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IMPACT 100 PENSACOLA BAY The Pensacola Bay Area chapter of IMPACT 100 recently announced that its 2016 membership drive has concluded with a record of 1,082 members — totaling $1,082,000. The organization will give back to the community by awarding high- impact project grants of $108,200 each to ten nonprofit agencies in the Pensacola area.

This will be the 13th year that the IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area will award grants to local nonprofit agencies. After awarding the 2016 grants, the Pensacola chapter will have funded 77 grants totaling $8.318 million.

TEMPLE BETH EL The oldest Jewish congregation in Florida has completed a multimillion dollar renovation of its synagogue and the 200-seat Max L. Bear social hall.

The congregation was founded in 1876.

The synagogue on the corner of Palafox and Cervantes streets was destroyed by fire in 1895 and 1929. Temple Beth El was constructed in 1931 by Wessell Construction in an Art Deco style, which has been preserved in the renovation.

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CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE The state-backed Citizens Property Insurance failed to convince state lawmakers to address the sudden increase in water-damage claims. Its officers warn that policy holders can expect to see annual rate hikes that approach 10 percent in South Florida, where water-damage claims have been the most prevalent. Citizens CEO Barry Gilway told his board that restrictions need to be placed on assignment of benefits, which often arise when homeowners need repairs for problems such as water damage. Homeowners sign over benefits to contractors, who ultimately pursue payments from insurance companies.

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GOOD NEWS-BAD NEWS Last week brought some good news. A local non-profit is set to become a difference maker yet again for area charities, and lawmakers brought home the bacon from Tallahassee.

IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area, a local women’s philanthropy group, announced that it set a new membership record, signing up 1,082 women. With each member contributing $1,000, the organization will award later this year 10 high impact project grants of $108,200 each to nonprofit agencies in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties. Over the past 13 years, IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area has funded 77 grants, totaling $8.318 million.

Our state lawmakers successfully brought back funds for key local projects. The City of Pensacola will receive $750,000 for stormwater retention for IHMC’s new building and $1 million for the airport’s commerce park. Pensacola State College and the University of West Florida will receive $18.7 million for new buildings, and the National Flight Academy will get $2.42 million.

One the bad news side, our community’s poverty bit us in the butt yet again.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency denied Gov. Rick Scott’s request for an emergency declaration as a result of the February 2016 tornadoes and severe weather. FEMA determined that the damage did not meet the severity to receive supplemental federal assistance for Public

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Out of the 167 indicators, Escambia County performed worse than the state in 98 of them. About half of them, 54 indicators, showed a worsening trend. Santa Rosa County performed worse than the state in 73 of them. Similarly, about half of them, 38 indicators, showed a worsening trend.

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A LEGISLATIVE LION COMES HOME opment Center in Pensacola,” he said. “That was vetoed, but the Governor did approve my proposal to provide for $500,000 in recurring additional operating funds for child development services out of that center.”

The state senator listed projects that did receive funds in the state budget.

“I'm pleased that the National Flight Academy, which we had hoped to get a million-anda-half dollars for,” he said. “We actually got $2 million in capital funds and another $400,000plus in operating funds.”

The University of West Florida and Pensacola State College were big winners.

“I was able to insert into the education budget a $10.8 million appropriation to replace Building 58, the science and laboratory building on the campus, as well as $8 million for the Baars classroom building at Pensacola State,” said Gaetz. “Northwest Florida was treated pretty well.”

term in Congress, Gaetz’s name was one of the first mentioned as a possible replacement. However, Gaetz announced he wasn’t interested in the post.

He shrugged off any thoughts of running. “Yeah, I was encouraged. It's always flattering when people say nice things about you. I just have had a lot of people call, even come directly to see me and have meetings with me and e-mail me and say, ‘Please, Don, run.’”

He joked, “I don't know if that's because they wanted to be sure I got out of Northwest Florida and got to Washington so I wouldn't be around here, or if they thought I could really be a good Congressman.”

He and his wife Vicky talked and prayed about it. He listened to his friends and concluded Congress wasn’t on his bucket list.

“We appreciated everything that everybody said, but at the end of the day, my home is in Northwest Florida, and my heart is in Northwest Florida, and I want to come home,” said Gaetz. “I've been in Tallahassee for 10 years. Along with Will Weatherford and Rick Scott, I've been one of the three Chief Constitutional Officers of this state. I want to live in Northwest Florida. I want to see the sun go down over the Gulf.

I want to hold hands with my wife and have a glass of wine and thank God for the good things here.”

He quipped, “There are only two things wrong with running for Congress. The first is you have to be in Washington, and the second is you have to be in Congress, and I don't like either one of those.”

“I think when you do your job you ought to come home and live under the laws that you passed.” Gaetz

ETHICS REFORM

Senator Don Gaetz

By Rick Outzen As he has done for the past decade, State Senator Don Gaetz (R-Niceville) sat down with Inweekly to talk about the most recently adjourned legislative session. This conversation was bittersweet, because the senator steps down later this year.

His passions have been education and ethics reform. He delivered on both, as well as funding for dozens of projects in Northwest Florida. His leadership will definitely be missed.

EDUCATION

According to Gaetz, Governor Rick Scott had proposed a significant increase in school funding, which sounded good, except 88-percent of the increases would be funded by an increase in property taxes.

“I don't think the way to help our economy to continue to recover is to substantially increase property taxes on small businesses and homeowners, and so the Governor and I actually disagreed on that issue,” he told Inweekly.

“I met with him and suggested to him that we ought to increase education funding but not increase property taxes, and we ought to make some cuts elsewhere in the 66

state budget if we wanted to increase our funding for K-12 schools and higher education,” said Gaetz.

The Florida Legislature did pass $428 million worth of property tax relief.

Gaetz said, “The required local effort, which is what people see on their tax bills, won't go up by $50, $60, $70, $80, or $100, as would've been the case if the Governor's budget would've passed. Instead, the required local effort will actually go down.”

He added, “We'll have record funding increases for education, more money for our K-12 schools and our state universities and colleges than ever before in the state's history, but not at the expense of a big property tax increase.

I'm glad that we were able to do that, and I take that as a personal win.”

He sponsored two ethics bills; only one, Senate Bill 582, known as the “Anti-corruption bill”, made it through both houses and awaits the Governor's signature. The bill had support by all 20 state attorneys in Florida and the Gannett newspapers, including the Pensacola News Journal.

“That's the bill that makes public contractors, people who do business with the government, responsible to abide by the same kinds of rules of ethics and arms-length transactions that we hold government officials responsible for,” said Gaetz. "It satisfies a strong recommendation that the state-wide grand jury made, that we ought to get rid of what they called the tax on corruption, $100 million a year in corruption on the part of public contractors.”

He added, “It's a law that goes deep into bid rigging, bid splitting, fraud, payoffs and what I would call ‘crony government’ between people who are contractors and people who are public officials, and it gives our prosecutors valuable tools to put these bad actors who use their palsy-walsy relationships with government in jail along with their government pals.”

He believes that the Governor will sign it.

“I don't think the way to help our economy to continue to recover is to substantially increase property taxes on small businesses and homeowners...” Don Gaetz

NORTHWEST FLORIDA PROJECTS Gaetz said that Governor Scott’s veto pen treated Northwest Florida “gently.”

“There was one project that I was particularly interested in that got vetoed—a $3 million renovation of the Pearl Nelson Child Devel-

PASSING ON CONGRESS

When Rep. Jeff Miller announced two weeks ago that he would not seek another

RETURNING HOME

This fall, Northwest Florida will elect a new state senator for District 2 as Gaetz termlimits out of office. He told Inweekly he is ready for the transition.

“I felt as though my job had been finished,” he said. “I served as Senate President. We brought home over $2 billion in infrastructure funding for Northwest Florida, hundreds of millions of dollars in education funding and health care funding and cultural arts funding. We had another big year for the cultural arts and museums, symphonies and operas in Northwest Florida.”

