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Ashton Hayward, the first strong mayor of Pensacola, discovers vampires are planning to take over Northwest Florida. He makes it his mission to eliminate them. His early attempts to land a marine hatchery fail with vampires secretly attack the scientists. He vows to not let them undo his initiative to have natural gas school buses.

HUNGRY GAMES

Each elementary school in Escambia County must send two students to compete in the annual Hungry Games. The children, ages 4 to 12, compete for gelatin-free hamburgers. Can Omisha and Khalil from A.A. Dixon Charter School of Excellence break the 10-year win streak of Cordova Park and A.K. Suter?

A group of African-American ministers bands together to tackle racism and discrimination in the 21st century. Their foes are difficult to spot since they no longer wear white hoods.

With the rising number of progressive thinkers and successful businesses threatening the status quo, Save Our City regroups and forms a team of “superheroes” that embodies the best of the naysayers. Their mission is to win back the Pensacola City Council in 2012.

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$62,658. Federal law mandates all charter schools receive their Title I funding, no later than 5 months after the school first opens. It’s not surprising that Dixon finished the 2010-11 school year over $120,000 in the red. Last summer, Rev. LuTimothy May stepped up to reorganize the school. The teachers took pay cuts, a new principal was hired, and the old debt knocked down. Today, only about $47,000 of the school’s payables are more than 90 days old. Taking over the school so late in the planning process put A.A. Dixon at a huge disadvantage. May and his team had a nearly impossible task of finding reading coaches, performing assessments and restructuring the ciriculum. FDOE chastised them for it. There has been a disturbing pattern with the district. Successes are claimed and failures are someone else’s fault. Instead of blasting Rev. May and his team, the district should praised them for trying to rescue this school that serves some of the most challenged kids in the district. The district clearly wants A.A. Dixon to fail. Last week, they got a report that showed they could get what they want. Excuse me for not celebrating. I’m praying for the miracle that Rev. May, his board, teachers and parents need to happen. {in} rick@inweekly.net

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March 22, 2012

BATTLE FOR BLACK BUSINESS LEADERSHIP “You’re not gonna make me look like a fool.” John Jerralds “I told you it was gonna be fireworks,” Hawthorne said via phone shortly after his truck pulled out of the parking lot. The GCAACC chairman said that he chose to leave rather than “tie up the Pensacola Police Department with this foolishness.” “He’s mad because I say he’s an ineffective leader and I want somebody to run against him,” Hawthorne said. “That’s what all this is about.” Hawthorne said he planned to file a complaint with the State Attorney’s Office in response to Jerralds throwing him out of the meeting. He felt the ejection was an abuse of Jerralds’ authority as a city councilman.

DISPARITIES TRIGGER DISCUSSION Pensacola City Councilman John Jerralds scheduled a March 16 meeting to discuss the Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce. A few minutes into the meeting, Jerralds summoned police officers to have George Hawthorne, the chamber's current chairman, thrown out of the gathering. / photo by Jeremy Morrison

Councilman Challenges Chamber Chairman By Jeremy Morrison

By the time Pensacola City Councilman John Jerralds called the police, George Hawthorne had publicly summed up the councilman’s March 16 “Interest Meeting” as “odd” and “ludicrous.” “George, I’m not gonna play with you,” Jerralds told him, while they waited for law enforcement to arrive. The confrontation erupted as the councilman opened his public meeting concerning the Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce, which Hawthorne chairs. Jerralds, who is not a member of

the chamber, had said earlier in the day that he needed to come to GCAACC’s “assistance and resuscitate it.” Hawthorne had learned of the meeting through a post on Rick’s Blog, ricksblog.biz. The GCAACC’s chairman refused to leave when Jerralds threatened to call the police. “You’re not gonna make me look like a fool,” Jerralds said. “You already made yourself look like a fool,” Hawthorne replied. After several standoff minutes full of lively back-and-forth between the gentlemen, a Pensacola police officer arrived and Hawthorne stepped into the hallway. As the meeting proceeded without him, the chamber chairman left city hall.

In the meeting room, members of the African-American business community talked shop for the full two hours that Jerralds had reserved the meeting room. They spoke about, among other things, the notable disparity between the white and black community and the need for networking among black-owned businesses. Georgia Blackmon, owner of Gathering Awareness and Book Center, spoke about how she had been involved with the creation of the African-American chamber of commerce in the late 1990s. She eventually became disillusioned with the chamber and walked away from the organization. “I think you need a chamber,” Blackmon said. “I just think you need the chamber to do what it’s supposed to do.” Jerralds agreed. He said that was why he decided to call the meeting. “If these things had been taking place, I wouldn’t have called the meeting in the first place,” the councilman said.

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Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has decided to hold off on investing in natural gas-running school buses. / photo by Jeremy Morrison

FRESH OIL? Nearly two years after the

2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, pilot Bonny Schumaker is still seeing what looks like oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon site. “It didn’t take any time at all to find large streaks of oil,” she said after a recent flight over the well off the coast of Louisiana. Schumaker is a pilot with the environmental non-profit On Wings of Care. She has flown regular flights over the Deepwater Horizon site. Reports of new oil leaking into the Gulf began surfacing last summer, though BP has denied such. A LSU scientist fingerprinted a sample of the oil to the Macando well in the fall, but theorized that it had probably been trapped in the sunk rigging. With regular sighting persisting, that theory might not be holding water. Based in California, Schumaker said

One woman told Jerralds that she had approached a local, unnamed official about the apparent racial disparity in the region and the lack of direction within the black community. The reported feedback wasn’t helpful. “That was the comment: ‘your problems run too deep,’” said Eleanor Johnson. Jerralds told the group that he would soon schedule a second meeting to explore what shape a new incarnation of an AfricanAmerican chamber of commerce might take. He said he didn’t have any personal ambitions in such direction. “I don’t want to be the chairman,” Jerralds said. “I don’t want to take over the chamber. I’m not looking for a job.”

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she will be returning to the Gulf region at the end of March to further investigate the oil sightings, as well as taking a look at what might be happening on the Gulf floor—some fear the floor may be fractured and seeping an unusually high amount of oil. She said she will be participating with a group of researchers sending down a remote submersible. “We’ll have some real answers here soon,” Schumaker said. “—soon, maybe in a month.” The pilot said she’s not a “muckraker.” “I’m not trying to make trouble, I just want to know the facts.”

NO NATURAL GAS FOR SCHOOL BUSSES It doesn’t appear the Escambia County

School District is going to be jumping on the natural gas bandwagon any time soon. “If this was just about cheaper fuel, we’d be all over it,” said Rob Doss, the district’s transportation director, during a March 15 workshop. The city of Pensacola is investing heavily in natural gas. In addition to owning a natural gas company, Energy Services of Pensacola, it is also committing to considerable infrastructure in order to begin switching some fleet vehicles to the fuel. There are eventual commercial aspirations and the city has encouraged the school district to begin switching its fleet of busses to the less expensive fuel. Doss reported to the Escambia County School Board that natural gas, while cheaper at the pump, was not a good fit for the 68th largest school fleet in the country. “We’ve looked at this issue top to bot-

BLACK MAN IN A WHITE MAN’S WORLD

After the meeting, attendees milled in front of city hall continuing the conversation. Some preferred a new direction for the chamber of commerce, while others defended Hawthorne’s leadership. “If you’re going to represent a body of people, you can’t be self-serving,” said Johnson, plowing into specifics concerning minority contractors working on the Maritime Park project being stalled on checks. Tony McCray, who is the co-chair of the Contractor’s Advisory Council for the Maritime Park and a consultant on the city’s

