for the vegan food, which this destination is now famous for, or the shows

of old, Sluggo’s and its founders—especially Terry Johnson—and crew are one of the main reasons Pensacola still has a punk scene.

Prior to Sluggo’s, the club opened under the name Victor Hugo’s. Besides the Flaming Lips playing at Victor Hugo’s, future local celebrities Troy Moon and Eric Jones played with their band Fudgepop at its grand opening nearly 30 years ago.

Not long after opening downtown, they changed their name to Sluggo’s.

When locals speak of Sluggo’s, the phrase “when it was located (fill in the blank)” often follows. Famous for bouncing around to several locations (including the spot where the Handlebar currently resides), Sluggo’s settled for a long time on the corner of Intendencia and Palafox where its name on the national punk circuit solidified.

Run by Nick Flynn and Terry Johnson, Sluggo’s grew at its Palafox location and became a mainstay in the punk scene— both as an all-ages space and a bar for the jaded former straight edge scene. Flynn left Sluggo’s towards the end of the ‘90s after an infamous Impotent Sea Snakes show landed both managers in jail for the band’s obscene stage antics. Flynn (and Gus Brandt from the Knuckleheads part of our tour) went on to work closely with Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters. Johnson co-founded This Bike is a Pipe Bomb with former professional skater and current folk

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“For every punk kid 14 years old or older, artist Scott Stanton (a.k.a. Panhandle Slim) whenever that punk kid wants to think about and Rymodee (another co-founder of End it, there is an instant available in our minds of the Line). when it’s still January 22, 1986, and we’re This Bike is a Pipe Bomb later broke up, outside the Handlebar waiting for Black Flag reformed, and took over the folk punk scene to play.” [my “translation”] that helped create a space for bands such By all accounts, this was an amazing as Against Me! to become the stars they are today. More importantly for our long tour, This night to be alive in Pensacola and be a part of the scene.

Bike is a Pipe Bomb placed Pensacola on a In his book/tour diary “Get in the Van: national punk map in a way other local bands On the Road with Black Flag,” Henry Rollins were never able to accomplish. Like migrant recounted the night: workers sending money home to the commu“Some kid called me outside and asked if nity, the band toured constantly and helped I would do something for this fanzine. I said place Pensacola, and our two vegan punk OK. I went outside and there were all these establishments End of the Line and Sluggo’s, people out there. They asked me questions. in a new national light. Often neglected at home, but loved across the global punk planet, Most of it was OK. The kids were sincere and that was cool...[Then] from out of nowhere, This Bike is a Pipe Bomb sent the world back this guy comes up, pushes his way through the to Pensacola and nurtured a DIY scene which crowd and in a loud voice starts drilling me still rides strong today at Sluggo’s. with questions. He just wanted to fuck with Instead of going through the millions me. ‘Are you bisexual?...What drugs do you of bands that played at Sluggo’s, I asked do?...Do you like to play or are you just in this longtime-zine writer and punk DJ Michelle for the money?’ I amaze myself sometimes.

Shute what was her most memorable show at On any other day I would’ve dropped him Sluggo’s. “It was definitely The Jesus Lizard,” right there on the pavement, but I didn’t. I just Shute said. smiled and wished “Musically and him luck.” visually one of the Welcome to best shows I'd ever Pensacola, Mr. seen. David Yow Rollins.

[Jesus Lizard’s singer] Our Poet was at his best and Laureate Jones as usual was messing recalled that night with people in the at the Handlebar audience, including as nothing less me. He jumped off the than historic. “I stage at one point and remember it being grabbed me in a bear the loudest show hug while continuI'd ever been to and ing to sing. He finally Henry Rollins / Photo by Christopher Porter that it was just this let go and I turned total raw energy— around and looked at the band was just smokin’. Rollins was this him and we both just laughed. Lots of adrenaintensely physical presence—an animal, wailline and intensity at that show.” ing, spitting and sweating. The packed crowd Multiply that experience to the hundredth seemed inseparable from the band, in that it power, and put a vegan Reuben sandwich on moved and swayed in the deafening heat and the side with your favorite This Bike is a Pipe angst of the songs.

