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Contents COLUMNS

3 WINNERS & LOSERS 4 OUTTAKES

30 NEWS OF THE WEIRD 31 LAST WORD

NEWS/FEATURES/ARTS

6 NEWS: GREEN NEWS: WHAT IS HAPPENING LOCALLY 9 COVER STORY: IN 2011 GREEN MATTERS! ISSUE 21 A&E: NOT SO COMMON READ 27 CULTURE: AMERICAN ICONS 29 THE PUBLIC RECORD

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Bradley “B.J.” Davis, Jr., Joani Delezen, Hana Frenette, Ashley Hardaway, Rob “Bubbs” Harris, Catrina, Hebert, Erica House, Brett Hutchins, Chelsa Jillard, Jennie McKeon, Kate Peterson, Scott, Satterwhite, Chuck Shepard, Will Strickland, Trevor Webb PRODUCTION MANAGER Joani Delezen ART DIRECTOR Samantha Crooke SALES DIRECTOR Jennifer Passeretti

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BISHOP JOHN RICARD Pope Benedict

XVI has granted retirement to the Most Reverend John H. Ricard, SSJ, Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee. The retirement is effective immediately. In addition to serving as the shepherd for the diocese’s nearly 65,000 Catholics, Ricard served in national and international roles within the Catholic Church. He traveled on frequent peacebuilding missions abroad, notably to Bosnia, North Korea and Africa, as the president and later a board member of Catholic Relief Services from 1995 to 2002.

Ricard will become the Bishop Emeritus of Pensacola-Tallahassee, and will reside at St. Joseph Seminary in Washington, DC.

PSC ACADEMIC TEAM Pensacola State College

students Anne Benaue, Wesley Greene, Maria Zilda Beltrao Hyatt, Steven Jones and Maribeth Soyka have made the 2011 Phi Theta Kappa All-Florida Academic Team.

This year’s team includes 108 students that represent Florida’s state and community colleges, and one independent university.

Students are chosen based on exceptional academic achievement, leadership and community service.

DESK TO ROAD PROGRAM This program and

the Tactical Anti-crime Unit have resulted in an overall decline in crime in Escambia County. Crimes against persons in February 2011 declined 41 percent from 166 crimes in February 2010 to 97 crimes in February 2011.

The Desk to Road program requires officers assigned to administrative positions at the Sheriff’s Office to dedicate time during their workweek to patrolling the community and supplementing the patrol section.

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NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO Last week wasn’t

a good one for NPR. Its CEO Vivian Schiller and chief fundraiser Ron Schiller resigned over the controversy surrounding a video that was released showing Ron Schiller criticizing Republicans as “anti-intellectual” and calling the Tea Party “racist.” He thought he was meeting with two men pretending to be from a fictional group called the “Muslim Action Education Center.” NPR turned down a $5 million donation from the actors.

STEPHEN C. JONES The Petty Officer may

be discharged from the US Navy after he fell asleep in another sailor’s bed while watching “The Vampire Diaries.” Jones, who hails from Pensacola, claimed that the relationship between the two sailors was platonic, stating that he simply fell asleep in fellow sailor Brian McGee’s bed while watching the show. Every weird news story has either a Pensacola or a Germany connection.

MARY ANNE CARTER Gov. Rick Scott’s

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station has been broadcasting a special concert version of the musical “Les Miserables”, which is based on Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel of the same name about revolution and the struggle for redemption.

At the end of the first act of the play, a group of students prepare for a revolution that they believe will materialize after the death of General Lamarque, the only man in the government who shows mercy to the poor. When Lamarque dies, the students form a barricade in the streets, believing the people will rise up and overthrow the government. They don’t, and the students die after refusing to surrender to the French army. Their deaths are quickly forgotten.

In Libya, a real life, modern version of “Les Miserables” is being played out. Seeing the protests successfully topple the governments of Tunisia and Egypt, a series of protests and confrontations, many led by students, began last month in Libya calling for the end of Muammar Gaddafi’s 42-year rule.

Initially the protests were successful.

By the end of February, Gaddafi had lost control of a significant part of the country, including the major cities of Misurata and Benghaz. There were rumors the leader was ready to step down. Instead, he lashed back with his full military might, attacking the rebels who were ill-equipped for war.

The death toll climbed and ground was lost to the Gaddafi forces, while the protesters cried out for the rest of the world to intervene and support their fight for democracy and freedom. The United Nations Security Council met on Monday, March 14 about establishing over Libya a no-fly zone that would prevent Gaddafi from using air strikes against the protesters, but no decision was made.

While Great Britain is pushing for the no-f ly zone, the Obama administration has been reluctant to do so. The U.S. Senate, tired of waiting for the President to act, did pass a non-binding resolution calling for the U.S. to recognize the provisional revolutionary government in Eastern Libya and establishing a nof ly zone over the country. However, all this may be too little, too late for the protesters.

As I write this column, Gaddafi’s troops are pushing eastward and are engaged in see-saw battles with rebels. The “barricades” are coming down, but the rebels aren’t surrendering. They are dying for their cause.

National Public Radio has been covering the battles. NPR reporter Peter Kenyon interviewed 26-year-old student Ezzadine Daoud, who was recovering in a hospital bed from a bullet wound in his side. Daoud talked about how he and his fellow students, who started out peacefully protesting against a dictator, got caught up in a bloody fight.

“Why don’t the Western countries act?” said Daoud, fighting back tears. “We know Western countries believe in animal rights. What about human rights?”

The final act for this drama hasn’t been written, but Daoud’s pleas have been haunting me. I keep hearing the words of “Empty Chairs and Empty Tables” from “Les Miserables”: “Here they talked of revolution.

Here it was they lit the f lame.

Here they sang about `tomorrow’ And tomorrow never came.”

Sadly, real life may be imitating art.

SADLY, REAL LIFE MAY BE IMITATING ART.

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public to enjoy, but we allow access only during the daylight hours. We maintain a Boardwalk communications line, which provides updated information. Come see us, but it’s always best to call the information line first at 458-1658.”

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Marcus Bayou Broadwalk offers opportunity to observe wildlife.

ECUA’S BAYOU MARCUS BOARDWALK: WHERE NORTHWEST FLORIDA’S WILDLIFE CALLS Since 1997, the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority’s (ECUA) Bayou Marcus Water Reclamation Facility, located in Pensacola at 3050 Fayal Drive, has been the recipient of two Gold and nine Silver Awards from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies. The facility is also known for its Boardwalk, which spans coastal wetlands near Perdido Bay. The Boardwalk is part of the Great Florida Birding Trail, a 2,000-mile, selfguided nature trail supported in part by the Florida Department of Transportation and the Wildlife Foundation of Florida, which connects nearly 500 birding sites throughout Florida.

“I consider the Boardwalk to be one of the Emerald Coast’s hidden gems,” said ECUA District 1 Board Member Ms. Elizabeth Campbell. “It’s a rare win-win situation that uses nature’s own filtration system, preserves our wetlands and provides public access for recreation without disturbing the natural habitat. I only hope that more local residents take the opportunity to enjoy ECUA’s ‘green practice’ gem.”

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ecosystem, which provides spectacular views and an up-close opportunity to see wildlife that’s indigenous to the area. The abundance of fresh, clean water, which is reclaimed water from the Bayou Marcus facility and averaging approximately 6.2 million gallons per day, keeps the large and diverse bird population, as well as white-tailed deer, Osceola turkeys, gray foxes, raccoons, rabbits, beavers, bobcats, turtles, otters, snakes, and even alligators on and around the site.

There are 17 known endangered, threatened and species of special concern observed at the Bayou Marcus Wetlands.

They are American alligator, Eastern Indigo snake, gopher tortoise, brown pelican, Least tern, Pinewoods bluestem, spoonleaf sundew, Pineland bogbutton, panhandle lily, Southern twayblade, Naked stem panic grass, yellow butterwort, Chapman’s butterwort, Southern butterwort, Rose pogonia, White-top pitcher plant, and the Parrot pitcher plant.

The walk is about 300 yards to the Boardwalk ramp from the parking area, then a mile and a half to the end. “It is not a loop, so it’s recommended to only go as far as you are willing to walk back,” said Jim Roberts, ECUA Public Information Officer. “Generally, the Boardwalk is open year-round for the

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Waste Management Household Hazardous Waste collects latex and oil based paints for recycling. Oil-based paints are decanted and sent to a processor to be recycled.

Water-based (latex) paint is reblended and made available to the public for free.

Escambia County collects approximately 14,000 gallons of latex paint for disposal each year. In 2007, Escambia County Solid Waste Management and Habitat for Humanity worked out a paint partnership—Escambia County would produce reblended paint for use, and Habitat Restore would use most of the paint.

The process is simple. Paint is a household hazardous waste that the county collects from citizens at its regional roundups and the Citizen’s Convenience Center at Perdido Landfill. Every can is opened to determine quality and color and sorted into latex and oil-based categories.

The latex paint is stored until there are about 1,000 gallons to be mixed. Cans of similar colors are opened, screened and poured into the mixing tank, where the paint is mixed for approximately two hours, then screened and decanted into five-gallon buckets.

Every Thursday morning at 8 a.m., the Household Hazardous Waste Center opens its doors to the public to give away the reblended paint. The paint comes in fivegallon buckets with a sealed lid.

For more information, contact Household Hazardous Waste at 937-2156.