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tom and far and wide,” he told them. Doss warned the board against becoming “totally infatuated with a new idea.” He suggested the district wait and see how the natural gas industry grew and changed before committing. Although he did call natural gas’ environmental attributes into question, Doss’ primary concern with the fuel was cost. While natural gas is cheaper, the district would have to invest in new busses—which cost about $30,000 more than diesel models—to take advantage of the fuel. It would also need to consider the cost of driving the busses to the limited number of pump stations, and paying for the drivers to wait during the lengthy fueling process. “Without putting any numbers to it, you already know the cost of labor is going to be more expensive,” Doss told the board. Doss also spoke about environmental concerns surrounding the natural gas industry. He said that as the industry grew he suspected it would be burdened with additional environmental regulations. The transportation director suggested waiting to see how such regulations would affect cost. “See what happens with regulation, see what happens with the cost,” he said. “See what happens to all the things we are interested in.” Escambia County School Superintendent Malcolm Thomas said the district could reconsider in the future. “Right now, it just doesn’t work,” he said. “It doesn’t mean it won’t in a year or two.” Chuck Good, assistant director of ESP, said that the school district should expect the natural gas infrastructure to increase in the coming years. He said that switching fleet fuels made sense for the city, ESP, ECUA and possibly other commercial customers. “We respect that,” he said of the school district’s wait-and-see approach. “They had to base it on their financial ability.” {in}

current disparity study, came to CAC co-chair Hawthorne’s defense. He said the Hawthorne was fighting an uphill battle. “That’s still a black man in a white man’s world trying to get a black man paid,” he said. A few days after the meeting, Jerralds sounded optimistic about the discussion that he had begun and was undeterred about the possibility of Hawthorne’s complaint with the state. The councilman said the GCAACC chairman had worked the chamber into “pisspoor shape” and equated the complaint threat with “pissing in the wind.” “He’s trying to make something out of nothing,” Jerralds said. “What he needs to do is get the chamber up and running.” {in}

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TIME-TRAVELING TOURISTS

Fort Pickens has long drawn tourists to the far end of the island. Victorian Age visitors enjoy a unique crossover period when a still-operational fort also offered a form of history-based tourism. / photo courtesy of Pensacola Historical Society

Capitalizing on Pensacola’s Past By Jeremy Morrison As the fog lifts in Pensacola, the early morning light unveils another day in the area’s long, rich history. It’s the day Nick Schuck starts cashing in on all the days that came before. “I think Pensacola has just a fascinating history,” he says. “There’s just so much history, I think it’s overlooked when people come to visit.” Schuck has already finished lining the bikes up out front. He decides to grab some breakfast across the street at the farmer’s market while he waits. March 22, 2012

The sweet, comfy cruisers with the fat seats and tires relax on the sidewalk. The fleet flanks the Palafox storefront of the new Emerald Coast Tours, which offers historical bicycle tours around the downtown Pensacola area. The bikes represent one of the few local attempts to court tourists with an interest in history. A young couple from Navarre arrives shortly, with the girl’s parents in tow from North Carolina. Her mother’s a history buff

and she figured they’d all enjoy a bike around town. A few minutes later, two more people show up for the tour. Sporting a Blue Wahoos cap and a Saturday smile, Schuck saddles up and heads out with the group on Emerald Coast Tours’ first-ever historical bicycle trek. It’s a pretty simple plan: buy some bikes and peddle into the past, showing off the area’s rich history. “ We are the first settlement, 1559,” Schuck tells his riders. “Six years before St. Augustine.”

“There’s just so much history, I think it’s overlooked when people come to visit.” Nick Shuck

“We’ve got all kinds of history here that other areas don’t have and never will have.” Jacki Wilson For a lover of history living in America’s oldest city, this can be frustrating. She’s amazed at how little people actually know about the area’s past.

Emerald Coast Tours pedals through the storied Belmont-Devilliers district during its first-ever historic bicycle tour around downtown Pensacola. The company recently opened on Palafox Street, and offers riders a chance to get aquainted with the area’s history. / photo by Jeremy Morrison The history buff from Charlotte seems surprised. “Oh, I didn’t know that,” she says. Indeed, few people are aware that the Europeans—the Spanish, specifically—first settled in Pensacola. Many are completely oblivious of the area’s role in the country’s history throughout each of its eras. Perhaps this is because Pensacola has yet to fully capitalize on a resource that it has cultivated since its earliest days. While other, younger locales bill themselves as heritage tourism destinations, Pensacola seems to hold its history like a secret.

HISTORY, YOU DIG?

Existing just below Pensacola’s surface is a vibrant community of treasure hunters. They regularly gather to discuss digs. “We were all over the place last summer,” reported Dr. John Bratten, the chair of the archeology and anthropology departments at the University of West Florida, at a recent meeting of the Pensacola Archeological Society (PAS). With such a long history, the PAS always has plenty to talk about during its meetings. In March—officially Florida’s archeology month—the group heard reports on UWF’s field schools. Locally, students and volunteers are afforded a wealth of opportunities to dig into

history. One of the archeological ventures Bratten discussed during the PAS meeting was the Emmanuel II shipwreck. Discovered in Pensacola Bay in 1992, the Emanuel II is reportedly the second-oldest shipwreck in the United States. Archeologists believe the vessel was part of Don Tristan de Luna y Arellano’s 1559 attempt to colonize Pensacola. While that early ill-fated attempt to gain a foothold in the New World faded, Pensacola would continue to play host to America’s history as the years unfolded. The region was a notable venue throughout the country’s settlement and first couple of centuries. It was in Pensacola that Florida became a state. Andrew Jackson lived here. Geronimo was held captive on Pensacola Beach at Fort Pickens. “We’ve got all kinds of history here that other areas don’t have and never will have,” says Jacki Wilson, archivist with the Pensacola Historical Society. In an upstairs room surrounded by bound volumes of aged and weathered documents and photos, Wilson sits at a long table in the middle of the historical society’s collection. She knows her passion isn’t widespread. “People really don’t even understand why we exist,” Wilson says.

PENSACOLA’S BEST-KEPT SECRET

“We have people come to our museums and say, ‘I lived here my whole life and never knew this existed,”’ says Gale Messerschmidt, curator of exhibits with the West Florida Historic Preservation, Inc. “It’s one of Pensacola’s best-kept secrets.” Messerschmidt is opening this month “Are We There Yet? Pensacola as a Tourist Destination 1790-1949” at the T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum. The exhibit focuses on the history of tourism in Pensacola. The T.T. Wentworth was originally built in the early 1900s as Pensacola’s City Hall. Opening up a backdoor, Messerschmidt leads the way through its shallow basement hallways and up a couple of floors to her new exhibit.

“Geronimo was our first tourist attraction,” she says, pointing to a photo of the Apache war chief. Captured in Arizona, the U.S. transported Geronimo and other Apache captives to Fort Pickens on Pensacola Beach. Nineteenth-century tourists flocked to the fort gander at the storied prisoner, who apparently took to selling the visitors buttons from his coat. Geronimo’s visitors were not heritage tourists gazing upon a relic, but rather people taking a look at a living, breathing character of the day. Heritage tourism was, at the time, a thing of the future. “Really and truly, heritage tourism is a mid-20th century kind of thing,” explains Wilson. “And Pensacola is slow to change its ways.” Pensacola’s big draw has always been the sugar white beach and emerald blue waters. From bountiful fishing to leisure relaxation, the beach has always attracted visitors. The area’s first tourist, de Luna, was drawn by the beach and millions have followed his lead.

