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VISIT TAMPA The City of Tampa has launched a new logo and slogan for its tourism efforts—Unlock Tampa. They paid only $147,000 for it. Mayor Ashton Hayward spent over a million dollars for the city’s new logo and rebranding efforts. We guess things are cheaper in the big city.

LAKEVIEW CENTER The Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence has awarded the Lakeview Rape Crisis/Trauma Recovery program a two-year, $108,970 grant to combat stalking by raising awareness of this increasingly frequent crime and addressing gaps in services for victims in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. Under the grant, an Anti-Stalking Multidisciplinary Collaborative Team also will be created to develop policies and protocols that will enable law enforcement to better identify stalking victims, refer them to needed services and more appropriately serve them.

losers GREATER PENSACOLA CHAMBER When

it comes to managing its employees, the chamber’s executive committee continues to botch the process. The chamber established an objective measurement system for its leadership.

However, the executive committee ignored those measurements and surprised its board of directors by not renewing the chamber’s CEO’s contract. Compounding the issue, someone on the executive committee leaked the decision to the press before telling the board.

PORT OF PENSACOLA Last fall Pensacola was poised to sign a lease agreement with Offshore Inland Marine & Oilfield Services to use the port. Mayor Ashton Hayward rejected the lease presented by the Greater Pensacola Chamber after the members of his “kitchen cabinet” objected. When the mayor finally reconsidered, Offshore Inland was no longer interested. Could that lease have saved Chamber CEO Jim Hizer’s job?

GENE VALENTINO On May 29, the Escambia County Commission voted for chairman Gene Valentino to head negotiations with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office on how to fund the much-needed additional detention deputies at the county’s jail. Minutes after the commission meeting adjourned, Valentino was interviewed by a local television station attacking detention deputies for “sitting there playing computer games on their laptops and not even addressing prisoners.” Interesting negotiation strategy.

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VOTE FOR LAU On Tuesday, June 11, Pensacola, Gulf Breeze and southwest Escambia County will vote for who will replace the late Clay Ford as the state representative for District 2.

Walter Bryan Hill was the surprisingly strong winner of the Republican primary, thanks to outside help from the insurance industry and a series of statewide electioneering communication committees that funded a vicious slander campaign against former Gulf Breeze Mayor Ed Gray, III. There was even one mailer that somehow tied the conservative Gray with Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.

It didn’t matter that Walter doesn’t live in District 2. No, Walter lives in Marcus Point, where Clay Ingram is the state representative.

It didn’t matter that Walter changed his name to Mike in 1994 after he was hit with a federal tax lien.

It didn’t matter that Walter doesn’t have any members in his Tea Party of Northwest Florida, which he founded and serves as its president.

Walter won the Republican primary for State House District 2.

This paper isn’t endorsing Walter. We despise double-talk. How can Walter claim to be an outsider when he is clearly tied to some of the biggest insiders in Tallahassee?

But, alas, that has always been the problem with the Tea Party. The truth never matches its rhetoric. The facts never quite add up. And when all else fails, blame Nancy Pelosi.

Sorry, Walter. The Independent News is endorsing Jeremy Lau, the Democratic candidate in this special election.

Like Walter, Lau is a veteran. He got his college degree in history from the University of West Florida and taught in the Santa Rosa County school system.

Walter is an agent for State Farm Insurance, the company that canceled in 2010 the policies of nearly a fifth of its 714 ,000 customers. At the time, the company said it was the direct result of its failure to win a 47.1 percent rate increase from state regulators.

Walter will look after State Farm and help them with their next rate increases. Jeremy Lau will worry more about the ratepayers.

Today, Lau is an aircraft mechanic with L-3 Vortex on NAS Pensacola and the president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local 2777. He works with his hands, understands the difficulties of taking care of his family in these tough economic times and has shown that he cares more about people than corporations.

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Difference Maker Brownsville Ministry Celebrates Six Years of Service Pensacola United Methodist Community Ministries, Inc. (PUMCM) celebrates six years of faith and community service. Located on the campus of Richards Memorial United Methodist Church at 905 North T St., PUMCM not only provides the Brownsville community a safe, accepting venue to come together and worship – it provides vital health and human programs and services in the impoverished area.

PUMCM on-site partner agencies and services help meet a variety of needs in the community. Learn to Read of Northwest Florida provides adult literacy services. Pensacola State College hosts a variety of learning opportunities including adult basic education services, GED classes, computer skills classes, and English as a second language (ESL) curriculum for residents to learn and speak English.

Escambia Community Clinic offers area residents medical assistance with on-site nursing services.

The “Vitamins for Kids” program has served more than 200 children and youth, ages 3 to 14. Veterans Affairs coordinates social services for homeless veterans. Additional services include a mental health counseling, food stamps, clothing and employment assistance and personal hygiene supplies. Chemical addiction issues are addressed through national programs including Celebrate Recovery and Alcoholics Anonymous.

“PUMCM is not only in the heart of the Brownsville community, it has become the heart of those within the community,” said Joe Mullen, Pastor and Executive Director, PUMCM. “One of our most far reaching ministries is our community garden collaboration with the Inns of Court, Federal Prison Camp of Saufley Field and the Federal Probation offices,” said Mullen. “The community garden’s produce provides 750 free meals, four days a week for Brownsville residents. Not only is it feeding those who otherwise would go hungry, it also provides individuals in the courts’ re-entry program who maintain the garden a meaningful skillset on their road to rehabilitation.”

The re-entry program, Operation: Freshstart, is modeled throughout the country and was initiated at PUMCM three years ago to assist those who have recently been released from incarceration.

Off campus, PUMCM operates a thrift store, Acts 2, at 2873 W. Michigan Ave. to help defray expenses for ministry operations.

PUMCM currently has approximately 40 volunteers serving at the main campus and thrift store.

Pastor Mullen stresses the need for volunteers, items for the thrift store and continued support from the community.

“We work exclusively on the benevolence of churches, businesses and individuals for our continued growth,” said Mullen. “As we celebrate our sixth anniversary of service to this community, I thank all who have made a difference in Brownsville.”

Last year, PUMCM had more than 37,000 client visits through its various services.

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TALKING TRASH GOLDEN GARBAGE

The Escambia County-owned Perdido Landfill / photo courtesy of Escambia County

Escambia and ECUA Fight It Out Over Garbage

by Jeremy Morrison For months, Escambia County and the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority have engaged in negotiations that Interim County Administrator George Touart has described as “a freight train going down hill.” That train has now officially jumped the rails.

The ECUA board recently decided to contract with a private company to dispose of solid waste collected in the area, citing economical and environmental reasons— the company is offering a lower tipping fee and plans to turn the trash into Refuse Derived Fuel.

“We have an opportunity to take action on something that is both good for the environment and good for the economy,” ECUA board member Lois Benson said just before the Southern Waste Recovery contract was approved. “What’s not to love about the ability to direct all this waste from the landfill?”

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with county staff, showed up at the utility authority’s meeting to tell them so as the contract was being considered.

“We’re not here arguing, we’re not here begging,” Commissioner Wilson Robertson told the board. “We’re somewhere in between.”

The ECUA decision will impact finances at the county-owned Perdido Landfill, where the utility currently disposes of its solid waste. At stake are millions in tipping fees, as well as the revenue stream generated by the facility’s methane production operations.

The commissioners pointed to a local flow control ordinance that mandates all solid waste be delivered to the Perdido Landfill. The ECUA board didn’t appear rattled, signing up for a 15-year contract amidst Escambia’s protest.

“Sometimes a lawsuit is the best way to find out what the situation is,” ECUA Chairman Larry Walker said.

A few days later at a special meeting, the county commission threw up a ninemonth moratorium on all waste-to-energy operations in an effort to block ECUA’s efforts. At the same time, the county intends to reassess its own operations and study broader disposal options—including exploring Refuse Derived Fuel.

The possibility of a lawsuit was left to linger. And the message to ECUA was crystal clear.

“With our landfill, we can do it all,” Robertson said. “But don’t go off and do your own thing and leave us in the blue.”

ECUA is the county’s biggest customer at the Perdido Landfill, generating approximately $3.5 million every year in tipping fees.

Escambia County charges ECUA a $42.07-per ton tipping fee. Southern Waste Recovery is offering a $35-per ton fee.

Escambia presently produces methane from the waste collected at the Perdido Landfill—used as fuel, and netting the county $750,000 annually, with plans to double operations. County staff argues those revenues would be in jeopardy if ECUA diverts its loads.

Touart has told the commission that without ECUA’s hauls, the county would not be able to keep the Perdido Landfill open without dipping into the general fund. He has hinted at the possible need for tax increases if the utilities authority moves ahead with its SWR contract.

“They are dangerously close to costing the taxpayers a lot of money,” the interim administrator said. “And a lot of money trickles over to millage increases.”

The county and ECUA staff have been attempting to work out their differences for several months, with the SWR deal being put on hold. Such efforts have not gone well—something Touart has attributed to “an ego thing.”

“My olive-branch tree is almost completely empty,” he told his commissioners.

At the last minute, Touart and ECUA Executive Director Steve Sorrell presented the utilities board with a “white paper.”

The county was offering a short-term, keep-the-talks-going deal of $38.50-per ton, a promise to explore waste-to-energy alternatives with the private sector and other incentives.

The ECUA board wasn’t impressed.

“I don’t believe our staff is whole-heartedly recommending it to us,” said Benson.

True, ECUA staff wasn’t glowing about the Touart-Sorrell proposal: “There are not any guarantees this process will be successful and it may simply kick-thecan-down-the-road.”