ESP: CONVERT TO TANKLESS WATER HEATER The energy used to heat water typically accounts for 20 percent of the average household’s energy costs, and as much as 40 percent of that energy is slowly lost due to the radiant heat loss from the storage tank.

Since tankless water heaters oper-

ate entirely “on demand” only when hot water is needed, thermal heat loss is almost completely eliminated, resulting in as much as a 50 percent savings in your water heating costs.

Energy Services of Pensacola has several rebates and incentives available for homeowners: • Current Tankless Water Heater Rebate—Offer Valid Through March 31, 2011 $1,000 incentive for a tankless water heater per home when replacing your electric or natural gas water heater. Residential natural gas tankless waters heaters placed in service from Jan. 1, 2011-Dec. 31, 2011 qualify for a $300 federal tax credit.

• New Tankless Water Heater Rebates—Effective April 1, 2011 $1,000 incentive for a tankless water heater per home when replacing your electric water heater. $750 incentive for a tankless water heater per home when replacing your natural gas water heater. Residential natural gas tankless water heaters placed in service from Jan. 1, 2011-Dec. 31, 2011 qualify for a $300 federal tax credit.

• Incentive to Replace Electric Water Heater $850 incentive when replacing an electric water heater with an efficient natural gas water heater. Some residential natural gas tank water heaters placed in service from Jan. 1, 2011-Dec. 31, 2011 may qualify for a $300 federal tax credit.

• Incentive to Replace Electric Heating System $800 incentive when replacing an electric heating system with an efficient natural gas heating system.

• Incentive to Upgrade Gas Heating System $400 incentive when upgrading an existing gas heating system or upgrading from natural gas space heating to natural gas furnace central heating.

• Incentive to Replace Propane Water Heater $350 incentive when replacing a propane water heater with an efficient natural gas water heater. Some residential natural gas tank water heaters placed in service from Jan. 1, 2011-Dec. 31, 2011 may qualify for a $300 federal tax credit.

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Incentive To Upgrade Natural Gas Water Heater $350 incentive when replacing a natural gas water heater with a newer, more efficient natural gas water heater. Some residential natural gas tank water heaters placed in service from Jan. 1, 2011-Dec. 31, 2011 may qualify for a $300 federal tax credit.

Incentive to Install Solar Water Heating System with Gas Backup $200 incentive when installing a solar water heating system with a tank or tankless natural gas back-up water heater. Other water heating incentives do not apply.

The ESP rebate will be sent in the form of a check to the homeowner upon completion of installation and inspection by the building official. Download an ESP rebate application form at espnaturalgas.com.

GULF BREEZE NATURAL GAS: REBATES TO SWITCH Across Pensacola Bay, Gulf Breeze Natural Gas provides natural gas along the Fairpoint Peninsula. The utility, which is owned by the City of Gulf Breeze, offers through April 30 a bevy of rebates for homeowners and businesses in its service area. The maximum available to any individual customer is $1,500.

If a customer installs a natural gas water heater and a natural gas heating system in new construction, the rebate is $1,200. If natural gas appliances are installed new or to replace electric ones, the rebate is $100 per appliance, up to a maximum of three appliances.

Switch the heating system or the water heater from electric to natural gas, and

you’ll qualify for a $500 rebate. Upgrading an old natural gas water heater to a new natural gas water heater earns a $250 rebate.

The rebate registration form is available online at super-energy.com and at Gulf Breeze City Hall, 1070 Shoreline Drive. For additional information, call 934-5108.

GULF COAST ENERGY NETWORK ‘POWER UP ENERGY EXPO’ The largest energy expo along the Gulf Coast is coming to Pensacola Beach April 11-13. The Power Up Energy Expo draws energy leaders, policy makers, scientists, engineers and green building enthusiasts from all across the country.

Energy plays a critical role in the daily lives of everyone. Securing this nation’s future is dependent on improving the way energy is used and exploring new ways to harness energy, while protecting our environment, our national security and human health. Power Up Energy Expo provides an unmatched opportunity to connect with other energy industry experts, inf luential business leaders, policy makers, conservationists and green building enthusiasts, as they share innovative techniques to address the energy issues and advance the green building movement.

Attendees will hear presentations and panel discussions across all energy sectors including wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, ocean and bioenergy. There are seven tracks that participants can choose to attend.

Bioenergy & Biofuels Track provides a look at the current state of advanced bioenergy and biofuels research and how that research is being applied. The Track will present an overview of the current state of the bioenergy industry and to promote discussion about the direction of future research and innovative production methods. The presenters will address ap-

plications of new technologies and discuss research, development and demonstration of biochemical conversion technologies that convert biomass to biofuels, chemicals and power.

High-Performance Green Buildings Track offers a comprehensive look at high-performance buildings starting with the building envelope, comprehensive facility audits, retro-commissioning, Life Cycle Cost Assessments and on-site renewable energy. The presenters will discuss current challenges to verifying actual building performance, limitations of certain measurement and verification techniques, and offer strategies to verify high-performance building operations.

The discussion will address high-performance sustainable strategies for both new and existing buildings.

Water Technology Track brings together experts in the field of water conservation to provide case studies of strategies that have been successfully implemented and proven to save water and lower operating expenses for facility owners and building operators.

Advanced Wastewater Technology Track offers case studies in advanced wastewater treatment and energy and water conservation strategies and provides a good discussion on the latest industry practices.

Alternative Transportation Track investigates current and future technologies, as well as advancements in transportation, from compact walkable communities to high-speed rail. The Track will also discuss sources of alternative supply chain energy to reduce cost and environmental impacts. The presenters will discuss alternative-fueled vehicles that range from gas-friendly to gas-free. This session covers new techniques to manage energy and fuel procurement to drive down costs and improve fuel efficiency and deliver lower emissions.

Carbon Management Track has a lively panel discussion of the most up-to-date information affecting carbon management and the strategies to track greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation opportunities, constraints and challenges.

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GULF POWER: NET METERING Gulf Power customers who install a renewable energy system, up to two megawatts, at their home or business may qualify for interconnection to the Gulf Power system. Gulf Power will meter the system and provide credits for any excess electricity through a process called net metering.

The renewable energy may be produced from a method that uses one or more of the following fuel sources: hydrogen, biomass, solar energy, geothermal energy, wind energy, waste heat or hydroelectric power.

Renewable energy sources are readily replenished through natural processes and thus considered beneficial to the environment. The most common for our area is solar energy.

Net metering programs serve as an important incentive for consumer investment in renewable energy generation, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. It enables customers to use their own generation to offset their consumption over a billing period by allowing their electric meters to turn backwards when they generate electricity in excess of their demand. This offset means that customers receive retail prices for the excess electricity they generate.

The Department of Energy sees net metering as a low-cost, easily administered method of encouraging customer investment in renewable energy technologies.

It increases the value of the electricity produced by renewable generation and allows customers to “bank” their energy and use it a different time than it is produced, giving customers more f lexibility and allowing them to maximize the value of their production. Providers may also benefit from net metering because when customers are producing electricity during peak periods, the system load factor is improved.

Gulf Power has a simple process to get set up for net metering. After a customer’s renewable generation is installed and inspected by the local code official, the customer completes and forwards the Standard Interconnection Application and required documentation to Gulf Power.

The utility reviews the documentation and forwards the customer an Interconnection Agreement, which the customer signs and returns to Gulf Power.

Gulf Power schedules and conducts inspection. Upon successful inspection, Gulf Power installs appropriate metering equipment and updates customer’s billing data. The utility authorizes customer to interconnect via letter.

For more information, contact Gulf Power’s Renewable Specialist at 444-6152.

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In honor of St. Patrick’s Day and our 2011 Annual Green Matters! Issue, we wanted to give you, our conscientious readers, a few helpful pointers on going “green”—not the feasting, imbibery and debauchery part (though we are huge fans of any holiday that encourages beer consumption)—We’re talking about the other kind of green: recycling, sustainability and organics. The good-for-Mother-Earth kind of green.

You don’t have to go vegan, drive a hybrid or convert your home to solar power (though, of course, this wouldn’t hurt). Even small changes in habit, diet and lifestyle can make a big impact on the world around you.

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St. Patrick’s Day is generally associated with beer, bars and kissing. Not that anyone’s complaining, but doesn’t it make sense that St. Patrick’s Day would make the perfect opportunity to kick-off a “Green” streak in your life? After all, you’re already wearing it, why not be it. Luckily, ways of going about this are easier than you’d think (you can even go “Green” and still drink on the big day) with many local businesses leading the way.

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The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization estimates that the meat industry generates one-fifth of the world's man-made greenhouse gas emissions.

Not to mention the grain it takes to feed the livestock— currently enough to feed 2 billion people—or the health benefits linked to a meat-free diet.

So maybe this St. Patrick’s Day we should all try to go meat-free. Don’t fret, you don’t have to go vegetarian.

Think “Flexitarian”, or people who dabble in vegetarianism.

After all, if every American cut out meat one day a week, or on (cough) St. Patrick’s Day, the combined effort would have staggering benefits.

But it seems many Pensacolians are already

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hip to this: “Who would have thought a vegan restaurant would be supported in Pensacola?” Jen Knight, owner of End of the Line Cafe, tells me.

“At first we got mostly younger kids, but now we get from six to 80 years old.