“Geronimo was our first tourist attraction.” Gale Messerschmidt

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buildings built by Henry Flagler. Tourists can “Even as early as the 1700s, we were take a horse-drawn carriage ride through touting ourselves as a health resort,” says the city, or visit the Fountain of Youth. An Wilson, explaining how 16th-century estimated five to seven visitors traveled to million people visit the the area to enjoy the city annually to enjoy its purported health heritage-based offerings. benefits of its natural “Just in direct springs and sea water. economic impact, “The water was what we’re probably in the the main attraction $700-million range,” was, has always been says Ste. Claire. the main attraction Of course, the throughout history.” throngs of tourists gawkIn the more modern ing along the streets do times of destination entail some drawbacks. marketing, Pensacola For example, Ste. Claire has chosen to stay fohas to endure snarled cused on its most obvitraffic sometimes. ous attribute: the beach. “I’m on my way to a If the outside world five o’clock meeting and knows anything about it took me 20 minutes Pensacola, it knows that The Conquistador statue at the end of go get out of the city,” it has beautiful beaches. Palafox Street serves as a reminder of he complains from his “The only way Pensacola’s long history. While Spanish that tourists find us explorers started the first European settle- car, rationalizing that the inconvenience is when it rains out ment in the area, Pensacola has yet to capitalize on the heritage tourism market. was probably worth it. at the beach,” says / photo by Jeremy Morrison “Tourism supports the Messerschmidt. economy and we get to enjoy it, and every once in a while we get stuck in traffic.” When someone travels to Boston, Ste. Claire doesn’t have the slightest chances are they immerse themselves in idea why Pensacola hasn’t plowed into the the American Revolution. Most visitors to heritage tourism waters. Philadelphia want to see the Liberty Bell or “Pensacola, historically, has never been Independence Hall. a principal heritage tourism destination,” he While Pensays. “Certainly, sacola has somehow the potential is allowed its own there.” expansive history to One of the slip beneath its gorbusinesses prosgeous surf, other lopering off of St. cales have purposeAugustine’s thrivfully cultivated their ing heritage tourrespective histories. ism market is Old These places have Town Trolley Tours. identified themThe company opselves as destination erates in a number of historically important spots on the heritage tourism map. cities, like Boston and Washington D.C. One such spot on that map is St. Augus“We started in Key West,” said Piper Smith, tine. Pensacola has somewhat of a rivalry the company’s vice president of marketing. with the city, although few people outside of When eyeing potential locations for Pensacola are aware of that rivalry. Wilson the trolley business, history is a must. New recalls a speech made by a visiting Pensacola Orleans, for example, would be fertile ground politician to a St. Augustine crowd in which for the company. he referred to the east Florida locale as the “New Orleans is like a perfect city,” Smith “second oldest city.” said. “It’s got a year-round visitor base. It’s “He said he was met with absolute silence,” she laughs. “They did not appreciate hot all the time.” St. Augustine only allows a limited numthat whatsoever.” ber of trolley tours to operate within the St. Augustine was settled in 1565. Alcity. When one of the companies went up though the settlement took root years after for sale, Old Town Trolley Tours was quick de Luna’s Pensacola landing, St. Augustine’s to snap it up. settlement was fortunate enough to perse“We’ve always been looking at St. Augusvere, thus allowing the city’s tourism wizards tine,” Smith says. to long ago claim the title as the country’s The marketing VP has heard of Pensacooldest, continually occupied settlement. la’s “oldest city” claim. She’s never seen it for “We’ve been a heritage and cultural herself and says it wasn’t really on the trolley tourist destination for over 100 years,” says company’s radar. Dana Ste. Claire, St. Augustine’s director of “I have to tell you something,” she says. “I heritage tourism and historic preservation. have lived in Florida since 1973 and I’ve been Nestled on Florida’s northern Atlantic east of Tallahassee one time—I’ve never Coast, St. Augustine is a quaint little spot with been to the Panhandle.” a fort built by the Spanish and huge, ornate

HERITAGE TOURISM BOOM

“The only way that tourists find us is when it rains out at the beach.” Messerschmidt

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Kimberly McGraw and Katya Nossa Sarasty, students at the University of West Florida, live out their 19th century lives while working in the Pensacola Historical Village. / photo by Jeremy Morrison

AVOIDING KITSCH

“It’s been really busy lately,” says Kimberly McGraw. “Usually our busy season is summer, but, since January, we’ve been slammed.” Dressed in 19th-century attire, McGraw sits with Katya Nossa Sarasty. The pair works in the Pensacola Historic Village.

“They’ve gone this kitsch way, whereas we’re more purists.”

Two girls sit on a porch cutting candle wicks. They offer a window into the past, with only a pair of modern stainless steel scissors shining in the sunlight, giving away the scene.

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They live out lives of yesteryear as part of the village’s historic tour. “These are for the fourthgraders,” says Nossa Sarasty, a Fine Arts student at UWF, explaining that a local school group will visit later in the day for some candle dipping. McGraw is a getting her masters in anthropology at UWF. In 1959, as Pensacola celebrated its 400th anniversary, a She feels right at home in the replica Spanish settlement was constructed on Pensacola historic village. Beach. / photo courtesy of Pensacola Historical Society “It was pretty much the perfect job for me,” she says, hiding the scissors out of view. McGraw doesn’t want to see Pensacola turn into St. Augustine— pimping its history alongside roadside schlock, like the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum—but would like to see the city claim its rightful place on the heritage tourism map. “We don’t want to over-commercialize the history or heritage of the city, but at the same time you want to show people that there’s more than just the beach,” she says. A couple of blocks away, in the upstairs hideaway of the historiThe Spanish settlement attraction fell into ill repair by the cal society, Wilson also stresses a 1970s and disappeared from the beach just as de Luna’s inidistinction between Florida’s two tial attempt had more than 400 years prior. / photo courtesy “oldest” cities. of Pensacola Historical Society “They’ve gone this kitsch way,” “I’m not saying we’re better than them,” she says. “Whereas, we’re more purists.” says Messerschmidt, “We’re just different.”

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Half a century ago—during the city’s 400th anniversary celebrations—some effort was placed on emphasizing the area’s long history. Wilson pulls out some old black-and-whites and begins to reminisce with Messerschmidt. In 1959, 400 years after de Luna stepped foot on Pensacola Beach, a replica settlement village was constructed on the beach. Locals and visitors alike visited the site. “When I was 10-years-old,” recalls Messerschmidt. “It was a big deal. We got all these artifacts from Spain.” The replica settlement survived for a while, but, like the ill-fated original, was destined to fade away. The wax-museum figures and 1950s-campyness probably wouldn’t have played too well these days anyway. “Looking back on it, it was just so hokey,” says Messerschmidt.

