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DOWNTOWN ROTARY A candidate, Ashton Hayward, won the Pensacola mayor’s race without speaking at a political forum of the oldest civic club in the city. Imagine that. CHARLES BARE & DIANE MACK The two losers

in the August primary jumped on the Mike Wiggins bandwagon and almost immediately began attacking Hayward. There was a reason why they placed fourth and third in the primary.

MARK O’BRIEN The PNJ columnist wanted

Mike Wiggins to stay as the mayor. He didn’t pull any punches in going after Hayward who was challenging Wiggins and City Hall. His writing didn’t sway the election.

BARACK OBAMA The President ran hundreds of races on Tuesday and lost most of them. It seemed like every Republican candidate, including Rick Scott, ran against Obama, not their opponent. The Democrats couldn’t get the voters to separate their candidates from the White House, even when the office was Commissioner of Agriculture.

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transition of leadership for any community is difficult, but it seems to be particularly difficult in Northwest Florida. Up until recently, elected officials were rarely successfully challenged in elections. Incumbents seldom lost. In fact, the easiest path to political office was to be appointed. Mike Wiggins, Ronald Townsend and John Jerralds were appointed to the Pensacola City Council before they had to run for the office. Gov. Jeb Bush appointed Marie Young to replace the indicted Escambia County Commissioner Willie Junior. He also appointed Lois Benson to the Emerald Coast Utility Board. Before 2008, the only successful challenges against incumbents were in 2000 when Ron McNesby defeated Sheriff Jim Lowman and Jim Paul defeated School Superintendent Jim May—and those defeats may have had more to do with political affiliations than the incumbents. Both McNesby and Paul ran as Republicans. The same year, Mike Whitehead was soundly defeated when he went after Clerk of Court Ernie Lee Magaha, and a year later Lois Benson failed to beat Mayor John Fogg. However, the reluctance to pass the baton to younger generations is more than a political issue. During the past decade, the “go to” spokesmen for the most progressive causes were three leaders well past age 65. Retired Vice Admiral Jack Fetterman fought for Oriskany, Maritime Museum and Community Maritime Park. Vince Whibbs, Sr. also was the major advocate for the maritime park, right up until his sudden death. M. J. Menge led the last charge for charter government in Escambia County. When these three giants passed away, they left a huge void. The Pensacola Young Professionals was formed in 2006 to help provide a voice for the next generation of community leaders. Since their successful effort to pass the referendum for the maritime park, PYP has struggled to find their voice and have

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it consistently heard. None of their members were on the city’s Charter Review Commission. PYP has failed to show it consistently can get its age group out to vote. Clay Ingram was elected on Nov. 2 to the Florida House, but member Courtney Peterson lost his bid for the Pensacola City Council and Lumon May lost in 2008 to incumbent State Rep. Clay Ford. In the African-American community, there has been little mentoring of rising leaders. In fact, the young leaders are more likely to be criticized for stepping out on issues. Despite its own lack of tangible accomplishments over the past two decades, the senior black leadership quickly resorts to name-calling and peer pressure to keep the voices of the young leadership silent. In the Pensacola mayoral race, the older African-American leaders sided with Mayor Mike Wiggins and they successfully delivered him the black vote during the August primary. All three African-American city council members supported Wiggins. On Nov. 2, the young leaders didn’t sit quietly on the sidelines. Why? Because they see firsthand the suffering in their neighborhoods. While Commissioner Marie Young is driving by in her shiny Mercedes, they are coaching on the ball fields, counseling families and tutoring. The West Side Plan that has been shelved since 2007 needs to be funded and begun. The disparity study needs to be done to open city procurement to minority-owned businesses. The level of service has to be more equitable. While status quo worked for the older black leaders, the new leaders saw that Ashton Hayward offered an opportunity to truly deal with these problems, and they got the vote out for him on Nov. 2. And maybe that is the only way the transition of political power can be done. It must be taken. rick@inweekly.net

rant & rave AVOID CONTACT I read your recent interview with Sheriff Morgan (Independent News, “The Buzz: Sheriff and Jury Pools,” Nov. 4). His contact with prospective jurors may affect verdicts one way or the other, or none at all. The point is that this contact presents an unacceptable risk of impermissible factors coming in to play. Lawyers are instructed to avoid contact with prospective jurors. The sheriff ’s contact with prospective jurors is a variable in the process that just doesn’t need to be there. —Gene Mitchell, Pensacola

impossible to stop them. Besides, they serve an important purpose. They prevent honest people from seeking office to actually serve us. The scum of the earth only have to do battle with each other and sling

The identity of a speaker is not protected by the First Amendment. It is the speech itself that is protected. It is perfectly reasonable to expect the “speakers” to identify themselves (or to be able to figure out who they are). On the other side of the coin, if untrue items are being published, that is in part the role of why freedom of the press is protected, so that intrepid journalists can call “BS” on the claims of the outrageous negative ads—or refuse to publish or run them in the first place. Freedom of speech doesn’t guarantee a right to buy an ad to say something that is untrue. Good editorial, but it’s a thorny issue, and as “offensive” as some political speech may be, it’s precisely why the First Amendment was the FIRST amendment added to the Constitution. Of course, with the result of this election, and the effectiveness of the unlim-

THE WAY TO COMBAT THE TRULY ODIOUS ADS, OF WHICH THERE WERE SO MANY THIS CYCLE BY ALL OF THE “INDEPENDENT” GROUPS FUELED WITH UNLIMITED MONEY, IS TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF WHO IS FUNDING THE ADS, AND WHO PREPARED THEM. —BRUCE PARTINGTON as much mud as possible…winner-takeall. Then they can line their pockets. Sad. —Richard Walker, Pensacola

ENDORSEMENT SCORECARD Was Wiggins

FLAMES OF OUR REVOLUTION I hate negative

the only candidate you recommended who actually won? Why not do an article on why your other endorsements (including statewide) lost? Even though I’ve moved away to Phenix City, Ala., I still enjoy following your blog through Google Reader. I find myself disagreeing with your opinions much of the time, but still challenged by your thoughts and hard work in your research. Thanks for listening! —Ernie Conner, Phenix City, Ala. Editor’s note: Our endorsements weren’t based on who we believed would win the races. However, for the record, our endorsees lost one race on the local level, one on the regional level and four on the state level for a 15-6 record.

ads, too, (Independent News, “Outtakes: Ban Negative Ads,” Nov. 4) but they are not only part of our political culture and stoked the f lames of the American Revolution, but they are also protected by the First Amendment. For example, weren’t the “Don’t Tread on Me” items which depicted King George as a venomous snake a tad “negative”? The way to combat the truly odious ads, of which there were so many this cycle by all of the “independent” groups fueled with unlimited money, is to require disclosure of who is funding the ads, and who prepared them. And that disclosure has to be very nearly real time—both the identity of the “donor,” or perhaps “investor” is more appropriate, and the amount of the donation. For example, if the ad agency or the director of the ad was required to be disclosed by name in the “credits” somehow, I expect we would see fewer.

IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP When we didn’t stop negative ads when they started, we condoned them. When you’ve condoned negative ads as long as we have, it will be

Would this step on the First Amendment’s toes? The whole thing is a mystery to me. Thanks for addressing it. —M. A. Fabbro, Pensacola

PESKY FIRST AMENDMENT Banning negative ads sounds well and good, but I suspect that the First Amendment would prevent you from doing that. The second point is who decides if they are negative or just true? —Richard Coffey, Pensacola

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BANNING NEGATIVE ADS SOUNDS WELL AND GOOD, BUT I SUSPECT THAT THE FIRST AMENDMENT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM DOING THAT. —RICHARD COFFEY ited funds f lowing to the “independent” groups, don’t expect any reform on that front for at least 2 years… —Bruce Partington, Pensacola

WHY DO THEY WORK? Amen to your piece on negative ads. To me, the core of this issue is “Why do they work?” It is not rocket science in recognizing them, so that is not an excuse. Do we humans like ugly? This last cycle did me in. Can there be a rule for ads that only allows the candidate to state his/her plan, stand, etc., and that is it?