From those who are simply being health conscious to those who are curious and want to try something new.” On Thursday nights (St. Patrick’s Day) they do 100-percent vegan three-course dinners. Past hits have included pumpkin soup with caramelized mashed potatoes and mushroom steaks. Their everyday lunch menu also offers an ever-changing array of vegetarian items. “Our menu changes weekly, so people can try new things out and not get bored. And of course, we always have seasonal favorites, like vegan versions of mashed sweet potatoes, because there’s no need to lose that comfort and joy that comes with traditional foods.”

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This year, instead of putting food dye in your drinks, literally drink “green” by buying organic. Why? Organic products don’t use harmful pesticides or fertilizers that runoff from farmlands and wash into rivers, lakes and streams—contaminating waterways and destroying habitat. They are also statistically more nutritious (well, if beer can be “more” nutritious).

For guilt-free imbibing, check-out Ever’man Natural Foods and Richies organic beer and wine selection.

Richies’ current organic wine selection includes Bonterra, which was one of California’s first vineyards to commit to organic and sustainable wine-growing practices.

Wine is good and all, but St. Patty’s just isn’t the same without the beer, and luckily Richies carries a variety of Peak Organic Beer, too. Be sure to check out their seasonal that’s made with organic Maine oats and Vermont maple syrup. Now if we could only talk Guinness into getting on the organic bandwagon.

If your guilt-free drinks made you over-indulge, than nurse that hangover with some body-loving food or headache-calming coffee at the local restaurants that are hip to your organic loving-self. End of the Line Cafe plans on being completely organic by summer—currently they are 80 percent organic. The Leisure Club also contributes to the cause by selecting Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea brand for their house coffee. Denise Berry, co-owner, explains that their decision was “due to its high quality…and (their) commitment to sustainable farming and direct trade across the world...All of their coffees are fair trade, many organic, with Intelligentsia paying 30- 40 percent above fair trade for most.”

Just remember, supporting organic companies means more four-leaf clovers for everyone.

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St. Patrick’s Day is perhaps so much fun because of the sense of community it creates. For one great day, we’re all Irish. So, how ‘bout, every day we unite for our community?

What better way to show this than by supporting local businesses that support us back. The Fish House was recently recognized by the National Restaurant Association as a recipient on the state level for the Restaurant Neighbor Award.

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The Fish House’s Moma salad They received the award for outstanding community service, mobilizing over 2,000 volunteer hours toward the construction of homes for low-income families in the Pensacola area with Habitat for Humanity. The Fish House also supports local businesses, highlighting local produce in their “Farm to Table” specials and using local farms like Elberta’s Sweet Home Cheese Farm’s products regularly in their dishes. The Fish House, and local business like it, should be like the moose from McGuire’s: a local treasure.

For those of you who like to cozy up to the farmers yourselves, than make your way over to Port City Market to plan your meal as the Irish do: whatever’s in season is what’s for dinner.

So this St. Patrick’s Day let’s try to make more than your clothes green.

After all, if St. Patrick saw the effects our current habits are having on the environment, snakes wouldn’t have been the only thing cast out of Ireland.

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up recycling now, so there’s literally no excuse for throwing away that Coke can. And if there are things that can’t be recycled, remember there are other options. Take a page from End of the Line Café, which composts all their food scraps so that a local Manna Food Community Garden can use them; or Cactus Flower Café, which uses biodegradable to-go containers; and The Leisure Club, which uses compostable to-go boxes that are made from sugarcane, to-go cutlery made from plant starch, and disposable cups made from 50 percent recycled plastic bottles.

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LOCAL "GREEN" ALL STARS THAT ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE / BY J E S S I C A F O R B E S

The 2011 IN “Green Team” consists of groups and individuals who are working to promote and support green practices in our community. They approach sustainability from a variety of angles, including greener business, food production and building practices. All are focused on demonstrating the viability of green living, and the huge impact even small changes in our daily choices can have. From organizing farmer’s markets to consulting in sustainability marketing, each of the featured team members is committed to bringing healthier and more environmentally-friendly alternatives to Pensacola and beyond.

SARAH BOSSA Garden Coordinator, Manna Food Pantries/Manna Food Gardens Sarah Bossa began volunteering with the gardens program at Manna Food Pantries almost three years ago. After volunteering for six months, she was hired on as a part-time employee. From there, Bossa has become the full-time manager of Manna Food Gardens, coordinating the pantry, community and school gardens programs.

Bossa’s path to Manna began with an interest in nutrition. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance, Bossa lived on a small farm in South Alabama for sixth months and learned a great deal about farming and local crops. After returning to Pensacola, she began working with Manna in order to continue her own education about healthful food production.

Manna Food Gardens was established five years ago with funds from an Impact 100 grant. The food grown in the Manna Pantry Gardens is distributed with the canned food donations to clients. The overall aim of the program is to keep farming skills alive, with a focus on sustainable, chemical-free growing methods.

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In addition to managing the pantry garden, Bossa conducts community outreach and education programs. For the school and community gardens programs, Bossa consults with interested parties to set up teams for each garden’s care, then conducts site assessments and aids with design concepts and the acquisition of materials to build the garden beds.

Currently there are 18 school gardens and five community gardens in place in Escambia and Santa Rosa County schools.

Last year, Manna grew over 1,700 pounds of food on the pantry garden, and over 700 in the community gardens.

As Bossa stated, garden produce provides people with something to replace the less healthy food in their diets. In striving to create a stronger network of community gardeners, Bossa is hoping to give people the tools they need to increase their personal health and the vitality of their communities.

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HILARY GILES Palafox Market Manager, Pensacola Downtown Improvement Board This May, the Palafox Market in Downtown Pensacola will begin its fourth

season. After three successful seasons of events in the arts community on the side. bringing the community and local farmers Her experience managing and promoting and artists together, the market is extendgallery nights, benefits, and art shows ing its operation this year to eight months, made managing the market a good fit running from May 7 through Dec. 17. for Giles, whose event management and Each Saturday of the season, an promotion experience is essential to her average of 45 vendors selling locallyrole as Market Manager. produced produce, meat, cheeses, baked Giles is an employee of the city’s goods, art, plants and antiques set up to Downtown Improvement Board, which sell their goods along the Martin Luther operates the market. The availability of King Jr. Memorial Plaza on the first block fresh, local food is important to Giles, who of North Palafox Street. appreciates the farm vendors who produce The person coordinating all the activwithin a 100-mile radius of downtown. ity surrounding the market is Hilary Giles. Giles was hired on to manage the market during its second season and is responsible for the market’s advertising, permitting and general operation.

Originally from the greater New York/New Jersey area, Giles has a B.A. in economics and previously ran a pet-sitting business for 10 years, while organizing Palafox Market vendor / photo by Samantha Crooke

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This season, Giles is hoping to recruit additional volunteers to assist farmers with booth set-up. Volunteers also man the market’s information table, where they answer questions about the market and provide maps of the downtown area, so market visitors can enjoy downtown shops, museums and restaurants.

Visit the Palafox Market each Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. beginning May 17.

LEADERSHIP PENSACOLA CLASS OF 2011 “Let ’s Grow” Project The “Let’s Grow” project is the brainchild of the Leadership Pensacola Class of 2011. The project was initiated to address Escambia County’s alarming 37-percent obesity rate—a statistic 20 percent higher than the national average—and aims to “provide children an opportunity to cultivate healthy foods through school gardens and gain real world knowledge about nutrition to achieve greater health and wellness.”

In all, the LeaP class has built the framework for school gardens at six Escambia County schools: Blue Angels Elementary School, Ferry Pass Middle School, Escambia Westgate, Workman Middle School, OJ Semmes Elementary School and Bellview Middle School.

The gardens—6 at each location—will contain edible vegetables based on the harvest schedule of each school and include broccoli, various types of

LeaP's "Let's Grow" Project greens, green beans, radishes, carrots and tomatoes.

Students are involved in both the planting and gardening, the level of the involvement varying based on the curriculum developed by each school.

The aim of the project is not only to encourage nutritious eating habits among students, but also to teach them about gardening and growing food for themselves using techniques that are environmentally friendly, such as using compost piles, rain barrels, mushroom composts, soils and natural seeds. The gardens are simply made and can be built at home as well, which can promote healthy eating at the house.

Although the 2011 LeaP Class will graduate in May, “Let’s Grow” project

co-chair Shawn Hutcherson assures the IN that sustainment plans are being developed now to ensure current gardens are kept up. Teachers for each school have expressed interest and committed to the sustainment of the gardens. Each school will develop their own unique curriculum for the gardens, and the best practices will be taken from each school and compiled into notebooks for schools who decide to plant gardens at a future date. According to Hutcherson, community partnerships will be key in the sustainment of the gardens, and those partnerships are being developed now.

For more information on the “Let’s Grow” project, email letsgrowinfo@gmail.com or visit the “Let’s Grow” Facebook page.

Marketing Coordinator, Panhandle Fresh Marketing Association During the 10 years Andrea Sutrick worked in the Sales and Marketing Division of Kraft Foods, she gained valuable perspective and experience she is now applying in her position at Panhandle Fresh Marketing Association, based in her native Santa Rosa County.

Panhandle Fresh’s primary goal is to increase the profitability of agriculture throughout the Panhandle region.

By assisting farmers with accounting, obtaining liability insurance, and handling the marketing and distribution of their crops, Sutrick, through Panhandle Fresh, gives participating farmers the ability to concentrate on farming, with the assurance that their products will reach multiple local markets.