over at the historical society’s archives some hope that the past will not be lost in the future. “I take my hat off to the young adults, because they have really brought back downtown,” says Messerschmidt. “It feels like we’re just on the cusp of maybe something really good happening.” Wilson agrees. She’s hoping the revitalized downtown—which is also the city’s historic district—will foster an increased interest in heritage tourism. “The sidewalks don’t roll up at five o’clock anymore,” she laughs. The heritage tourism crowd, it seems, prefers a vibrant city. They want places to eat, places to shop. This target crowd—demographic, in marketing vernacular—is the aging Baby Boomers. They travel, spend money and seem to enjoy history. “They’re retiring,” says Messerschmidt. “People have a tendency to start thinking ‘Why am I here? How do I fit into the big picture?’ People are connecting more with their past.” One of those people that enjoy a good trip through time is Pensacola City Administrator Bill Reynolds. He describes himself as a “history nerd” and St. Augustine as “kind of posers.” “I was amazed about the Pensacola story,” Reynolds says. When first arriving in town last year, the city administrator immediately took his sons to see Fort Pickens. Reynolds particularly enjoys Civil War history, having read about 300 books on the subject. “Coming in from the outside, I was amazed at the history here and nobody knows about it,” he says. “It’s never been marketed. It’s amazing to me, It’s something we’ve got to capitalize on.” Down at the Old Town Trolley Tours headquarters in Key West, Smith isn’t quite sure why her company has never eyed Pensacola. Admittedly, the area seems ripe for the picking. “Sometimes it just takes a phone call from someone in city government,” she says. “It’s sometimes as easy as a phone call to one of our principals.” For now, Pensacola visitors can enjoy a relaxing bike ride through time. Schuck’s inaugural tour went well, with the riders seemingly amazed they had never before heard the historical trivia being thrown their way. “This is where Florida became part of the United States, right here,” Schuck tells the bikers at one of the tours’ final stops—Plaza Ferdinand. “You’ll see they’re opening a World of Beer up here when we pass it—that’s where Andrew Jackson’s residence was.” {in}

“I take my hat off to the young adults, because they have really brought back downtown.”

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Halfway through Emerald Coast Tours’ first historical bicycle ride in Pensacola, the group dismounts and steps into the Crowne Plaza. They admire the ornate interior as Schuck leads his riders toward a hallway gallery of old photographs. “This is now Vinyl Music Hall,” he says, pointing to a photo of the old Masonic Temple at the intersection of Garden and Palafox. After this, the group pedals past St. Michaels Cemetery and on to Plaza de Luna for a walk around the waterfront. It all seems completely normal. Except that it’s not. Several times on the bike tour, people stop Schuck to inquire what he is doing. They haven’t seen such a tour winding its way through town. “Bicycle tours?” a man calls out from his porch as the fleet passes leisurely by. “Yeah, Emerald Coast Tours,” Schuck yells. “Down on Palafox, check us out.” People seem somewhat amused at the concept. They also seem interested. It makes sense to Schuck. “Every vacation we go on, that’s the first thing we do—we rent bikes,” he says. Schuck and his wife feel that riding bikes through a new town affords them the opportunity to learn the area in a much more intimate fashion. He had wondered before why Pensacola didn’t have such a service available. When he and his wife learned of the Pensacola Business Challenge—in which contestants compete for a business start-up package—they decided to give it a shot. Although they didn’t win the Challenge, the business plan that resulted from the attempt looked too good to throw out. “We decided to just go for it,” Schuck says. It’s this type of spirit from the younger generation that gives folks March 22, 2012

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Tools to Stay Mentally Fit

by Jennie McKeon

“It’s thinking about what you want instead of what you don’t want,” Taylor said. “We talk about cause and effect.

away and don’t do anything at all, nothing is going to change.” Once the process begins, it generally starts with a good, hard look at your goals and what you hope to achieve using the S.M.A.R.T. criteria – specific, measurable, realistic and timely. And since everyone’s goals and dreams are different, the course of action changes, too. Taylor also helps you look at your goals more deeply. She ensures that they are: ecological –“Good for you. Good for your family and friends, for the community;” in line with your values– “We have to look at whether your goals will compromise your values;” and makes sure the goals are for you and no one else. Through NLP, you also learn to release negative emotions such as sadness, fear and guilt. This is done during a breakthrough session, which lasts between five and ten hours and can be spilt into two days.

“You always want to be at the cause. You can’t change other people, but you can change yourself.” Trish Taylor of Taylored NLP You always want to be at the cause. You can’t change other people, but you can change yourself.”

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Trish Taylor / photo by Samantha Crooke Sometimes the answers to life’s problems are right in front of you. Helping you tap into your inner potential is Trish Taylor of Taylored NLP. But, first, what is NLP, or Neuro-Linguistic Programming? “That’s the million-dollar question,” Taylor said. “It’s the use of a set of tools and techniques to achieve your goals.” Maybe you want to lose those stubborn, last 10 pounds or you want to relieve stress and anxiety. Maybe you want to move forward in your career or quit smoking. Whatever your “issue” is, there are techniques to help. No goal is too big or small, according to Taylor. She said that using NLP helps you put yourself in charge of whatever is making you feel out of control. March 22, 2012

Taylor has worked for over 20 years helping people achieve goals as a career guidance counselor and employment resource specialist. It was when she discovered NLP for her own personal development that she decided to train as a practitioner and, eventually, a master practitioner. “It changed the way I was thinking,” Taylor said. Traditional therapy can sometimes take weeks of sessions to get to what is called a “breakthrough.” In many cases, clients who use the NLP techniques benefit greatly in one session. “You get to the root of the problem very quickly,” Taylor said. “It’s in your hands. I just guide you through it.” Taylor offers a free 30-minute session to help individuals assess what their goals are and if they would be a candidate for NLP. You have to be in the right mind-set to make any positive changes. “You have to believe in change,” Taylor said. “And you have to take action. If you go

techniques to work in your everyday life. Simple changes, like forcing yourself to wake-up on the right side of the bed and surrounding yourself with positive people, can make a big difference. “One of the first steps is choosing your attitude,” Taylor said. “Get up and say ‘I’m going to make this a good day.’” Once you start to act on your goals, it’s important that you don’t tap into those negative emotions when you hit a roadblock. “There is no such thing as failure,” Taylor said. “There is only feedback. If what you’re doing isn’t working, try something else. You learn from it. People who fail are those that don’t do anything.” From running her first marathon –“I didn’t do it very fast, but I finished,” – to starting her own business, Taylor is still setting and achieving goals. “I’m a work in progress,” she said. “I’ve used NLP toward my goals and I’m still working on them.”

“There is no such thing as failure. There is only feedback. If what you’re doing isn’t working, try something else. You learn from it.”

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Taylor still gets excited when a client makes major progress, like dropping pounds, using the NLP techniques. “That feels pretty awesome,” she said. “Ultimately, there’s nothing stopping any of us from doing anything.” {in}

Jennifer Reeves is one of Taylor’s success stories. Using the timeline therapy, she learned to trace her emotions back to their origins and find the root of her problems. “It’s been about six to eight months since I went to Trish,” Reeves said. “I am a lot calmer. I still struggle with the issue, but I am better equipped to handle it.” Reeves has never done traditional therapy before, but believes NLP is “more empowering.” “You get out of your own way WHERE: 3 W. Garden St., Suite 321 and learn to handle your emotions DETAILS: 287-3575 or taylorednlp.com so you can deal with issues rationally,” she said. You don’t have to be a master practitioner to put some NLP

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Whether it’s a support group, psychiatry or rehabilitation, you can find help at Baptist Health Care. The first step that their professionals recommend is to consult your physician before you sign up for any services. Your doctor knows you best. “Setting lofty goals that are hard to maintain will hurt your overall chances for success,” said Brandy Franklin, physician’s assistant for Baptist Medical Group Family Medicine – Westside. “With the help of a health care provider, you can find changes that you can make and implement. Then, along with your health care team, you can take on tougher challenges.” Baptist Health Care’s doctors use a step-by-step approach to help solve patients’ problems and aid them in working towards solutions that have a lasting impact. “If there is a solution, then lay out the steps that it will take you to solve the dilemma, then get busy,” said Dr. Edwin Taylor with Baptist Medical Group Family Medicine – Westside. “Prioritize the stressors that can be solved by degree of stress or by how much time you have to get a solution. Then work on solving things as best as you can.”