Bomb song playing the background, and you “And there was something incredibly have the best of Sluggo’s. liberating about it, too,” Jones said. “This was not Seville, the Fiesta of Five Flags or the Blue Angels—this was Black Fucking Flag, and I think everyone knew this was historic, and that this was a Pensacola history that was ours, finally.”

The last stop on our tour is The HandleAnd so it goes. bar. As for Pensacola punk history, there’s no Nearly 40 years of Pensacola punk history, way to minimize the role this bar played—and all wrapped up in one incomplete, historistill plays—in the growth of the Pensacola cal article. As stated at the beginning, this is scene. not the whole story. I left out numerous all The Lamar family bar is a mainstay in the ages venues (DMZ, for one), halls and bars Pensacola punk scene. Surviving its near(UNICO, Lion’s Club, American Legion, Cindeath experience in 2000 with a fire that ema Tavern), Anarchist info shops (Intransit burned this beloved space to the ground, and the Core House), pseudo-punk places The Handlebar you see today is symbolic of (Mystic Garage and Daily Grind), countless Pensacola’s punk past and present. punk houses (The Rat House, 309, 311, the Nearly every incredible act in local punk Badlands, Greensboro’s Dominican Comhistory, as well as most national bands of pound), punk protests (from the KKK protests merit, played within these walls. Instead of reto the Dead Kennedys protest at Capt’n Fun), living decades of amazing shows, which would and the other moments and places where be easy to do, let’s just focus on one of the punk resided, but for now we’ll have to leave most important moments in Pensacola punk the story here. history: the day Black Flag came to Pensacola.

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Jeff Weeks with Guy Harvey While it’s totally OK to binge-watch “Friends” on a lazy-summer day, you might want to mix it up with some stimulating programming that’s not only educational, but opens your mind to parts of the local community you haven’t noticed before.

“While network TV channels are showing re-runs during the summer, we have new content for four local programs,” said Mary Riker, marketing manager of WSRE. WSRE is a viewer-supported Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) for the Gulf Coast serving 70,000 households on a weekly basis. And instead of just being a host channel for the PBS programs you already love such as “Downton Abbey” or

“Sesame Street,” the station produces several locallycreated shows and Emmynominated documentaries.

“Because we’re locallyowned and operated…and viewer-supported, it’s important that we create content that reflects what’s going on the community,” Riker said. “Altogether since 2002, WSRE’s locally produced programs and documentaries have been awarded three Emmy Award nominations, twelve bronze Telly Awards and one silver Telly Award.”

“They’re quality productions,” she added. “The film ‘Honor Flight’ still makes me cry.”

Starting July 7, look out for new episodes of “In Your Own Backyard,” at 7 p.m. Host Sherri Hemminghaus Weeks explores local places—such as the Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park or the Pensacola Interstate Fair in search of new sights and interesting people. This summer’s upcoming episodes will explore what’s under the sea in Northwest Florida, local festivals, the Air Force Armament Museum and Pensacon.

Next on the must-see list is “Conversations with Jeff Weeks.” Hosted by the local news personality, the show features half-hour interviews with fascinating people from all walks of life. New episodes will be showing each Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

Interviews span from unique locals to national names including: former football player, actor and writer Thom Gossom, marine wildlife artist Guy Harvey, Pensacola News Journal editorial cartoonist Andy Marlette, West Point Professor Lt. Col. Daniel Gade, NBA basketball player Reggie Evans and filmmaker Rory Kennedy, who was in Pensacola in May to promote her latest documentary, “The Last Days of Vietnam.” tors can be submitted in advance by Weeks is one of the many contribemailing questions@wsre.org and includuting content producers to the show ing your name and city of residence. since WSRE only has a staff of three, Riker “It puts locals in direct touch with their pointed out. legislators,” Riker said.

Now in its seventh season, “StudioFor anyone who wants to dig deeper Amped” is airing at 9 p.m. The program into issues of the community, Riker sugshowcases original music from local bands gests a viewing of “AWARE!” The program much in the same vein as “Austin City Limits” talks about a variety of cultural interests of (which also airs on WSRE). Featured artists the diverse ethnic communities throughout this season include: The Rips, Lauren Kay, Northwest Florida and Alabama. There are Noiseheads, Willie Sugarcapps, Continuum, not any new episodes showing this summer, Sway Jah Vu and Jeff Glickman & The Panbut you can watch previous episodes online. handle All Stars.