Team Santa Rosa launched Panhandle Fresh in November 2007, and it began with six producers in Santa Rosa County.

The program quickly grew to include farmers in counties in South Alabama and throughout the Panhandle.

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Currently in her third year with Panhandle Fresh, Sutrick works to get farmers’ produce to more markets, namely supermarkets. By grouping together the farmers’ products to sell larger inventories to local stores, Panhandle Fresh is able to meet the inventory needs of local WalMart outlets and 20 local grocery stores in the Food World and Bruno’s family.

Last year, Panhandle Fresh launched its Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, which Sutrick coordinates.

CSA customers receive a box of produce each week containing a variety of locally grown, seasonal produce. Sutrick sends customers e-mails each week announcing the contents of that week’s box, along with recipes, tips and information about the farms on which the contents are grown.

While the CSA did not break even in its pilot season, the financial issue is a hurdle the organization believes it can overcome with slight adjustments to the program. Sutrick is currently preparing for the upcoming CSA season, set to begin in early June. For more information, visit panhandlefresh.com.

DR. GREGORY TOMSO Associate Professor and Associate Director of University Honors, University of West Florida Dr. Gregory Tomso has developed his passion for whole and sustainably grown foods into both an academic course and a local public education campaign. Having recently co-organized the recent Community Gardening Day, Tomso regularly advocates awareness of our food production systems as a university educator.

While food was central to his Midwestern family, Tomso’s focus on nutrition and sustainable food practices intensified three years ago, when he was diagnosed as pre-diabetic and hypertensive.

Learning that both conditions are largely a result of one’s diet, he eliminated processed foods and refined sugar from his diet, and simultaneously eliminated his medical problems while losing 26 pounds in the process.

Dr. Tomso, who holds a Ph.D. in English, is in his sixth year of teaching at

UWF. Having personally experienced the transformative power of eating whole foods, Tomso’s research into nutrition and food production attuned him to the broader human and environmental cost of current food system.

Wanting to use his position as an educator to raise awareness of these issues, Tomso developed the curriculum for the seminar “Politics of Food” from a multidisciplinary perspective, covering nutrition, food production and the local vs. organic debate among other topics.

The course also requires students to visit local farms and complete community service related to the subject, reaching back into the community.

Recently, the National Collegiate Honors Council awarded Tomso a Portz Grant for use on a community-based project, which he used to finance a large part of the recent Community Gardening Day and a garden at Brown Barge Middle School.

Tomso is encouraged by the growing synergy between farmers and the public in Pensacola, stating that our access to farmers and fresh produce provides people in this area with everything we need to change how we eat.

NATALIE TREDWAY Founder and Manager, Port City Farmer’s Market A little over two years ago, Natalie Tredway established the Port City Farmer’s Market held in downtown Pensacola. As an avid proponent and consumer of local produce, Tredway decided to hold the market during the Palafox Market’s offseason (then November to April) to provide area residents with access to locally-produced food and goods year-round.

At the time she formed the market, Tredway was working as a dental hygienist. Using her savings and free time, Tredway had about three months to find a location, recruit vendors for the market and publicize its opening.

The Community Redevelopment Agency put Tredway in touch with Brian Spencer, now a City Councilman for District 6, who owns the property at the southeast corner of Palafox and Main streets and agreed to host the market at that location. To recruit vendors, Tredway contacted participants in the Palafox Farmer’s Market, and called extension offices and feed and seed stores from Mobile to Apalachicola.

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Port City Farmer's Market / photo by Samantha Crooke At the beginning, the market only had two or three participating farmers and crafters, but in its third season it has grown to include almost 30 vendors who pay a flat fee of $75 per season to participate. Tredway enjoys having access to local and organic food throughout the region’s year-round growing season, and giving local food producers and artisans a venue to reach the community. Most food vendors at the market are chemicalfree growers.

Tredway is relocating to Colorado in June and is hoping to establish a board to take over the market’s operation. She’d like to create a board consisting of farmers, crafters and patrons. Currently open each Saturday from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., the market is also considering adding a Thursday night market in its next season.

CHRISTIAN WAGLEY Produce Manager, Ever’man Natural Foods Principal, Sustainable Town Concepts Christian Wagley was interested in health food from an early age. Dur-

ing his first tenure at Ever’man Natural Foods from 1996 to 1998, Wagley learned a great deal from customers about the benefits of eating a plantbased diet and continued to educate himself on the subject.

After relocating to Pensacola in 2009 from Fort Walton Beach, he began working at Ever’man again, where he oversees a department that stocks 99 percent organic or organically produced fruits and vegetables.

Wagley’s enthusiasm for organic food stems from his background in environmental science and understanding of how human activities affect the environment. With an M.S. in biology, Wagley has worked in environmental consulting for 15 years and sees food production as a hugely important factor in how human beings impact the land.

Not all of the produce Ever’man carries is USDA-certified organic, but if not, it is produced organically, with chemical-free methods and labeled as such. Ever’man buys locally as much as they can, but due to seasonal production restrictions, must extend beyond the Central Florida to South Georgia growing area to meet customer demands.

In addition to his position at Ever’man, Wagley works as a consultant with his green design-focused firm, Sustainable Town Concepts, and currently serves as the Chair of Advocacy for the Northern Gulf Coast Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, and sits on multiple local development review boards.

Wagley’s position at Ever’man is one facet of his work to promote healthier individuals and communities. Citing environmental studies that point to food production as one of the top three daily human activities that most impact the environment, Wagley states that he feels good about helping other people participate in a renewable, more sustainable food system through Ever’man.

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BY H A N A F R E N E T T E Upcycling has been around for hundreds of years, or at least as long as people have needed to save money or felt the need to get crafty. The term simply defines the act of taking a semi-useless item and making it into something else.

Reusing materials also cuts down on the pollution and cost that it takes to create new products or new materials. So it not only looks cool and saves money, it helps the environment.

Upcycling became increasingly popular with the introduction of Etsy in 2005. Etsy.com is a website where only handmade or vintage items can be sold. Many of the handcrafted items are made from old materials, and the furniture has often been redone a bit. Etsy has over 10 million registered buyers and has sold over $300 million worth of handmade and vintage upcycled items.

Those are some crafty folks.

Project #1 / photo by Hana Frenette

Endeavors in Crafting

With so many people jumping on the upcycling bandwagon, I thought I might try to make some creations of my own. I’d seen many things that I liked made from reused materials; I just never really considered the process behind them. I came up with three project ideas that seemed doable, despite the fact that one required a drill, and I’m not usually wielding a power tool of any kind.

Books made from soda, beer or water bottle boxes This project is fairly simple and requires a stapler, scissors, paper and an X-acto Knife. Take a cardboard box and cut out a rectangle the size you’d like the book to be once it’s been folded in half. Then, you’ll take whatever paper you have (lined, construction, computer paper, etc.) and cut several sheets down to the same size as the rectangle. Center

This was by far the easiest and simplest project I tried. A friend of mine had a pair of worn leather dress shoes lying around his house that already looked like they’d survived a night or two outdoors.

The shoes were already about to be thrown away, so I snagged them for the project.

I wanted to plant some flowers in the shoes and put them in my flowerbed. I bought a small bag of planting soil and a

the paper and the box and staple the two together in the crease, once near the top, and once near the bottom.

Then, fold the book closed.

Take out the X-Acto Knife and make a clean sweep down the side opposite the spine of the book to clean up any paper that may not have lined up exactly. Done.

This project is super easy, and the books look really good. The only drawback is that you can’t put a ton of paper in the books since you’re stapling them together.

Project #2

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few 96-cent pots of pansies.

I filled the shoes with the soil, took the plants out of their pots, and repotted them in the shoe. The shoes are really shallow, so I would suggest not planting anything in them that you’d want to have around for longer than a season.

Basically, I just put the plant in the soil-filled shoe, put it in my garden and liked how it looked. Done. And I recycled a pair of shoes in the process.

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SPOON WIND CHIMES

This was by far the most challenging of all the projects, but I had seen a spoon wind chime in front of a house a few weeks ago and really wanted to make one instead of paying $50 for one on Ebay or Etsy.

You’ll need several spoons, some lace or string, and something to hang the spoons from that is basically flat, like the lid to a jar. You can find a power drill at pretty much any hardware store. However, in true upcycling fashion, I borrowed one from a friend. Using the smallest drill-bit (about a 7/32), drill a small hole at the bottom of the handle. Then, drill holes around the outer edge of Project #3 whatever you choose to hang the spoon from, and one in the middle.

I drilled them in the lid of a spaghetti of the jar lid, so you will have a way to sauce jar. Once you have all the holes hang the chime. Done. drilled, get out the lace or the string The only downfall to this project and tie the spoons on however you is that spoon on spoon clanking like. You can hang several together or doesn’t exactly sound chime-like. one apiece. Then, using the string or However, they look wonderful. lace again, loop it through the middle

My endeavors were less daunting and time consuming than I had originally thought they’d be. And in the process, I saved a pair of shoes, a few beer boxes and some old spoons from the trash.

Although I was happy with the way the projects turned out, it’s comforting to know that there are people out there who could craft in their sleep—People who can use saws, welding tools and sewing machines without a single bout of nervousness or hesitation.

UP AND COMING UPCYCLERS RECYCLED SAINTS recycledsaints.etsy.com Price range: $10-$200 Geoff Peck, founder of Recycled Saints, has been helping his grandfather fix things since he was a child.