He added, “More important than any of those appropriations, I hope that I stood up for the conservative values of our area and was faithful to the people who sent me there.”

“I think when you do your job you ought to come home and live under the laws that you passed. I'll be able to accede to the highest office in the land, as Harry Truman described it, and that's Mr. Citizen.” {in} inweekly.net

THE FUTURE OF THE GOP

By Rick Outzen As the Republican Party comes to grip with the strong possibility that billionaire Donald Trump will be its presidential nominee, party officials are watching their party change before their eyes, and that change may not necessarily be bad.

Attorney Peter Feaman dropped by the Inweekly offices last week. Feaman represents Florida Republicans on the Republican National Committee (RNC) and sits on the RNC Rules Committee. He was in the area to attend the Lincoln Day Dinner in Walton County.

“Right now, I think it's becoming increasingly difficult to deny the nomination to Donald Trump,” said Feaman. “If he keeps winning, even if he doesn't get to the magic number of 1,237 (delegates) but gets close to that number, I don't see how you can then nominate somebody else.”

Trump has won primaries by running against the Republican establishment, which hasn’t surprised Feaman, who believes doing so has been good for the party.

Feaman considers himself a “grassroots guy.” He believes that the party establishment needed to be challenged.

“There was a Republican wave election in 2010, and what changed in Washington?

Nothing,” he told Inweekly. “Then 2012 happened, Republicans gained more seats in the House and the Senate, but then, in 2014, which is unusual, historically, another wave election for Republicans. What changed in Washington after these three election cycles?”

He said, “The perception is, nothing.

No cutting the budget, no dismantling of Obamacare, you could go through the list, and the perceptions are, and by and large, correct perception: nothing's changed.”

Today, Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz are the front-runners, something nobody expected a year ago.

“Trump has tapped into a vein of discontent. I don't call it anger as much as I'd call it deep discontent with the Republican base that we keep sending more and more Republicans up to Washington, hoping that things change, and we keep getting disappointed,” said Feaman.

“So now what arises? Two toughtalking, one a principled conservative, the other one talking like a very principled conservative.”

Feaman debunked the conspiracy recently pushed by syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh that the Republican National Committee is working to change convention rules to block Trump from getting the party’s presidential nomination.

“Rush is dead wrong about some plot by the Republican National Committee, of which I'm a member, that we're going to parachute in at the last minute in Cleveland, the savior that everybody will rally around,” he said. “It can't happen under the rules. Our rules right now, you can't even nominate somebody unless they've won at least eight states.”

The eight-state rule was pushed four

“Trump has tapped into a vein of discontent.” Peter Feaman

years ago by Mitt Romney’s people to keep conservatives from dragging out the ballots.

Prior to 2012, candidates needed to have won five states to be considered.

“We may reduce that to maybe five, because the Romney folks increased it in 2012 from five to eight, but the rules do not allow for somebody who hasn't even won a state in the primary process to be nominated to be our standard-bearer in the presidential election,” said Feaman.

He served on the convention rules committee in 2012.

Romney’s strong-arm tactics upset the Ron Paul supporters and probably hurt the former Massachusetts governor in the general election.

“The Romney folks came in the week before the convention and changed the rules to effectively make it so Ron Paul delegate votes wouldn't even be announced at the convention,” said Feaman. “They shouldn't have done it. They didn't have to do it, and a lot of people got so mad, they didn't go out to vote in the general election.”

He explained, “The theory was they wanted a smooth convention in prime time so it wouldn't get delayed past 11 p.m., and everyone could see Romney's acceptance speech,” he said.

“They wanted to enact rules to make sure that everything went like clockwork. They got too involved in the process and lost sight of the people, as so many of those Washington establishment types do.”

Feaman said that he didn’t expect the party to split over a Trump nomination.

“You might as well ensure the election of Hillary Clinton. Is that really what you want, with three or four Supreme Court nominees at stake?” he said. “That would clearly show that those folks up there are Republicans in name only. I can't imagine that that would happen.

Maybe I'm still naïve at my advanced age, but I just can't imagine that would happen.”

He said the Republican Party needs to be transparent.

“It's very important that the Republican National Committee show the world that the process is fair, and whatever the result of the process is, we can't control,” he said.

“We can only control that the perception is it's a fair process. We do that, and then we're doing the right thing.” {in}

“It's very important that the Republican National Committee show the world that the process is fair, and whatever the result of the process is, we can't control.” Feaman

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State Rep. Matt Gaetz / Courtesy Photo GAETZ ON THE GO State Rep. Matt Gaetz

(R) announced Monday that he would run for Florida’s 1st Congressional District. Earlier in the month, Congressman Jeff Miller made the decision to forgo another term.

“Washington’s failures have left the American people with trillions in debt, illegal immigrants sucking us dry, and attacks from Muslim terrorists rising,” said Gaetz in a press release. “While I planned to continue serving in the Florida Legislature, the fights we must win to save this country are in Washington.”

Matt Gaetz is an attorney from Fort Walton Beach and represents portions of Okaloosa County in the Florida House of Representatives. He currently chairs the House Finance & Tax Committee.

He had been campaigning to replace his father State Sen. Don Gaetz, who terms out of the legislature this fall. However, the sudden opening in Congress led him to rethink his political career.

On News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola Speak,“ Gaetz explained his jumping in the Congressional race.

“Washington is where the big fights,” he said. “I’ve really enjoyed serving in the Florida Legislature. We’ve cut taxes over 50 times.

I’ve sponsored legislation to repeal or replace over 4,000 regulations, fought for the Second Amendment, and was just having a great time.”

Gaetz added, “But even if you get everything right in Florida, our future is doomed if some important things don’t change in Washington.”

He said he is running to bring a lot of the conservative solutions that have worked so well in Florida to nation’s capital.

“When Donald Trump is President, Northwest Florida’s voice in Congress must ring loud and clear for bold, conservative reform,” said Gaetz. “Mine will.”

STAFFORD STAYS PUT On Monday after-

noon, Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David Stafford issued an announcement that he would seek the Congressional seat.

Stafford won the Supervisor of Elections position in 2004 and ran unopposed in 2008 and 2012. He previously served as

Northwest Florida Director for U.S. Senator Connie Mack and Chief of Staff for Congressman Joe Scarborough.

His press announcement: “When Congressman Miller recently announced his retirement, friends, supporters and neighbors from across our community reached out and encouraged me to enter the race.

“While in the midst of conducting the Presidential Primary, I pledged to take some time after the election to discuss the prospect with my family.

“After considerable thought and prayer, I’ve decided to forgo the race at this time. I have tremendous confidence in the voters in Escambia County and northwest Florida and have faith they will choose our next member of Congress wisely.

“As Supervisor of Elections, I look forward to continuing to do my part to ensure all voters have the opportunity to make their voices heard.”

EVERS ON HOLD The third prominent name that has been mentioned as a potential candidate is State. Sen. Greg Evers (R-Baker).

Evers told Dara Kam of The News Service of Florida that he would make an announcement regarding the Congressional race early next week.

“If I do run, it’s because I believe it’s where I can be the most effective service to my constituents, and not because I’m in a rush to enter the political fray in order to gain some sort of purely political, strategic advantage,” Evers said in a telephone interview during his first visit to the nation’s capital on Monday.

“I really believe these are serious times, extremely serious times. I intend to conduct myself accordingly. That requires that I do lots of prayer and research. That’s the reason I’m in Washington. And it was very humbling,” he said.

“Our country is in a serious state of affairs right now. We have to have a leader that’s going to stand up for the Panhandle.

I’ve done that at the state level, but I want to be sure that I’m the right person to do that in Washington.”

SPEARS FOR SUPERINTENDENT After

consulting with friends and family, Vernon High athletic director and head football coach Willie Spears made the decision to move back to Escambia County and run for Superintendent of Schools.

On March 21, Spears pre-filed as a No-Party Affiliation and held a campaign kick-off in downtown Pensacola’s Ferdinand Plaza.

“I’m running for this position because I love Pensacola. This is the city where my wife and I desire to lay down roots and as such, we want to make it a better place for our children…for all children!” Spears said.