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RISING FROM THE ASHES OF RECESSION THREE INITIATIVES WORK TO RESURRECT PENSACOLA BAY AREA

BY RICK OUTZEN

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ur economy was moving along fine,” said Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce chairman Collier Merrill in describing the recession that has gripped the region since 2007. “Then, like a game of musical chairs, the music stopped and there weren’t enough chairs for everyone.” Merrill was addressing a group of business, community and civic leaders on Thursday, Nov. 4 at the Atlas Oyster House for the Ready 4 Takeoff Coalition, a fourstate alliance composed of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana to help the region recover from the BP oil disaster and the hurricanes that have battered these states for the past five years. Earlier in the day, United Way of Escambia president Jean Norman and Buzz Ritchie, president of Gulf Coast Community Bank, met with the IN over boxed lunches from Norma’s On the Run to talk about Unite Escambia, their initiative that focuses on education, environment, health, housing and poverty. What spurred the meeting was the IN cover “United We Fail” (Independent News, Oct. 7) that reported on the failed

Envision Escarosa effort. They wanted to show how their collaborative movement has learned from those mistakes. On the previous afternoon, Bentina Terry, vice president of external affairs and corporate services for the Gulf Power Company, and Reed Benson, project director for the Atlanta-based National Community Development Services (NCDS), visited the IN offices to outline Vision 2015, the Pensacola Chamber’s five-year plan for job creation in the Pensacola Bay Area. Terry co-chairs Vision 2015 with Jim Donatelli, the regional bank president for Regions Bank. Benson is the consultant who has helped organize the effort. There is little argument that the economy of the Pensacola Bay Area nearly bottomed out in the past decade. The 9/11 tragedy, hurricanes Ivan, Dennis and Katrina, the collapse of the real estate market and the BP oil disaster pushed the area to the brink. Without the military presence in Northwest Florida, the impact of those economic bombshells could have been much worse. Ready 4 Takeoff, Unite Escambia and Vision 2015 are aimed at resurrecting the economy of the Pensacola Bay Area. Each attacks the problem from a different direction.

READY 4 TAKEOFF

Ready 4 Takeoff has emerged as a leading advocate for the advancement of pro-growth initiatives that will expand local economies and help create and retain good paying jobs throughout the Gulf Coast economy. The Atlas meeting was one of four town hall meetings across the region that hoped to sign up area groups and businesses for the coalition. “The primary focus is to fight for the KC-45 Tanker contract for Mobile,” Merrill told the crowd at the meeting. “That is a $40 billion contract that will benefit this entire region.”

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The Air Force is expected to announce as early as Nov. 12 who will be awarded the contract. Two years ago, Northrop Grumman initially won the bid and announced its facility would be in Mobile, only to have Boeing challenge the award and force the contract to be rebid. “We want to be prepared this time to fight for the contract,” said Charles Wood, the Chamber’s vice president for economic development. “Ready 4 Takeoff will give us a regional voice to counter whatever political opposition may surface.” Other Ready 4 Takeoff economic development projects include bolstering sales of Gulf seafood, boosting local tourism and expediting the revenue sharing from offshore oil and gas development.

UNITE ESCAMBIA

United Way of Escambia County has spearheaded Unite Escambia, a true community effort to create a healthy community where all have the opportunity and inspiration to succeed. Buzz Ritchie is the Unite Escambia Community Champion. “One of our problems is our story isn’t exciting, but we’re making real progress,” said Ritchie. “The progress is gradual, but it’s happening.” Unite Escambia was formed in 2006 under its original name, Escambia Community Collaborative, which began as a partnership between United Way of Escambia County, the Escambia County Health Department and Partnership for a Healthy Community. The original Leadership Team included more than 40 community members who helped establish the priorities and set a 10-30-year shared community vision for Escambia County. Five solutions teams were formed around the areas of education, environment, health, housing and poverty. The solutions teams developed goals to be

achieved by 2020 with action plans that measured improvement. “A great deal of deliberation and effort went into the goals, plans and measurements,” said Jean Norman. “These problems didn’t happen overnight, but we are picking away at them.” Indeed, Unite Escambia can point to successes in all five areas from the curbside recycling throughout the city and county to creation of the “Bridges to Circles” program that helps people out of poverty through community-based relationships. “We’ve been at it for four years and I truly think we’re near the tipping point,” said Ritchie. “And there are ways for everyone to help.” Norman agreed, “There is much to say about the power of persistence.”

VISION 2015

Last year, Escambia County and the Chamber battled over how economic development would be done. The Escambia County Commission agreed to let the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce lead the effort, but with two caveats. The Chamber would need to show measureable results and show a more substantial monetary commitment from the private sector. The Chamber hired Benson and NCDS to survey the market and figure out what was a reasonable fundraising goal and how to achieve it. That was the first step. The second was for the Chamber to hire a new CEO who had a successful track record with economic development. In August, Jim Hizer came on board after leading the highly regarded Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce and the Intermodal Transportation Authority. Under his leadership, that Chamber created, over six years, nearly 4,400 jobs and more than $407.7 million in economic investment.

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news briefs The final step is Vision 2015, whose goal is to raise $6.5 million over the next five years and add 3,000 new jobs to the Pensacola Bay Area. “Those jobs mean $77.1 million in new bank deposits and $11 million in additional groceries bought each year,” said Terry. “They mean an additional $2 million spent on medical services and almost $9 million in new vehicles purchased. “They mean people buy $18 million in new homes and spend $5 million to furnish them. And they mean an additional $149 million in consumer spending and $5.3 million in additional sales.” “Three million dollars of Vision 2015 funding will come from the public sector,” said Benson, “and we have seen a substantial increase in the level of investment from area businesses.” He listed the commitments by Gulf Power, Sacred Heart, Lewis Bear Company and Sandy Sansing. Benson believes the private sector may invest as much as $3.5 million in Vision 2015. “The response has been amazing,” Terry added. “People see this as a new day in economic development and understand the impact that 3,000 new jobs will have on this community.” rick@inweekly.net

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PENSACOLA MAYOR’S RACE BY THE NUMBERS Gen-X-er Ashton Hayward beat baby boomer Mike Wiggins by 817 votes, 10,666-9,849, in the Nov. 2 vote for Pensacola’s first strong mayor. In 2008, Wiggins ran away with the mayor’s race receiving 59 percent of the votes cast. Two years later, the incumbent only got 48 percent of the vote: an 11-point reversal. The old political axiom that incumbents must win their primaries by at least 45 percent of the votes cast to win the general election proved true. Mayor Wiggins only garnered 37 percent of the votes in the Aug. 24 primary that included Councilwoman Diane Mack and businessman Charles Bare. After the primary, that axiom was challenged. Both Mack and Bare endorsed Wiggins, which some felt might stack the election in his favor against the political

newcomer Hayward. It was widely thought that Wiggins and Hayward would split the votes in the east Pensacola districts of P.C. Wu (District 1), Sam Hall (District 2), Maren DeWeese (District 3) and Larry Johnson (District 4). Older voters would most probably favor Wiggins, who had served on the city council for 15 years. Younger voters would lean toward Hayward, but would they vote in significant numbers to offset their elders? Everything was pointing to the mayor’s race being decided in the African-American community, although some doubted they would vote in large enough numbers to have an impact. All three AfricanAmerican council members supported Wiggins and it showed in the primary. Wiggins led Hayward by 359 votes in districts 5 (John Jerralds), 6 (Jewel Cannada-Wynn) and 7 (Ron Townsend)