“My grandfather, he’s the brightest guy I know, and looking back on it, helping him was definitely beneficial,” Peck said.

Recycled Saints is the name of Peck’s company that restores and reworks old

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Hand sewn ribbon sash, $8, by Lacey Berry furniture, lamps and random finds, like projector screens.

“I was in church, and a guest pastor was talking about recycling saints, and just preaching the same message over and over, but in different ways,” Peck said. “I thought that was clever and felt like I’m kind of doing the same thing by taking perfectly good furniture that people don’t want, and making it good again.”

Peck has only been refurnishing and selling for three or four months, but so far the response has been good.

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“The first batch of stuff that went up sold immediately,” Peck said.

Peck has been listing everything he’s redone on Facebook with the help of his girlfriend, Jennifer Lynn Morgan.

Many of the pieces Peck restores just need a little touching up, while others have new legs or structures built for them, or require sanding, smoothing and repainting.

“It’s all stuff that other people can do, if they just read the blogs,” Peck said.

RIBBONS AND RECORDS etsy.com/shop/laceyb2188 Price range: $8-$30 There are times when a piece of clothing deserves to be donated to Goodwill.

Shoulder pads, sequins and excess ribbon. All of these culprits line the racks at the local thrift stores. Chances are, Lacey Berry’s made something Geoff Peck / photo by Hana Frenette adorable from one of the aforementioned pieces.

“Most ideas just come from finding a fabric,” Berry said. “I guess just whereever the thrift stores take me.”

Berry makes headbands, some with big bows and lace and others resembling bird nests, as well as hand-beaded sashes made out of ribbon.

“I recently found some of my grandma’s old ribbon, the kind that’s still on the paper spool, and I’ve been using that,” Berry said.

Several of the sashes Berry offers have unique detailing, like hand-beading and ribbon detailing.

Berry recently started listing items on Etsy, as well as selling locally.

“I think that Geoff (Peck) and I might actually get a booth at the farmer’s market soon,” Berry said.

Saturday’s Palafox Market is the perfect place to pick up some handmade, upcycled crafts and check out the latest environmental creativity from Pensacola.

“It’s all stuff that other people can do, if they just read the blogs” Peck

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Chair redone by Peck / photo by Hana Frenette

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eorge Saunders, multiple award-winning and bestselling author, is visiting the Panhandle as part of the University of West Florida’s, Common Read program.

According to Jonathan Fink, Assistant Professor and Director of Creative Writing at UWF, the Common Read Program was established as part of the Delphi Project, which is a residential and intellectual experience for incoming freshmen. The Common Read will be infused in freshmen courses and even adopted in more advanced classes across the curriculum.

“Critical thinking” was the focus for the 2010 Common Read and members of the Common Read Selection Committee, which had representation from across the campus community.

Saunders is a best-selling writer of short stories, essays, novellas and a children’s book. He writes regularly for The New Yorker, Harper’s, GQ and Esquire.

Saunders appeared on the “Late Show with David Letterman” and “The Colbert Report” to promote his collection of essays, “The Braindead Megaphone”. Comedian, actor and writer Ben Stiller purchased the film rights to “CivilWarLand in Bad Decline”–the project remains a work in progress.

Notably, Saunders was a named a fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and given a genius grant because

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The fellowship is awarded by the MacArthur Foundation each year to typically 20 to 25 citizens or residents of the United States of any age and working in any field who “show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work.”

As Saunders says, “It is so nice to be recognized. The MacArthur was a life changer.

Writing is a mushy job–You are not always sure you are doing it well. The awards say, at least, you are doing something right.”

Saunders won a Guggenheim Fellowship, an award intended for people who demonstrate exceptional creative ability in the arts, and an Academy of Arts & Letters award.

He has produced three collections of fiction short stories: “CivilWarLand in Bad Decline”, “Pastoralia” and “In Persuasion Nation”; two novellas: “The Very Persistent Grappers of Frip”, a children’s book, and “The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil”; a collection of essays: “The Braindead Megaphone”; and a nonfiction chapbook: “A Bee Stung Me, So I Killed All the Fish”.

Talking about his writing process, Saunders says, “I love writing every day. Mornings are reserved for writing. For nonfiction, I am normally given an assignment. For fiction, I find a fragment of something that interests me. Put it down–play with it. Steps to building a story often come from the subconscious.

Often nonfiction becomes fiction.”

He wasn’t always a celebrated writer of satire and surrealism; his first career was as a geophysical engineer and technical writer for Radian International. Seems like an odd choice, but Saunders says this about the experience, “I was friends with some folks who were already in the business, and it just made sense for me at the time. During my time as a geophysicist, I traveled to Sumatra. The job allowed me to see more of the world and gather new experiences. I soon came to realize that my love of reading could be combined with chronicling my travels and lead to work as a writer. If you love something–then do it.”

One particularly harrowing experience George wrote about for GQ was called “Tent City, U.S.A”. The story chronicled his time spent living in a homeless tent city in Fresno, Calif. He says, “I have a new enthusiasm for the variety and weirdness of the world.”

Since 1997, Saunders has been professor of creative writing at Syracuse University.

He had this to say when asked to comment about the new crop of students coming in for 2011: “They are a slice of the future. I have been working on the admissions for the graduate program–only six will make it out of 500 applications. We gravitated to those who submitted stories communicating intimate relations with the reader–when we felt a human being on the other side. You can’t ever tell in the beginning who is going to rise to the top.”

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hot times THURSDAY 3.17 ART ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 1-4 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Funky Monkey-Kid’s Kamp. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

FOOD & DRINK ST. PATRICK’S DAY PUB CRAWL ON THE ISLAND 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Begins at Sideline’s and ends at Sandshaker. Visit various bars on the beach. T-shirts will be available for sale in each pub crawl location and will earn the wearers a discount. New this year is the Leprechaun Transit, a trolley for pub crawlers to ride from 12:304:30 p.m. Tickets are $5. 932-1500 or pensacolabeachchamber. com.

LIVE MUSIC DUEL CHRISTIAN, TOM BURMAN 12 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via De Luna Drive. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

3 AMIGO’S DUO 4 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

TIM FINNEGAN’S WAKE 4:30 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via De Luna Drive. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

LEKTRIC MULLET 5 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via De Luna Drive. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

HOLLY SHELTON, DAVID SHELANDER AND LUCKY KELSON 7 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Cafe, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

UNNATURAL SOUNDZ, THE METROPHONIC, ELEVATED 7 p.m. $4-$6. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

MIDWEST HOPE 7 p.m. Paradise Bar and Grill, 21 Via de Luna Drive. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

RONNIE LEVINE 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road.

932-4139 or pegletpetes.com.

O’Alley Bar and “Sexiest Redhead” contest. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

THE BUDZ 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Road.

497-0071 or hubstaceys.com.

SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS 7:30 p.m. $20-$25. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 Palafox. vinylmusichall.com.

ST. PATRICKS DAY FEAST AT DK 11 a.m. Join DK as Chef Hoffert shows guests some quick and simple ways to prepare some of these classic favorites: corned beef and cabbage pizza, 30-minute shepherd’s pie, smoked salmon and watercress salad with a lemon-caper vinaigrette and original Irish Coffee. Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox. 438-4688 or dk4u.com.

3 AMIGOS DUO 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road.

932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

ONE REGGAE 9 p.m.-1 a.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritaville.com.

PETTY CASH 9:30 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via De Luna Drive. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

THEATRE & PERFORMANCE JAZZ SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION 7:30 p.m. There are two divisions, college and high school. Winners will receive scholarship awards. Ashmore Auditorium, Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd. 433-8382 or jazzpensacola.com.

‘AMERICAN ICONS’ PRESENTED BY BALLET PENSACOLA 7:30 p.m.

The production is a collection of innovative choreographic works celebrating the contributions of American playwrights, musicians and artists. $17-$30. Pensacola Cultural Center, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or balletpensacola.com.

‘MAMMA MIA!’ 8 p.m. Over 32 million people all around the world have fallen in love with ‘Mamma Mia!’ the ultimate feel-good show. Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. 595-3880 or pensacolasaenger.com.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY GREEN BIKINI CONTEST 5 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY AT JACKSON’S 5:30 p.m. Jackson’s Steakhouse, 400 S. Palafox. 469-9898 or jacksons.goodgrits.com.

FRIDAY 3.18

MUSIC: THE BROWNS 7 p.m. Farmer’s Opry, 8897 Byrom Campbell Road. 994-6000 or farmersopry.com.

MUSIC: TIM SPENCER 7 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd.

549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

THE ROWDIES 9 p.m.-1 a.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritaville.com.

LONG REEF 9 p.m. The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

ART ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 6-8 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Wine Lovers.

Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

‘THE QUOTE SHOW’ RECEPTION AT ARTEL 6-8 p.m. Catering by Varona’s. Artel Gallery, 223 Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

OTHER EVENTS

FESTIVALS

ST. PADDY’S DAY AT PADDY’S 9:30 a.m. Start the day with Catholic Irish Mass followed by an all day meal of the traditional corned beef and cabbage with fish and chips and an appearance

by St. Patrick himself. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via De Luna Drive. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

BEULAHFEST 10 a.m. Enjoy some of Nashville’s hottest country music stars, arts and crafts, carnival-style rides and great sausage. Escambia County Equestrian Center, 7750 Mobile Highway.