ECUA board members painted Escambia’s landfill operations as soon-to-beoutdated. They said waste-to-energy is the wave of the future, and that contracting with SWR was a win for the environment.

The lone voice of dissent belonged to Dale Perkins. He described the ECUA’s move as a “haymaker,” and said environ-

mental gains should be made by “landing jabs,” or a compromise-approach.

“We’re throwing a haymaker,” Perkins said. “If it lands that’s great. The problem is, it rarely ever lands and when it doesn’t you’re vulnerable.”

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The Escambia County Commission moved quickly to squash ECUA’s plans.

The board approved on May 29 a moratorium on any new waste-to-energy facilities and hinged any future such developments on their approval.

County officials held off on a lawsuit.

Though they maintain that ECUA’s actions are in violation of the law—and do not constitute “recycling” as claimed, which would exempt the actions from the flow control ordinance—commissioners decided not to challenge them legally until the utilities authority actually starts to divert the waste stream.

Initially, the commission seemed set to seek injunctive relief and a declaratory judgment from the courts, but commissioners Grover Robinson and Lumon May successfully argued against an immediate lawsuit and in favor of maintaining a dialogue with ECUA. “I’ll talk to George about anything, anytime,” said Sorrell. “But I’ve got to tell you, we already have a contract. We would have to negotiate something beyond the scope of that contract, which I don’t know what that would be at this point.”

Southern Waste Recovery officials have said that they would prefer to set up the RDF operation in Escambia County, but didn’t expect a warm reception.

Another possible locale, Baldwin County, Ala., isn’t appearing too welcoming either.

Baldwin County Commissioner Tucker Dorsey showed up at Escambia’s special meeting. He wasn’t hip about the prospects of local trash being hauled into his county.

“Baldwin County, Alabama is not interested in Escambia County, Florida’s trash,” Dorsey told the commissioners. He said his fellow commissioners aren’t interested in permitting a landfill to handle ECUA’s solid waste.

Sorrell said that SWR had a number of options of where to set up its operations.

He said that the ECUA would prefer to keep it local.

“We would like them to put it in Escambia County,” Sorrell said, “because there’s up to 150 jobs associated with it.” {in}

“What’s not to love about the ability to direct all this waste from the landfill?”

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Sheriff David Morgan discusses county jail with commissioners. / photo by Jeremy Morrison

BEGGING FOR A MATCH Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward announced on May 28 that the Florida Department of Transportation has formally offered Pensacola International Airport an $11,090,000 matching grant for the development of future facilities and airport infrastructure.

The grant that has been talked about for months requires a $5 million match, and that’s the rub. The city doesn’t have $5 million and will need help from the county, chamber and University of West Florida to have any hope in coming up with the match.

Hayward didn’t even have the estimated $100,000 to buy the bollards to close South Palafox Place for special events like Gallery Nights. The county has been begged to cover part of the cost.

BACK TO THE FUTURE Interim County Administrator George Touart doesn’t want to pay for more staff at the Escambia County Jail, even after Justice Concepts Incorporated, the consultant the county hired in 2007 to study the jail and the U.S. Department of Justice have pointed out the jail is nearly 100 deputies short.

The problem for Touart is he can’t dodge this bullet. DOJ has issued findings on the jail and may initiate a lawsuit if the county doesn’t come up with a plan.

Touart has taken a unique approach to the DOJ findings—he has recruited former Sheriff Ron McNesby and former Jail Director Dennis Williams to help him fight the DOJ and Sheriff David Morgan. McNesby and Williams ran the jail when three prisoners died in less than 10 months. Touart was the county administrator during that period.

On the eve of the commissioners’ special meeting to discuss the DOJ report, Touart circulated among them an unsigned report from Williams debunking the report and attacking Morgan’s management of the jail.

Meanwhile, McNesby is talking about running for sheriff again in 2016.

THIRD-GRADERS SHOW PROMISE The first 2013 Florida Comprehensive Test Assessment results were released before Memorial Day weekend. The third grade results show that the Escambia Public School District may have a promising group.

The percentage of pupils with reading scores at Level 3 or above was 55 percent,

up from 51 percent last year. Over 100 more students achieved the passing scores on reading, which helped the district narrow the gap from the state averages to two percentage points.

Unfortunately the FCAT writing scores for the fourth, eighth and tenth grades weren’t as positive. Though the percentages scoring Level 3.5 or above, the score level used to determine school grades, were up, the gap between the state and district averages grew.

The percentage of Escambia County fourth and eighth graders scoring 3.5 or higher on the writing exam is 10 or more points below the state averages. County high school sophomores are eight percentage points below the state average.

IT NEVER ENDS Escambia County Commission Chair Gene Valentino is headed to Panama with State Rep. Doug Broxson and others to look for business possibilities when the wider Panama Canal opens in 2015. The commissioner hasn’t given up taking economic development away from the Greater Pensacola Chamber. Stay tuned. {in} ▶ For the whole story everyday check out ricksblog.biz

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( Feeding Escambia County Kids This Summer by Jessica Forbes ) The Dixon School of the Arts cafeteria is quiet at 8:30 in the morning on the second to last day of the school year.

The breakfast service has finished, leaving the room void of the usual energy and noise found in a lunchroom.

That cafeteria, along with most others in the Escambia County School District, will remain quiet throughout the summer, leaving its kids looking for their meals elsewhere.

Over 60 percent of Escambia County public school students, roughly 24,000 children, rely on the school system for at least two free or reduced price meals a day during the school year.

Through federally funded programs, students whose families qualify are eligible for free or reduced price breakfasts and lunches five days a week. Additionally, large numbers of elementary school students depend during the school year on backpack programs—sponsored and organized largely by local churches—to provide food over the weekend.

According to school administrators and community outreach workers, many of the children would have very little, sometimes nothing, to eat if it weren’t for those programs.

“The challenge is, the public school system and county-wide summer camps are totally different now than they were 10 years ago,” said Reverend LuTimothy May, executive director of Dixon School of the Arts. “During those times, many children that were underprivileged went to sumJune 6, 2013

mer school because they were fed, just like regular school. Summer was filled not just with education, but with basic needs.”

The near vaporization of public summer school offerings equals a dramatic disruption in the food system for those students. Only a small handful of summer school programs are offered, and none for the duration of the summer.

Which begs the question: During the summer, where are the kids who normally rely on school meals getting food?

The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is the USDA program that provides reimbursements for meals through the summer.

Qualifying for the programs is based on a family’s income as it relates to the national poverty level. The cut off for qualifying varies with the size of a family. Last school year, a family of four whose income was $29,965 or less was eligible for free lunch; a family of four earning $42,643 or less was eligible for reduced price meals, which by law can cost a maximum of 40 cents each.

One full-time minimum wage job—$7.79 per hour in Florida as of January—brings an annual gross income of $14,956.80. A full-time job paying $10 an hour—a common rate for many jobs in Escambia County—results in a gross income of $19,200, well within the parameters for a single parent with three kids to qualify for the programs.

As of 2009, the Escambia County School District served lunches at schools where students were enrolled in summer classes, as well as sites throughout

“There is a real issue with people living in poverty not having access to healthy food.”

DeDe Flounlacker, Manna Food Pantries

RUNNING THE NUMBERS

During the 2012-2013 school year, over 24,000 students in the Escambia County School District (ECSD) were part of the free or reduced price meal programs.

Administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) via the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program provide free or reduced price meals that meet USDA nutritional standards for children.

the community that operated summer camps for children. That year, the ECSD turned over administration of the SFSP at community sites to Appetite for Life and Bay Area Food Bank, both nonprofits accustomed to managing food services on a limited budget.

The two nonprofits combined anticipate serving slightly less than 2,000 meals each weekday through the summer this year, to a little over 1,000 individual children. The ECSD estimates that 500 third graders will attend a summer reading camp, one of the few summer school programs offered—none of which operate longer than 32 days, and the only one providing free and reduced price meals.

Meaning approximately 1,500 to 2,000 of the 24,000 eligible students will receive meals during a part of the summer provided through the USDA programs. The remaining 22,000 are left to make other arrangements.

A HARSH REALITY

Dr. Shereé Cagle, principal of Global Learning Academy (GLA), has been on the front lines of programming to curb hunger in Escambia County schools for several years.

Her backpack program at Hallmark Elementary became the impetus for others in the district. Cagle continued the program at GLA, where a 100 percent of the elementary school’s 750 students are on free or reduced price meals.

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Rita Icenogle, director of United Way 2-1-1, a call center for people looking for assistance, said in 2012 the program had over 400 calls specific to feeding children during the summer. “In fact, we’ve had calls from children. We had a call from one 8-year-old who called and said she and her brother were hungry. She’d found our card and wanted to find out where she could get food.”

According to Cagle, teachers at GLA feed several children at the end of the day in the classrooms with food from the school’s food pantry “because we know, they’ve told us there is nothing when they go home.” For those students, the end of the school year marks the beginning of an uncertain 12 weeks before the next school year begins on August 19.

Dr. Sheree Cagle / photo by Jessica Forbes

“We believe that when we met those basic needs—food, shelter, clothing—then they could concentrate on school better.”

Dr. Sheree Cagle, Global Learning Academy “There is such a great need and such a limited amount of resources,” said Cagle.

“Unless you are one of the third graders going to summer school, there isn’t anything out there except community programs. The churches step up a lot in the summertime and do summer programs and make sure they offer meals, but it is still very limited.”