“Shows like ‘StudioAmped’ are entertain“The show supports the arts by featuring, but our programs also provide a service to ing musicians in our community,” Riker said. the community,” Riker said. {in} As the current legislative session comes to an end, the regular schedule will be interrupted from 7 to 8 p.m. on July 9 for “LegislaTUNE IN: WSRE is on channel 8 (for Cox and tive Review: Dialogue with the Mediacom users) and 23 (for AT&T UVerse, Delegation.”

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strong) in “It’s All Crazy, It’s All False, It’s All a Dream, It’s Alright,” and the posthardcore discord of the classic “Brother, Sister.” Lyrically, Aaron Weiss ventures where he hasn’t before, quoting Bukowski and straight from Sacred Harp singings, making the album fervent, urgent and faithful. Mewithoutyou have taken their music many places during their time as a band, and their fan base remains one of the most loyal, so this new LP feels like a reward to those who allow mwY to continue doing what they love. “Pale Horses” is out now via Run For Cover Records.

mewithoutYou “Pale Horses”

Musically speaking, longevity can be a good thing. Time offers bands the opportunity to find their own sound, build on that sound, expand and experiment from that sound, leave that sound, return to that sound and then find a comfortable place to exist in confidence. MewithoutYou have always seemed to have time on their side. In fact, time seems to stand still for the Philadelphia based five piece, allowing them the opportunity to be wild with experimentation. Across the span of six albums, the band have been afforded the chance to be innovators within the realm of post hardcore, folk and artsy alt-rock, as well as having one of the most enlightened spiritualists as their lyricist and front man.

“Pale Horses” is the band’s sixth album and first for Run For Cover Records, and it finds the band revisiting almost all stops along the musical progression they have traversed in their fifteen years together.

There are moments of rage found in “[A→B] Life,” repose and doubt found in “Catch for Us the Foxes,” anthropomorphism found (everywhere, but most

THURSDAY 6.25

WINE TASTING AT AWM 5 p.m. Try something

new every week at Aragon Wine Market’s regular wine tasting, only a few blocks from downtown. Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. 9th Ave. aragonwinemarket.com BALL ROOM DANCING 6:30 p.m. Learn how to waltz, hustle and tango at this class, which is followed by a social dance at 8:45 p.m. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com EVENINGS IN OLDE SEVILLE SQUARE 7 p.m.

Heritage performs this week at Evenings in Old Seville Square, the free summer concert series held each Thursday through the end of July.

Seville Square, 311 E. Government St. eveningsinoldesevillesquare.com PLEASURES 9 p.m. With Dinosaur Daze and 818 1

“Payola” is a call for change that comes thirteen years after its predecessor, “Read Music/Speak Spanish,” and has been a long time brewing. A band like Desaparecidos doesn’t like to be quiet when injustice rears its head, and with the current state of our society, there is plenty to write about. These songs are dedicated to a failed system and the people it is chewing up and spitting out.

We all have something to say, but often it’s important to hear someone else put it into words for us, to show us a way forward.

Compositionally, “Payola” leans on a lot of well refined thrash and bits of early grind. I know that may not sound correct when talking about an album involving Oberst, but it’s very much true. It’s fast, raucous, deliberate and quite irritated, which is no more obvious than in album opener, ‘Anonymous,’ that contains the rallying cry “We do not forgive, and we do not forget. We are Legion, expect us.” There is a large percentage of disenfranchised and disillusioned young Americans today who have been angered, hurt, bullied or used by a failed system, this album is their voice. “Payola” is out now via Epitaph Records.

TRACK OF THE WEEK:

Beck 'Dreams' Desaparecidos “Payola”

I think it’s wholly unfair for Desaparecidos to maintain the moniker of “Conor Oberst’s other band” for a couple of reasons. While Oberst gained tons of attention with the Americana leanings of Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos is an entirely separate project with other songwriting agendas and differing devices. While Bright Eyes is Oberst, Desaparecidos makes Oberst a part of a group and should allow the band to function as a unit.