595-4902.

SEVILLE ST. PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATION 11 a.m. Irish-themed lunch with Irish stew, corned beef and cabbage. Nickel green beer from 4-5 p.m. in Lili Marlene’s. Throughout the day there will be specials on Irish beers and ales and lots of Irish whiskey to go around. The fun will continue with an “Irish Jig” contest in the End

TIM SPENCER 5-8 p.m. Tiki Stage at the pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritaville.com.

LIVE MUSIC JAY WILLIAMS BAND 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 469-1001 or hubstaceys.com.

MUSIC: BEACH MICE 7-11 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

SCHOFIELD 9 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road.

916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

PETTY CASH 9 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via De Luna Drive. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

THE WALDAMERE REVIVAL 9:30 p.m. Free. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com.

REDDOG 9:30 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Cafe, 421 W. Belmont St. 9124856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

DANCE PARTY HOSTED BY LOCAL DJ’S AND BANDS 9:30 p.m.

Donations appreciated. Sluggo’s, 101 S. Jefferson St. 791-6501 or sluggos.net.

THEATRE & PERFORMANCE ‘AMERICAN ICONS’ PRESENTED BY BALLET PENSACOLA 7:30 p.m.

The production is a collection of innovative choreographic works celebrating the contributions of American playwrights, musicians and artists. $17-$30. Pensacola Cultural Center, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or balletpensacola.com.

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hot times ‘THE GLASS MENAGERIE’ 7:30 p.m. In honor of Tennessee Williams, Theatre West will be performing ‘The Glass Menagerie’. $15 and reservations strongly recommended. Sanctuary in the Groves, Theatre West, 9732 Sidney Road. 912-4087 or sanctuarytheatrewest.com.

‘LILY’S LOUNGE’ 8 p.m. Lily and Madge are having a hard time keeping things afloat, until two strangers appear and the world is changed. The play takes place in the early 1940s, and the world is realizing that the war is close, even on a hill in the center of a vast country. Loblolly Theatre, 1010 N. 12th Ave., Suite 211. 439-3010 or loblollytheatre.com.

OTHER EVENTS FULL MOON WALKING TOUR 7 p.m. Meet at Langdon Beach and join a park ranger for an hour-long program. $8 entrance fee to Fort Pickens. Langdon Beach at Fort Pickens. 934-2600 or nps.gov/guis.

by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Relay for Life. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist.com/pensacola.

BEULAHFEST 10 a.m. Enjoy some of Nashville’s hottest country music stars, arts and crafts, carnival-style rides and great sausage. Escambia County Equestrian Center, 7750 Mobile Highway. 595-4902.

WEDNESDAY: Blazzues 4-7 p.m. Monday-Friday. Ladies drink house wine for $1. 200 S. Palafox. 696-2290.

The Fish House Deck 5 p.m.-close. All drinks $2. 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or goodgrits.com.

Hub Stacey’s at The Point 5851 Galvez Road. 497-0071 or hubstaceys.com.

Paddy O’Leary’s 7 p.m. 49 Via De Luna, Pensacola Beach.

916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

EMERALD COAST METAPHYSICAL FESTIVAL 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Festival will feature more than 50 vendors, psychics, healers and speakers. The public will be able to view displays, have a reading from a psychic, interact with a special healer and purchase metaphysical books, mystical art, gifts and other items of interest. Navarre Conference Center, 8700 U.S. Highway 98. 939-3222.

Thursday: Blazzues 4-7 p.m. Monday-Friday. Ladies drink house wine for $1. 200 S. Palafox. 696-2290.

LIVE MUSIC

PENSACOLA ICE FLYERS V. MISSISSIPPI SURGE 7 p.m. The Hanger, Pensacola Civic Center, 201 E. Gregory St. 432-0800 or pensacolaiceflyers.com.

TIM SPENCER 5-8 p.m. Tiki Stage at the pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritaville.com.

AFTER GAME SKATE 10 p.m. Pensacola Civic Center, 201 E. Gregory St. 432-0800 pensacolafigureskating.com.

HOLLY SHELTON AND AL MARTIN 7 p.m. Rag Tyme Grille, 201 S. Jefferson St. 429-9655 or ragtyme.net.

SATURDAY 3.19

MIND POWERS, THIS MEANS CHUK, SLUMBERJACK, OPERATION HENNESSEY 7 p.m. $6-$8. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

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TUESDAY: Blazzues 4-7 p.m. Monday-Friday. Ladies drink house wine for $1. 200 S. Palafox. 696-2290.

FESTIVALS

SAME TIME, SAME PLACE ▼LADIES NIGHT MONDAY: Blazzues 4-7 p.m. Monday-Friday. Ladies drink house wine for $1. 200 S. Palafox. 696-2290.

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 3-5 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step by step that you will take home. 16 years and older. Theme: Gerber Daisies. Painting with a Twist, 4771 Bayou Blvd., Suite C-11. $35. 471-1450 or paintingwithatwist. com/pensacola.

PAXTON NORRIS & TYLER MAC 7 p.m. Paradise Bar and Grill, 21 Via de Luna Drive. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

BEACH MICE 7-11 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

THE BLENDERS 7 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 5494444 or the-oar-house.com.

ART CLASS AT PAINTING WITH A TWIST 7-9 p.m. Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, and paint a picture step

SAWMILL & GUEST 7 p.m. Farmer’s Opry, 8897 Byrom Campbell Road. 994-6000 or farmersopry.com.

10 YEARS, DIGITAL SUMMER, A CRY FAREWELL 7:30 p.m. $15$20. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com.

Saturday: 600 South 5 p.m. Ladies Night. Choice of one tapas and bottomless glass of wine for $25. 600 S. Palafox. 434-7736 or 600southpalafox.com.

3 AMIGOS DUO 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road.

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MOJO RISING 9 p.m.-1 a.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritaville.com.

LIVE MUSIC 9 p.m. The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 4700003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

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HONEY ISLAND SWAMP 3 p.m. Paradise Bar and Grill, 21 Via de Luna Drive. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

RUSTY GRITS 9 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub, 49 Via De Luna Drive. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

LEE MELTON 5-8 p.m. Tiki Stage at the pool, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritaville.com.

SWEET PEA’S REVENGE 9 p.m. End ‘O the Alley, in Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

JAM SANDWICH 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

DOG SPANKING MONKEY 9 p.m. Apple Annie’s in Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

BADFISH-A TRIBUTE TO SUBLIME, SCOTTY DON’T, FAYUCA 7:30 p.m. $15, Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. vinylmusichall.com.

PAT PRICHARD GROUP 9:30 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Cafe, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

MOJO RISING 8 p.m.-12 a.m. LandShark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Road. 916-9755 or margaritaville.com.

FAUX BAND 9:30 p.m. Free. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom, 10 S. Palafox. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com.

KOONDA HOLAA, JOHN MAKAY, HEADWAR 9:30 p.m. $6.

Sluggo’s, 101 S. Jefferson St. 791-6501 or sluggos.net.

THEATRE & PERFORMANCE

SWEET PEA’S REVENGE 9 p.m. End ‘O the Alley, in Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

DOG SPANKING MONKEY 9 p.m. Apple Annie’s in Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

ROLFS PIANO SERIES: DR. DIONISIO CAMACHO 2:30 p.m.

Free-$10. Ashmore Auditorium, Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd. 484-1847 or pensacolastate.edu.

BROOKS HUBBERT III 9 p.m. End ‘O the Alley, in Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

BLACK VIOLIN IN CONCERT AT PSC 7 p.m. Black Violin is a genre-busting sensation consisting of two classicallytrained string instrumentalists–Kev Marcus playing violin and Wil B playing viola–along with their DJ TK. Black Violin breaks all the rules by infusing classical, jazz, reggae, hip-hop, pop and R&B melodies, producing a signature sound that is not quite maestro, not quite emcee. Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio, 1000 College Blvd. 4841759 or pensacolastate.edu.

‘THE GLASS MENAGERIE’ 2 p.m. In honor of Tennessee Williams, Theatre West will be performing “The Glass Menagerie”. $15 and reservations are strongly recommended.

Sanctuary in the Groves, Theatre West, 9732 Sidney Rd. 9124087 or sanctuarytheatrewest.com.

‘THE GLASS MENAGERIE’ 7:30 p.m. In honor of Tennessee Williams, Theatre West will be performing ‘The Glass Menagerie’. $15 and reservations are strongly recommended. Sanctuary in the Groves, Theatre West, 9732 Sidney Road. 912-4087 or sanctuarytheatrewest.com.

‘LILY’S LOUNGE’ 8 p.m. Lily and Madge are having a hard time keeping things afloat, until two strangers appear and the world is changed. The play takes place in the early 1940s, and the world is realizing that the war is close, even on a hill in the center of a vast country. Loblolly Theatre, 1010 N. 12th Ave., Suite 211. 439-3010 or loblollytheatre.com.

OTHER EVENTS BAYVIEW PARK SPRING FLEA MARKET 7 a.m.-12 p.m. Vendors will be selling items such as art, jewelry, pottery, clothing, baked goods and more. Bayview Park, 2000 E. Lloyd St. 4365190 or playpensacola.com.

DOWNTOWN HERB WALK 10 a.m. Ever’man’s own Coyote Moon creator and master herbalist Theresa Finkbeiner takes participants on a trek downtown. Free for members, $10 for non-members. Please RSVP. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St. 438-0402 or everman.org.