Teachers at GLA receive training on how to identify signs of hunger and recommend children for the backpack programs based on what they observe. Cagle says they encourage students not to be worried about asking for food.

“All of our teachers tell our students, ‘Don’t ever be afraid to say, ‘I’m hungry,’” she said.

As an administrator tracking the data, Cagle noticed teachers and staff encountered more discipline issues on Fridays.

After talking to some of the children, they discovered, in many cases, the anxiety about going home and not knowing where meals were be coming from, or whether or not they have a home at all, drove many of the problems. Last school year, 180 students from 145 of GLA’s families were homeless at some point.

“We believe that when we met those basic needs—food, shelter, clothing—then they could concentrate on school better,” Cagle said. “It really did help turn our school around.”

Other lessons learned at Hallmark illuminated the need for additional services at the school for families who may be struggling financially. GLA has a food pantry, stocked from Liberty Church, a Parent Resource Room with computers, refrigerator, microwave, and a washer and dryer for families to use in the event they have no electricity or are homeless.

“People really don’t know the challenge the vast majority of children—especially lower-income children—have when it comes to food,” said Rev. May. “And these kids may 010 1

not tell you they’re hungry, but provide them a meal and you’ll see [they are].”

There are 160 students enrolled at Dixon, 99 percent of whom May estimates are on free or reduced price breakfast and lunch programs during the school year.

Carmen Powe is a guidance counselor at Brown-Barge Middle School. She told the IN that over 40 percent of her 520 students are on free or reduced meals— “and that’s at a magnet school. I know the numbers are astronomical at the neighborhood schools.”

Powe has students that come to her throughout the week for additional food because there isn’t enough at home. Powe and other guidance staff keep breakfast bars and crackers to provide those students who come to them hungry.

“I don’t think that if they’re on free or reduced lunch that they don’t eat during the summer, but it’s a question of what they can afford to eat,” said Powe, who notes that fresh fruits or vegetables are often out of the question for those living on tight budgets, and starchy, fatty foods being less expensive are relied upon. “When you have to make that choice between eating and not eating, you’re going to choose the items you can get, the cheap food.”

DeDe Flounlacker, executive director of Manna Food Pantries, agreed. “There is a real issue with people living in poverty not having access to healthy food,” she said.

“Many often rely on convenience stores, which is a huge problem because you can’t make a dollar stretch very far there.”

Flounlacker said demand goes up during the summer at all Manna’s locations, often from families with children who are searching for food. Manna, which has seen donations go down as demand has increased in recent years, provided food to over 44,000 people in 2012. Flounlacker firmly believes, “No one realizes how widespread hunger is in our community.”

Filling the Gap

or activities for children, and have requested to receive meals during the summer.

Designated “Open Sites” are open to anyone 18 years of age or younger, providing food with no questions asked. Even if a camp is operating at that site, children not enrolled can obtain meals at those locations. “Closed” sites are those open only to children enrolled in the programs offered.

For summer 2013, A4L will provide meals for six sites and BAFB will provide to nine. Only two of those sites are closed.

The number of weeks the programs operate varies from site to site.

Nonprofits are reimbursed for the summer meals, just as the school district is, through the NLSP during the school year, but they are left absorbing the cost of personnel, preparation, delivery and administration. “It was a challenge for us, but that’s one thing at A4L that we like is a challenge,” said Ditty. “We don’t back down from those very easily.”

Leah Weber, child nutrition coordinator at the Panhandle Branch of Bay Area Food Bank explained, “We are reimbursed partially for the food cost, but we have to keep up with the paperwork. The only connection we have with any school board throughout the summer is notification of what sites are operating in their area.”

As to the importance of the meals offered through the SFSP, Ditty said, “I’ve heard so many things, it’s hard to determine. In general, most of the kids who are

The kitchen at Appetite for Life (A4L) is humming late in the afternoon during the first truly hot week of the year. Staff is bustling with the radio on while Operations Director Marcus Ditty proudly shows off state-of-the-art ventilation systems and ovens in the kitchen, remodeled recently after a fire that destroyed much of the nonprofit’s building. The new equipment—purchased with a grant received from IMPACT 100—makes the organization’s operation of turning out thousands of meals a month that much more efficient.

“A lot of kids are faced with not knowing where they’re getting their next meal from. Poverty in Escambia County is really, really bad right now,” Ditty explained back in his office, which adjoins A4L’s food pantry.

“For most kids, their nutrition for the day is that breakfast and lunch that they’re getting through the school system,” said Ditty.

“That’s why these programs are so important. That’s why funding for the programs at the national and state levels are so important.”

Having taken on the SFSP in 2009, Ditty acknowledges the cumbersome nature of administering the summer program, but he clearly thrives on the opportunity to feed hungry kids and finding ways to expand the offerings.

“Each site can choose up to two meal services,” Ditty explained, as the USDA reimburses for two of any combination of breakfasts, lunches, or snacks. “We try to make sure everybody gets lunch because that’s the main staple. If a kid’s only going to eat one meal a day, then you’d better let them get the biggest, best meal.”

A4L and Bay Area Food Bank (BAFB) both provide food to the SFSP locations in Escambia County that have independently organized camps Marcus Ditty / photo by Jessica Forbes

“Poverty in Escambia County is really, really bad right now.”

Marcus Ditty, Appetite for Life

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getting food through our programs, that’s the food they’re getting. It could be for any number of reasons—it’s everything from mom has two jobs, to mom’s not there, to it’s a sick parent, to there’s no money for food regardless, and the kid is trying to bring leftovers home for mom, even.”

Feeding A Growing Appetite

by Sarah McCartan

wonderful marathon you could ever imagine.

Appetite 4 Life has welcomed the challenge since day one, and certainly has not backed down. Since their initial year with the program, they have expanded to serve more sites, and feed more children.

STEPPING UP

At Johnson Beach on the first day of summer break, a group of children from the Milk and Honey Outreach Ministry’s afterschool camp are wading in the water, looking at specimens of sea life with members of the local Audubon Society.

“I found a crab!” one child exclaimed.

Another holds what he initially believes to be a jellyfish, but along with friends learns that it is in fact a grouping of snail egg pods.

Other campers swim nearby, taking breaks to look at the various examples of aquatic flora and fauna held up around them.

“Reverend Gulley makes sure the children learn to swim,” one mother said, referring to Reverend William Gulley, outreach coordinator of the Outreach ministry, which has been operating for 20 years.

“We discovered some years ago that whenever kids are out during school breaks, there is still a need for two things: Supervision and food. We are there to provide this for the kids at no cost. Our ministry, we raise the money to support the kids,” said Gulley.

Milk and Honey’s education-based programs first began to help elementary and middle school-age children improve their reading skills. Afterschool programs assist with homework, and the spring break and summer camps also emphasize reading comprehension and writing skills.

The organization’s spring break and summer camp expanded to include a range of activities including swimming, bowling and weekly trips to the public library. In 2012, Milk and Honey received an IMPACT 100 grant to purchase two minibuses to transport the children to the activities from the Fricker Community Center, where the camps are based.

The 10-week summer camp provides breakfast, lunch and a snack to take home each night. “Food goes away when they’re not in school, and we know that,” said Gulley.

Milk and Honey always has a wait list for the summer program, which can currently accept 35 campers. “With grants and foundation monies we could definitely expand,” Gulley said.

Churches are behind the vast majority of programs aimed at feeding children, through backpack and afterschool programs during the school year and Vacation Bible School and camps during the summer. Whenever they see a need, churches provide food and assistance to groups of 30 or 40 at a time, as their resources allow.

“One of the things that has really made it work for us are our partnerships,” said Gulley. Partnerships with other churches and community groups bolster what the programs can offer, as with Milk and Honey’s partnership with the Francis M. Weston Audubon Society, which itself obtained a grant for educational programs June 6, 2013

Food is Appetite 4 Life’s game. It’s what they know. It’s what they do. It’s who they are. Appetite 4 Life is a non-profit organization focused on providing meals and nutrition services to a broad range of individuals through multiple operations. Through their home meal delivery program they provide between 3,500 and 4,000 meals monthly to individuals dealing with terminal illnesses, as well as their dependents.

From the start, Appetite 4 Life has been committed to expanding to meet the diverse needs of the community.

Feeding a population who not only faces a great risk of food borne illness, but who may not otherwise have readily available meals during the summer months, has been a natural progression for the organization.

Appetite 4 Life has been a sponsor of the Summer Food Service Program since 2009; preparing and delivering free breakfast, lunch and snacks to various community sites throughout the summer, feeding children up to the age of 18.

“We want every kid out there who is hungry to get a meal. No matter where they are or what their situation is. That’s our whole reason for doing this program,” said Operations Director, Marcus Ditty. “A lot of kids are faced with not knowing where they are getting their next meal from.”

The Summer Food Service Program adds an additional 1,000 to 1,200 meals to Appetite 4 Life’s daily output, totaling between 50,000 and 60,000 meals in three months.

Appetite 4 Life’s sponsorship of the Summer Food Service Program goes far beyond preparing the meals and delivering to the sites. They must hire and train a staff, hire and train a site staff, set up a logistics system, create a compliant menu, order food, stock, and get each location ready, each and every summer.

“It’s like running a marathon in a 5K span,” said Ditty. “It has been the most

to expose kids to the beach and its ecosystems. They too provide food to campers, a fish fry in the case of the end-of-theschool-year event at Johnson Beach.

“It’s a big challenge, especially with all the services that have been stripped away,” said May of the work churches are doing for children and families during the summer.