And as always, eating healthy, staying active and getting a good night’s sleep are essential when you’re dealing with any type of stress.

health issues, there are also support groups that not only help patients of diseases, but also their family and caretakers, too. The available support groups include patients with cancer and their family, individuals living with Hepatitis C, a man-to-man support group for men with prostate cancer and a group for new moms–just to name a few. Visit these meetings to get the help you need and to meet others who are facing similar issues. {in}

And lastly, you need to sustain momentum through tough times and good times.” Whatever action you take, you don’t have to do it alone. The Lakeview Center at Baptist Health Care offers plenty of opportunities for the support and help you need to make any of your problems easier to face. Established in 1954, the Lakeview Center has support and therapy for a wide number of issues. From the website, you can test your knowledge on mental health, make an appointment and check the directory of doctors. Lakeview Center provides behavioral health services that treat substance abuse and mental health for children and adults. Chaplain Dan Hamel is also available through the Lakeview Center to address the spiritual needs of patients. There’s a 24-hour crisis hotline and many other specialty services. On top of the many classes that Baptist offers to help you stay well-informed on

“If there is a solution, then lay out the steps that it will take you to solve the dilemma, then get busy.” Dr. Edwin Taylor with Baptist Medical Group Family Medicine – Westside “The most important thing you have to understand is this: you have to get some sleep every night or else you will be worthless in trying to achieve you goal,” Dr. Taylor said. He advises that once you’ve mapped out a plan, you should try your best to follow through and not give up. “The bottom line is that you still need to motivate yourself to institute action,” Dr. Taylor said. “You still need to persist at your endeavor.

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Health Care Organizations

BAPTIST HEALTH CARE 434-4071, ebaptisthealthcare.org Baptist Health Care is a community-owned, not-for-profit health care organization serving Northwest Florida and South Alabama. Baptist Health Care includes four hospitals, two medical parks, Baptist Manor, Baptist Home Health Care and Durable Medical Equipment, Baptist Leadership Institute, Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine and Lakeview Center. SACRED HEART HEALTH SYSTEM 416-7000, sacred-heart.org More than 600 primary and specialty physicians practice at Sacred Heart, a not-for-profit healthcare organization. Its main services include Sacred Heart Medical Group, a network of primary care physicians, a 24-hour Emergency Trauma Center, a Pediatric Trauma ReFerràl Center and centers of excellence specializing in women's health, cardiac care, orthopedics, cancer care and the care of children. WEST FLORIDA HEALTHCARE 494-3212, westfloridahospital.com West Florida Healthcare is proud to offer the only local hospital featuring all private rooms. The West Florida campus also offers the area’s only comprehensive rehabilitation hospital and a mental health facility. West Florida also provides services in cardiovascular surgery, oncology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, emergency care, behavioral health, obstetrics and many other medical specialties.

Health Clubs and Fitness

ANYTIME FITNESS 100 S. Alcaniz St., 469-1190 6301 N. 9th Ave. #4, 969-1348 anytimefitness.com Anytime Fitness is open 24-hours all year long. The gym membership can be used at any Anytime Fitness location. Each new member receives a free personal fitness orientation, including an explanation and demonstration of basic exercise principles and a quick, safe and effective exercise program. Training continues throughout membership with online tools such as a diet tracker, workout planner and virtual coaching. March 22, 2012

THE CLUB FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX 1230 Crane Cove Blvd., Gulf Breeze, 916-7946, theclubfamilysports.com The Club offers something for everyone, including an Olympic-sized outdoor swimming pool, an indoor pool, rubico tennis courts, a 10,000-squarefoot fitness center, and more. Club staff and members develop life-long relationships that support your progress toward health, wellness and a balanced lifestyle. FIXED ON FITNESS, INC. 554-1648, fixedonfitness.com Fixed on Fitness boot camp provides an ideal combination of personal training, accountability, camaraderie and hard work, which results in a dynamic approach to total fitness. Throughout the six weeks of boot camp, you are introduced to a variety of workout techniques, exercises and challenges. Each workout is different, so campers experience 24 new workouts.

Hypnotherapy

LUMINOUS LIFE HYPNOTHERAPY 346-7865, luminouslifehypnotherapy.com Susan Dunlop, M.A., C.H.T., offers hypnosis as therapy for a variety of issues such as bereavement, relationship problems, divorce recovery, stress management, depression, phobias, negative habits, motivation, sleep problems, trauma, sports excellence, pain management and more. Dunlop is an internationally certified hypnotherapist trained in the United States by the American Academy of Hypnotherapy, the nation's foremost hypnotherapy institute.

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DR. KEVIN WELCH Pensacola Office: Medical Center Clinic, Dermatology and Laser Center 8333 N. Davis Highway, 474-8386 Gulf Breeze Office: 2874 Gulf Breeze Parkway, 916-9969 kevinwelchmd.com Dr. Kevin Welch offers Botox, Dysport, fillers such as Restylane, Perlane, Juvederm, Radiesse and Sculptra, laser services, including Fractional CO2 laser resurfacing and IPL. Also, Dr. Welch has the only local Zeltiq Coolsculpting to “freeze your fat away”, and the only local non-surgical skin tightening procedures including both Ulthera and Thermage. The Skin Care Center offers physiciandispensed products, including Skin Medica, Obagi, Jane Iredale cosmetics, Tilley Hats and the only area outlet of “My Body” skin care products. Dr. Welch won Best Skin Care again in 2011.

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Chest Pain Center West Florida Hospital is the only hospital in the region to earn Chest Pain Center accreditation by the prestigious Society of Chest Pain Centers, an international professional organization focused on improving care for patients with acute coronary symptoms and other related conditions. The accreditation followed a stringent and comprehensive review of the expertise of our operating systems and the compassionate care we provide our chest pain patients. As an Accredited Chest Pain Center, West Florida Hospital ensures that patients who come to our Emergency Room complaining of chest pain or discomfort are given the immediate treatment necessary to avoid as much heart damage as possible. Protocol-based procedures developed by leading experts in cardiac care to reduce time to treatment in the critical early stages of a heart attack are part of our overall cardiac care service. And, should you need to be admitted, West Florida Hospital is the only hospital in the area that can guarantee your own private room during your stay.

As the area’s only Accredited Chest Pain Center, the ER at West Florida can provide: • Reduced time to treatment during the critical stages of a heart attack • A systematic approach to cardiac care that improves outcomes • Timely accurate diagnoses of all patients presenting with signs and symptoms of heart disease that help reduce unnecessary admissions • Recognizable symbol of trust that helps patients and EMS make decisions at highly stressful times

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Lost Bayou Ramblers

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Pensacola’s new Double-A franchise, the Blue Wahoos begin their season April 5. Before the games begin, Pensacola’s own baseball expert, Pensacola State College’s

Athletic Director and Head Baseball Coach Bill Hamilton, is giving a free lecture on Pensacola’s baseball history and the upcoming Blue Wahoos’ season on March 22 at the Bayview Senior Resource Center. “Coach” Hamilton, as he’s known, has been the baseball coach at PSC for over 21 years. He sees the emergence of the Blue Wahoos as being an important step in Pensacola’s growth. “Having the Wahoos puts us in a class of cities that we haven’t been in,” he says. “There are only so many cities that have Double-A baseball and we are the only one with a waterfront stadium. No one else can boast that.”