PENSACOLA ICE FLYERS V. LOUISIANA ICEGATORS 7 p.m. The Hanger, Pensacola Civic Center, 201 E. Gregory St. 432-0800 or pensacolaiceflyers.com.

AFTER GAME SKATE 10 p.m. Pensacola Civic Center, 201 E. Gregory St. 432-0800 pensacolafigureskating.com.

SUNDAY 3.20 FESTIVALS EMERALD COAST METAPHYSICAL FESTIVAL 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Festival will feature more than 50 vendors, psychics, healers and speakers. The public will be able to view displays, have a reading from a psychic, interact with a special healer and purchase metaphysical books, mystical art, gifts and other items of interest. Navarre Conference Center, 8700 U.S. Highway 98. 939-3222.

LIVE MUSIC RONNIE LEVINE 12-3 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com.

JAMIE WEISS & THREE BEAN SOUP 2:30 p.m. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

THE ROWDIES 3 p.m. Bamboo Willie’s, 400 Quietwater Beach Road. 916-9888 or bamboowillies.com.

THEATRE & PERFORMANCE

‘LILY’S LOUNGE’ 3 p.m. Lily and Madge are having a hard time keeping things afloat, until two strangers appear and the world is changed. The play takes place in the early 1940s, and the world is realizing that the war is close, even on a hill in the center of a vast country.

Loblolly Theatre, 1010 N. 12th Ave., Suite 211. 439-3010 or loblollytheatre.com.

OTHER EVENTS PUBLIC SKATING 1:30-2:30 p.m., 3-4 p.m., 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Pensacola Civic Center, 201 E. Gregory St. 432-0800 or pensacolafigureskating.com.

MONDAY 3.21 LIVE MUSIC JAZZ SOCIETY’S MARCH JAZZ GUMBO 6 p.m. Jazz Society of Pensacola presents its March “Jazz Gumbo” featuring “Boplypso!” with David Shelander. Phineas Phogg’s in Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. jazzpensacola.com.

MIKE WATT & THE MISSINGMEN, LITE, DEADLY FISTS OF KUNG FU 7 p.m. $12. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 4349060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

BROOKS HUBBERT 7 p.m. Peg Leg Pete’s, 1010 Fort Pickens Road. 932-4139 or peglegpetes.com.

THIS CITY DEFECTS AND LOCAL BANDS 9:30 p.m. $5. Sluggo’s, 101 S. Jefferson St. 791-6501 or sluggos.net.

OTHER EVENTS PENSACOLA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DINNER 6 p.m. The Pensacola Historical Society is hosting its 78th Annual Dinner in the Museum of Commerce with Dr. Matt Clavin presenting. Social hour begins at 6 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m. and presentation to follow. $25 and reservations due by March 14. Museum of Commerce, 201 E. Zaragoza St. 595-5985, ext. 111.

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LECTURES & CLASSES ‘THE SEARCH FOR JOHN PAUL JONES’ ‘SERAPIS’ OFF THE COAST OF THE ISLE STE. MARIE, MADAGASCAR’ 7 p.m. Ms. Norine Carroll with the Archaeology Institute at UWF will present this section of the lecture series ‘Beyond Our Backyard: Archeaology Around the World’, hosted by the Florida Public Archaeology Network. Free. Bowden Building, 120 E. Church St. 595-0500 Ext. 103 or flpublicarchaeology.org.

LIVE MUSIC THE ARMCHAIRS, ARRAH & THE FERNS 7 p.m. Cover TBA. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060 or handlebarpensacola.com.

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‘AMERICAN ICONS’ BALLET PENSACOLA CELEBRATES AMERICAN ARTISTS THROUGH DANCE

BY LINDSAY MYERS

photo by Meg Baisden

R

ichard Steinert wants you to know one thing: When you come to Ballet Pensacola’s spring production “American Icons”, don’t expect “ballerinas being swans in white tutus.”

While Ballet Pensacola teaches and is influenced by classical ballet tradition, it has evolved into a contemporary movement company interested in creating an artistic exchange between the dancers and the audience. In recent history, Ballet Pensacola has produced experiential dance theatre, which interacts with the audience by asking questions and proposing answers in the pieces performed. Their newest production, “American Icons”, is an homage to great American artists and will be performed at the Pensacola Cultural Center March 18-19.

Steinert’s vision for “Icons” was a response to current uncertainty about America’s place in the world—economically, politically, artistically and personally.

Steinert says, “Our nation has problems but also opportunities, and so I wanted to hearken back and look at great thinkers and

mind benders. In a time of crisis for average Americans, we wanted to put a program together that celebrated the great artistic thinkers of this nation.”

The pieces are choreographed from the inspiration of these American artists. The great thinkers Steinert’s ballets celebrate are playwright Tennessee Williams, composer Leonard Bernstein, painter Jackson Pollack, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, and a love letter written by a Civil War soldier.

The production’s central piece and first act is an exploration of Tennessee Williams’ play “Summer and Smoke”, which delves into the psychology of a family burdened by mental illness and strict social expectations. A puritanical Reverend ’s daughter, Alma, struggles to reconcile her sense of spirituality, sensuality and sacrif ice. The ballet exposes the inner turmoil of this young woman navigating her mother’s sick ness, her father’s distance and the off-and-on unrequited love of her bad-boy physician neighbor, Dr. John Buchanon. The relationship

between Alma and John provides a catalyst for recognizing the parts of Alma’s personality struggling to find expression.

Choreographer Christine Duhon and set designer Lance Brannon use movement and image to communicate the central themes of the work. Iconic symbols from Williams’ play—an anatomy chart and an angel fountain—are displayed as well as a “pas de deux” (dance for two) performed between Alma and John in which their physical closeness and distance, as well as that of their shadows, tell the story of their beliefs and emotions.

The second act opens with the brilliant and jubilant “On the Town”, based on Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins’ 1944 musical comedy and ballet, “On the Town” and “Fancy Free”. The story follows sailors on 24-hour leave in New York and captures a lifetime of emotions and desires in just a snapshot of time. This dance is pure fun and was originally created for the “Beethoven and Blue Jeans” collaboration between the Pensacola Symphony and Ballet Pensacola.

Also in the second act are ref lections on artistic passion and process in a piece inspired by the life and work of Jackson Pollack. In this piece, Pollack’s human and artistic relationships are explored with dancers performing as both the artist and materials, becoming the paint Pollack is working with. This decision can even be seen as a kind of meta-statement about visual arts and the relationship between dancers and choreographers to create moving visual statements.

Next is a piece inspired by a love letter written by a Civil War soldier to his wife.

It is a short piece—“cutting” according to Steinert—and explores the grief and immediacy of war. The dance is a solo exploration of the creation and reception of the love letter as well as the legacy of the Civil War in the United States. The letter also serves as a lens to view the current American

involvement in war and the emotional toll that it takes on individuals and families.

The evening ends with a spiritual exploration to the backdrop of celebrated gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. Although Jackson’s roots are deeply imbedded in a Southern Christian tradition of music and spirituality, this piece is an exploration of each person’s personal experience with the transcendent and “Other”, however they define it. The piece embraces the physical ways we relate to the spiritual, from postures of prayer to charismatic snake charmers. The dance celebrates the relationship between the individual and the community. Steinert’s goal for the audience is to “feel what their spirituality feels and see what others’ spiritual experiences are.”

What ties the pieces together is a sensibility celebrating American innovation and creative thought. Steinert carefully chose pieces to speak to and stimulate a particularly Pensacola audience. The influence of Tennessee Williams’ Southern Gothic textures, the joy and sorrow of soldiers at war and at home, and Mahalia Jackson’s connections with a distinctly southern African-American spirituality all speak to the life and pulse of Pensacola.

“American Icons” strives to be a dance experience accessible to all those interested in the artistic spirit of America and to start a conversation about what it means to be American in this time and place. info@inweekly.net

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Dear Maxwell, I enjoyed reading your previous article about the plane that crash-landed in Escambia Bay in 1978. I live in the Scenic Heights neighborhood, and I remember when that happened. We had another scary moment just before that when a train derailed. Can you recount the story of that?

-Walter F. Pensacola’s success as a port city has always been contingent on a good rail system. For over 100 years, goods have been transported to market by trains running through our working city.

Although the railways have brought countless benefits, they have also brought their fair share of disaster. One such case is the derailment of the Louisville and Nashville train on Nov. 9, 1977.

Just after 6 p.m., a train made up of two locomotives and 35 freight cars jumped the tracks while traveling along Scenic Highway close to Creighton Road. The train was carrying a toxic chemical called anhydrous ammonia.

Two tanks of the ammonia were punctured in the crash, sending lethal doses of poison gas into the atmosphere.

The deadly cloud immediately began poisoning the neighborhood. Motorists traveling down Scenic Highway were affected, as well as families living in the area.

The thick concentration of ammonia burned the eyes, skin and respiratory tract of anyone infected. It also displaced the oxygen in the air causing suffocation. Locals covered their faces with wet cloths and ran for safety.

Emergency crews went to work right away. The fire department started by hosing the leaking tankers with water to diffuse the gas. A group of about 35 lawmen began evacuating the area. The officers drove around with their emer-

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gency lights flashing and broadcasting a warning over their public address systems.