Last week on “Pensacola Speaks,” Spears said that if elected, he will work to make the superintendent position an appointed one. The incumbent, Republican Malcolm Thomas, is running for a third term.

“The position itself needs to be appointed, so we can also always have a qualified person in the seat,” he said. “When it's a popularity contest, when a politician is in the seat, you're going to have problems.”

He added, “Special interests cannot continue to determine who runs our county’s most important position. The School Board should have the authority to interview, debate and solely determine who is best fit to be the next Superintendent.”

Spears explained his decision to run independent. “A politician doesn't even need to be in that seat. We're not talking about birth control, or pro choice, we're not talking about gay rights, we're not talking about all this, we're talking about educating students.”{in}

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On March 10, Congressman Jeff Miller stunned Northwest Florida when he announced that he would not seek another term.

“Fifteen years ago when Vicki and I were praying about running for Congress, we could have never imagined what may lie ahead,” he said in an official press announcement. “As we made our decision, we knew there would come a day when it would be time to pass the torch. That day has come, and I am announcing I will not seek reelection to Congress.”

He pointed out his successes during his time in Congress; the construction of two VA clinics to serve veterans of the First District, including the Joint Ambulatory Care Clinic that is the prototype for many others around the country. He wrote about his efforts to help rebuild the community after Hurricane Ivan and other disasters.

“When the Deepwater Horizon disaster affected the Gulf of Mexico and its surMarch 24, 2016

rounding communities, we passed the RESTORE Act, which will help our community recover for years to come,” said Miller.

He also spoke of exposing VA’s delays in care and accountability crises and passing the most significant reform bill in the history of the Department of Veterans Aff airs.

Miller talked about his staff and their help in achieving some of his greatest successes, such as cutting through red tape to help a widow, assisting a veteran with a disability benefits compensation claim or mediating a bureaucratic dispute for a constituent.

He said, “Thanks to my dedicated staff, a group that has always understood the importance of providing first-rate constituent services, we have made a positive difference in the lives of thousands of our neighbors.”

A week after his announcement, Congressman Miller discussed with Inweekly his 15 years in Washington, D.C. The world has changed significantly since he took office.

Miller was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives on Oct. 16, 2001, a little more than a month after 9/11 terrorists attacks.

“The morning that we were at the airport to fly up to Washington to be sworn in I got a call from the Majority Leader's office, and they said they discovered anthrax and they were shutting the Capital complex down and not to come,” Miller told Inweekly. “My swearing-in was actually delayed by about a week.”

Today, all incoming mail into the Capitol is irradiated off-site, inspected before it ever gets to the congressional offices.

Three years later, Northwest Florida

“That day has come, and I am announcing I will not seek reelection to Congress.” Jeff Miller

was rocked by Hurricane Ivan, the most devastating storm since Hurricane Andrew leveled Homestead, Florida in 1992.

“Whenever a catastrophic event like that happens, Congress typically will rally around whatever area has been impacted,” said Miller.

One of the most memorable photos from Hurricane Ivan was the semi-trailer hanging from a span of the Escambia Bay Bridge.

“I had to actually fight to get the money to rebuild that bridge,” he said. “There were others in line for funds, and we had to bump them in order to get the funding. It actually took some lifting, literally, here in D.C. in order to get those funds released.”

NAS Pensacola suffered over $400 million worth of damages. Miller had to convince Rep. Bill Young (R-Tampa), who chaired the Defense Appropriation Subcommittee, to allocate funds for the repairs.

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VICKI’S IDEA In the spring of 2001, Congressman Joe Scarborough announced his decision to step down to move back to Pensacola for family reasons.

Several names were mentioned as his successor, the most prominent being businessman Collier Merrill and Okaloosa County Superintendent of Schools Don Gaetz.

A little-known Florida House Representative, Jeff Miller from Chumuckla in north Santa Rosa County, announced his candidacy and said it didn’t matter who else got into the race; he was running.

Miller won the Republican primary and beat Democrat Steve Briese and NPA John G. Ralls, Jr. in the special election.

He admitted to Inweekly that it wasn’t his idea to announce his candidacy early.

“That was Vicki's idea,” Miller admitted. “There is a lot to be said for entering the race early. Any hesitancy in this environment could be perceived as a weakness. People want strong, forceful leadership.”

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WHAT MAKES A GOOD U.S. REPRESENTATIVE? Inweekly asked what are the traits voters should look for his replacement to have?

“You have to be able to listen,” said Miller. “If you have a different opinion, you have to be able to explain why your vote may be different than some folks may have wanted you to vote.”

He added, “I found that people would rather have the truth as early in the conversation as possible than trying to lead them along. If I couldn't do something, I tried to tell somebody right away, ‘I just can't do that, either for political reasons or personal reasons,’ but if I thought that there was a chance that something could be accomplished, we set a course in the best direction that we thought that we needed to go.”

Miller said, “Have all of the things that I've tried to accomplish up here been successful? No, and I don't know many people who have had successes with everything that they've tried.”

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age,” Miller said. “Then, of course, we had the heavy lift of doing something about the Main Street sewage treatment plant.”

The aging facility had been breached by the storm surge, dumping raw sewage in homes and businesses along Pensacola Bay. Miller said the plant created a “unique opportunity” for Pensacola that needed cooperation at the local level to develop a positive solution.

“Ordinarily, what would be done after an incident like that is you would harden the existing facility,” said Miller. “Once we were able to make the case that relocating would cost not much more than what the hardening would have cost, we were able to move forward with the funds to relocate that facility. Now, all of Pensacola enjoys it in the evening as they sit out downtown and dine alfresco.”

Miller said the war on terrorism is one that will be fought for many more years.

“By the time I got to D.C., war had already been declared in Afghanistan, and that was in direct response to the attacks on 9/11,” he said. “I guess it was within a year that we moved into Iraq.”

He said the decision to invade Iraq might have been different knowing what is now known about the Middle East.

“The decision would have been much different, but given the information that we were provided at the time and the fact that Saddam Hussein was vocally telling

everybody that he had weapons of mass destruction, we gave the funds that were necessary for the President to expand the war on terror,” said Miller.

He added, “The unfortunate thing today, from a military standpoint, is by leaving and not leaving troops in place as we have done where there have been other wars, we have seen a vacuum that has been filled by other terrorist groups.”

Miller said he has been extremely disappointed in how the Obama Administration has approached the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria.

“They control a large amount of territory,” he said.

“We waited too long to clamp down on their expansion, and we are seeing the results of those delays at this point.”

He said, “Of course, the President wanted to see new leadership. I think he felt that since he told President Mubarakof Egypt to leave, and he did, that he could just bully anybody out. President Assad decided he was going to dig in and stay put.

Of course, Russia has come to his aid.”

Though Russian President Vladimir Putin said recently his forces were pulling out of Syria, Miller said, “Anybody that thinks

that Russia is going to leave Syria anytime soon is seriously misguided.”

Miller has served as chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee since 2011. He also serves on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. When whistleblowers came forward with allegations of mismanagement and fraud at the VA, Miller’s committee took the lead on investigating irregularities and misdeeds.

“Our committee for the first time, and for an extended time, kept the light shining directly on an agency that had been allowed to expand for decades,” he said. “The VA with 340,000-plus employees and a $170-billion annual budget requires constant oversight.”

Miller said, “Once I became the chairman and we were able to make contact with, in many instances, whistleblowers that had been crying out for years about misdeeds and irregularities at various facilities around the country and they were never listened to, we were able to really expose the largest scandal in the history of the Department of Veterans Affairs and, in some instances, the Federal government because, as the Inspector General reported, the problems were systemic.”

“The VA with 340,000-plus employees and a $170-billion annual budget requires constant oversight.” Miller

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MILLER’S OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Fifteen years ago when Vicki and I were praying about running for Congress, we could have never imagined what may lie ahead. As we made our decision, we knew there would come a day when it would be time to pass the torch. That day has come, and I am announcing I will not seek reelection to Congress.