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PMA’s annual celebration of all things fabulous and floral, Art in Bloom, is this weekend. Lifestyle guru and party planner to the stars, Lulu Powers will be on hand for all the fun. Turn to page 20 for more with Powers.

mond with the PSC Pirates and the UniverHamilton says that Pensacola has sity of West Florida Argonauts. Hamilton always had a love affair with baseball. While expects the winning tradition to continue Pensacola has had champions in other with the debut of the Wahoos. sports, like golf, football and sprinting, he “We just have a passion for the game says the town has also produced more here,” he said. “And you can’t argue with the successful baseball players. He credits the success these programs have had – from Bill success in baseball to the affinity Pensacola Bond winning state titles year after year to has for the game. our high schools winning state champion“This is a blue collar type town,” Hamships. I just think there is a passion for it. ilton says. “Everybody worked to get where That’s why the Wahoos are welcomed.” {in} they are and I think it reflects somehow on the environment they grew up in. There are a lot of support personnel here that have a passion for baseball. When you think about the number of volunteer coaches in our WHEN: 6 p.m. Thursday, March 22 many youth leagues, there are WHERE: Bayview Senior Resource Center, hundreds right now. And most 2000 E. Lloyd St. of those men have a high level COST: Free of playing experience.” DETAILS: 436-5190 Pensacola has had a long history of success on the dia-

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Art (and Flowers) In Bloom Powers said her mother, a caterer, always had flowers on the dinner table. And there were never any paper plates. “They didn’t like paper,” Powers said of her parents. “My dad couldn’t stand drinking out of a paper cup.” Powers describes her entertaining style as “colorful with a lot of flair.” She doesn’t have any strict guidelines. “It never hurts to do anything,” Powers said. “There are no rules.”

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“Art In Bloom has really evolved this year into a lifestyle event."

Powers’ knack for entertaining has transformed the Art In Bloom event to a three-day festival that features more than traditional art. “Art In Bloom has really evolved this year into a lifestyle event,” said Davis.

Lulu Powers It’s Spring not just when the equinox arrives or when temperatures start to warm, but it’s also when the Pensacola Museum of Art holds its annual Art In Bloom. Every year Art In Bloom evolves and changes offering local art lovers a different experience. This year the event brings back the outdoor flower market, which was missing last year, and invites special guest, Lulu Powers, a best-selling author and entertaining designer. Each event draws from both her book, “Food to Flowers,” and her real-life experiences with numerous Hollywood celebrities. “She's our star,” said Pensacola Museum of Art Executive Director, Sonya Davis. “She'll be with us starting Thursday night at the Preview Gala and will participate during lectures on her entertaining and lifestyle wisdom all the way through Saturday afternoon when she co-hosts the Bloomin' Chef event.” Powers’ clients include Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith, Madonna, Bill Clinton and Arianna Huffington just to name a few. Powers can’t pinpoint when exactly she realized that she had an eye for style. Entertaining was a part of her childhood. “It’s all in the presentation,” she said.

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tend all the Friday events, purchase an all-day pass for $130. On Saturday, March 24, Powers has her “From the Farm to the Table” question-and-answer session with a panel of local growers at 9:30 a.m. Tickets are $55 per person. At 12 p.m., Jackson’s hosts a lunch with Powers that features food from local growers. Tickets are $45 per person and a book signing follows immediately. Art In Bloom caps off its festivities with the Blooming Chef demonstration with Powers and Carmela Campbell, which starts at 2 p.m. Tickets are $30 per person. An all-day Saturday pass is $110. The Flower Market is open to the public on Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For those who don’t have the time for all three days and can only choose one event to attend, Davis suggests Powers’ “Food to Flowers” lecture. WHEN: Art In Bloom Gala, 6 p.m. Thurs“Her talk will give a good look day, March 22, at the whole gracious, easy enterArt In Bloom, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, March taining picture,” she said. “If you're 23 and Saturday, March 24 into flowers, food and entertainWHERE: Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. ing, this will cover it all.” Jefferson St. COST: $30-$100 per event, all-day passes available The Art In Bloom events are DETAILS: pensacolamuseumofart.org or not only fun. The proceeds support 432-6247 the Pensacola Museum of Art.

“It never hurts to do anything. There are no rules.” Lulu Powers “A big addition this year is a farmers market to the outdoor street market area. That will be a tie-in to the other addition this year, which is food.” Art In Bloom kick-offs with the Art In Bloom Gala on Thursday, March 22 from 6 to 7 p.m. with an open bar. From 7 to 10 p.m., festivities include appetizers, music, dancing and a book signing with Powers. Tickets for Thursday are $100 per person. On Friday, March 23, participants can practically spend the whole day with Powers. The day starts at 9 a.m. with Powers’ “Food to Flowers” lecture about stress-free entertaining in the Pensacola Little Theatre courtroom. Tickets are $55 per person. At 11:30 a.m., there is a brunch with Powers catered by Classic City Catering. There’s limited seating and tickets are $65 per person. After brunch, Powers has a book signing, followed by her “From Buckets to Bouquets” presentation at 2:30 p.m., with the assistance of Shannon Pallin, which focuses on the art of floral design. Tickets are $30 person. To at-

“As a non-profit organization, the museum looks to fundraising proceeds to support exhibitions and education along with contributing to general operations, since museum memberships and admissions make up only a very small part of our revenue each year,” Davis said. Art In Bloom gives locals the chance to see nature and its artistic beauty through a different lens. “Flowers are components that can be used in the creative process and just like paints can be used to combine color and texture and shape—those very same formal elements of art found in other traditional art work,” Davis said. “In Art In Bloom, the floral artists who participate take their flowers and, inspired by a piece of art chosen from the Museum's exhibition, create their own masterpieces of floral design.” While it might be hard to pack all the food, flowers and design into one weekend, Art In Bloom is a wonderful way to welcome spring and to stop and smell the roses. {in}

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by Hana Frenette

The Blue in All of Us “Youngmanblues” tells the story of a guy named Dennis, who is in a band called The Buffalo. Dennis’s band starts to take off and at the same time he falls in love with a girl named Janine. Dennis slowly starts to pull away from Janine for fear he will have to explain a big secret to her. On a side note, McMillan does not have a background in film. He didn’t go to school for it and he hasn’t made any claims about walking around as a four-year-old with a Sony camcorder strapped to his hand, recording epic playground scenes. However, his father was involved in theater and McMillan always loved movies, especially “The Empire Strikes Back.” McMillan’s first inspiration to make a film actually came from seeing someone else’s homemade film.

said. “And it was filmed locally in all these places that I recognized as home – as my places, and I thought, ‘I could do this.’” “ Youngmanblues” was also shot entirely in Pensacola , with the exclusion of one scene, shot inside

“I got in touch with the band The Verlaines, from New Zealand, and they let us use anything they ever put out independently.” Steve McMillan

Some filmmakers begin their creative process with a clear and concise idea of the finished product. Others start writing the first 20 pages of a mockumentary resembling “Spinal Tap” and then suddenly veer in a different direction. Steve McMillan did the latter with his film “Youngmanblues,” and it seemed to work out well for him. “I had just moved back to Pensacola and was in a band, and we were going to make this fake documentary,” McMillan said. “And then I thought it might be more interesting to follow this other story that was developing.”