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FRIDAY 6.26

WINES WITH HILARY 4 p.m. SoGourmet, above

Bodacious Olive, 407 S. Palafox. $15. sogourmetpensacola.com DODGE BRAWL CHARITY TOURNAMENT 4-7 p.m. Create a dodgeball team and raise money for a charity of your choice! Ages 18-75. Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. pensacolabaycenter.com WINE TASTING 5-7 p.m. Out and about in East Hill on Friday night? Stop by City Grocery for their free weekly wine tasting before settling in or heading out for the night. City Grocery, 2050 N. 12th Ave.

Beck has wasted very little time in following up last year’s masterpiece, “Morning Phase.” Late last week, he teased and then released the single, ‘Dreams,’ which is a complete change of pace from the acoustic introspection of his last LP. The track sounds like something pulled straight from Billy Ocean’s catalog, which I’m not at all upset about. Funky and danceable, ‘Dreams’ is here just in time to join your summer playlist.

Check out the track anywhere you stream music, and be on the lookout for an as-ofyet untitled album from Beck in the near (to far) future.{in}

ARTISTS GONE WILD 5-8 p.m. Join the

Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest Florida for an evening of art at Apple Annie's in Seville Quarter for an evening of wild art and a silent auction. The event will feature work by local artists, much of it inspired by local wildlife and scenery. Light refreshments will be served. Apple Annie’s in Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. pensacolawildlife. com LATIN DANCING 6:30 p.m. Learn the basics of salsa dancing. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com S.S. BOOMBOX 10 p.m. With Dicks from Mars, Unnatural Soundz, Amazing Energy and Dynamite Pinata. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. $5. pensacolahandlebar.com

SATURDAY 6.27

DODGE BRAWL CHARITY TOURNAMENT

8-10 a.m. Create a dodgeball team and raise money for a charity of your choice! Ages 18-75. Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. pensacolabaycenter.com SANTA ROSA FARMERS MARKET 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Fresh local produce, honey, baked goods and live music. PARA FootBall Complex, 5400-5551 Limbaugh Lane, Pace.

PALAFOX MARKET 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Fresh produce, live plants, baked goods, fine art and antiques are just a few of the items offered at the weekly Palafox Market.

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 BARBEQUE AND ZINFANDEL DINNER 4-8 p.m. SoGourmet, above Bodacious Olive, 407 S. Palafox. $57.38. sogourmetpensacola.com PINK FLOYD LASER SPECTACULAR 7 p.m.

Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. $10-$25. vinylmusichall.com DALTON WRIGHT 9:30 p.m. With Encourage Cowardly Lions, Gregory Bond, Miss Massive Snowflake, Kent Station and To Say A Sentence Fragment. Sluggo’s, 101 Jefferson St. sluggospensacola.squarespace.com

MONDAY 6.29

COUNTRY & WESTERN DANCING 6:30 p.m.

Learn the Country two-step at this weekly class, which is followed by a social dance at 8 p.m. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com CONNOISSEUR 9:30 p.m. With Rezolve and Lower Birth. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. $8. pensacolahandlebar.com CHEVY FORD 9:30 p.m. With OneTimers, Magnets and Street Eaters. Sluggo’s, 101 Jefferson St. sluggospensacola.squarespace.com

TUESDAY 6.30

DANCECRAFT BALL ROOM DANCING & SWING CLASS 6:30-9 p.m. This class

teaches the skills necessary to become a practitioner of Ball Room and West Coast Swing, a popular partner dance that can be enjoyed with virtually any kind of music.

Tuesday class fee is $10 per person or free for people 30 years of age and younger.

DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. dancecraftfl.com TUESDAY NIGHT POETRY NIGHT 7 p.m.

Free open mic poetry event every Tuesday.

Sluggo’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 101 S. Jefferson St. facebook.com/TNPNS BANDS ON THE BEACH 7 p.m. The Reunion Band will perform at this week’s Bands on the Beach, which is a free outdoor concert series featuring regional artists held every Tuesday night through Oct. 27. Gulfside Pavilion at Casino Beach, 735 Pensacola Beach Blvd. visitpensacolabeach.com SAGE FRANCIS 7 p.m. With Big Lo, Cyborganics, and Johnny Panic. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. $15. vinylmusichall.com inweekly.net

calendar orful pieces. On display through Aug. 9. Museum hours and location: TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.5 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults; $8 for members, children 17 and under, seniors and active duty military. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum. org

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ANNUAL MEMBERS’ JURIED EXHIBITION

The PMA takes this opportunity each year to highlight their talented members. Throughout the exhibition, visitors to the Museum will be able to cast their vote for People’s Choice and this award will be determined upon closing of the exhibition (Aug. 22).