I am deeply humbled that the good people of Northwest Florida have chosen me to be their voice in the halls of Congress for nearly a decade and a half. The confidence and support the voters of the First District have placed in me are honors I have never taken for granted. I will be forever grateful for the trust, encouragement and love my constituents have shown to Vicki and me.

As the first Republican Member of Congress to take the oath of office after the tragic attacks of September 11, 2001, the safety and security of this country have never left my mind. I sought positions on the Armed Services and Veterans’ Affairs Committees – two places where I felt I could best represent my district and make a difference for the entire Nation.

I’ve been blessed with many successes during my time in Congress.

There are now two “new” VA Clinics serving the veterans of the First District, including the Joint Ambulatory Care Clinic, which was the prototype for many others around the country.

After a host of powerful storms, including a 2004 Hurricane named Ivan, we worked together to rebuild our community time and again. When the Deepwater Horizon disaster affected the Gulf of Mexico and its surrounding communities, we passed the RESTORE Act, which will help our community recover for years to come. And after exposing VA’s delays in care and accountability

crises, we wrote and passed the most significant reform bill in the history of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Some of our greatest successes, however, are unknown to most. Things like cutting through red tape to help a widow, assisting a veteran with a disability benefits compensation claim or mediating a bureaucratic dispute for a constituent rarely make front-page news. But they are important responsibilities every member of Congress has a duty to fulfill. Thanks to my dedicated staff, a group that has always understood the importance of providing first-rate constituent services, we have made a positive difference in the lives of thousands of our neighbors.

There is still more to accomplish before I depart. I intend to complete my tenure as House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs chairman while maintaining the same robust oversight of the VA that has defined my chairmanship. As we approach the markup and consideration of the annual Defense Authorization Bill, I will do everything in my power to ensure our Armed Services remain the finest and most-equipped fighting force in the world. And in an ever dangerous world, I will continue my service on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

When it comes time to elect a new U.S. Representative for the First District, I have every confidence that Northwest Floridians will choose someone who embodies the integrity, optimism and values of the people of our great community. And when I return home to Chumuckla at the conclusion of my time in office, I will do so with a deep love of this Country and a strong belief that her best days are not behind her, but yet to come.

He added, “It's interesting now, there are IG reports that are coming out about individual facilities, and the VA is claiming that they're being exonerated. That's far from the truth.”

After Jeb Bush dropped out of the race for the GOP presidential nomination, Miller endorsed Sen. Marco Rubio. Since Donald Trump’s victory in the Florida Republican primary, Rubio suspended his campaign.

There has been talk of the conservative wing of the GOP breaking off or attempting to block Trump’s nomination. Miller said he would not support a split.

“I think a lot of people have been surprised by the coalescing of individuals who have been angered by almost eight years now of the Obama Administration,” he said. “They see this as an opportunity to make their voices heard. Now, after Florida voted, it's clear the direction that many in the Party want it to go.”

Miller said, “I don't want the Party split.

I don't think we need to have a brokered convention. I am hopeful that the nominee receives the delegates that are required to receive the nomination.”

He said that any attempt by “Washington elites” to change that trajectory is a grave error for his party.

“Donald Trump is bringing people into the Party who have never voted before, who have probably, in many instances, voted in the past and decided that their vote didn't count,” said Miller. “Now they think that it does. I think that's a good thing.”

What will be Jeff Miller’s next move?

“I told some folks the other day that Vicki and I had talked about opening a bait shop in Chumuckla,” he joked. “Vicki said I could sell crickets and worms in the front and she'd do nails in the back.”

On a more serious note, Miller said that this was the right time to step away.

“I think for the District it's time for a new, fresh voice to represent the 700,000 people that I've had the honor to represent for 15 years,” he said. “It's very different for us, because we usually have a plan as to what's next and we are stepping out on faith right now, that God will lead us in the right direction, and we are at peace.”

He added. “By the way, we are both very, very well. We are getting lots of calls from folks saying, ‘Is there an illness?’ No, no. We're very well and it's just time to do something different.” {in}

KIND WORDS FOR MILLER Inweekly asked State Senator Don Gaetz about Rep. Miller’s retirement from Congress.

“Well, I was shocked when Jeff called me last Thursday and said he was not going to run again,” he told Inweekly. “Jeff's not just my Congressman, he's my friend. He and Vicki have given 15 years of their lives to representing Northwest Florida and Washington.”

Gaetz said that he tried to talk Miller out of stepping away from Congress.

“He's been a stalwart for our military bases and missions. He's been

a champion for our veterans, trying to unsnarl what I would consider to be the criminal mess in the Veteran's Administration,” said Gaetz.

“I tried to talk him out of it, to continue to run again, but I wish Jeff and Vicki the best. When somebody gives 15 years like that, after awhile you've got to give them a chance to live their own lives,” he told Inweekly.

Gaetz added, “Jeff 's a good guy, a great Congressman, and frankly I think our state and our country are poorer the day that he walks off the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.”

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story carries on. Sharing that story is someto be entrusted to presenting these thing Ennen doesn't take lightly. vignettes together for the first time," "More than anything, I hope the audihe said. "It is a great responsibility, ence learns something about the history but also a great thrill and challenge. of the Holocaust," he said. "This opera This evening is such powerful musibalances the horrific events of what hapcal storytelling that it takes us away pened...with the beautiful art and poetry from our present realities and allows that they produced there. It helps shed us to enter the stories the singers are telling as wiling and engaged participants."

The composer, Heggie, was recently awarded the prestigious Eddie Medora King prize from the UT Austin Butler School of Music. He is also a Guggenheim Fellow and served for three years as a mentor for Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative.

Shannon first came to know light on a dark time in history through Heggie by conducting his opera beautiful music with a wonderful libretto, "Dead Man Walking," which will make hence the title 'Out of Darkness.' They (the its Florida premiere next year. audience) will walk away having experi"Jake Heggie’s music conveys true enced incredibly beautiful music and the human emotions," Shannon said. "He story of hope from these characters." is truly a composer for the voice. In Operas are sometimes known for their fact, he only composes for the voice tragic endings, but in the case of "Out of (operas, songs, etc.). This focus and Darkness," it's a tragedy that is a reality. dedication to the voice allows him to However, the production is more about exploit its ability to convey emohope than sorrow. tion in a way which is both subtle and "Even the saddest of stories often leave seductive. While never aggressive he us with hope. Madama Butterfly knows composes in layers of tonalities which that her sacrifice will insure a better life for combine to effectively portray the her child. Tosca jumps to her death after story he is telling through music." swearing she will avenge Scarpia before Thaddeus Ennen of Pensacola God" said Shannon. "The amazing thing Opera will play the role of Manfred Lewin. about Jake and his librettist Gene Scheer Lewin and Gad Beck were lovers in the 1930s is they have taken these very real human torn apart under Nazi rule. stories and conveyed them in a way which Ennen said his preparation of the role was is both incredibly touching but also spiritumuch of the same for previous productions. ally uplifting."{in} Only this time, he was portraying a real person instead of a fictitious character.

"For other shows I research how the role has traditionally been presented," he explained via email.

"With this role I needed to research WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 31, Friday the life and actions of the Manfred and Saturday, April 1-2 as a living breathing person. It really WHERE: Pensacola Opera Center, 75 S. Tardictates the way the character acts ragona St. and breathes based on the events in COST: $35 March 31 (opening night includes their life." post-production reception); $25 April 1-2 Manfred's story, which is told in DETAILS: pensacolaopera.com the third act, "For a look or a Touch," was taken from his journal. He was murdered at Auschwitz, but his

“This opera balances the horrific events of what happened...with the beautiful art and poetry that they produced there.” Jerome Shannon

"Out Of Darkness" / Courtesy Photo Jerome Shannon, executive director of Pensacola Opera, has tried to present Jake Heggie's, "Out of Darkness" three times to the local community.