CITY DISTRICT

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1,681

1,550

52.0%

48.0%

SAM HALL

1,245

1,287

49.2%

50.8%

MAREN DEWEESE

1,845

2,000

48.0%

52.0%

LARRY JOHNSON

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1,926

49.4%

50.6%

JOHN JERRALDS

1,437

1,231

53.8%

46.2%

JEWEL CANNADA-WYNN

1,360

1,104

55.2%

44.8%

RONALD TOWNSEND

1,219

751

61.7%

TOTAL VOTES

10,666

9,849

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with the largest margin of 195 votes in John Jerralds’ District 5. On Nov. 2, Wiggins and Hayward did split districts 1 through 4. Wiggins won them by a 113-vote margin. However, there was a complete reversal in districts 5, 6 and 7. The former Wiggins’ stronghold had a 1,282-vote swing toward Hayward, giving the challenger 923 more votes in those districts than the incumbent. Jerralds lost his home precinct, Macedonia Baptist Church, for Wiggins by 109 votes. Ron Townsend’s District 7 went 62 percent for Hayward. Jewel Cannada-Wynn not only saw Hayward outpoll Wiggins in her District 6 by 258 votes, but also lost her council seat to architect Brian Spencer. None of the council members won their districts for their mayoral candidates. Wu supported Wiggins and saw Hayward win his district by 131 votes. Hall, DeWeese and Johnson endorsed Hayward only to see Wiggins win in their districts by vote margins of 41, 155 and 47, respectively. And what were the values of the endorsements of Mack and Bare? Not much. Mack placed a distant third in the Aug. 24 primary. Forty-three percent of her 2,054 votes came from five precincts: Macedonia, Flamingo Road Church, Cokesbury United Methodist Church, Fricker Community Center and Vickrey Community Center. In the primary, Hayward lost those five precincts to Wiggins by 281 votes. On Election Day, Hayward won them by 457 votes. Bare brought up the rear in the August primary with 1,765 votes. He got 49 percent of his votes in five precincts: Cokesbury, Flamingo Road, Vickrey, Trinity Presbyterian Church and East Pensacola Heights. These polling places gave Wiggins a 28-vote over Hayward in the primary and a 49-vote margin in the general election. Bare’s endorsement was worth a net of 21 votes for Wiggins.

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Escambia County commissioners unanimously vote in favor of an ordinance that allows for the installation of cameras at traffic lights.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service announces the temporary closure of Escambia Bay and East Bay for the collection of oysters, clams and mussels. The harvest of scallops, shrimp and crabs is allowed.

The State Attorney’s Office is reviewing a fight last week at Hobbs Middle School in Milton that resulted in two eighth-graders being suspended for 10 days.

Robert Sumner, a former captain of the Pensacola Fire Department, is found dead in Baldwin County of an apparent suicide. Sumner recently had been placed on probation for bilking customers of his construction business.

Ashton Hayward is elected as Pensacola’s first strong mayor, defeating incumbent Mike Wiggins 10,666-9,849.

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A SALUTE TO DIFFERENCE MAKERS On November 2 after an eight-year battle with cancer, Pat Doman passed away. Upon hearing of Pat’s passing people would say, “I didn’t know he was ill.” That was just like Pat. Always a smile, never a complaint. To his last moment on earth his thoughts were on how to be helpful to others. Pat helped to save many lives during is lifetime. To his wife Kathy and his son Everett, our prayers are with you. Thank you for sharing Pat with so many. He was and will continue to be a difference maker. -Quint Studer

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have always had Bobby’s wings. I don’t remember when my father, Harry Maddison, gave me Bobby’s wings…I wore them a lot in the 1980s, when it was stylish to wear paramilitary wear. I had boyfriends who were serving our country and I was proud that Bobby had died for his country. I took them out, before I left for his funeral, and held them. My father gave the wings to me so I would understand Bobby’s sacrifice. It was for my father, and because of my father, that I went to Bobby’s funeral. On Sept. 18, 2010, the United States Army made right what went wrong in my family 66 years ago.

Bobby was the youngest son in my grandmother’s family. They were English. That is what is especially interesting about this story. My great grandfather, William Bishop, left England for America first and worked as a cab driver in order to raise the money for his family to follow: my grandmother Irene, her sister Constance and two younger brothers, Bernard and Bill. Bobby was born in America. They eventually all became Americans, all of the children together, except for my grandmother. Nobody really knows why, whether it was just to be contrary or she honestly just wanted to be British, but the whole family would tease her every year when she had to

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rent went up to $30 a month and that was tremendous. If we decorated the apartment ourselves, the rent was cheaper, so we did. And since Aunt Connie never married, she always had very stylish castoff clothes that would be cut up to make dresses for us.” Connie was famously stylish. She had a penchant for a particular shade of light, almost turquoise blue that she often wore, and everyone referred to her as “Connie Blue.” It must be genetic. In packing for the funeral, standing in front of my closet, I realized most of my dresses are that same shade of blue. Connie was especially close to Bobby, and perhaps suffered the most when he disappeared.

MY FATHER GAVE THE WINGS TO ME SO I WOULD UNDERSTAND BOBBY’S SACRIFICE. go register as an alien—still, she never went to the trouble of becoming a citizen. Robert “Bobby” Bishop, my father’s uncle, was born in 1920 in Illinois. Because he was so much younger and also because his mother had died and his father remarried, he spent a great deal of time with his sisters, sometimes living with my grandparents and my aunts Joyce and Sally and my father in their small apartment in Chicago. “We were poor but we didn’t know it,” Aunt Joyce told me. “I remember when the

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ENRICO SCHWARTZ, DUG ON THE SITE IN MEITZE, GERMANY WHERE THE PLANE HAD GONE DOWN AND FOUND REMAINS—AS HE PUT IT, “SMALL ENOUGH TO HOLD IN TWO HANDS.” WHAT HE HELD IN TWO HANDS WAS THE 10-MEMBER CREW OF THE BISHOP PLANE.

From left to right: Sgt. John Bonnassiolle, Staff Sgt. Joseph Karaso, Sgt. Michael Chiodo, Staff Sgt. Orus Baxter, 2nd Lt. Robert Bishop, Sgt. John Harringer, 2nd Lt. Thomas Digman, 2nd Lt. Arthur Luce, and 2nd Lt. Donald Hess. Not shown: Sgt. James Blong and Staff Sgt. Ralph McDonald