Museum hours and location: TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults; $8 for members, children 17 and under, seniors and active duty military.

Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org OUT OF THE WOODS Works June 25, 2015

in this exhibition focus on wood as a medium. Featured artists are Diana Obe, Tom Snyder, Mara Viksnins and Elaine Woodward.

Exhibition runs until June 27. Hours and Location: MondayWednesday, 10-5 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, 10-8:30 p.m.

Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. bluemorninggallery. com A WORD Works in this exhibition were selected by juror Jamey Jones. The placement winners are: Best of Show, Michael Fagan; First Place, Kathy Breazeale; Second Place, Michael Fagan; Third Place, Sandy Ford; Most Experimental, Kathy Breazeale; Honorable Mentions, Kathy Breazeale, Sandy Ford, Dottie King and Joan Overton. Exhibition opens June 12 and

is on display until July 10. Hours and Location: TuesdaySaturday, 10-4 p.m.

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A fun collection of 50 paintings inspired by the Golden Ratio. Exhibition opens June 12 and is on display until July 10. Hours and Location: Tuesday-Saturday, 10-4 p.m. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. artelgallery.org ANIMALIA by Joseph Smith. Smith’s inspiring collection of watercolors, maquettes and sculptures demonstrate his mastery of the media while capturing the beauty of his animal friends. Exhibition opens June 12 and is on display until July 10. Hours and Location: TuesdaySaturday, 10-4 p.m.

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NATURAL ATTRACTION “Natural

Attraction” features Florida Panhandle artists Cody Copeland and Cody Painter. Partners as well as fellow artists, their mutual influence is apparent in the quiet works they produce. The exhibition opens Friday, May 22, and will run through June. Hours and location: Monday-Friday, 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Mainline Art House, 422 S. Palafox St. mainlinearthouse.com THE LURE OF THE OCEAN: ORIGINAL WORKS BY GUY HARVEY In this

exhibition Harvey combines his artistic gifts with his background as a marine biologist, diver, photographer and angler to create his unique and col-

plore the mysteries in life, past and present. Don’t be afraid to delve in and explore with your medium of choice! Keep in mind Artel’s mission of exhibiting personal contemporary art when creating your mystifying works. Entries may be dropped off Saturday, July 11, from 10-4 p.m., and Sunday, July 12, from 1-4 p.m. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. artelgallery.org 22ND POWER OF PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW & PRODUCT EXPO The annual

Power of Photography Show at the Pensacola Cultural Center is accepting submissions from July 1 until July 25.

Enter to compete for 85 ribbons and over $4,000 in cash and prizes. The event is coordinated by the Wide Angle Photo Club and benefits ARC gateway. Photo entries and fess will be accepted during business hours at Calagaz Photo (6895 N. 9th Avenue) or CCP Gallery (126 S. Palafox) in Pensacola, or Calagaz Photo in Mobile (90 Springdale Blvd.)

You may also mail to one of these by July

25. Photo contest entry forms, rules, and information on awards available for POP 2015 are available online at wideanglephotoclub.org.

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The classes are open to anyone age 8 and older and range in price from $25-$45.

Pre-registration and pre-payment is required and can be made by calling 429-1222. First City Art Center, 1060 N. Guillemard St. firstcityart.org

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8 p.m. The Ticket 1, 7250 Plantation Rd., ticketsportsbar.com Mondays

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p.m. The Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9 p.m. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox. wo-

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Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

The Other Side, 406 E. Wright St. emeraldcitypensacola.com Wednesdays

p.m. Mugs and Jugs, 12080 Scenic Highway. facebook.com/ MugsJugs Tuesdays TUESDAY TRIVIA 8 p.m. The Bridge Bar and Sunset Lounge, 33 Gulf Breeze Parkway. facebook.com/ thebridgebargb

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Hopjacks. 10 S. Palafox. hopjacks.com DRAG BINGO 10 p.m.Midnight. Ages 18 and over. Emerald City’s

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Thursdays VFW Post 706, 6 p.m.