"I was intrigued by 'Out of Darkness' due to its subject matter — the Holocaust," he said by e-mail. "The three vignettes, which comprise this evening were each commissioned by Music for Remembrance in Seattle.

Jake made it possible for us to present these three pieces together by granting us permission for the final workshop production in advance of the world premiere. I chose 'Out of Darkness' for the artist in residence showcase due to its great music and its subject matter."

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able," Shannon said. "It is a visceral, emotional reaction to the combination of the ability of the human voice to convey emotion and a composer who can write music for the voice which exploits its communicative impact."

It's a different production for the local company. There's no plot, just three individual stories based on the recollections and poetry of Auschwitz survivor Krystyna Zywulska.

"Another Sunrise," is about Zywulska, who after being captured by the Polish resistance, wrote poems and songs, which were then circulated among fellow prisoners. "Farewell, Auschwitz" is taken from Zywulska's lyrics and "For a look or a Touch" speaks about the Nazi persecution of homosexuals.

There's also no traditional set designs, just projections, which Shannon said is a first for the company.

"It’s very exciting to be given permission by the composer to present his work and

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Andrew Bird “Are You Serious”

Andrew Bird seems hell-bent and determined to make sure that we know just how musically flexible he is. “But when you break up, sky's falling, no one is on your side. Spoon dirty laundry, darling you're all alone.” This snippet is from ‘Capsized,’ the lead single and opening track from Bird’s 13th studio album, “Are You Serious,” and is drizzled over a verse that sounds more like Tracy Chapman than where Bird has been before. What follows is all over the map from danceable tracks to R&B softness to baroque funk-pop (?) to folk love songs shared with Fiona Apple. With such a grandiose career as a professional musician, the

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desire to stretch one’s wings is inevitable, and Bird seems to do that more and more from album to album. Whereas at one point, he was content to loop his violin, play his guitar, whistle, and sing, now he seems to prefer letting other people add their touches and fills to what he already knows are his gifts. The LP is another notch in the belt of a world-class musician and shows him stretching his legs further than ever before. “Are You Serious” is out April 1 via EMI Records.

Jacket's Jim James, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, members of Grizzly Bear, Phosphorescent, Terry Riley and his son Gyan, Stephen Malkmus, Lucinda Williams, Angel Olsen, Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan, Cass McCombs, Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry, the Band's Garth Hudson, Caroline Shaw, and many others. Yeah, I know. “Day of the Dead” is out May 20 via 4AD.

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And Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy ‘Your Hard Work Is About To Pay Off. Keep On Keeping On’

“Day of the Dead”

I’m not really going to say much about this. You should know that it’s a tribute to The Grateful Dead, it’s a benefit for Red Hot, an HIV/AID non-profit, and I’m extremely excited about it. Otherwise, I’m just going to list the contributors who will be offering up Grateful Dead songs and let you also get excited. the National (who are also the curators and appear on the track listing more than once), Wilco, the Flaming Lips, Courtney Barnett, Anohni, the War on Drugs, Bruce Hornsby with Justin Vernon's band DeYarmond Edison and Megafaun, Bill Callahan, the Walkmen, Kurt Vile and J Mascis, Jenny Lewis, TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Real Estate, Perfume Genius with Sharon Van Etten, Fucked Up, My Morning

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I’m rarely into songs that jive of repetitive World Music, but there’s something about this track, which came from a jam session between improve trio Bitchin Bajas and the constantly-morphing Will Oldham.

I’m also rarely into most things that are recorded jam sessions, but the Record Store Day exclusive, “Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties,” is actually pretty enjoyable and executed very well. ‘Your Hard Work Is About To Pay Off. Keep On Keeping On’ is the sort of lead single from the album and is hypnotic in its constancy and faithful swirl. Check out this track on YouTube and keep your eyes open for the collaborative work between these two. “Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties” is out now via Drag City. {in}

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CURRY NIGHT DINNER CLASS FEATURING RUSS CRANDALL 6-8:30 p.m. $45. So

Gourmet & Kitchenry, 407-D S. Palafox St. sogourmetpensacola.com ICE FLYERS VS. LOUISIANA 7:05 p.m. $15$29. Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. pensacolabaycenter.com DATE NIGHT DANCING 7:15-8:15 p.m. Learn the basics of several romantic ballroom and country dance styles in a unique group class that keeps partners together. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com VAMPIRES EVERYWHERE 7 p.m. With Chasing Safety & Sycamour. $8. The Handlebar, 319 N. Tarragona St. pensacolahandlebar. com

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TORANAVOX, THE POSSIBILITY WAVE, CHRISTIAN ROCK 9 p.m. $5-$10. Sluggo's,

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LEARN TO ROW 8-11 a.m. A free event for ages 13 and up to learn about rowing techniques and have the opportunity to get into a boat and try it. Bayview Park. pensacolarowing.org PALAFOX MARKET 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Fresh produce, live plants, baked goods, fine art and antiques are just a few of the items offered at the weekly Palafox Market.

Items originate directly from participating vendors, including dozens of local farmers, home gardeners and area artists. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, N. Palafox. palafoxmarket.com KIDS' EASTER DECORATING EGG-STRAVAGANZA 9:30-10:45 a.m. For kids 6-12. $20.

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Pensacola Bay Center, 201 E. Gregory St. pensacolabaycenter.com SUNSET TOAST AT THE TOP 6:30 p.m. Pensacola Lighthouse, 201 Radford Blvd. $50 per couple. pensacolalighthouse.org BALLROOM DANCING 7:30-10:30 p.m. $10.

Bayview Senior Center, 2000 E. Lloyd St. 436-5190.

HONEY ISLAND SWAMP BAND 8 p.m. With Linda Sue Delgado. $10. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox, vinylmusichall.com.

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SEVILLE QUARTER MILERS 5:30 p.m. Run-

ners meet in front of Seville Quarter for a run around downtown Pensacola. Free pasta and drink specials after the run at Fast Eddie's. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

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3670 Barrancas Ave. cookingschoolsofamerica.com/pensacolacooks DANCE LESSONS 6:30 p.m. Swing, Country, and Ballroom. Professional partner dance instruction for all skill levels. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com GULF BREEZE BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION 6:30 p.m. The club will discuss "Go Set a Watchman," visitors are welcome to join. The group meets at the Elks Lodge on Pensacola Beach, 661 Pensacola Beach Blvd. For more information, contact Donna Jones at 932-8620.

STOMP 7:30 p.m. Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox. Tickets start at $52. For more information, call 595-3880 or visit pensacolasaenger.com.

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closed on Mondays and will operate under its regular schedule Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

All Historic Pensacola tickets, including half-price tickets, are valid throughout historic Pensacola for one week from the date of purchase, which allows guests to explore museums, venues, tours and interact with history interpreters.

Standard pricing is $8 for adults; $7 for seniors, AAA members and military personnel and their dependents; and $4 for children ages three to 14. Annual passes to Historic Pensacola are also available, starting at $50. {in} The T.T. Wentworth Museum is located at 330 S. Jefferson St. in downtown Pensacola. For more information visit historicpensacola.org or call 595-5990.

Dogs must be leashed and well-behaved.

Walkers meet at entrance to Bayview Dog Park at 20th Ave and E. Lloyd St. FREE TUESDAY A PMA 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Enjoy free admission at Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org

KATHLEEN LOGAN ON "GROWING YOUR SELF ESTEEM" 6 p.m. Angel's Garden, 1208 N. 12th

Ave. facebook.com/AngelsGarden

WEDNESDAY 3.30

BLUE ANGELS TOUR 11 a.m. Pensacola Lighthouse, 2081 Radford Blvd. $20 per person. pensacolalighthouse.org DANCE LESSONS 6:30 p.m. West Coast Swing. Professional partner dance instruction for all skill levels. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com CONCERT UNDER THE STARS 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Nikki Talley is making a pit stop in Pensacola to do a live concert ‘under the stars’ at From the Ground Up Garden on Wednesday. In addition to the music, Pensacola Cooks Kitchen will be on the site with food and coffee trucks.