RETURNING TO ENGLAND

the one lasting photograph of Bobby’s crew Bobby had only been married for two was taken in an English pub. All in unimonths when he became a pilot. The family form, some drinking beer, some whiskey, had, oddly enough for the time period, a color film camera. ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL 29, 1944, OVER There are a great many grainy, 600 B-17 FLYING FORTRESSES AND B-24 color home movies of Bobby in LIBERATORS WERE SENT TO BOMB THE RAILuniform, with his wife Marilyn, and with Connie, my grandROAD SYSTEM OF DOWNTOWN BERLIN…“THE mother and the children, walkBISHOP PLANE” NEVER RETURNED. ing slowly toward the camera (because, with no sound, this is the most creative anyone ever was with they look…happy. They were very young. a camera in 1941). There is also simulated Bobby was 23, and I imagine there were footage of Bobby leaving—headed off to war great big band tunes playing. in a big black car with everyone chasing What is bothersome in this photo is behind it, waving. My 10-year-old father Bobby. He has his arms crossed. And even and his sisters are in coats, still looking very then, he looks like an echo of man. He was English for all of their 25 years in America. responsible for all these happy boys. He is Bobby became an Army Second Lieunot smiling. It looks as if the weight of the tenant, the pilot of a B-24 Liberator. I can’t whole European Alliance is on his thin, help but find it fascinating that he ended up 23-year-old shoulders. He is balancing all back in England. Wendling, Norfolk Station in this photograph. was not 200 miles from Maidstone, the Kent town his family had left 25 years earlier. When I was a child, my family still spoke The other thing that is different about with subtle English accents; he might have Bobby’s crew is that I have not been able to felt very at home there. find a name given to that plane. In all ofWhile most of the crews had official ficial reports, the other planes were referred pictures of themselves outside their planes, to by their nicknames—usually named after

THE BISHOP PLANE

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some pilot’s small town sweetheart. Bobby’s plane is always only referred to as “The Bishop Plane,” and I wonder why he never named it. Did the plane have a name? I know my family. It would have been bad luck not to name the plane. Unless you thought its existence was fleeting; unless your time on this Earth was so short and your responsibility so huge that a name was too powerful a thing to utter at that moment. I think in the weeks leading up to the assault, Bobby knew things we, almost 70 years later, can’t fathom. It was huge. And it was only Bobby’s second mission as a pilot. On the night of April 29, 1944, over 600 B-17 flying fortresses and B-24 Liberators were sent to bomb the railroad system of downtown Berlin. The skies were black with our planes. “The Bishop Plane” never returned. There was much confusion about this. Over Hannover, Germany, they encountered heavy German air fire and one of the planes (called “Doodlebug,” another Liberator) saw a plane go down, but they didn’t think it was Bobby’s plane. So Bobby was simply missing. The whole family, especially devastated Connie and the children, wanted to believe each night when they went to sleep, that Bobby was a prisoner of war, maybe in a terrible German concentration camp, but still out there somewhere, and that he would just walk back into that Chicago apartment one night, in his Army coat. While in Rockford this past month, I thumbed through Aunt Connie’s scrapbook. She kept every Army change of address form she ever filled out—when she moved to Rockford, when she changed apartments—so that Bobby would be able to find her when he came home. Something in her didn’t want to give up hope.

I never had any illusions about this, however. I was always told and I always understood that Bobby’s plane had gone down in Germany, fully laden with bombs, and it had absolutely disintegrated. The crew was vaporized. There was nothing left. I understood from the start that Uncle Bobby had died for his country and that was that. There was nothing left.

ARMY MAKES IT RIGHT

That all changed in 2003. A German citizen, Enrico Schwartz, dug on the site in Meitze, Germany where the plane had gone down and found remains—as he put it, “small enough to hold in two hands.” What he held in two hands was the 10-member crew of the Bishop plane. And the Army thought they could make this right. The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command Central Identification Laboratory took the remains, and in 2005 sent a crew over to dig. In 2008, my farther got a phone call that struck us cold. They wanted his DNA. They thought they had found Bobby. Aunt Connie had died in 2004, the last of her generation and just four years too soon to see her beloved brother come home. So it fell upon my father to give his DNA to identify Bobby. Dad gave his DNA, and we waited. They found a piece of Bobby’s jaw, five teeth intact, a fragment of his tibia, a fragment of his femur and unbelievably, a fingernail. They identified him by means of my father’s DNA. They found enough of all 10 crew members, that through the DNA of their families, to bring them all home. Bobby had something else, though. His dog tags were found, melted, bent in two, but you can still read his name upon them. Aunt Joyce said when Casualty Assistance Officer Lt. Col. Vince Barker put those in her hands, that is when it all came back and she broke down. The family has gotten to know the Army’s Casualty Assistance Officers through the preparations for bringing Bobby home. Their dedication is profound.

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FLYING BOBBY HOME

On Sept. 17, my father and I flew to Lt. Col. Barker doesn’t do “THE WHOLE CIRCUMSTANCE, THE WHOLE Chicago for the funeral. We were picked up this all the time. In fact, he had STORY BEHIND THIS IS REALLY UNIQUE AND I at the airport by Staff Sergeant Swington, or never done anything like this AM HONORED TO BE PART OF IT.” “Swing” to his friends. before. He told me, “When we —LT. COL. VINCE BARKER, CASUALTY Swing is from Chicago, young and ener- are notified that remains are getic, only barely turning down the hip-hop coming home, the local reserve ASSISTANCE OFFICER on the stereo. He had much to discuss with unit is tasked to assign a CAO my dad since he is stationed right where to help the family, and because Bishop was “I thought about what it would be like my dad used to live, by the University of an officer, it had to be a captain or above. for a family, after 66 years—some closure Chicago, where they split the first atom. “I was one of the guys they called, and I is going to come,” Chaplain Gleason told My father was around then, playing around said ‘Absolutely, I will do it,’ and I am glad me. “I remember one of my conversations there, and always said there with Joyce when she told me that she could was just one old guy guardremember going to bed as a girl, hoping “I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN BOBBY WAS WITH ing it because nobody knew and dreaming that maybe he would show GOD…AND NOW HE IS ALSO HERE WITH US. anything was going on. up, from a concentration camp or some “Yep,” Swing said. “That THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO other means, and to think about that all is what I tell ‘em. That’s why those years and finally say ‘Okay, it’s probOUR COUNTRY AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING the rats are so huge in here!” ably over.’ And then to be able to bring back BOBBY HOME.” I talked to Swing about some type of remains.” —HARRY MADDISON, BISHOP’S NEPHEW what we were doing, in bringHe wanted to be there. ing Bobby home. He understood. He actually was among the guys I did. The whole circumstance, the whole first sent out to look for the body of Matt story behind this is really unique and I am My father stood during the funeral. Maupin, the army private first captured and honored to be part of it.” He was an 11-year-old boy when he waved executed by Iraqi insurgents in 2004. The Army Chaplain Gleason, who congoodbye to his Uncle Bobby on a cold street It sounded like something out of “Savducted the funeral, did so by request. in Chicago. Now, he is 76 and stands with some difficulty on artificial knees. ing Private Ryan.” They didn’t quite know what to do and it was a bit terrifying to risk their lives just to bring someone’s body back. “But,” he said, “I thought, I would want them to find me. I would want them to bring me home. I mean, not a big deal, but…if you aren’t doing anything better…I would like to come home.” Maupin’s body was found in 2008. Swing might have been telling me he was one of those who found Maupin, but I didn’t know enough to ask. The rain held off for Bobby’s funeral in Greenwood Cemetery in Rockford. CAO Lt. Col. Vince Barker wanted to invite his own family to the funeral, with our permission. He had spent so much time with my Aunt Joyce, even getting teased for being a Packers fan, since we are all Bears fans. He stood back and respectfully watched. World War II vets standing at attention at the ceremony

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Among the mourners were World War II vets, standing at attention, and even more were moving—at least 30 Patriot Guard Riders. Many looked like Vietnam vets, but some were very young. After the service, I walked the line and thanked them each individually. By the time I got to the

He told me how great the Patriot Guard Riders are. He handled the Fort Hood funerals and “for two soldiers…we had at least 300 Patriot Riders a piece at the funerals.”