Despite the challenges, May believes that the faith-based community is “one of the greatest assets for children and families living in poverty or just in tough financial

OPENING MORE DOORS

Sites located within a school zone that encompasses any school that has 50 percent or more students enrolled in free or reduced-price lunch during the school year, qualifies as an open site. Zones that don’t qualify as such require children to present eligibility documents.

Currently only one of the sites operated by Appetite 4 Life is considered a closed, enrolled site.

Most of the sites that are in current operations are doing so at near or full capacity. Meaning now it’s not a matter of

“We want every kid out there who is hungry to get a meal.” Ditty getting more children to those sites, but rather looking at expanding to feed new areas. This year Appetite 4 Life has partnered with the Area Housing Commission to identify additional pockets of need.

Still, the biggest challenge Appetite 4 Life faces is access, that is, getting new sites to come on board and work under the purview of this government directed program.

“If we can get sites that want to open up and want to commit volunteers and want to commit the time to run these programs with us and partner with us, we can make it happen. We can get the food to them. It’s what we do,” said Ditty.

Appetite 4 Life welcomes all sites to open their doors to the program, regardless of duration or capacity limitations.

Sites already operating their own summer camps or programs, even to a limited number of children, are encouraged to partake.

“If you are opening your door to children in an area that has needs, we want

times to provide food over the summer.”

Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, where May is the pastor, provides meals for children attending Wednesday night Bible Study.

“Some kids, this is all they get,” church member Oscar Savary said while setting up tables and seating for the approximate 40 children expected on Wednesday nights.

Savary empathized with the tough economics facing families. “I know it’s hard— most parents are single, single mothers.”

to be able to feed your kids,” said Ditty.

“The more kids I can feed, the happier it makes me, my volunteers, my board of directors and it fulfills the mission of what we do. It’s why we’re here. It’s what’s important to us.”

Contacting Appetite 4 Life early allows for time to go through the application, set up and logistics process. Ditty recommends sites interested in participating next summer go ahead and call now.

CATERING TO THE COMMUNITY

How do they do it? Everything Appetite does is done by a combination of earned income, the support of community and the kindness of hearts.

Appetite 4 Life is not an organization backed by government funding. They support themselves about 60 percent by earned income through their catering services. Every dollar they make at catering is a dollar that goes directly toward feeding those in need.

Catering services range from providing box lunches to small groups, all the way to parties, weddings and large scale events.

Visit appetite4life.org/catering to learn more.

VOLUNTEER

Volunteers are the heart of Appetite 4 Life’s operations and are utilized across all of the organization’s efforts. Currently, Appetite is accepting volunteers to help prepare and package meals for the summer program. Volunteer shifts are available Monday-Friday, from 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Appetite is also in great need of volunteer drivers for their home delivery meal program. To get involved, visit appetite4life. org/get-involved.

DONATE

Appetite takes donations of—anything. If they can’t use it, they will find a way to get it to a client or another nonprofit that does. If someone is willing to make the call and think of Appetite 4 Life first, they can be assured that it will be put to good use. {in}

Church members finance the Wednesday night meals out of their own pockets.

Savary buys the drinks, and Robert Pressley, a former captain at the NAS Fire Department, pays for and prepares the food.

“We have so many challenges, but I love what I do. I feel like we’re blessed,” said May of the work the congregation does. “We’re able to be a part of making a difference in peoples’ lives. Even if it’s just for that day, you change that life, where a stomach isn’t growling like it was.”

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photo by Jessica Forbes In addition to regular services, May notes that summer Vacation Bible Schools are greatly important to families looking for meals for children in the summer. “I’m telling you, you can go to any Vacation Bible School in the county, and they will be filled with kids, particularly kids that don’t attend their church,” said May. “Some families strategize their summer around Vacation Bible School, they have the whole summer planned out because they’re trying to get their child some food.”

Randy Hamil of Northridge Church’s Hope Outreach oversees a backpack program that provides during the school year 379 bags a week to three local elementary

schools, including Global Learning Academy.

Year round, Hope Outreach also delivers meals every Tuesday to approximately 30 families in the vicinity of GLA. “It leads us to be on their doorstep more, and help out,” said Hamil, who works with the volunteers to deliver meals, talk to and pray with families in need, and notes, “We see a lot of people who are working very hard, working multiple jobs.”

Ditty too has noticed in the 10 years he has worked in hunger relief the changing need. “The face of poverty has changed so much,” he said. “You have this whole new class of people in poverty they call the ‘working poor.’ It’s not people who are homeless, or don’t have a job. It’s [situations where] mom and dad both work, but both are working an $8.50 an hour job because that’s all that’s available to them.”

“It’s a lot easier to get help with food than it is with your rent, or your heat, or your medications,” said Ditty. “There are a lot of people out there doing a lot of good for people, distributing food.”

How to better get word to the people who need food and expand the offerings is on the minds of many working with hunger relief in Escambia County.

OPENING THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION

Jaleena Davis, director of the ECSD Food Services Department, oversees the free and reduced meal programs for the district during the school year. When asked if the nonprofits aim to fulfill the needs of the 24,000plus eligible students during the summer, Davis said, “I’m really not sure. Of course, we want to make sure as many students as possible receive meals during the summertime.”

Churches, nonprofits and community groups are all aware of the need. They acknowledge that with more financial support and better communication, they could expand their programs and reach more children.

A4L and Bay Area both perform marketing duties—putting up USDA-provided yard signs, distributing fliers and notifying school boards of their sites—on their own.

Unfortunately, as both organizations are nonprofits, and, like all others trying to help with the problem on a tight budget, their efforts can only go so far.

“The state provides us with fliers and posters,” said Davis of the ECSD’s marketing efforts about the summer sites. “We send some out and we also send some to Appetite for Life, because we ended up with an abundance of them.”

Word is evidently reaching few, as many administrators and community members said they are unfamiliar with the programs. “ We have a day and a half left in school, and I have not heard anything about Appetite for Life feeding anybody over the summer,” said Powe of the lack of information received at Brown-Barge Middle School.

“Communication may be the reason there is that gap.”

“I’m not sure that there’s enough advertisement about that,” Cagle said. “I wish they would do more because they are great programs and offer great things throughout the summer. We need to see what we can do to get the word out there, how we can do it better. The school is the perfect place because we have this audience here.”

“Food goes away when they’re not in school, and we know that.”

Rev. William Gulley, Milk and Honey Outreach Ministry

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“Some families strategize their summer around Vacation Bible School, they have the whole summer planned out because they’re trying to get their child some food.”

Rev. Lutimothy May, Dixon School of the Arts Aware of the challenges facing all parties, Ditty emphasized, “By no means is that gap the school board’s fault. It’s a matter of finding the pockets of need and wpartner organizations that are willing to operate sites.”

Ditty said there is little discussion between the ECSD and his organization about the need in the district, but “I see their numbers. It’s one of those things where you hate that it goes up, and it goes up every year.”

Both Appetite 4 Life and Bay Area Food Bank believe they could expand operations if the number of community partners were to grow. “We haven’t exceeded [capacity] yet, we’re looking to expand every year and we hope to continue to grow the program,” said BAFB’s Weber.

Ditty estimates A4L could produce up to 2,500 meals per day without changing or adding much to their current operations.

“I’d love to,” he said.

“Give me a little while and I can, I guarantee you!” Ditty responded when

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asked if one group could produce 24 ,000 meals a day.

At present, it seems the best and only centralized source of information for families in need is United Way’s 2-1-1 Hotline, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The 2-1-1 operators provide information about a variety of resources, but most often provide assistance connecting callers with food, shelter and clothing.

Cagle hopes the many players in the schools and community can one day sit down and discuss how to better address the issue of hunger in the county.

“It’s always been my dream to get all of the stakeholders around the table and decide how we can get the message out and help into the hands of people who need it,” said Cagle. “The hunger goes along with the homelessness, which goes along with not being enough jobs in Pensacola. As a community we need to look at the bigger picture and see how we can pool our resources together.” {in}

Summer Food Program Sites

The following sites serve as Escambia County locations for the Summer Food Service Program. All sites are considered "open sites" unless otherwise noted.

APPETITE 4 LIFE SITES

Latino Unido Encristo 5811 St. Elmo Street Pensacola, FL 32503 850-293-6806 New Life Church 8600 W. Hwy. 98 Pensacola, FL 32506 850-208-3788

Closed Site: YMCA Northeast Pensacola 3215 Langley Ave. Pensacola, FL 32504 850-478-1222

BAY AREA FOOD BANK SITES Boys and Girls Club 2751 North H St. Pensacola, FL 32501 850-438-0996

First Baptist Church of Warrington 18 S. Merritt St. Pensacola, FL 32507 850-456-8420

Positive Image 700 W. Truman Ave. Pensacola, FL 32505 850-530-4692

Gonzalez Court 2800 N. 9th Ave. Pensacola, FL 32503 850-438-8561

EPPS Christian Center 2300 N. Pace Blvd.

Pensacola, FL 32505 850-572-5761

Moreno Court 900 S. Corry Field Rd. Pensacola, FL 32507 850-455-1366

Cobb Resource Center 601 E. Mallory St. Pensacola, FL 32521 850-436-5192

Fricker Resource Center 900 North F St. Pensacola, FL 32521 850-436-5195 Pathways for Change 1401 W. Lloyd St. Pensacola, FL 32501 850-637-1429 New World Believers 260 W. Jordan St. Pensacola, FL 32505 850-607-3252 Truth for Youth 432 W. Belmont St. Pensacola, FL 32501 850-393-0332 Closed Site: Capstone Academy 4901 W. Fairfield Dr. Pensacola, FL 32506 850-458-7735 For additional information including operating hours, visit summerfoodflorida.org

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Cafés, Art and Recovery

by Jessica Forbes

Over the past several months, Goebels began frequenting the new Bodega International Market and Café, and noticed the

Lakeview Center is a nonprofit facility that served over 35,500 clients in 2012, 76 percent through mental health service programs. Café PERC is unique in that it offers a non-traditional therapy and a place to build relationships with fellow consumers and Peer Specialists.