From the Ground Up Community Garden, 711 N. Hayne St. $10. innisfreehotels.com RUNGE STRINGS ORCHESTRA 7-9 p.m. Free concert from students at UWF and PSC. Pensacola State College, Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, 1000 College Blvd. pensacolastate.edu DANCE PARTY 8-10 p.m. A mix of swing, country, and ballroom music for partner dancing on the best wood dance floor in the area. DanceCraft, 8618 Pensacola Blvd. $10. dancecraftfl.com TSU SHI MA MI RE, WE ARE THE ASTEROID, REZOLVE, NIGHT WARS, MONTE & DWIGHT SMITH 9:30 p.m. $5-$10 Sluggo's, 101 S. Jef-

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433-WINE or 433-9463

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Half-price and more hours at T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Museum

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A DESIGN THINKING WORKSHOP WITH FILIPE MUNOZ 5:30-

7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 24. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. Cost is $5 for PMA members and $10 for nonmembers.

For more information, visit pensacolamuseum.org.

MORPHOMETRIC: PHOTOGRAPHY

BY CHRISTOPHER WHITE 5-7 p.m.

Thursday, March 24. TAG, 11000 University Pkwy., Building 82, Room 206. uwf.edu

JEWELRY RAFFLE TO BENEFIT QUAYSIDE ART GALLERY

Pieces from Bere' Jewelers will be raffled off to help preserve the Quayside Art Gallery's building.

The jewelry is now on display at the gallery, located at 15-17 E. Zaragoza in downtown Pensacola. A beautiful diamond pendant with adjustable chain, a diamond and sapphire ring and a yellow gold pearl bracelet. And what's great..."It's Your Choice" which item you will win.

Each of these items were carefully chosen and each

is valued at over $1,200. Tickets are for sale for $10 each and all proceeds go to Quayside's building preservation fund. You will not need to be present to win and the winning item can be shipped anywhere in the United States. Drawing will take place May 6.

≥Exhibits

MORPHOMETRIC: PHOTOGRAPHY

BY CHRISTOPHER WHITE On view

through April 16.

TAG, 11000 University Pkwy., Building 82, Room 206. uwf. edu MIXED BREEDS On view through April 29. Quayside Art Gallery, 15-17 E. Zaragoza. 438-2363 or quaysidegallery. com UPTOWN DOWNTOWN On view

through April 15.

Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. artelgallery.org ABSTRACT ARGO

From the Artel gallery vault. On view through April 15.

Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. artelgallery.org MIXED MESSAGES

On view through April 15. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox. artelgallery.org A SAMPLING OF ART BY TERRY COVINGTON On

view through April

30. Open Books Bookstore, 1040 N. Guillemard St. openbookspcola. com.

BLUES BROTHERS ART Pieces by lo-

cal artists on view through March 26.

Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox. bluemorninggallery. com

FEARSOME FOURSOME On view

through March 28 at Quayside Gallery, 17 E. Zarragossa St. quaysidegallery. com DO PROCESS On view at the First City Art Center gallery through April 15. 1060 N. Guillemard St. firstcityart.org.

ANNUAL MEMBERS' JURIED EXHIBITION

On view through April 15. Selected works from Pensacola Museum of Art Members.

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

TSCHACBASOV: INNER VISIONS

On view through June 4. Selection of etchings from Russian-born Nahum Tschacbaso.

Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org FUNKY TURNS 40

This exhibition commemorates the 40th anniversary of 1970’s Saturday

morning cartoons that featured positive black characters for the first time in television history. The exhibition includes original production cells and drawings used to produce these cartoons. On display until April 9.

Museum hours and location: TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. pensacolamuseum.org THE WAY WE WORKED 10 a.m. to

3 p.m. Smithsonian Institute traveling exhibit about history of American workers. The exhibition will be on display at the Lillian F. King Museum, located in the Molino Community Complex, 6450 Highway 95A North, Molino, Florida until April 30.

Call For Art

GREAT GULFCOAST ARTS FESTIVAL

Artist applications are now open for the Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival, to be held November 4, 5 & 6, 2016 in Seville Square, in historic downtown Pensacola. Cash prizes totaling $25,000 will be awarded.

Jury fee is $40. The deadline for entry is May 31.Artists

Fat Albert from Funky Turns 40/ On view at Pensacola Museum of Art can apply at: ggaf. org/apply. For more information, visit ggaf.org.

GRANT FOR EMERGING ARTISTS

The Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival, in partnership with Artel Gallery, is offering a new grant for emerging artists.

As the inaugural event, this will be available to Escambia/Santa Rosa County full-time residents. We are looking for artists that have been practicing their craft for a minimum of two years and a maximum of five. The grant waives all GGAF entry fees ($40 jurying fee, $300

booth fee). Please contact Suzanne at hatchingartists@ gmail.com for more information.

CELEBRATING BROWNSVILLE MURAL COMPETITION

Artel Gallery in partnership with the Escambia County Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is looking for artists for the annual mural competition.

The theme this year is “Empowerment.”

The organization is seeking local art pieces which feature positive representations of diverse urban communities. Selected works will be reproduced as large

scale images and will become part of an ongoing outdoor art gallery. Media is limited to 2D only and may not exceed 24” X 36."

No profanity, nudity or racially offensive art will be accepted.

Winners of the competition will be announced on the day of the event and have their work reproduced as a building installation and displayed on a local building.

Artists may submit up to three works.

Artists must submit a physical art piece to be considered for a building installation and exhibited at the Celebrating

Brownsville Arts & Cultural Festival on Saturday, April 30. For assistance contact Suzanne Robbert at CelebrateBrownsville@ gmail.com.

Classes & Workshops FIRST CITY ART CENTER (FCAC)

offers The Artistic Affair, a new series of mini-workshops that will be held the first and third Wednesday of each month. Participants can attend one workshop or all. The workshop will include a demonstration, explanation of materials, processes and materials as

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All materials will be provided. The cost of the workshop is $40. Days are: April 6, Bird Nest Painting on Wood; April 20, Natural Found Objects Collage; May 4, Layered Tree Skin Mixed Media;

May 18, Highly Textured Fiber Painting and June 1, Heavy Layered Painting on Cardboard. The workshop is open to participants 16 and up. For more information, contact 429-1222 or visit FirstCityArt.org.

•Eight-week beginner and advanced classes are available on Tuesday nights at First City Art Center. Belly dance for fun and fitness

for beginners and belly dance for precision and performance for intermediate and advanced students. For more information and to sign up for a class visit pensacolabellydance.com •Founded about 20 years ago, the life drawing group meets almost every Monday evening to draw the human figure. Artists of any skill level are

welcome. The cost is just enough to pay the model, usually between $5-$10 a person. Contact: phayes@ihmc.us if interested, or just show up between 6-9 p.m. on any Monday at First City Art Center, 1060 N. Guillemard St. The group is always looking for new models, contact Pat at the email address above if interested.

Filmmaker on the Rise

By Jennifer Leigh

Clay Bloodworth / Photo by Dalton Wright Clay Bloodworth is just 17. Yet the Gulf Breeze High School student has already started mapping out his career in film.

Last month, his short film, “Cold Deceit,” was selected to be screened at the Georgia College Milledgeville Film Festival in April.

This is the third short film by Bloodworth, as well as his first crack at narrative film.

With a handful of friends, Bloodworth filmed “Cold Deceit” over the summer at an undisclosed local motel.

The script, he said, was the product of watching “too many Quentin Tarantino films.”

“It’s a little derivative of those crime movies, mixed in with the classic gangster movies,” he said. “I was trying to get away from documentary filmmaking and wrote this short script one day when I was bored.”

While most young filmmakers resort March 24, 2016

to casting themselves and manning the camera, Bloodworth called upon local talent. He cast two friends from the GBHS drama department to play the roles and his friend, Zac Green, to film the short on his DSLR. “I’m not really a camera person, that will probably never be my forte,” he admitted. “But Zac is one of the best photographers in the area, and I knew he could easily translate to film.”

“Cold Deceit” is mostly a conversation between two friends in a motel room.