HIS FINAL DUTY

Sgt. Brown is formal and dignified. But through some urging and journalistic prodding, I was able to discover that he has an incredible back story—one that makes his attention to dignity, respect and understanding of his duty inbred. His grand uncle fought with Patton. How few African Americans can say that lends spectacular insight into what kind of family this was—even more, his grandfather played with Hank Aaron in the Negro leagues. He loved baseball, but was a natuPatriot Guard Riders also honor Lt. Bishop's sacrifice ral at football. The years between mark his service durPlaying only one year “A SOLDIER’S FUNERAL IS HIS FINAL DUTY TO ing the Korean War as a Naval Corpsman, of high school football his marriage and a long career with Alabama HIS COUNTRY. SO I WILL ALWAYS BE EARLY, I WILL in Chicago, he was good Power—the years between mark my entire life. ALWAYS BE PREPARED. I WANT TO MAKE SURE HE enough for Gene StallHe said, “At the time we lost Bobby, we ings to fly personally from OR SHE IS ABLE TO FULFILL THAT DUTY.” could not imagine this day. I, as a boy, could Alabama to watch him – SGT. TIMOTHY BROWN not imagine the world where it would be posplay a high school game sible that my DNA would help us find him. and recruit him. Unfortu“Nor did I ever realize the Army would last couple, I was crying, and so were they. nately, he was injured and never played for not rest until this day. I have always known Later, I mentioned them to Sgt. Alabama. But he stayed with the team and Bobby was with God…and now he is also Timothy Brown. He is in charge of casualty he and my father were able to have a very here with us. assistance in Illinois, and because there had in-depth Alabama football discussion all “Thank you. Thank you for your service been some confusion with my family getthe way to O’Hare. to our country and thank you for bringing ting to the airport, he personally drove my I couldn’t help but think this all led Bobby home.” father and I back to Chicago. him to a sensitivity to this particular duty.

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Obstacles and the trials of our families led us all to this place in time. While we drove, he received another call concerning a World War II vet who had passed and excused himself to set up that funeral over the cell phone as he drove. “A soldier’s funeral is his final duty to his country,” Brown told me. “So I will always be early, I will always be prepared. I want to make sure he or she is able to fulfill that duty.” info@inweekly.net

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NOV 2010 ISSUE 17

SMALL BUSINESS BOOMERS A N EW GE N E R AT ION OF LOC A L BUSI N E S SE S OPE NS DOOR S

By Hana Frenette

espite the BP oil spill and the somewhat sluggish economy of the area, local businesses have been popping up left and right. Retail stores, restaurants, specialty shops, breweries—you name it, and it has probably opened up in the last few months. Pensacola may be turning over a new leaf—a more exciting, innovative, consumerfriendly leaf. Either way, more and more shops are opening, and there’s no turning back.

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This specialty cupcake shop has already made a name for itself with the Hot Mama: a cinnamon and cayenne pepper cupcake. Owner: Lee Newkirk Opening date: July 13, 2010 Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday 707-A E. Cervantes St. ohsnapcupcakes.com

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The Drizzle BBQ

IN: How many different kinds of cupcakes do you offer? Newkirk: At this time we have 36 different flavors. IN: What is the most popular flavor? Newkirk: The red velvet is, without a doubt, the top seller. I tried out 17 different recipes before I decided on the one we have now. IN: Do you have daily specials or is the menu pretty set? Newkirk: We do have a calendar or a schedule of all of our flavors online. We bake about 16 flavors a day, including vegan and gluten-free options. IN: Why did you want to open this shop? Newkirk: There are cupcake shops in almost every other city I’ve been to. I just thought there would be a real niche for this kind of shop and that it would be a great opportunity to have a place like this in Pensacola. IN: What’s the price range on the menu? Newkirk: Minis are $1.25, regulars are $2.50 and jumbos are $3.50. We also have pupcakes that range from 75 cents to $1.50.

Elise Coastal Dining

IN: What’s in them? Newkirk: Basically a little wheat flour, cornmeal and peanut butter. The dogs go crazy over them. But the peanut butter is our secret ingredient in them.

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▶Gibson Girl

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Indigeaux Denim Bar and Boutique 122 S. Palafox St. 982-2723

Jackalope’s Saloon 2907 E. Cervantes St. 434-0050

Jaco’s Bayfront Bar and Grille 997 S. Palafox St. 432-5226 jacosbayfrontbarandgrille.com

Pensacola Bay Brewery 225 E. Zaragoza St. 434-3353 pbbrew.com

Gibson Girl is a clothing store with highend jeans, purses, shoes, and an in-house seamstress, for the pant-hemming procrastinator in all of us. Owners: Kellie Gruber and James Shultie Opening date: Sept. 7, 2010 Hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 12-4 p.m. Sunday 816 Gulf Breeze Parkway 932-2647

and some bags from Nahui Ollin, which are recycled candy wrapper bags. IN: What is the price range of the items in your store? Gruber: Nothing is over $200 with the clothing. We do have some handbags that reach $225, but typically it’s between $20-$80. IN: What made you want to open this store? Gruber: I always wanted to design. I thought it would be really fun to shop for a store, and after years of doing my research and gathering the resources, my boyfriend James and I decided that it was time. IN: Do you think it’s been harder opening up a store right now than you thought it would be? Gruber: It has been hard because of the oil spill, and we really didn’t know if it was going to be the right timing or not. We aren’t giving up though. We’ve worked really hard and it seems to be going very well lately. We managed to open in time for back-to-school shopping and I think that really helped us build a client base.

▶The Nail Lounge

Owner: Jenny Tran Opening Date: May 20, 2010 Hours: 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 12-6 p.m. Sunday 4405 Bayou Blvd. naillounge-pensacola.com IN: What makes The Nail Lounge different from your typical nail salon? Tran: We use state-of-the-art equipment, and we have a high-end bar inside the salon, for a very affordable price. We also offer private rooms at no extra cost. The rooms will accommodate two or four people, so you could have a private massage or spa party. We also offer microdermabrasion, facials, waxing, sea salt scrubs and eyelash extensions.

IN: What is your specialty? Gruber: We have a wide variety of denim, handbags, and a variation of unique, hard-tofind pieces. You can’t go to the mall and find what I’ve got in my shop.

IN: What’s the most popular service you offer? Tran: Our Shellac manicure. It lasts for 14 days, and we are the only salon in the area that carries Shellac. The signature mani/pedi with the imported sea salt is very popular.

IN: What exactly is it that you have that other shops don’t? Gruber: We have an in-house seamstress on hand and we do free gift wrapping. We’re also getting in some Nino Bossi purses,

IN: How much is the Shellac manicure and the mani/pedi combo? Tran: The Shellac manicure is $37 and the classic mani/pedi combo is $37 as well.

IN: Why did you want to open this salon? Tran: We wanted to create an atmosphere where people can come in, sit with friends, sip some wine or champagne and get their nails done. Pensacola needed to have a higher-end salon and spa.