Peer Specialists working at Café PERC are staff and volunteers who can relate to consumers on a personal level with their own experiences with mental illness.

Goebels himself was diagnosed with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) in the late 1980s, which in the past resulted in bouts with severe depression. Goebels sought treatment at Lakeview Center seven years ago while uninsured, and remained active in the Lakeview community, speaking at meetings, and now volunteers teaching art to give back.

Long interested in art and design, Goebels remembers, “I’ve had a paintbrush in my hand in one way or another since I was three years old.” Goebels says it is uplifting to see people, many of whom have never painted before, tapping into artistic talent.

“I was drawn to the program because painting for me has been extremely therapeutic in my own recovery,” Goebels recalled a time when SAD affected his career in corporate human resources management, “being able to share that with other people has been very meaningful.” {in}

“Many individuals with a mental illness have issues with selfesteem, they’ve been knocked around … this provides a great encouragement.”

Carlos Goebels

Acrylic painting by Carlos Goebels Small, vividly painted canvases are becoming emblematic of the art of Café PERC, an art therapy program at Baptist Hospital’s Lakeview Center.

The program, in its first year, welcomes those suffering from mental illness, providing a safe and friendly place to spend time. Many often discover previously unknown artistic talents while at the café, which offers a variety of art classes throughout the week.

Café PERC provides free coffee, art supplies, and Internet access to consumers, the term for those utilizing Lakeview’s services. As of May 2013, the program logged approximately 500 consumer visits each month.

The “PERC” in the title stands for “Peer Education and Resource Community.”

Ellen Peppler, a client advocate who has worked at Lakeview for over 17 years, said at a show in early May, “The ‘C,’ or community, is the most important component of the program. Due to the stigmatization of mental illnesses, many people

suffering with a mental illness often isolate themselves.”

Peppler said the Café PERC center has a “Cheers” quality, in that the staff and volunteers are able greet people coming through the door by name, an unusual occurrence for many of the program’s consumers.

“Recovery equals healing,” said Peppler, who also emphasized that recovery is often possible when quality of life is improved, community being a large part of the equation.

Carlos Goebels is one of several artists who volunteers time to teach at Café PERC. Goebels has volunteered since October 2012, teaching painting, and began organizing public art shows in February.

“On a rainy February morning, we wound up selling over 40 pieces,” said Goebels of the program’s first show in early 2013. That event, held at the Activity Center at Lakeview, was followed by another successful showing at Open Books in May.

business, a restaurant and store, would make a good gallery space.

Goebels shared stories about Café PERC with the owners and the restaurant is now displaying 25 pieces from the program’s artists-consumers, and will host a fundraiser for the program this Saturday.

Bodega Café is donating the food and drinks for the reception, and all proceeds from ticket sales go to Café PERC. For a donation of $10, guests can treat themselves to appetizers and drinks from the café’s menu of Central and South American cuisine.

In addition, art will be on display and available for purchase during the restaurant and shop’s regular hours, Tuesdays through Sundays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Proceeds from the sale of individual pieces support both Café PERC and the artists. The program treats sales as a gallery would, with 20 percent of the sale price going to the program, and 80 percent to the artist.

WHAT: Benefit for Lakeview Center’s “It means so much for the Café PERC Mental Health Recovery clients to see their paintings up and Program on display in the community,” said WHEN: 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 8 Goebels, noting, “Many individuals WHERE: Bodega International Market & with a mental illness have issues Café, 3041 E. Olive Rd. with self-esteem, they’ve been COST: $10 Donation (Advance reservaknocked around … this provides a tions required, event limited to 50) great encouragement.”

DETAILS: For more information and/or Goebels notes that many of the to reserve tickets, e-mail carlosgoebels@ program consumers are low-income yahoo.com or indigent, and receiving an extra bit of cash for their art is not only exciting, but also a financial help.

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Just One Extraordinary Day nized and hosted

by Escambia County’s Animal Services Advisory Committee (ASAC). ASAC is a volunteer group that was formed in 2009 to act as a communication channel between individuals in the community

It may be just one day, but it’s an extraordinary one. For more than 10,000 animals, it is one more day they will be able to see the light of day.

Animal shelters across the nation have signed a pledge to be “no kill” for “Just One Day”—June 11, 2013. The significance of the day goes back to a kill shelter in Ithaca, N.Y. that decided to become “no kill.” On June 10, 2001 there were no “no kill” communities in the United States. On June 11, 2001, Tompkins County became the first.

Locally, the Escambia County Animal Shelter has joined the pledge to not euthanize any savable animals on Tuesday, June 11 but rather shift the day’s focus toward adopting these animals out to loving homes with an on-site event. The public adoption event kicks off with an opening ceremony at 12 p.m., with reduced adoption rates extending from 1 to 7 p.m.

Although taking place at the shelter, this community event is planned, orga-

at the event. Those who may not be able to adopt an animal are still encouraged to come learn about the mission of these groups, as well as fostering and volunteer opportunities that are available.

The event offers an opportunity to bring to light issues our community faces, such as the high number of animals that aren’t spayed and neutered, and communicate where these services are available to the community at low or no cost.

Although on one hand “Just One Day” is a celebration of the growing number of communities nationwide that are becoming “no kill,” on the other, it is a reminder of the progress that still needs to be made, and the work that must be done in our own community.

Krakowski affirms that this is not just another day, but a step toward becoming a “no kill” nation, but first, locally, a “no kill” county.

“The idea is that if you can become ‘no kill’ for one day, then you can become ‘no kill’ for two days, then two weeks and then overtime, a ‘no kill’ shelter,” she said. “I look at June 11 as the first step in the journey toward making the Escambia County Animal Shelter a ‘no kill’ shelter.”

The first 100 individuals or families to adopt a pet from the shelter on June 11 will receive a special gift bag from ASAC as a token of appreciation. Area pet stores have generously donated supplies, treat

bags and other items for the event and local businesses have donated services such as free office visits, as well as items for a raffle. A food drive for cats and dogs of all ages is also part of the event. {in}

“I look at June 11 as the first step in the journey toward making the Escambia County Animal Shelter a ‘no kill’ shelter.”

Pattie Krakowski having problems with animals, and county commissioners. Members of ASAC will be at the event to speak with the community regarding who they are, what they do and how they serve the county, as well as communicating the impact of “Just One Day.” ASAC committee representative for District 3, Pattie Krakowski, is acting chair of this event.

“Money raised at the event will be used for items that the shelter needs, and go toward supporting rescue groups in town,” she said.

A number of rescue groups and area non-profits including the Humane Society and Junior Humane Society will be present

JUST ONE DAY

WHAT: “Just One Day” Public Adoption Event WHEN: 1 p.m. – 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 11 (Opening ceremony at 12 p.m.)

WHERE: Escambia County Animal Shelter, 200 W. Fairfield Drive COST: Free and open to the public DETAILS: To learn more about the movement, visit justoneday.ws To view animals currently available for adoption at the Escambia County Animal Shelter, visit myescambia.com/community/ adoptable-animals

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happenings THURSDAY 6.6

GENEALOGY RESEARCH ASSISTANCE 9 a.m.-noon Thursdays in June. Library volunteers are available to give general genealogy research guidance; one-on-one assistance in using online and print resources for family researchers; and will help in filling out ancestral charts and family group records. Navarre Library, 8484 James M. Harvell Rd., Navarre. 981-7323.

QUAYSIDE ART GALLERY 10 a.m. through July 15 ‘Together At Last’ brings together two longtime friends, Darlene Homrighausen and Jerry Lewis. 17 E. Zaragoza St, 438-2363 or quaysidegallery.com.

BLUE MORNING GALLERY 10 a.m. A visiting artist show featuring the work of noted local artist Margaret Biggs will be on exhibit through Saturday, June 15. Composition, color and the play between positive and negative space are hallmarks of Biggs' art as she bridges realism and imagination in art that has been described as both modern and surrealistic. 21 Palafox Place.

429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

DRAGONFLY GALLERY 10 a.m. The gallery’s feature room is a favorite site for artists from throughout Santa Rosa County. 5188 Escambia St., Milton. 981-1100 or thedragonflygallery.com.

ARTEL GALLERY 10 a.m. 223 Palafox, Old County Courthouse. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

DAUMIER: ART FOR THE MASSES 10 a.m.

Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.com.

HISTORIC PENSACOLA TROLLEY TOUR 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Pensacola Visitor Center, 1401 E. Gregory St. 941-2876 or beachbumtrolley.com.

JAPANESE CULTURAL VISUAL ANIMATION CLUB MEETING 12 p.m. Pensacola State College - 1000 College Blvd., Building 14, Room 1466.

484-1000 or pensacolastate.edu.

‘ARTS ACROSS THE AGES’ 1 p.m. The University of West Florida Center on Aging will be hosting the 2013 Arts and Aging event in the UWF Fine and Performing Arts Center. Local artists, music, lectures and a reception will highlight the program. This year's program is entitled "Arts across the Ages" and will include faculty presentations from the Center on Aging, UWF Art Department and the UWF Archaeology Institute. University of West Florida, 11000 University Pkwy. 474-2070 or uwf.edu.