“Originally we were going to shoot on Super 8 mm, but no one wanted to give us any money.” McMillan

“Originally we were going to shoot on Super 8 mm, but no one wanted to give us any money,” McMillan said. “We ended up spending money out of our own pocket and using mini DV instead.” McMillan started keeping a journal for the film around October 2011 and the shooting took about six months. The finished film will premiere at Sluggo’s on March 24 at 7:30 p.m. But what will happen to “Youngmanblues” after its premiere? “There were a couple of movies in the 1990s, made by local people, one was called ‘The Spin,’ and they were played at the Silver Screen for a couple of months after their premiere,” McMillan said. “I’m kind of hoping to do something like that.” McMillan has also been sending the film out to various festivals happening around the country. One in particular that he is hoping to hear back from is called “Rooftop Films.” “It’s a film festival in Brooklyn where they use barren rooftops and show films on them,” McMillan said. “I’d also love for the Cinema 4 to play it.” Check out the first premiere this Saturday at Sluggo’s for free and see if maybe you can spot yourself as an unnamed extra, strolling leisurely in the background. {in}

a home in Navarre. The film’s cast is comprised of strictly locals, including McMillan as Dennis and his wife as Janine. “I knew that I was going to play Dennis and that my wife would play Janine, and for the rest of it, we went through Facebook, Craigslist, and community blogs,” McMillan said. “Most of the people were friends of people I know.” Although the film is shot locally and the cast is local as well, the musical score is partially from New Zealand. “I got in touch with the band The Verlaines, from New Zealand, and they let us use anything they ever put out independentWHERE: Sluggo’s Vegetarian Restaurant, ly,” McMillan said. “Most of the 101 S. Jefferson St. other stuff is done by my wife WHEN: Saturday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m. and me together.” COST: Free “Youngmanblues” is shot on DETAILS: 723-5340 Mini DV, which was introduced in the late 1990s.

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photo courtesy of Ballet Pensacola There are a couple of things that may come to mind when someone brings up the ballet. Elegance. Beauty. Timelessness. Ballet Pensacola is looking to add a new word to your mental thesaurus: comedy. Ballet Pensacola will be performing “Clue,” as an adaptation of the classic board game and movie in a repertory performance featuring four other ballets. “Clue’s” cast of characters will include many familiar faces, like that of Professor Plum, Miss Scarlett and Colonel Mustard.

featuring music by Grateful Dead drummer Throughout the ballet, a portrait of Mikey Hart, and “Pococourante,”a more Mr. Body, the person who is killed, will be traditional ballet with a slight Spanish flair. hanging on the wall. However, the portrait Both “Bones” and “Pococourante” were is animated and will be trying to give clues choreographed by Christine Duhon, the to the occasionally oblivious characters. head Ballet Mistress at Ballet Pensacola. “One of the funny bits is that the Ray Mercer’s “Bradhurst Avenue” will artistic director is the person who is also see its world premiere during Ballet killed,” Steinert said. “So they’re kind Pensacola’s repertory performance. of dragging my body around the stage, “Ray Mercer is currently performing almost like ‘Weekend At Bernie’s’ style.” in ‘The Lion King’ on Broadway,” SteinBeing dragged around the stage here ert said. “We’re excited to be premiering and there leaves Steinert a little bruised ‘Bradhurst Avenue’ here in Pensacola.” and battered, but it’s all for the enjoyMercer was also the winner of Balment of the show. let Pensacola’s International Choreog“I think people will react well to raphy Competition. it, because it’s so fun,” Steinert said. Whether you’d like to see some“Sometimes it just takes the audience a thing modern, traditional, brand-new or little while to realize they can laugh.” reinvented, mysterious or humorous, the Although Ballet Pensacola performs repertory evening at Ballet Pensacola has many traditional works a year, their goal is something you’ll enjoy. to be something bigger than the average The variety of choreographers, musiballet company of a semi-small town. cal choices, and costume and light designs “Our goal is to constantly reinshould make for a plethora of enjoyable vent ourselves and try to produce new experiences. And don’t forget, you’re things,” Steinert said. “I allowed to laugh when they’re dragging thought it was time to put Steinert around the stage. something funny on the “With some of the heavier works earstage, which we haven’t lier in the evening, I think people will apdone as long as I’ve been preciate ‘Clue’ at the end,” Steinert said. with the company.” “It really is a rompish laugh-fest.” Steinert, who danced in And those are two words almost no a variation of “Clue” in Hartone likes to turn down. {in} ford, Conn. over 10 years ago, has choreographed the entire work himself. “This is definitely an updated version of the work I perWHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 23 and Satformed in years ago,” urday, March 24 Steinert said. “It’s WHERE: The Saenger Theater new from top to bottom.” COST: $18-$30 Some of the other ballets feaDETAILS: balletpensacola.com or 432-2042 tured in the repertory evening will include “Bones,” a modern piece

“There aren’t a lot of ballets out there that are made to be funny.” Richard Steinert, Artistic Director of Ballet Pensacola “There aren’t a lot of ballets out there that are made to be funny,” Artistic Director Richard Steinert said. “It’s a strange animal, it uses slapstick comedy, and it’s fast-moving.”

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bluemorninggallery.com. ‘GARDEN OF EDEN’ 10 a.m. through Jun 2. Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org. ‘EDEN REVISITED’ 10 a.m. through May 19. Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org. ‘TOUR DE FORT: LET’S MOVE OUTSIDE!’ 10 a.m. Bring your own bike. Rendezvous at the Fort Pickens Auditorium, Fort Pickens, 1400 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 916-5631 or flpublicarchaeology.com. ‘WELCOME TO MARGARITAVILLE’ MARGARITA TASTING 2 p.m. Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach. 916-9755 or margaritavillehotel.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. ‘ART IN BLOOM’ OPENING GALA 6 p.m. $100, reservations required. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org. PERDIDO SPRINGFEST 6 p.m. Liberty Church, 2221 S. Blue Angel Pkwy. 982-8266 or perdidospringfest.com. HERB CLASS AT EVER’MAN 6 p.m. $2 for non-members. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St. 438-0402 or everman.org. VEGAN DINNER AT EOTL 6 p.m. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright St. 429-0336 or eotlcafe.com. ‘THE EXCAVATIONS AT THE ETRUSCOROMAN SITE OF CETAMURA, ITALY’ 7 p.m. J. Earle Bowden Building, 120 E. Church St. 5950050 or flpublicarchaeology.com.

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HOME GROWN NIGHT 5 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.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. CHARLIE ROBERTS 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s Downtown, 312 E. Government St. 469-1001 or hubstaceys.com.

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‘ART IN BLOOM’ 9 a.m. $130, reservations required. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org. ‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php. ‘CHROMATIC ALTERATIONS AND ALTERED BOOKS’ 10 a.m. through Apr 13. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. 432-3080 or artelgallery.org. FEATURED ARTIST SHOW 10 a.m. Blue Morning Gallery, 112 S. Palafox. 429-9100 or bluemorninggallery.com. ‘GARDEN OF EDEN’ 10 a.m. through Jun 2. Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org. ‘EDEN REVISITED’ 10 a.m. through May 19. Pensacola Museum of Art. 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org. PLAY HAPPY HOUR 4 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com. WINE TASTING AT DK 4:30 p.m. Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox. 438-4688 or dk4u.com. WINE TASTING AT SEVILLE QUARTER 5 p.m. Palace Café at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. HOT GLASS COLD BREW 5 p.m. Belmont Arts Center. $20-$25. 401 N. Reus St. 429-1222 or belmontartscenter.com. 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. 1216 N. Ninth Ave. PERDIDO SPRINGFEST 6 p.m. Liberty Church, 2221 S. Blue Angel Pk w y. 9 82-8266 or perdidospringfest.com. PENSACOLA ICEFLYERS VS. LOUISIANA ICE GATORS 7 p.m. Pensacola Civic Center, 201 E. Gregory St. 432-0800 or pensacolaciviccenter.com. BALLET PENSACOLA PRESENTS ‘CLUE’ 7:30 p.m. $18-$30, tickets required. Pensacola Cultural Center, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or balletpensacola.com. ‘THE DANCER’ 8 p.m. Loblolly Theatre, 1010 N. 12th Ave. 439-3010 or loblollytheatre.com. SWING DANCING 8:30 p.m. American Legion, 1401 Intendencia St. $5. 437-5465 or pensacolaswing.com.