Police later went door-to-door to ensure that everyone heeded the evacuation order. Within an hour of the crash, authorities had completely sealed off a two-square-mile area around the site.

Dozens of locals were rushed to area hospitals for chemical burn treatments. The situation could have proved much worse if not for the weather. Winds blew the poisonous cloud over Escambia Bay and away from the population. The sigh of relief was short-lived because officials realized the need to evacuate the neighborhoods on the other side of the bay. As the cloud slowly drifted over the water, authorities successfully evacuated about 500 people from south Santa Rosa County.

In the end, the derailment of L&R No. 407 caused two deaths, 46 injuries and an estimated $724,000 in property damage. Dr. Jon Thorshov, a pathologist at West Florida Hospital, was the first fatality. The derailment occurred 40 yards from the Thorshov’s home. In addition to Dr. Thorshov’s death, each member of the family was seriously injured. Sadly, they had only lived in their house for one month before the accident.

An investigation into the crash determined that it was caused by faulty tracks and an improper distribution of the train’s weight.

photo c/o Pensacola Historical Society Collection, West Florida Historic Preservation, Inc. Do you have a local histor y question for The Public Record?

Email it to thepublicrecord@inweekly.net & we’ll see what we can dig up.

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strife-torn Sudan (land of the Darfur murder and rape atrocities and a per-capita annual income of $2,200), an epic, year-long Ponzi scheme engineered by a lowly former police officer has enticed nearly 50,000 victims to invest an estimated $180 million (according to a March dispatch on Slate. com). At the height of the hysteria, even militia fighters in Darfur rushed to invest.

(As Bernard Madoff was initially, perpetrator Adam Ismael is lounging comfortably under house arrest.) And in February, NPR reported that the United States government will soon be asked to bail out yet another bank that dramatically overextended itself with bad loans -- and is now $900 million short: the Bank of Kabul in Afghanistan.

CULTURAL DIVERSITY The essential uniform of super-ambitious Chinese businessmen nowadays includes a leather designer purse, reported the Los Angeles Times in a February dispatch from Beijing, and high-end sellers “can’t believe their luck,” now that “(b)oth sexes in the world’s most populous country adore purses.” The Coach company will have 53 stores in China by mid-year, and Hermes and Louis Vuitton are so optimistic that they built stores in less-obviously prosperous reaches of the country.

(Apparently, only authentic designer items lend businessmen credibility. For the export market, China remains a world leader in trademark-pirating knock-offs.)

THE REDNECK CHRONICLES (1) An unnamed man was taken to St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, Okla., in February with a gash on his face and a bullet (later removed) in his sinus cavity. KOKI-TV reported that police think “he might have been chewing on a firecracker or a bullet” when it exploded.

(2) A 50-year-old woman was arrested in February in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., after managers at a Family Dollar store accused her of walking out without paying for packages of baking soda and dishwashing detergent and a pair of thong panties (total value, according to Family Dollar, $7.50).

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EWWWW! (1) The government of Malawi’s proposed environmental control legislation, introduced in January, was thought by some advocates to be broad enough to criminalize flatulence. The justice minister said the section about “fouling the air” should cover extreme flatus, but the country’s solicitor general insisted that only commercial air pollution was punishable. (2) Only 20 percent of Cambodians have access to toilets (half as many as have mobile phones), and missions such as International Development Enterprises blanket the countryside to urge more toilet usage.

In one promotion campaign in Kandal province, according to a February BBC News dispatch, an investigating team called a public meeting and singled out (“amid much laughter”) one particular farmer whom it had calculated as producing the most excrement of anyone in the village.

BY CHUCK SHEPPARD

LATEST RELIGIOUS MESSAGES “I thought, ‘Man, is this what Jesus would do?’” said Akron, Ohio, repo man Ken Falzini, after surviving a short, harrowing ride clinging to the hood of the Lexus he was trying to repossess from Bishop Marc Neal of Akron’s Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church in January. Neal, later charged with felony assault, told a reporter he thought it “disrespectful” for Falzini to try to repossess a preacher’s car during Sunday services.

Falzini said Neal was “laughing” during parts of the drive, which included sharp zig-zagging at speeds around 50 mph to dislodge Falzini from the hood.

• In Britain’s Coleraine Crown Court in February, Colin Howell, convicted last year of a double murder (of his wife and his girlfriend’s husband), testified at the girlfriend’s trial for the same crimes that he frequently drugged her during their sex sessions. She had requested to be unconscious during sex, according to Howell, so that she would not be bothered by “Christian guilt” over the extramarital affair they were having. (The trial was ongoing at press time.)

LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS (1) To conceal an arrest warrant for auto theft, Amos Ashley, 62, told traffic-stop officers in Lawrenceburg, Ind., in February that he was (as he wrote on a paper for them) “Rorth Taylor.” (“Pronounce it,” ordered a trooper.) “Robert Taylor.” (“Spell it once more, please.”) “R-e-r-e-r-t,” wrote Ashley. (“And ‘Taylor’?”) “T-a-y-l-o-e-r.” Several more attempts followed, until Ashley finally admitted his name and was arrested. (2) Police in Princess Anne, Md., arrested George Ballard, 25, inside a PNC Bank at 11 p.m. on Jan. 25 after a motion detector sounded.

Officers said the “cash” Ballard was in the process of taking was in fact a stack of fake bills the bank uses for training.

A NEWS OF THE WEIRD CLASSIC (APRIL 2007) Doug Guetzloe, one of central

Florida’s most prominent political operatives (and a subject of investigations by the Florida Elections Commission and an expressway commission in Orlando), had long infuriated prosecutors with his slippery denials of knowledge of unethical campaigns that they were certain he was deeply involved in. However, late (in 2006), Guetzloe missed a payment on his rental storage locker, and 50 boxes of his professional and personal records were seized and auctioned for $10 to a curious citizen, who then gave them to Orlando’s WKMG-TV, which had several earlier investigations of Guetzloe still open. Based on early readings of the storage-locker papers, Guetzloe was quickly indicted for felony perjury.

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3 4 Testimony spot 3 6 Idolater 3 9 What ­p risoners do 4 1 Bit of lampoonery 4 3 Alice and Flo’s workplace 4 4 On the say-so of 4 6 Like some depth finders 4 8 Scot’s “In a pig’s eye!”

4 9 Bitter drinks 5 1 Comprehensive, as a view 5 3 Bo’s’ns’ quarters 5 6 ___ Monte (fruit juice brand) 5 7 Take your pick 5 8 Garden gourd 6 4 News summary 6 6 Romanian monetary unit 67 Get the knot out of 68 Gets ready to drop?

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A positive attitude and good sense of humor What do you appreciate most about your friends?

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I don’t do drugs, fictional or otherwise.

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The heart of the woman I love.

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DOWN 1 Poverty-stricken area 2 Luau dance 3 “Trust” lead-in 4 Argyle repair person 5 “In Praise of Folly” writer 6 Hindu gentleman 7 Fever with chills 8 Sultan’s women, collectively 9 Accelerate 10 Ending with “Ecuador” and “Caesar” 11 Celebrity promoter 12 Speed, in music 13 Indo-___ ­language group 21 Call it ___ (give up) 22 Sound of a mosquito ­biting the dust 26 Islamic holy man

What did you mother always tell you?

27 Pro ___ “Stop hitting your brother.” (proportionately) 28 Athena’s breastWhat is the worst idea you’ve ever had? plate (Var.) I once convinced my brother that we needed to discover 29 It’s good for curbside parking what was inside batteries using hammers. Although I 30 “Lights out” bugle escaped injury, he went to the hospital with battery acid tune in his eye.

31 Do detective work 35 Spanish lady’s title What is your favorite food?

37 Jai ___ (fast-movPizza ing sport) 38 Minute ­minute pt.

Which talent would you most like to have?

40 “Electro-Shock Blues” band The ability to play a musical instrument 42 Comes across 45 Backslide What movie do you love to watch repeatedly?

47 With the same “The Departed” legal standing 50 “Wait just a ___!”

What was your most embarrassing moment?

52 Some ­necklines do Admitting that I watch “Jersey Shore” in the following this 53 Mustangs and such question 54 Setting for an aria 55 Energy-saving What TV show is your guilty pleasure? panel “Jersey Shore” 59 Change the furnishings of What is the last book you read?

60 In the buff “Two Years Before the Mast” by Richard Henry Dana 61 High over 62 “Your majesty” What is your theme song?

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Pizza boxes Plastic produce clamshells Plastics no. 1 through 7

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ECUA Residential Recycling Program. Items NOT Accepted:

The Residential Recycling Program began in 2009 as part as our regular residential service and is available to all ECUA residential sanitation customers.

The Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Curbside Collection Program was designed to give you, our customer, a safe way to discard many household chemicals while still protecting the environment. Schedule your pick-up by calling 476-0480.

The Bulk Recycling Program includes pick-up of furniture, appliances and other household items too large to fit in the automated can for disposal. Schedule your pick-up by calling 476-0480.

• No plastic bags — NOTE: ECUA encourages the use of plastic bags to contain lightweight recyclables such as shredded paper or packing materials, and avoid fly-away items.

Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Curbside Collection Program.

Maintaining a safe environment is a top priority for the ECUA. We’re very aware that if household chemicals are not disposed of properly, environmental problems may develop. The most common hazardous items accepted are, but not limited to, the following: • Pool chemicals • Household chemicals • Paint and supplies • Degreasers

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