DIG INTO READING-PRESCHOOLERS 1:30 p.m. West Florida Public Library 2013 Summer Reading Club for Kids & Teens Stories, weird noises, shadow puppets, magic, reptiles and more. WFPL Tryon Branch, 1200 Langley Ave. Free. 471-6980 or mywfpl.com.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

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

A.B.C. BEER TASTINGS 5:30 p.m. Food and Beer Pairing featuring Pensacola Bay Brewery.

The first series of classes features a presenter discussing the highlighted craft brewery and three selections from that brewery. Classes will cover the basics as well as specific information regarding the history of the brewery and their beers. Atlas Oyster House, 600 South Barracks St. $10 per person. 470-0003 or goodgrits.com.

WINE & GLIDE SEGWAY TOUR 5:30-7:30 p.m.

This one-hour Segway tour is followed by a stop at the East Hill Yard for a wine tasting. Emerald Coast Tours, 701 S. Palafox. $45. 417-9292 or emeraldcoasttours.net.

THURSDAYS IN THE PARK 6-8 p.m. The Navarre Chamber of Commerce presents this weekly concert series. This week features

Pensacola’s

60’s-80’s sound of Three Bean Soup. Navarre Park, 813 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre. 939-3267.

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

PEN AIR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION FIESTA DAY PARADE 6:30 p.m. Catch some beads when beautiful floats parade down Palafox entertaining people of all ages. Special appearances will be made

by DeLuna LXII, his Queen and Court. Don’t miss this very special event. Parade Downtown Spring & Garden St. 433-6512 or fiestaoffiveflags.org .

AFRICAN RUMMING CLASSES 6:30 p.m. $2$5. Gulf Point Community Center, 7000 Spanish Trail. For more information contact, 291-2718, 324-4928 or hurreyupstageandfilmworks.com.

EVENINGS IN OLDE SEVILLE 7 p.m. This longrunning summer concert series features this week the Beatles tribute band Not Quite Fab. Seville Square, downtown Pensacola. sevilleconcerts.com.

TEXAS HOLD’EM 4 FUN 7 p.m. Paddy O’Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via De Luna Dr, Gulf Breeze, FL 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

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KEN LAMBERT 1 p.m., Bo Roberts, Mark Sherrill & Rhonda Hart 5 p.m., Troy Brannon 5 p.m., Dave & Joe Show 6 p.m., Wes Loper & Thomas Jenkins 9:30 p.m., Foxy Iguanas 10 p.m., Lee Yankie & Hellz Yeah 10:30 p.m. Flora-Bama Lounge, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 482-3407 or florabama.com.

VICTOR WAINWRIGHT 6 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna. 916-5087 or paradisebargrill.com.

THE DAVENPORTS 6 p.m. The Leisure Club, 126 S. Palafox. 912-4229 or tlcdowntown.com.

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

ADAM & MEL 7 p.m. Bamboo Willies, 400 Quietwater Beach, Pensacola Beach. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

JAMES & FRIENDS 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 469-1001 or hubstaceys.com.

LATIN NIGHT DJ 7 p.m. Malibu Lounge & Package Store, 1000 Gulf Beach Hwy. 456-2090.

BRAD BARNES OPEN COLLEGE JAM 7:30 p.m.

Goat Lips Beer Garden, 2811 Copter Rd. 474-1919.

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

GETO BOYS-REUNION TOUR-SCARFACE, Willie D, Bushwick Bill Big Lo, Cut Throat, Sincere, Mz Serious 7:30 p.m. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. $25. 435-9849 or vinylmusichall.com.

BUCK NASTY BAND 8 p.m. Sandshaker, 713 Pensacola Beach Blvd. Pensacola Beach, 9322211 or sandshaker.com.

SCREAM OUT LOUD, IT STARTS TODAY, LOSING CADENCE 8 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N Tarragona St. 434-9060 or pensacolahandlebar.com.

KRAZY GEORGE’S KARAOKE 8 p.m. Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quarter, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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

KARAOKE WITH KEVIN SUTTON 8 p.m. Sam’s Lounge, 1225 N. Old Corry Field Rd. 458-0472.

DJ JOHNBOI 8 p.m. Chan’s Nightclub 610 E. Nine Mile Rd. 477-9961 or chanspensacola.com.

DJ LAO COLLEGE NIGHT 9 p.m. Pensacola’s original College Night is still the place to be on Thursday night. Hang out with your fraternity or sorority friends, dancing to the coolest beats.

Seville Quarter, 130 East Government St. 4346211 or sevillequarter.com.

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EXTREME KARAOKE WITH G.C.P.C. 10 p.m. play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or gulfcoastpartycrew.com.

FRIDAY 6.7

TAI CHI AT FLORIDA BLUE 8:30 a.m. Free.

Florida Blue, 1680 Airport Blvd. For information, call 202-4188.

QUAYSIDE ART GALLERY 10 a.m. through July 15 ‘Together At Last’ brings together two longtime friends, Darlene Homrighausen and Jerry Lewis. 17 E. Zaragoza St, 438-2363 or quaysidegallery.com.

BLUE MORNING GALLERY 10 a.m. A visiting artist show featuring the work of noted local artist Margaret Biggs will be on exhibit through Saturday, June 15. Composition, color and the play between positive and negative space are hallmarks of Biggs' art as she bridges realism and imagination in art that has been described as both modern and surrealistic. 21 Palafox Place.

429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

DRAGONFLY GALLERY 10 a.m. The gallery’s feature room is a favorite site for artists from throughout Santa Rosa County. 5188 Escambia St., Milton. 981-1100 or thedragonflygallery.com.

ARTEL GALLERY 10 a.m. 223 Palafox, Old County Courthouse. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

DAUMIER: ART FOR THE MASSES 10 a.m.

Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.com.

COLONIAL COOKING & TRADES 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Learn early 19th century cooking tech-

niques and trade-skills from costumed living history interpreters. $6 for adults; $5 for AAA members, military and ages 65 and older; $3 for children ages 4 to 16; free for UWF students with student ID. Historic Pensacola Village, 205 E. Zaragoza St. historicpensacola.org.

‘ARTS ACROSS THE AGES’ 1 p.m. The University of West Florida Center on Aging will be hosting the 2013 Arts and Aging event in the UWF Fine and Performing Arts Center. Local artists, music, lectures and a reception will highlight the program. This year's program is entitled "Arts across the Ages" and will include faculty presentations from the Center on Aging, UWF Art Department and the UWF Archaeology Institute. University of West Florida, 11000 University Pkwy. 474-2070 or uwf.edu.

FOLEY FARMERS MARKET 3-6 p.m. Fridays through June 28. Local farmers and vendors offer everything from fruits and vegetables to honey, wine, seafood, farm-fresh eggs, baked goods, ice cream and plants. Foley Heritage Park, U.S. 59 and U.S. 98. Foley, Ala. visitfoley.org.

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

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

WINE TASTING AT EAST HILL MARKET 5:30 p.m. East Hill Market 1216 N. Ninth Ave. BANDS ON BLACKWATER 6 p.m. 13th Hourglass is performing this week. After a big 2012 with four originally scheduled concerts, the City of Milton Downtown Redevelopment Board and the Milton Parks Department has grown the event into a nine-week free concert series every Friday night during the months of May and June. South of the Milton Riverwalk, downtown Milton. 983-5466 or ci.milton.fl.us.

AUTO RACING 5 p.m. gates open, 8 p.m. races.

Pro Late Model 50, Modifieds, Sportsmen, Bombers. Five Flags Speedway, 7451 Pine Forest Rd. 944-8400 or 5flagsspeedway.com.

‘THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH’ 7:30 p.m. A Southeastern Teen Shakespeare Company Production. In this chilling tale of witchcraft, four evil hags inspire Macbeth to plot the murder of the king and thereby gain the throne of Scotland and immortality. Conscience-stricken once the deed is done, he is haunted by ghosts and hounded by enemies. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. $10. 434-0257 or pensacolalittletheatre.com.

GHOST HUNT 8 p.m. Bring your own equipment or share ours (some items available for purchase in the Gift Shop before tours commence.) Tours are two hours in duration. This tour does include a trip to the top of the Lighthouse for a look across Pensacola Bay, weather permitting. Per Coast Guard Safety Regulations backless/open toed shoes are not permitted to climb the tower stairs. We recommend this tour for children 12 and over only. Pensacola Lighthouse and Museum, 2081 Radford Blvd. 393-1561 or pensacolalighthouse.org.

STARGAZING AT FORT PICKENS Sunset to 10p.m. at the Battery Worth Picnic Area at Fort Pickens Area. Weather permitting, volunteers from the Escambia Amateur Astronomers' Association will set up several telescopes for public viewing of the stars, planets and constellations.

Fort Pickens, 1400 Fort Pickens Rd. The program is free; however, there is an $8 entrance fee to the Fort Pickens Area 934-2600 or nps.gov.

3 GAME SPECIAL 8:30 p.m. $12, includes shoes.

DeLuna Lanes, 590 E. 9 Mile Rd. 478-9522 or delunalanes.com.

SWING DANCING 8:30 p.m. $5. American Legion, 1401 Intendencia St. 437-5465 or pensacolaswing.com.

‘STAND UP COMEDY SHOW’ 9:30 p.m. Big Easy Tavern, 710 N. Palafox, bigeasytavern.com or 208-5976.