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news of the weird WHO KNEW RESTROOMS WERE SO COMPLICATED? Back to the Fundamentals: The multicultural Macquarie University, in suburban Sydney, Australia, said its restroom posters, installed last year, have been successful in instilling toilet etiquette. The lined-through figure of a user squatting on top of a toilet seat was especially helpful, apparently. Complaints of unsanitariness were such that some students were timing their classes to use restrooms in a nearby mall instead. (Lest anyone believe the problem is confined to multicultural institutions, a recent memo by the 785-member Lewis Brisbois law firm in San Francisco instructed employees to clean urine from toilet seats, to always take the farthest stalls or urinals available, to mask sounds by toilet-flushing (if desired), and to not make eye contact in the restroom. [Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 1-12-2012] [Above The Law blog, 2-1-2012] CAN’T POSSIBLY BE TRUE Louis Helmburg III filed a lawsuit in Huntington, W.Va., in February against the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and its member Travis Hughes for injuries Helmburg suffered in May 2011 when he fell off a deck at the fraternity house. He had been startled and fallen backward off the rail-less deck after Hughes attempted to fire a bottle rocket “out of his anus”—and the rocket, instead, exploded in place. (The lawsuit does not refer to Hughes’ injuries.) • U.S. Immigration agents in a $160,000 Chevy Suburban that had been custom-designed and -armored specifically to protect agents from roadside kidnappings became sitting ducks last year when kidnappers forced the vehicle off the road near San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and got the door open briefly, enabling them to fire 100 rounds and kill one of the two agents inside. According to a February Washington Post report, the Department of Homeland Security had failed to modify the vehicle’s factory setting that popped open the door locks automatically whenever the driver shifts into “Park.” INEXPLICABLE David Myrland, an antigovernment “sovereign” now serving three years in federal prison for threatening the mayor of Kirkland, Wash., filed a federal lawsuit in February accusing various officials of conspiracy—by the manipulation of bad grammar, i.e., “backwards-correctsyntaxing-modification fraud.” Each word of the original complaint, coded by Myrland as to part of speech, “proves” to him that the complaint was “fraudulent” and “handicapping.” (Random sentence from Myrland’s filing: “For the WORDS OF an ADVERB-SYNTAX-GRAMMARMODIFICATIONS ARE with an USE of the SYNTAX-GRAMMAR with the VOID of the POSITIONAL-LODIAL-FACT-PHRASE

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with the SINGLE-WORD-MODIFIER AS THE: A, AS, AT, AM, BECAUSE (many words omitted) FACT by the VASSALEES.”) (“Sovereigns” generally reject the federal government, and Myrland did not explain why he expected a federal judge would have authority to help him.) [Seattle Weekly, 2-14-2012] [Scribd.com, 1-23-2012] UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT Jason Bacon, 41, was arrested in Eureka, Calif., in March after responding to a classified ad for a used motorcycle by offering to trade about $8,000 worth of his home-grown marijuana for it. According to an officer on the scene, Bacon told a deputy, “I know you can’t sell it, but I thought it was OK to trade it.” OUR DYNAMIC DEMOCRACY Oklahoma state Sen. Ralph Shortey, a staunch abortion opponent, introduced a bill in January to ban the use of human fetuses in processed food. Although the principal anti-abortion advocacy official in the state said he had never heard of such a practice, Sen. Shortey asserted that it was a problem and that he had been reading up on it on the Internet. CREME DE LA WEIRD Madeleine Martin, the chief animal protection official for the state government of Hesse, Germany, told a newspaper in Frankfurt in February that among the reasons why the country needed an anti-bestiality law was that she knew of “animal brothels” in Germany (presumably, not animal-animal mating services but human-animal facilities). (Without an anti-bestiality law, authorities usually must prove that the animal has been physically harmed in order to obtain a conviction.) LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS Law enforcement officers turn to Facebook nowadays to help solve crimes, knowing that some perpetrators cannot resist bragging about or even showing off things they’ve recently stolen. For example, Steven Mulhall, 21, will be easily prosecuted for stealing the nameplate off the door of Broward County (Fla.) judge Michael Orlando—since he posted in March a photograph of himself holding it following a courtroom visit. (In other Facebook news, in Tacoma, Wash., in March, corrections officer Alan O’Neill, 41, was charged with bigamy after his longestranged first wife found out about the second one when Facebook suggested the two be “friends.”) {in}

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A SALUTE TO DIFFERENCE MAKERS The Pensacola Sports Association held their annual Awards Banquet March 15th. Here are this year’s award recipients: Reece Acree State Tennis Doubles (Boys 3A) (Washington High) Jameeka Anderson State Weightlifting Champion (Girls 1A) Doug Baldwin Professional Athlete of the Year Michael Bjornstad Special Olympic Athlete of the Year Taylor Brewster UWF Tennis All-American (Women Singles)

Pine Forest High School State Girls Track Champions

Greg Pron Baseball All American (UWF)

Summer Huff Natl. Barrel Horse Assoc. Youth World Champion

Austin Racine State Tennis Doubles (Boys 3A)Washington High)

Renee Hurd NJCAA Soccer All-American

Trent Richardson Amateur Athlete of the Year

Mike Jeffcoat NCAA Div. II Baseball National Championship and Coach of the Year and SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

Addison Russell Baseball - PanAm Team Gold Medalist

Darroneshia Lott NJCAA half marathon champion

Derrick Brooks HALL OF FAME

John McGovern State Weightlifting Champion (Boys 1A)

Larry Capps Volunteer of the Year (this will be a surprise that night)

Luke Means GBRZ Relay (Swim) Team State Championship

Roger Scott Tennis Center Facility of the Year Award Bhavna Shetty 4-time GSC Golfer of the Year Pensacola State College Women’s Basketball State Champions Lawrence Tynes Super Bowl champion NY Giants

Adron Chambers Shawn Morris MLB World Series - St. Louis Cardinals Football (Div. III) All-American

Daniel Vargas-Vila Baseball All American (UWF)

Aletheia Christian Academy State Basketball championship

Talmadge Nunnari Hall of Fame

Charles “Matt” Day 2011 FL Jr. Male of the Year (Judo)

Sunnie Patch Pine Forrest track and 4x800 relay state champion

Crystal Wachob PFOR track and 4x800 relay state champion

P.J. Dunne GBRZ Relay (Swim) Team State Championship Leandro Ferreira UWF Tennis All-American (Men Doubles) Adam Foley GBRZ Relay (Swim) Team State Championship Adam Gunn GBRZ Relay (Swim) Team State Championship Shane Halpin Finalist for Rudy Award

Jen Pfeifler State Tennis Doubles (Girls 2A) - Gulf Breeze High Jasmine Pierce Pine Forrest track and 4x800 relay state champion Kayla Poole State Weightlifting champion (Girls 1A) Andrey Pozhidaev UWF Tennis All-American (Men Doubles)

Tonya Walters State Tennis Doubles (Girls 2A) - Gulf Breeze High Bubba Watson Professional Athlete of the Year Keith Wells Hall of Fame University of West Florida NCAA Div. II Baseball National Champions Earl Wright USA Judo Gold Medallist (Masters Division)