Bloodworth’s own synopsis is “A young small-timer in the world of North Carolina crime calls on his more experienced friend to help him out of the amateurish mess he's made.”

Bloodworth’s love of film began at about 13 years old when he saw “Avatar” in 3D. Since then, his tastes have transitioned from blockbusters to classic and foreign films.

Whether he’s at work at Treehouse Cinema or home, he watches about a movie a day.

He’s excited to share his own movie with audiences at the Milledgeville Film Festival April 14 through 17.

“It feels great (to be selected),” he said.

“It’s a form of validation from someone other than family members.”

Next fall, he’ll be a freshman at University of North Carolina studying film.

He knows his work is cut out for him when it comes to a career in filmmaking, but he’s willing to follow his passion.

“With film you not only have to imagine the story, but you also have to put it to visuals,” he said. “It’s much more than writing … you have to follow through.” {in} 23

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p.m. Special prices for B.A.R.E. Car membership holders. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St., sevillequarter. com Mondays TEXAS HOLD ‘EM FOR FUN AND TRIVIA 7 p.m. The

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Thursdays POKER 8 p.m. The Ticket 1, 7250 Plantation Rd., ticketsportsbar.com POOL TOURNAMENT 8 p.m. The

Ticket 2, 2115 W. 9 Mile Rd., ticketsportsbar.com

COLLEGE NIGHT

Drink specials, beer pong tournament starts at 10 p.m.

Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com.

Fridays WINE TASTING 5-7 p.m. Informative wine tasting in Seville Quarter Wine and Gift Shop. No charge for the tasting. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter. com DRAG BINGO 6-8 p.m. Ages 21 and over. Emerald City’s The Other Side,

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POOL TOURNAMENT 8 p.m. The

Ticket 1, 7250 Plantation Rd., ticketsportsbar.com Saturdays

MEMBERSHIP APPRECIATION NIGHT 8 p.m. Seville

Quarter Membership Card Holder Appreciation Night at Phineas Phogg's.

130 E. Government St., sevillequarter. com

Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9 p.m. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox. wobusa.com/locations/Palafox BAR BINGO 8 p.m.

Apple Annie’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com MONDAY NIGHT TRIVIA 9:30-10:30

p.m. Mugs and Jugs, 12080 Scenic Highway. facebook.com/

MugsJugs Tuesdays

TUESDAY TRIVIA 8

p.m. The Bridge Bar and Sunset Lounge, 33 Gulf Breeze Parkway. facebook. com/thebridgebargb

TICKET TEAM TRIVIA 8 p.m. The Ticket

1, 7250 Plantation Rd., ticketsportsbar. com POKER 8 p.m. The Ticket 2, 2115 W. 9 Mile Rd., ticketsportsbar.com TEAM TRIVIA 9 p.m. Hopjacks. 10 S. Palafox. hopjacks. com Wednesdays WINE DOWN WEDNESDAYS 11

a.m. Half priced bottles of wine every Wednesday. Jackson's Steakhouse, 226 S. Palafox. jacksonsrestaurant. com

LADIES NIGHT ON THE DECK 5 p.m. $2

drinks and music.

The Deck Bar, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhousepensacola. com PUB TRIVIA NIGHT

7-9:30 p.m. Goat Lips Beer Garden, 2811 Copter Road. facebook.com/ goatlipsdeli

WEDNESDAY QUIZ TRIVIA 8 p.m. The

Cabaret, 101 S. Jefferson St. cabaretpensacola.com TICKET BAR BINGO

8 p.m. The Ticket 1, 7250 Plantation Rd., ticketsportsbar.com BAR BINGO 10 p.m.

Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 200. iplaypensacola.com

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Thursdays Lili Marlene’s at Seville Quarter, 8 p.m.

130 E. Government St. sevillequarter. com Saturdays Krazy George 9 p.m.

Hub Stacey's 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com Sundays 9 p.m. The Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker. com Mondays The Cabaret, 9 p.m.

101 S. Jefferson St. 607-2020 or cabaretpensacola.com Tuesdays Sandshaker Lounge, 8 p.m. 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com Play, 9 p.m. 16 S. Palafox, Suite 200. iplaypensacola.com

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THURSDAY 3.24

AL MARTIN 6-11

p.m. The Piano Bar, Quality Inn, 7601 Scenic Hwy.

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6 p.m. The

Deck, 600 S.

Barracks St. fishhousepensacola. com.

TIM SPENCER 6-10 p.m. Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road, Pensacola Beach. peglegpetes. com POST PLUTO 6 p.m.

Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via De Luna Dr., Pensacola Beach. paradisebar-grill. com JAMES ADKINS 7 p.m. Hub Stacey's 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com LEE YANKEE & THE HELLZ YEAH 8 p.m.-

midnight Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker. com DUELING PIANOS

8 p.m. Rosie O' Grady's Dueling Piano Show. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St., sevillequarter.com.

COLM KELLY 9 p.m.

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FRIDAY 3.25

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD

5 p.m. The Deck, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhousepensacola. com

PLATINUM PREMIER 6-10 p.m. Peg

Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road, Pensacola Beach. peglegpetes.com AL MARTIN 6-11 p.m.

The Piano Bar, Quality Inn, 7601 Scenic Hwy. PAXTON NORRIS BAND 6 p.m.

Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via De Luna Dr., Pensacola Beach. paradisebar-grill.com DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O' Grady's Dueling Piano Show.

Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St., sevillequarter.com.

THE BLENDERS 8:30 p.m. Hub Stacey's 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com LOCAL BROADCAST

9:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. p.m. End O' The Alley. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter. com DUNNOTTAR 9 p.m.1a.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com COLM KELLY 9 p.m.

McGuire's Irish Bar Pub, 600 E. Gregory St. mcguiresirishpub. com LIVE MUSIC 9 p.m.

The Deck, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhousepensacola.com

SATURDAY 3.26

SHANE MARTIN 12-4

p.m. Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road, Pensacola Beach. peglegpetes. com LEKTRIC MULLET 4 p.m. Hub Stacey's 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com AL MARTIN 6-11 p.m.

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The Piano Bar, Quality Inn, 7601 Scenic Hwy. 3 BEAN SOUP 6-10 p.m. Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road, Pensacola Beach. peglegpetes. com TBA 6 p.m. The Deck, 600 S. Barracks St. fishhousepensacola.com PAXTON NORRIS BAND 6 p.m.

Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via De Luna Dr., Pensacola Beach. paradisebar-grill.com DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O' Grady's Dueling Piano Show.

Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St., sevillequarter.com.

COLM KELLY 9 p.m.

McGuire's Irish Bar Pub, 600 E. Gregory St. mcguiresirishpub. com LOCAL BROADCAST

9 p.m. End O' The Alley, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com J. WILLIAMS BAND 9 p.m.-1a.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker. com

SUNDAY 3.27

JIM ARMSTRONG 11

a.m.- 3 p.m. Hilton Garden Inn, 1144 Airport Blvd.

SEVILLE QUARTER JAZZ BRUNCH 11

a.m.-3p.m. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com JOSH TYRONE 12-4 p.m. Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road, Pensacola Beach. peglegpetes. com JP SOARS 3 p.m.

Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via De Luna Dr., Pensacola Beach. paradisebar-grill. com GREG LYON 4 p.m.

Hemingway's Island Grill, 400 Quietwater Beach Rd. SWING JAZZ BAND

4 p.m. Hub Stacey's

Sam’s Seafood—Celebrating over 32 years 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys.com KIP MOORE 4 p.m.-8 p.m.. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker.com CADILLAC ATTACK

6-10 p.m. Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road, Pensacola Beach. peglegpetes.com COLM KELLY 9 p.m.

McGuire's Irish Bar Pub, 600 E. Gregory St. mcguiresirishpub. com

MONDAY 3.28

MYSTERY MUSIC MONDAYS HOSTED

BY PAXTON NORRIS

6-10 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via De Luna Dr., Pensacola Beach. paradisebargrill.com MIKE VANESS 6-10 p.m. Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road, Pensacola Beach. peglegpetes. com MONDAY NIGHT BLUES 8 p.m. Blues

Society of Northwest Florida presents and open jam at Lilli Marlene's.

Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com

SCOOT AND JEREMY

8 p.m. End O' The Alley. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com COLM KELLY 9 p.m.

McGuire's Irish Bar Pub, 600 E. Gregory St. mcguiresirishpub. com

TUESDAY 3.29 JP SOARS 6 p.m.

Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna Dr., Pensacola Beach. paradisebar-grill. com

MIKE MAGAZINE

6-10 p.m. Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road, Pensacola Beach. peglegpetes.com

LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6 p.m. The

Deck, 600 S.

Barracks St. fishhousepensacola. com

AN EVENING OF GREAT JAZZ 6:30

to 10 p..m. Lili Marlene's in Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com MIKE QUINN 8 p.m.

End O' The Alley Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com COLM KELLY 9 p.m.

McGuire's Irish Bar Pub, 600 E. Gregory St. mcguiresirishpub. com

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Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna Dr., Pensacola Beach. paradisebar-grill. com 3 BEAN SOUP 6-10 p.m. Peg Leg Pete's, 1010 Fort Pickens Road, Pensacola Beach. peglegpetes. com JORDAN RICHARDS

7:30 p.m. Hub Stacey's 312 E. Government St. hubstaceys. com

TYLER MAC BAND

8 p.m.- midnight Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. sandshaker. com DUELING PIANO SHOW 8 p.m. Rosie

O' Grady's, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com MIKE QUINN 8 p.m.

Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. sevillequarter.com COLM KELLY 9 p.m.

McGuire's Irish Bar Pub, 600 E. Gregory St. mcguiresirishpub. com LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 9 p.m. The

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DIFFERENCE MAKERS

Gulf Power recognizes community nonprofits with service awards Many strands, one thread.

This one simple phrase was used to weave together the commonality of four nonprofit organizations that Gulf Power recently recognized for their contributions and commitment to Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

The organizations receiving the Power of Service awards included Another Chance Transitional Services, Learn to Read of Northwest Florida, St. Joseph Medical Clinic and Epps Christian Center Inc. Referring to the line inscribe on the wall at Voices of Pensacola Multicultural Center, Stan Connally, Gulf Power president and CEO, drew inspiration from the quote and said the organizations, like the strands, create the thread of the community.

“These are organizations doing things that sometimes don’t get noticed as much,” said Connally.

“But nonetheless, they are doing things that make a big difference in our community. Through these awards, we are helping to tell their story that otherwise might go unheard.”

Another Chance Transitional Services, also known as ACTS, is dedicated to reducing the rate of recidivism of men and women released from jail or prison, by offering employment assistance, monthly seminars and training sessions, GED program and a dress-for-success clothing closet. To date, nearly 167 participants have received employment through the program.

Learn to Read of Northwest Florida is dedicated to helping functionally illiterate adults improve their lives by teaching them to read. Over the past 30 years, more than 10,000 students have successfully completed the program.

St. Joseph Medical Clinic provides health care to the uninsured and working poor. Formed in 2002 in response to concerns voiced by community members, it provides free medical, dental pharmaceutical and social services three days by an all-volunteer staff of 73 licensed health-care providers.

The Epps Christian Center originally was a day care but has morphed over the years to include a soup kitchen. Today the kitchen distributes more than 12,000 pounds of food to 400 families on average every month. The center also operates a food pantry and offers GED classes and a summer youth program.

Gulf Power started the Power of Service awards in 2012 as a way to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of service. Since the program’s inception, 34 organizations in Northwest Florida have been recognized and awarded more than $85,000 in grants. The four organizations recognized this year each received a $2,500 grant.

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news of the weird HARDLY A "DO-NOTHING" CONGRESS In March, U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas, chairman of the House Rules Committee, introduced a resolution to recognize "magic" as one of America's "national treasure(s)," backed by a 711-word paean urging all to "support and protect" the storied craft—which needs to be "understood and promulgated," especially given that, according to Sessions, it "requires only the capacity to dream." Sessions made no link of magic to resolving other congressional business (such as, for instance, ending the string of 64 consecutive failed votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act).

LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATORS People With Too Much Money: Residents on London's swankiest street (Kensington Palace Gardens), stymied in efforts to build upward on their relatively small lots, instead plan elaborate "basements"—extending as far as five stories down, with elevators, swimming pools, gyms, climbing walls, and one even with a "Ferris wheel" for dialing up the resident's daily choice among his several cars.

However, embassies are located on the street and have challenged the construction chaos as offending their sovereignty under international law. Recent restrictions limit the basements to one story down, but billionaire entrepreneur Jon Hunt's five stories are grandfathered in (though his "Ferris wheel" appears to have been shelved).

NEW WORLD ORDER Mystery fiction has always been a popular genre, but now, readers who prefer that their crimes be solved by cats have several series of brilliant felines to choose from. As The Wall Street Journal reported in February, the major controversy swirling at "cat fiction" conventions is whether the clever kitties should advance the plot by speaking. "We all talk to our pets," noted one best- selling author, "and most of us imagine the other side of the dialogue." (Among the sets boasting more than a million copies are the "Joe Greys," the "Klepto Cats," the "Cat Shout for Joy" suite, and the recently concluded, 29-volume run of "Cat Who" books, e.g., "The Cat Who Could Read Backwards.")

LEAST COMPETENT GOVERNMENT Following a simplistic hack at the Internal Revenue Service that permitted several thousand tax returns to be illegally accessed and refunds commandeered, the agency created an equally porous "fix" merely copied from failed security elsewhere on the IRS website. According to a March Washington Post report, the fix admirably added one level of security (a personal PIN), but nonetheless allowed anyone to change another's PIN using publicly available information. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told the Post that "only a handful" of taxpayers were victimized by the faulty fix (but later defined "handful" as "fewer than 200").

by Chuck Shepherd

THINGS PEOPLE BELIEVE Murders are being committed over hair weaves, reported WMC-TV (Memphis, Tennessee) in March, with one likely explanation being a belief that a person who acquires tufts of human hair surely acquires the fortunes—good or bad—of the person who grew the hair. That is especially true of "virgin" hair from India, shorn for religious sacrifices ("tonsuring") before falling into the hands of agents who sell to Western women. Said a Memphis pastor, "A generation back or so," people were being killed over tennis shoes. "Now (it's) hair."

WAIT, WHAT? Infrastructure Blues: (1) A 5-year-old, slow-moving underground fire (beneath a Superfund cleanup site) is within 1,200 feet of a waste site for nuclear weapons near St. Louis, according to a December Associated Press report. The Environmental Protection Agency, of course, said not to worry, that the heat from the fire was not enough to ignite chemicals or trigger an explosion. (2) While America was outraged about the water in Flint, Michigan, the tap water in Crystal City, Texas (100 miles southwest of San Antonio) was suddenly as black and thick "as oil" and "stank," according to a resident.

The city's water superintendent said the town had decided to clean residue from the system for the first time in "20 to 30 years."

LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS Needed Training Wheels: Timothy Broad, 30, was convicted in February of a November Clacton, England, convenience store robbery and jailed for more than three years. The balaclava-wearing Broad had pedaled away from the store with the money but managed to fall off his bicycle three separate times, in short order, in the process losing both the balaclava (from which his DNA was recovered) and all the cash.

RECURRING THEMES Once again, public service personnel were disciplined for violating rules even though perhaps saving a life. In March, a captain and a sergeant in the Falmouth Volunteer Fire Department near Fredericksburg, Virginia, were suspended for rushing an infant girl (who was having a seizure) to the hospital in their fire engine despite rules requiring that they wait for an ambulance (which they ascertained was still 10 to 15 minutes away).

The firefighters administered oxygen and delivered the girl safely to the ER 13 minutes after the 911 call, though she had suffered another seizure in the hospital's parking lot. Said the grateful father, "My wife and I feel terrible for the fallout ... to these two gentlemen." {in}

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