▶The Leisure Club

The Leisure Club adds much needed variety to downtown Pensacola, both with its delicious menu and its 1960s-esque furniture and exposed brick walls. Owners: Denise Berry and Kimberly Brill Opening Date: Sept. 1, 2010 Hours: 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-12 a.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday 126 Palafox Place 912-4229 IN: What’s popular on the menu? Berry: We carry Intelligentsia coffee from Chicago, and that’s been very popular. Our wine-braised mushrooms are always a top seller. As far as our sandwiches go, the gourmet grilled cheese, the Ragin’ Cajun, and the roasted veggie panini are pretty popular. IN: What are the menu prices like? Berry: Most of the sandwiches are about $5. Some of the gourmet paninis can reach $9. The most expensive thing on the menu is a gourmet meat and cheese plate and that is $15. IN: Do you guys offer any specials? Berry: Monday nights you can get a classic grilled cheese, tomato soup and a PBR for $5. Tuesday nights are 2-for-1 appetizers and glasses of wine. And we also just started doing free downtown deliveries. IN: What do you think The Leisure Club will bring to the Pensacola community? Berry: We definitely want to make The Leisure Club a place that attracts creative people. I’ve been looking into starting a film club. I’d love to do that on a Monday or a Tuesday night, when it’s usually kind of slow downtown. It’d be great to create a little community of people and things at this venue that otherwise might go unnoticed. info@inweekly.net

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The Simple Joys of Cheese Pensacola Finally Earns a Gourmet Cheese Shop by Ashley Hardaway

Simplicity: “doing one thing and doing it well.” Call it what you will, but that notion seems to have been on the outs lately. Television shows combine personality disorders with home makeovers, and national news coverage has turned into a continuous hyperbolized onslaught of terrorists, baby snatchers and E. coli-laced spinach. Being a “dancer” or a “collector of stamps” evidently is no longer enough

would—“athletically built, ‘cool’ dad, with a midlands accent and rock climbing abilities.” Blame it on Facebook, blame it on the iPhone, but I blame it on menus. Sometime in the early 2000s, when Americans felt the first (of what would be many) brushes of a strapped economy, they started becoming picky about where they went to eat. They wanted value and variety. They wanted to go somewhere where everyone could get something they wanted—thus, restaurants started offering everything. Mexican tapas and Italian pastries? Done. Pizza and sushi? Why not? Even trendy chefs got into it like Guy Fieri, who opened up his barbecue and sushi joint in Sacramento. So when I received the press release regarding the newest addition to our (thankfully) ever-growing downtown, I was surprised and gleeful to the point that I probably will be its first customer. What is it, you ask, that has me in such a tizzy? A laser arcade with an attached hibachi bar? An indie movie theatre that shows Fellini films and serves German bratwurst? Nope—it’s a wine bar. This wine bar, aptly named The Wine Bar, is the second foray into Pensacola’s wine market by Ian Kaple, Richard Montgomery, and Chan Cox, and the ninth Wine World store in the region. Their Wine World Retail

IT’S SUCH A SIMPLE THING, CHEESE AND BREAD, AND YET IT CAN SLOW PEOPLE DOWN, GET THEM TO STOP TALKING AND EXPERIENCE SOMETHING TOGETHER. as people seem all too eager to describe themselves as actors in Hollywood

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Outlet by Cordova Mall is already a hit with wine connoisseurs who like to indulge in their hobby but still make their rent. Their new store, located a few doors up from The Leisure Club, will offer over 300 wines by the bottle, 40 by the glass and eight craft beers on tap. They’ll also have house-made soups, pressed sandwiches, small plates and over 50 varieties of cheeses. General manager Mari Josephs, former executive chef at 600 South, explained that what sets their shop apart is that all of their 50-plus cheeses are ordered by the wheel, which they then cut fresh for sandwiches, custom-made platters, or for waiting eager customers. They’ll be offering cheeses mostly from Europe, and will carry a variety from Switzerland, Spain, France, Italy and Holland. They’ll also be carrying popular domestic favorites. Picky food eaters can indulge as well, as they’ll “cover the gambit—hard to soft, crumbly to firm, pungent to mild—we’re trying to provide a variety of choices that will cater to everybody's individual liking.” It’s such a simple thing, cheese and bread, and yet it can slow people down, get them to stop talking and experience something together. With “going out” becoming an increasing luxury, it’s nice to think that such a rich time can be had while indulging in one of life’s simplest meals: bread and cheese. Look for The Wine Bar to open up later this month at 16 Palafox Place. info@inweekly.net

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Shop Talk Check out who’s moving, opening, adding new product lines or expanding services at your favorite locally-owned businesses.

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▼news Perdido Key Extends “You Play, We’ll Pay” Gift Card Program Due to the success of the “You Play, We’ll Pay” Gift Card Program, a new round of free gift cards will be available through Nov. 15. Perdido Key is extending the program to reward travelers with $100 American Express gift cards for every night booked at a Perdido Key condominium, resort or RV park through Nov. 15, up to $ 300 in gift cards. Cards may be used anywhere American Express® is accepted. Visitors staying on Perdido Key can pick up their gift cards at the Perdido Key Visitor Center when they present proof of their paid booking, a copy of the program’s registration form and a valid photo ID. Gift cards will be available only as long as supplies last.

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pen Mic Night: sure, it’s usually the place to go to hear acoustic odes to lost lovers and heartfelt poems about life and what it doesn’t mean to be alive. But it’s also the place to go to feel the pulse of the city and truly tune in to what people in the community are thinking about, writing about, or doing something about. “I think just from the standpoint of artists and performers, just having a place to go is valuable,” said Scott Huhn, Open Mic

Night co-host. “I think that a lot of the time, it’s hard to create with no end in sight or no audience in mind to perform for—having this audience can be helpful.” Open Mic Night is held every Wednesday, at End of the Line Café. Sign-up is at 7 p.m., and performing starts at 8 p.m. “Chris Cotton and I have been hosting it since August, but they’ve been doing it at End of the Line for years,” Huhn said. “Chris and I went to participate one day this summer and nothing was really going on, so we asked the lady behind the counter about it.” Huhn and Cotton were told to call Jen Knight, owner of End of the Line Café, and eventually fell into the role of hosting the renewed Open Mic Night. Open Mic Night at EOTL was extremely popular several years ago. Participants were encouraged to get there early or they’d have no space to sign up and no place to sit down. On many nights the café was filled to the brim, leaving people standing in walkways or watching from windows. “We’ve been kind of hot and cold, but it seems to be ramping up as of late,” Huhn said. “Last week we only had about six performers, but the week before that, the entire list was full and we even had to cut the last few because we ran out of time.” Although most of the performers play some kind of music, any and all other talents are encouraged. “It has definitely been musician-heavy, but a couple of people have come and read

poems or short stories,” Huhn said. “We like many different talents, just for varieties’ sake.” The low lighting and relaxed environment make EOTL a good place for people to come and open their mouths, or their minds. “There’s kind of a vibe that we try to go for—friendly and supportive,” Huhn said. Huhn’s and Cotton’s first time performing publicly was also at Open Mic Night. “I play the ukulele and sing and Chris plays the bongos, and we just thought, ‘Hey, it might be fun to give it a shot,’” Huhn said. “I like that it’s there for other people to try too.” Huhn and Cotton still perform regularly at Open Mic Night, sometimes when there’s a lull in the action and sometimes when they just want to play. Whether this cycle of Open Mic Nights develops into the thriving, outspoken event it has been before, or even if it stays at a more intimate size, the fact remains the same that anyone in town can speak their mind or sing their heart out as they see fit on Wednesday nights—as long as it’s before 10 p.m. “Come play a song, or read a story, or do some comedy,” Huhn said. “I just think it’s good that somebody has a place to go to sing their song.” And if you don’t get up on stage, you can still listen, which is just as important and just as fun, especially around election time or Valentine’s Day. info@inweekly.net

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hot times CARIBBEAN NIGHT AT WILL CALL 10 p.m.-close weekly. $5 entrance fee includes one free drink and all the dancing you can stand. 22 S. Palafox St. 9128644 or willcallsports.com. COLLEGE NIGHT COOK-OUT 7-10 p.m. weekly. No cover with college ID. Cookout, drink specials and live music. End O’ the Alley Bar inside Seville Quarter.130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. MUSIC: HOLLY SHELTON 7 p.m. No cover. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com. MUSIC: LIVE MUSIC AT THE DECK 6 p.m. The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

FRIDAY 11.19 GALLERY NIGHT 5 p.m. Enjoy an evening of arts and culture by touring downtown’s art galleries, restaurants, bars and other local businesses. 434-5371 or downtownpensacola.com. JUNIOR LEAQUE MARKETBASKET Stroller-free shopping 9 a.m.-Noon. Regular shopping hours Noon-9 p.m. $6 in advance, $7 at the door, $3 for children ages 6-12, free for children 5 and younger. Tickets available at Civic Center box office, online at ticketmaster.com, from Junior League members, or the Junior League office, 3298 Summit Blvd., Suite 44. Call 433-4421.