COSMIC BOWLING 11 p.m. DeLuna Lanes, 590 E. 9 Mile Rd. 478-9522 or delunalanes.com

live music

RUSTY TABOR 1 p.m., Troy Brannon 1 p.m., Hurricane Warning 5 p.m., The Big Earl Show 5 p.m., Triggerfoot 6 p.m., Wes Loper & Thomas Jenkins 9: 30 p.m., Big Al & Heavyweights 10 p.m., Blackjack Billy 10:30 p.m. Flora-bama Lounge, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-3407 or florabama.com.

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 5 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

BRYAN LEE 6 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

DOWNTOWN BIG BAND 6:30 p.m. Gregory Street Assembly Hall, 501 E. Gregory St. 3078633.

THE DAVE & JOE SHOW 7 p.m. Bamboo Willies, 400 Quietwater Beach, Pensacola Beach. 9169888 or bamboowillies.com.

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

SCOTT KOEHN 8 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 6779153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

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Ears & Fingers

by Jason Leger

“Desire Lines” is out now via 4AD. I highly recommend you give Camera Obscura the chance to melt your heart. You won’t be disappointed.

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CAMERA OBSCURA ‘DESIRE LINES’

“I’ve been cool with you. The sooner you admit it, I will too.” Scottish band, Camera Obscura, have always produced coy, peaceful, airy music—music from a generation past. Their songs could easily ride along the coat tails of the ‘50s pop era.

Comparisons to fellow Scots Belle & Sebastian are very easy to make, and the band are more than okay with that. However, never being a band to hog the spotlight, Camera Obscura always seem to embrace life on the in-between of indie rock stardom and playing small venues to diehard fans who will dance and sing along to every song.

I was introduced to Camera Obscura in 2006, when, on a whim, I went to Tallahassee, Fla. to see them with a friend. He raved about them, but it was news to me. I had no idea what I was in for, since at the time our musical tastes were going in two different directions. I remember the band walking out and starting with “Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken,” the opening track from the album they had just released, “Let’s Get Out of This Country,” and since one of my all-time favorite jams. The word “cute” is more often than not a word that I use very sparingly, but everything about this band, including their hulking bass player, brought “cute” to mind. I just wanted to put them in my pocket and carry them around, occasionally feeding them minute amounts of haggis.

“Desire Lines” finds Camera Obscura doing what they do best, writing whimsical pop-rock that echoes back to a time of cocktail parties and smoking jackets, an era of housewives and milkmen, a time I only really know or understand from growing up watching Nick at Nite.

This album also reveals a band who is very comfortable doing exactly what they want, and for possibly the first time in their career, knowing precisely what that is. Album highlights are “Every Weekday,” “I Missed Your Party,” and the squeaky clean jam “New Year’s Resolution,” all of which exemplify classic Camera Obscura.

My musical tastes and the scope of things I listen to have been doing some serious shifting lately. I have been much keener on R&B and Disco than I have ever been in my life. Not that I have shut those genres out, like I have much of today’s mainstream rock, but I have rarely gone out of my way to listen to artists who fall within those walls. About a week ago, I came across Thundercat. Obviously, the ‘80s kid in me was drawn to the name, but I was very pleasantly surprised by what I found. Stephen Bruner, the musical genius behind Thundercat, has quite an impressive resume, though his name may not strike any pop-culture trivia chords. He has played with the Suicidal Tendencies, spent time in a boy band, and, most recently, provided bass for Ms. Erykah Badu, making him just as well rounded as one would assume with that sort of experience. Bruner’s second album under the Thundercat moniker, just under 40 minutes of soul, funk, and shifty time signatures, “Apocalypse” carries just as much hefty emotion and miry heartbreak as it does whimsy and desire to party well into the night. First single, “Oh Sheit, It’s X,” is a mind-warping funk rager, which spins the listener though an X bender loaded with plenty of dancing. This song is one of the most infectious I have ever heard, and is guaranteed to have anyone tuned in, if not dancing, on the first listen. Upbeat numbers rest neatly between, shimmering introspective songs like “Heartbreaks & Setbacks” and “Evangelion” and impressive, mostly instrumental pieces like “Seven.”

Several songs have long breaks, where the instrumental end of Bruner’s prowess is really able to stand tall. I know this seems like kind of a wild card, it was for me, but I strongly suggest giving “Apocalypse” a shot.

It will be more than worth it. “Apocalypse” is out now via Brainfeeder.

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DAX RIGGS SUPPORT ACT(S) TBA 8 p.m.

Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox $10 435-9849 or vinylmusichall.com.

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

LANDRY & COMPANY 8 p.m. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 204 East Nine Mile Rd. 4976076 or hopjacks.com.

WILLING TO DREAM 8:30 p.m. The Tin Cow, 102 South Palafox. 466-2103 or thetincow.com.

THE DAVE & JOE SHOW 7 p.m. Bamboo Willies, 400 Quietwater Beach, Pensacola Beach. 9169888 or bamboowillies.com.

KARAOKE WITH ANGIE & SHAGGY 9 p.m.

The Blind Mule 2, 937 N. New Warrington Rd. 332-6533.

KARAOKE WITH KEVIN SUTTON 9 p.m. Sam’s Lounge, 1225 N. Old Corry Field Rd. 458-0472.

AUGUST BODY & BLACKWATER 9 p.m. Chan’s Nightclub, 610 E Nine Mile Rd. 477-9961 or chanspensacola.com.

ANOTHER HERO 9 p.m. Bamboo Willies, 400 Quietwater Beach, Pensacola Beach. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

THE RED FIELD 9 p.m. Apple Annie’s, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

THE MODERN ELDORADOS 9 p.m. End of the Alley, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

RAINEY’S REVENGE 9 p.m. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or pensacolahandlebar.com.

LIVE MUSIC 9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse. goodgrits.com.

DJ MR. LAO 9 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

JAMES ADKINS & FRIENDS 9:30 p.m. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 South Palafox. 4976076 or hopjacks.com.

DJ J. ROCK 9:30 p.m. O’Riley’s Irish Pub, 3728 Creighton Rd. 474-0522.

DJ BUNNIE HOPSON midnight, Top of the Town, 15 E. Intendencia St. 434-8779.

SATURDAY 6.8

7TH ANNUAL FISHIN CHIX PINK RUBBER BOOTS LADIES FISHING RODEO 6:30 a.m. Following weigh-in enjoy an afternoon of fun and sisterhood at the awards ceremony. Lady anglers of all ages can become involved in a variety of ways. Members with their own boat can register for $150 per person. Non-members with a boat can sign up for $200 per person, which includes a Fishin Chix annual membership. Flounder's Chowder House, 800 Quietwater Beach Rd., Pensacola Beach.932-2003 or fishinchix.com.

PALAFOX MARKET 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, N. Palafox St. palafoxmarket.com.

COLONIAL COOKING & TRADES 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Learn early 19th century cooking techniques and trade-skills from costumed living history interpreters. $6 for adults; $5 for AAA members, military and ages 65 and older; $3 for children ages 4 to 16; free for UWF students with student ID. Historic Pensacola Village, 205 E. Zaragoza

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QUAYSIDE ART GALLERY 10 a.m. through July 15 ‘Together At Last’ brings together two longtime friends, Darlene Homrighausen and Jerry Lewis. 17 E. Zaragoza St, 438-2363 or quaysidegallery.com.

BLUE MORNING GALLERY 10 a.m. A visiting artist show featuring the work of noted local artist Margaret Biggs will be on exhibit through Saturday, June 15. Composition, color and the play between positive and negative space are hallmarks of Biggs' art as she bridges realism and imagination in art that has been described as both modern and surrealistic. 21 Palafox Place.

429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com.

DRAGONFLY GALLERY 10 a.m. The gallery’s feature room is a favorite site for artists from throughout Santa Rosa County. 5188 Escambia St., Milton. 981-1100 or thedragonflygallery.com.

ARTEL GALLERY 10 a.m. 223 Palafox, Old County Courthouse. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

DAUMIER: ART FOR THE MASSES 10 a.m.

Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.com.

PET ADOPTIONS noon-4 p.m. The Junior Humane Society conducts a pet adoption featuring dogs, puppies, cats and kittens. PetSmart, 6251 N. Davis Hwy. DIG INTO READING-PRESCHOOLERS 2:30 p.m. West Florida Public Library 2013 Summer Reading Club for Kids & Teens stories, weird noises, shadow puppets, magic, reptiles and more. Westside Branch Library, 1580 West Cervantes St. 595-1047 or mywfpl.com.

PLAY HAPPY HOUR 6 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 455-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

BAYOU TEXAR TORCHLIGHT TOUR 7 p.m.

Saturdays through Oct. 26. Pensacola Paddle Sport Rentals offers an evening of exploring the waters of Bayou Texar guided by torch, under the light of the moon. Tour leaves from the beach next to the fishing pier at Bayview Park, 2001 E. Lloyd St. $10 for single kayaks, $15 for tandem kayaks. 255-5423 or pensacolapaddlesport.com.

‘THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH’ 7:30 p.m. A Southeastern Teen Shakespeare Company Production. In this chilling tale of witchcraft, four evil hags inspire Macbeth to plot the murder of the king and thereby gain the throne of Scotland and immortality. Conscience-stricken once the deed is done, he is haunted by ghosts and hounded by enemies. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. $10. 434-0257 or pensacolalittletheatre.com.