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cabaretpensacola. com Hub Stacey’s At the Point, 9 p.m. 5851 Galvez Road. hubstaceys.com Saturdays Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 9 p.m. 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com Sundays Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quarter, 8 p.m.

130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com The Sandshaker Lounge, 9 p.m. 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com Mondays The Cabaret, 9 p.m.

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THURSDAY 6.25

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6 P.M. The Deck, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhousepensacola.com BUD SMITH 6 p.m.

Paradise Bar and Grille, 21 Via De Luna Dr. paradise-bar.com JAMES ADKINS 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com RICH MCDUFF 9 p.m.-1 a.m. McGuire’s Irish Pub, 600 E. Gregory St. mcguiresirishpub.com

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THE BLENDERS 8:30 p.m. . Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com COWTON QUINTET 6 p.m. Paradise Bar and Grille, 21 Via De Luna Dr. paradisebar.com

RICH MCDUFF 9 p.m.-1 a.m. McGuire’s Irish Pub, 600 E. Gregory St. mcguiresirishpub.com GRAND THEFT AUTO 9 p.m. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

SATURDAY 6.27

RICH MCDUFF 9 p.m.-1 a.m. McGuire’s Irish Pub, 600 E. Gregory St. mcguiresirishpub.com GRAND THEFT AUTO 9 p.m. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

SUNDAY 6.28

THE UPSTARTS 3 p.m. Paradise Bar and Grille, 21 Via De Luna Dr. paradise-bar.com RAY COLEY 4:30 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com

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MONDAY 6.29

JOHN HART PROJECT & BARE SPECIALS 6 p.m.

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Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com BROOKS HUBBARD 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

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TUESDAY 6.30

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6 P.M. The Deck, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhousepensacola.com THE UPSTARTS 6

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“Going Through Hell” With Sage Francis

Sage Francis/ Photo By Anthony Saint James Known as the “forefather of indie-hop,” the spoken word rapper and underground hip hop artist Sage Francis has just embarked on an extensive tour through the U.S. after taking a 4-year touring break.

Francis gained popularity from his lyrical wordplay and poetic narration of his personal

experiences. Competing in rap battles and selling self-made mixtapes in his hometown of Providence, Rhode Island eventually led Francis to start his own label, Strange Famous Records in 1999.

Francis eventually became involved with the spoken word and slam poetry scene in Providence in the late ‘90s.

“The only influence I attained from the spoken word scene was it showing me the strength of vulnerability,” he said in an email interview.

“But I often find myself cringing at the approach a lot of slam poets take in their work, so it also showed me what not to do. In the early 2000's I was working my way out of that scene and I can't see myself going back.”

In 2005, Francis was the first hip hop artist signed to Epitaph Records. The majority of his writing is deeply personal narratives and contains some broader sociopolitical views. He released “Makeshift Patriot”

after 9/11 and his latest release “ID Thieves” is taking care of them. They like me the best deals with how labels change artists for their though. And when I get home after a long own financial benefit. trip, they cuddle for three days straight and “It is vulnerable material, but I've learned then they're off on their own again.” to accept the fact that I live a double life,” he His “Going Through Hell” tour started in said. “So it's not a problem for me to share May and will have him stop in over 60 cities. vulnerable material of mine from one life to the “It's been as much of a blessing as this people in another life.” poor little atheist boy can be afforded,” he Releasing his sixth album “Copper Gone” said. “I accept it as such after deteriorating in 2014 on his own label, Francis narrates some and spiraling into some rather dark times dark times that he dealt with during his hiatus, during my hiatus. I've long had a love-hate but said that he wouldn’t give it the official relationship with the road, but it's the best stamp of self-therapy. part of my life at this point, so I adore the “Not more or less than anything else I do good and accept the bad that comes with in life,” he said. “Driving long distances, writing it." {in} songs, cleaning the litter box...anything can be considered therapy I suppose.”