THURSDAY 11.18

▲5TH ANNUAL BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU PARTY 6-8 p.m. Taste and buy Beaujolais Nouveau as you enjoy live French music, French onion soup and door prizes. La Masion d’Elodie, 824 E. La Rua St. 433-6427 or lamasiondelodie.com. WOMEN-ONLY MORNING RUNS AT RUNNING WILD 6 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, weekly. Meet at Running Wild for a steady-pace run for all levels of runners. 3012 E. Cervantes St. 435-9222 or werunwild.com. MARKETBASKET PREVIEW GALA 7-10 p.m. Join the Junior League of Pensacola for a preview gala of 2010’s Marketbasket. $30 per person in advance, $35 per person at the door. $55 per couple in advance, $65 per couple at the door. Silent auction and heavy hors d’oeuvres included. 201 E. Gregory St. 433-4421 or juniorleagueofpensacola.org. “WOMEN IN ART” WITH PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES 6 p.m. Pensacola Museum of Art will examine historical and cultural issues presented by John Bott, a visiting art historian. Free. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org. 26TH ANNUAL FRANK BROWN INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL 6:30 p.m. Through Nov. 21. Over 150 nationally acclaimed songwriters in multiple venues along the Gulf Coast. fbisf.com. COLLEGE NIGHT 6 p.m.-2 a.m. weekly. All you can drink domestic draft and well drinks for $10. Enjoy the sounds of ‘40s music as you drink and drown. Savanna Blue Neighborhood Grille, 4238 W. Fairfield Drive. 453-2980 or savannablue.net. COLLEGE NIGHT WITH D-MIXX 11 p.m. weekly. Dance the night away with the sound mixes of DvDJ D-Mixx. $5 for 21 and up. $10 for 18-20. Phineas Phogg’s inside of Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. EVENING RUNS AT RUNNING WILD 5:30 p.m. weekly. Meet at Running Wild for a steady-pace run for all levels of runners. 3012 E. Cervantes St. 435-9222 or werunwild.com. HERB CLASS AT EVER’MAN 5:30 p.m. weekly. Come study different herbs. Enjoy different guest lecturers every Thursday night, and learn techniques recommended by the Cambridge Institute. Free for members, $2 for non-members. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St. 438-0402 or everman.org. WINE TASTING AT ARAGON WINE MARKET 5-7 p.m. Weekly. Enjoy a sampling of fine wines. 27 S. Ninth Ave. 433-9463 or aragonwinemarket.com. THIRSTY THURSDAY AT THE OAR HOUSE 11 a.m. weekly. Enjoy entrée and drink specials. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

THE PENSACOLA FILM FESTIVAL FALL SCREEN SERIES 2010 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. through Nov. 21. The finest in new and independent cinema will screen at the Gulf Breeze Cinema 4 over the three-day weekend. Twelve indie and foreign cinema films, as well as classics and kid’s movies, screen throughout the weekend. All access passes $25. Daily shows are $8 for adults, $6 for kids and seniors, $6 for all 1 p.m. shows. For questions about the films or schedule, please call Jim Norton at (863) 446-7300. CELTIC THUNDER AT THE SAENGER THEATRE 7:30 p.m. Come out and enjoy a performance of an eclectic mix of songs along with a diverse range of musical styles. Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox Place. 595-3882 or saengerpensacola.com. LIGHT OF THE MOON TOUR 7:30 p.m. 8:45 p.m. 10 p.m. Through Nov. 20. Experience the paranormal history of the Pensacola Lighthouse. Reservations needed. Pensacola Lighthouse and Museum, 2081 Radford Blvd. 393-1561 or visitpensacola.com. WINE TASTING AT CITY GROCERY 5:15-7:30 p.m. weekly. Sample wines and enjoy live entertainment. Free. 2050 N. 12th Ave. WINE TASTING AT SEVILLE QUARTER 5-7 p.m. weekly. All wines available at special pricing. Free. Gift Shoppe at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com BEER AND WINE TASTING AT DISTINCTIVE KITCHENS 4:30-7 p.m. weekly. Free. Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox Place. 438-4688 or dk4u.com. 26TH ANNUAL FRANK BROWN INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL 6:30 p.m. through Nov. 21. Over 150 nationally acclaimed songwriters in multiple venues along the Gulf Coast. fbisf.com. WEST SIDE STORY 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Nov. 18-20. 2:30 p.m. Nov. 14 and 21. Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium. $15 general admission. $10 for seniors, children, non-Pensacola State College students. $8 for Senior Club members, Pensacola State College staff, faculty and retirees. Free for Pensacola State College students. Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd. 475-3609 or pensacolastate.edu. LADIES NIGHT AND LIVE BANDS 9 p.m. weekly. Enjoy drink specials and live music. Savanna Blue Neighborhood Grille, 4238 W. Fairfield Drive. 453-2980 or savannablue.net. PHAT GIRLZ 9:30 a.m. Meet at Running Wild. This is a women’s only, all abilities running group. All abilities 3 to 6 miles through East Pensacola Heights. 3012 E. Cervantes St. 4359222 or werunwild.com. PENSACOLA SWING 8:30 p.m.-12 a.m. weekly. Lessons from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Open dancing until midnight. American Legion Post 33, 1401 W. Intendencia St. $5. 437-5465 or pensacolaswing.com.

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FINALLY FRIDAY AT THE OAR HOUSE 11 a.m. weekly. Enjoy entrée and drink specials. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com

SUNSET SUNDAY AT THE OAR HOUSE 11 a.m. weekly. Enjoy entrée and drink specials. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

MUSIC: GALLERY NIGHT CONCERT AT VINYL 8 p.m. Join Vinyl Music Hall as they celebrate November’s downtown Gallery Night. Free. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox Place. vinylmusichall.com.

SUCKER FREE SUNDAYS 11 a.m-2:30 a.m. weekly. All draft beers half price. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen and Taproom, 10 Palafox Place. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com.

MUSIC: HOLLY SHELTON AND DAVID SHELANDER 8 p.m. weekly. Ragtyme Grille, 201 S. Jefferson St. 429-9655 or ragtyme.net.

CREEK INDIAN TRIBE ANNUAL POW-WOW 10 a.m. Experience Native American customs, intertribal dancing, crafts, food and more. Santa Rosa County. countycreekindiantribe.com.