GHOST HUNT 8 p.m. Bring your own equipment or share ours (some items available for purchase in the Gift Shop before tours commence.) Tours are two hours in duration. This tour does include a trip to the top of the Lighthouse for a look across Pensacola Bay, weather permitting. Per Coast Guard Safety Regulations backless/open toed shoes are not permitted to climb the tower stairs. We recommend this tour for children 12 and over only. Pensacola Light House and Museum, 2081 Radford Blvd. 3931561 or pensacolalighthouse.org.

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by Brett Hutchins

From Choir Girl to Rock and Roller IN: How old were you when you moved from Shreveport to New Orleans?

KOERNER: I was 25. I've been in New Orleans for about a year now. It was a huge, necessary change. Shreveport has some of the best singer/ songwriters I've ever heard.

Maybe some of them will never be known, but they're in a league of their own. I needed to get out of the town, though, because I didn't want to get

press photo Armed with a voice that snakes through the foggy bayous of rural Louisiana and explodes with feeling in the streets of New Orleans, Maggie Koerner is here to pull at your heartstrings. Maybe pull is too light of a word. She yanks them full force. With her self-written, self-produced second record, “Neutral Ground,” in the bag, Koerner candidly spoke with the IN about this whirlwind of a year that's been her first in the Big Easy.

IN: When did you first realize you had a voice on you?

KOERNER: When I was a kid, I think I could sing better than I actually could. I would sit in my room and listen to a lot of Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin, and Tina Turner.

IN: So you were a little diva?

KOERNER: Yeah, I was. I would try to belt out what they could do. Then of course, the female angst Lilith Fair stuff with Alanis Morissette and Sheryl Crow happened. I was a little Catholic schoolgirl in the choir growing up. I got banned from doing the solos by my sophomore year of high school. It was a very traditional Catholic mass, but people applauded for me after my performances. That didn't sit well with the priest.

IN: What are some of the toughest things about being a strong female lead in a maledominated rock and roll world?

KOERNER: Ha! Every once in a while, I have to deal with it. It's been probably two or three times. Sometimes, somebody will say something inappropriate or forget that I need to be treated as an equal. Thankfully, now I work with guys who don't care about that stuff. They respect me. They listen to me, and I listen to them. Their opinions are just as valuable as mine.

KOERNER: They're the sweetest guys. They played in Shreveport and offered me a chance to sing with them in their next set. I don't think they expected me to be good at all. They probably thought I was just some ditz flirting with them. They've been the most supportive guys, especially David Shaw, the singer. He's gone out of his way so many times to show me the ropes and move me along in my career.

He's invited me to co-write on Galactic songs.

David’s motto is “give, give, give” and to not expect anything back in return.

IN: What are you trying to accomplish each time you step on-stage?

KOERNER: Human connection.

To not feel at one moment in the set like it's contrived. Sometimes, I have to remind myself that I wrote these words. The best compliments I get are when people say that it seems like I'm not even singing and that there's something moving through me. I'm not here to make you dance. I'm here to make you feel.

“I'm not here to make you dance. I'm here to make you feel.”

Maggie Koerner stuck only playing there. It's like a black hole. I knew I wasn't getting any younger and needed to live a little more life. I needed to be in a city where you could let your freak flag fly.

The whole purpose of New Orleans is to be yourself and have a good time doing it.

IN: What else makes New Orleans so special to you?

KOERNER: The people and the constant desire for community. You walk down the street and there's a crawfish boil. You go a few more blocks and there's a Mother's Day brunch in the hood happening. One of my favorite memories of New Orleans happened a few months ago. I was in my house and I could hear a second-line band playing.

I walked out the door toward it and ended up in the middle of the procession. Here I was, not knowing who this was, with people from all different cultures celebrating the life of this man. People that don't live here too often talk about the negative aspects of this city. They don't understand how magical it is.

IN: As a new person in the city, how did you cope with those negative aspects of New Orleans?

KOERNER: I surrounded myself with good people. I was extremely fortunate that the moment I moved here, I found a really great group of human beings.

IN: Speaking of your friends, how did you get involved with the Revivalists? It seems like you all have a tight-knit group there.

IN: Does performing come naturally for you?

KOERNER: Singing comes naturally, but stage presence is something I had to learn.

When I go to shows now, I'll take mental notes about what they're doing on stage. It's like a football game. What do they do up there that I need to do? The biggest problem I have on stage is the time in between songs. Stage banter is not my thing. The guys encourage me to speak as little as possible.

IN: You mentioned how it was a goal of yours to headline Vinyl in Pensacola.

What's it like seeing that and other goals come to life?

KOERNER: I didn't have anybody to tell, so I knew I had to tweet it! It's unreal. A lot of musicians, myself included, can get bogged down and wonder what we're doing when there's so many of us out there working for the same thing. I'm one of a million. Am I doing it right? Am I writing the right stuff ? Maybe, I'm not where I want to be in the long run, but I've made a lot of progress in a year. I'm trying to be more present and grateful for what has happened instead of bumming out about what hasn't. {in}

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news of the weird THE MITES ATE THE CHEESE The Food and Drug Administration proposed recently to limit the quantity of tiny "mites" that could occupy imported cheese, even though living, crawling mites are a feature desired by aficionados. ("Cheese is absolutely alive!" proclaimed microbiologist Rachel Dutton, who runs the "cheese laboratory" at Harvard University.) In fact, cheese is home to various molds, bacteria and yeasts, which give it flavor, and sellers routinely use blowers to expel excessive critters, but the FDA now wants to limit them to 6 bugs per square inch. However, according to a May report on NPR, lovers of some cheeses, especially the French Mimolette, object, asserting both an indifference to the sight of mites creeping around—and a fear of taste-loss (since the mites burrow into the hunk, aerating it and extending the flavor).

The Litigious Society Keith Judd filed a lawsuit in Iowa in May, in essence to invalidate the 2012 election by having President Obama officially declared a Kenyan and not an American. Judd filed the papers from a federal penitentiary in Texas, where he is serving 17 years for threatening a woman he believed to be a "clone" of the singer Stevie Nicks, because Nicks (or the clone) had tried to sabotage his home improvement company. (Bonus Fact: In the 2012 Democratic presidential primary in West Virginia, Judd, a write-in candidate, defeated President Obama in nine counties and lost the state by only 33,000 votes.)

• Edward Kramer, co-founder of the annual Atlanta fantasy-character convention Dragon*Con, was arrested in 2000 for allegedly having sex with underage boys, but has yet to stand trial in Georgia because he has engineered a never-ending set of legal delays—if not because of his version of Orthodox Judaism that limits his diet and activities, then it his allegedly poor health. ("As soon as he puts on an orange jumpsuit," said prosecutor Danny Porter, "he becomes an invalid," requiring a wheelchair and oxygen tank.) In 2011, after managing to get "house arrest," he violated it by being caught with an underage boy. Lately, according to a May Atlanta Journal-Constitution report, he files an average of three demands per day from his Gwinnett County, Ga., lockup, each requiring painstaking review before being rejected. Kramer still owns about one-third of Dragon*Con, whose current officials are mortified that they cannot expel a man they consider a child molester.

Perspective In May, the Florida House of Representatives adjourned for the year without assessing themselves even a nominal increase in health insurance premiums for their own taxpayer-funded deluxe coverage, which will remain at $8.34 per month for individuals ($30 for families). Several days earlier, the House had voted to reject several billion dollars in federal grants for extending health insurance coverage to about a million more poor people in the state's Medicaid program. The House

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premiums are even lower than those of state senators and rank-and-file state employees, and lower than the premiums of Medicaid recipients who have the ability to pay.

People Different From Us Apparently running out of space on his body (which is two-thirds tattooed), Brazilian Rodrigo Fernando dos Santos has moved on to his eyeballs. According to the body-modification website BME.com, eyeball-tattooing is safe if done correctly, which involves the artist injecting the ink precisely between the conjunctiva and the sclera layers --with the main risk, of course, that the client can go blind.

In April, Sao Paulo tattoo artist Rafael Leao Dias, who said he had studied eyeball work for two years, successfully turned dos Santos's eyes into pools of dark ink. "I cried ink for two days," he told a local blogger. BME. com said eyeball tattoos have been reported for nearly 2,000 years.

Least Competent Criminals Paul Gardener and Chad Leakey were arrested in Tempe, Ariz., in May and charged with a spree of car burglaries. According to police, the men were trying various cars' doors, looking for any that were unlocked, when they inadvertently opened the back door of an unmarked police car. The men had apparently not noticed (until too late) that two uniformed officers were sitting in the front seat and had also failed to notice that cage wiring separated the back seat from the front seat.

• Timothy Adams, 24, was charged with home invasion in May in Gardner, Mass., but only after resident Michael Salame slammed him into the floor. Salame is 70 years old, has had eight heart stents, and is forced to wear special coverings on his arms at night because of nerve damage—yet Adams apparently went down easily and at one point offered Salame "thousands of dollars" to let him up before police arrived. [WBZ-TV (Boston), 5-9-2013] Recurring Themes Dogs Gone Wild: (1) Oscar, a Lawrence, Mass., K-9, accidentally fired a gun into an occupied home during a police chase in March. He had pawed the trigger while digging into snow where a fleeing suspect had tossed his gun. (No one was injured.) (2) In March, a dog left inside an otherwise unattended, engine-running car accidentally kicked it into gear and pinned an unidentified pedestrian, knocking him unconscious. He was taken to a hospital in York, Pa., and revived. (3) Gregory Lanier, 35, driving his dog in a truck in Sebring, Fla., in February, was shot in the leg when the dog stepped on a .380 caliber pistol. He was not seriously hurt. {in}

From Universal Press Syndicate Chuck Shepherd’s News Of The Weird © 2013 Chuck Shepherd

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