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THAT NEW YORK ATTITUDE Gregory Reddick, 54, and his employer, SJQ Sightseeing Tours, filed a lawsuit in June against New York City for "harass(ing)" them and hampering their ability to rip off tourists, specifically, interfering with their "right" to sell tickets for $200 or more for trips on the Staten Island Ferry— which is actually free to ride. Reddick was wearing an (unauthorized) "Authorized Ticket Agent" jacket when arrested, and according to a New York Post account, believes he operates legally because he misunderstands a technicality in a 2013 court case. Prosecutors, who described the waterfront tourist-exploitation scene as "the wild west," found Reddick with seven dates of birth, five aliases and six Social Security numbers.

card was full (all 10 squares stamped from previous sales). Said one buyer, "I thought I was hallucinating. I thought I was at a pizzeria or something." The card also expressed thanks for the patronage and reminded the customer of operating hours (11 a.m. to midnight).

CAN'T POSSIBLY BE TRUE Doctors at a hospital in Dongyang, China, removed 420 kidney stones from a single patient in June (a "Mr. He"). One of the surgeons told reporters that a soy-heavy diet of tofu was probably to blame. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the most stones removed from one kidney during surgery (in India in 2009 in a three-hour operation) is (this is not a misprint) 172,155.

WAIT, WHAT? Two students at Florida's Valencia College filed a federal lawsuit in May against the school and three instructors for forcing them to undergo "transvaginal probes" as part of their sonography (ultrasound) curriculum. According to the lawsuit, the school insisted that students learn the probing on each other because, as an instructor said, "Experience is the best teacher." The plaintiffs also charged that some instructors and a student leader (dubbed the "TransVag Queen") made inappropriate, sexualized comments about bodies during the demonstrations. Though the school defended the practice initially, it ordered the live probes halted about a week after the lawsuit was filed and announced lessons would in the future be conducted on simulators.

•In May, the Museum of Modern Arts in Krakow, Poland, began showing a video of naked men and women entering a room and playing a game of tag—then revealing that that particular room was actually a building in a Holocaust gas-chamber facility in Auschwitz. The idea, apparently, was to bring three affected nations (Poland, Germany and Israel) together, and among the sponsors of the exhibit was the Israeli embassy in Warsaw, despite criticism that the work was somewhat "repulsive and offensive." (A similar project opened in Tartu, Estonia, in February, but was closed almost immediately after objections from Jewishadvocacy organizations.)

•U.S. students may be clever, but they apparently badly trail Chinese students in the genius of cheating on exams (and especially on the use of cheat-enabling technology).

The government's newest anti-fraud weapon, employed recently in the city of Luoyang during the crucial university-determining tests, is a six-propeller drone that can hover above a cavernous exam hall, trying to pinpoint the locations inside in which designated ace testtakers are radio-transmitting correct answers to their clients, whose tiny earbuds are worn deep in ear canals. Cheating students also use beverage-bottle cameras, ordinary-appearing eyeglasses that can scan and transmit images, and fingerprint film (to fool fingerprint scanners that otherwise would root out test-taking "ringers").

•France's daily La Provence reported in May that at least one enterprising drug dealer in Marseilles had begun distributing "loyalty cards" to its best customers, offering a 10-euro discount on future sales after that customer's

REHAB WILL BE DIFFICULT Laquanda Newby, 25, was charged with three counts of child abuse on June 7 at the county courthouse in Richmond, Virginia, after police spotted her car with two children locked inside on a day in which the temperature reached the 90s.

Newby had parked at the courthouse that day in order to attend her hearing on charges that on May 26, she had locked her kids in a hot car while she was out on errands.

COMPELLING EXPLANATIONS Luis Cruz, 46, sought pre-trial release in Springfield, Massachusetts, in June—even though he had been charged with heroin distribution and even though his rap sheet, counting his record in Florida, was 52 pages long. His court-appointed lawyer, Anna Levine, was not deterred, arguing that bail was not necessary to assure that her client would appear for trial because none of the 52 pages, she said, contained an arrest for failure to appear. Said Levine, earnestly, "It's a 52-page record for showing up."

• "(J)ust one of those spur-of-the-moment crazy things," explained John Paul Jones Jr., in May after he had intentionally driven his pickup truck through his living room in Senoia, Georgia. He told a reporter that he had been on the phone with his wife and gotten angry, and "one thing led to another." Fortunately, Jones is a contractor, and has been out of work for a while and thus figures he can keep busy fixing his mess. The house "needed some work," he said, "needed air conditioning." Jones said the truck fared well, with just a few scratches. {in}

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