SATURDAY 11.20 WINE EDUCATION CLASS AT ARAGON WINE MARKET 4-6 p.m. “Blend Your Own Bordeaux.” Learn about the Bordeaux area of France and try your hand at making your own Bordeaux-style blend. $35. Register online at continuinged.uwf.edu. Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. Ninth Ave. JUNIOR LEAQUE MARKETBASKET 9 a.m.-9 p.m. $6 in advance, $7 at the door, $3 for children ages 6-12, free for children 5 and younger. Tickets available at Civic Center box office, online at ticketmaster.com, from Junior League members, or the Junior League office, 3298 Summit Blvd., Suite 44. Call 433-4421. 2010 WILD TURKEY TROT 5K 8 a.m. Join Seville Quarter Milers for a run-walk through downtown Pensacola. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. CREEK INDIAN TRIBE ANNUAL POW-WOW 10 a.m. Through Nov. 21. Experience Native American customs, intertribal dancing, crafts, food and more. Santa Rosa County. countycreekindiantribe.com. SALTED RIM SATURDAY AT THE OAR HOUSE 11 a.m. weekly. Enjoy entrée and drink specials. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com. LIGHT OF THE MOON TOUR 7:30 p.m. 8:45 p.m. 10 p.m. Through Nov. 20. Experience the paranormal history of the Pensacola Lighthouse. Reservations needed. Pensacola Lighthouse and Museum, 2081 Radford Blvd. 393-1561 or visitpensacola.com. TEXAS HOLD’EM 3 p.m. weekly. Paddy O’Leary’s, 49 Via De Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com. PET FEST 2010 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Bring the family along with your family pets. $5 for pet to enter display area. $10 for pet to enter Rover’s Run display. Gulf Breeze Elementary, 549 Gulf Breeze Parkway. 934-5185 or gulfbreezechamber.com. WEST SIDE STORY 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Nov. 18-20. 2:30 p.m. Nov. 14 and 21. Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium. $15 general admission. $10 for seniors, children, non-Pensacola State College students. $8 for Senior Club members, Pensacola State College staff, faculty and retirees. Free for Pensacola State College students. Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd. 475-3609 or pensacolastate.edu.

WEST SIDE STORY 2:30 p.m. Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium. $15 general admission. $10 for seniors, children, non-Pensacola State College students. $8 for Senior Club members, Pensacola State College staff, faculty and retirees. Free for Pensacola State College students. Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd. 475-3609 or pensacolastate.edu. KRAZY GEORGE’S KARAOKE 8 p.m.-2:30 a.m. weekly. Lili Marlene’s inside of Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. TEXAS HOLD’EM 7 p.m. weekly. Paddy O’Leary’s, 49 Via De Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

MONDAY 11.22 SEVILLE QUARTER MILERS 5:30 p.m. weekly. Meet in front of Seville Quarter and run the downtown streets of Pensacola. All levels of runners welcome. Free pasta and drink specials in Fast Eddie’s after you run. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. THE MUSICIANS ALLIANCE 9 p.m.-1 a.m. weekly. Enjoy live music and a chance to meet and greet other musicians in the community. Lili Marlene’s inside of Seville Quarter, 130 E Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. GAMER NIGHT 8 p.m. weekly. Engage in some gamer fun with some of the best video games and enjoy drink specials around. Fast Eddie’s inside of Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. MONDAY POKER LEAGUE 5:30 p.m. weekly through Dec. 20. Players and spectators will win bar tabs, t-shirts, gift cards and more. The overall champion will be awarded a spot at the World Poker Tour Amateur Championship at the Tropicana Las Vegas, with a chance to compete for over $160,000 in cash and prizes. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com. MANIC MONDAY AT THE OAR HOUSE 11 a.m. weekly. Enjoy entrée and drink specials. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com. TEXAS HOLD’EM 4 FUN 7:30 p.m. weekly. Enjoy $2 longnecks. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshakerlounge.com.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SATURDAY 11 a.m. weekly. Support your favorite team as you enjoy drink specials, trivia and a football menu. Complex-wide inside of Seville Quarter. 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

MUSIC: GABE STEEVES 9 p.m. weekly. End O’ The Alley at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

CANDLELIGHT TOURS OF FORT BARRANCAS 5-7:15 p.m. The tour of Fort Barrancas will highlight Pensacola during the Civil War. Visitors are encouraged to arrive 15 minutes before tour times. Free. Fort Barrancas NAS, 901 Taylor Road. 455-5167 or visitpensacola.com.

CHRISTMAS MUSIC OF MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER 8 p.m. Begin your holiday with the production of Mannheim Steamrollers Christmas music. Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox Place. 595-3880 or pensacolasaenger.com.

MEMBERSHIP NIGHT 8 p.m.-12 a.m. weekly. Be the first to receive drink specials, discounts to events and much more. Phineas Phogg’s inside of Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. SEEDS OF HOPE 5K COMMUNITY WALK 9 a.m. Meet at the University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway. 433-9222 or werunwild.com. MUSIC: AL MARTIN 7 p.m. weekly. Ragtyme Grille, 201 S. Jefferson St. 429-9655 or ragtyme.net.

SUNDAY 11.21 JUNIOR LEAQUE MARKETBASKET 9 a.m.-3 p.m. $6 in advance, $7 at the door, $3 for children ages 6-12, free for children 5 and younger. Tickets available at Civic Center box office, online at ticketmaster.com, from Junior League members, or the Junior League office, 3298 Summit Blvd., Suite 44. Call 433-4421.

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BAR BINGO 9:30 p.m. weekly. Have a fun night with a game of bingo at Miller’s Ale House, 5906 N. Davis Highway. 5052670 or millersalehouse.com. PENNY-A-PIN TUESDAYS 8:30 p.m. weekly. Pay what you bowl. Cordova Lanes, 2111 Airport Blvd. 477-2300 or cordovalanes.com. TUESDAY JAM NIGHT 8 p.m. weekly. Get up close and personal with local bands and musicians as they provide live entertainment. Lili Marlene’s inside of Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. TUESDAY POKER LEAGUE 6 p.m. weekly through Jan. 18. Win bar tabs, t-shirts, gift cards and more. The overall champion will be awarded a spot at the World Poker Tour Amateur Championship at the Tropicana Las Vegas, with a chance to compete for over $160,000 in cash and prizes. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

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HAUNTED TOURS 10:30 a.m. weekly. Take a break from the sun at Haunted Seville Quarter. After your tour enjoy a buffet lunch in Apple Annie’s Courtyard. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 221-1977 or pensacolahistoryandhauntings@cox.net.

WINO WEDNESDAY AT THE OAR HOUSE 11 a.m. weekly. Enjoy entrée and drink specials. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

LADIES NIGHT AT ANGUS 5 p.m. to close weekly. First “one sipper” on the house. Half off beer, house wine, well and drink menu. Buy one item on the Lounge Menu and receive the second for half off. 1101 Scenic Highway. 432-0539 or anguspensacola.com. TUESDAY NIGHT JAM SESSION 7-9:30 p.m. weekly. Local musicians are invited to attend a weekly jam session to show off and share their talents among other local musicians. Belmont Arts & Cultural Center, 401 N. Reus St. Free. 429-1222 or belmontartscenter.com. POETRY AND SPOKEN WORD NIGHT 7 p.m. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright St. 429-0336 or eotlcafe.com. THREE DOLLAR HOLLER 7 p.m.-close. Enjoy $3 drinks on anything at Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen and Taproom. 10 S. Palafox Place. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com. WOMEN-ONLY MORNING RUNS AT RUNNING WILD 6 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, weekly. Meet at Running Wild for a steady-pace run for all levels of runners. 3012 E. Cervantes St. 435-9222 or werunwild.com. MCGUIRE’S RUNNING CLUB 6 p.m. weekly. Meet by the double-decker bus in the parking lot at 5:45 p.m. Start the 5K run/walk at 6 p.m. Wear your McGuire’s t-shirt for free drinks and food specials. mcguiresrunners.com. MUSIC: MIKE QUINN 9 p.m. Weekly. End O’ the Alley in Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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▶JINGLE BELL 5K/10K RUN/WALK 8 a.m. Join the Arthritis Foundation at the Gulfside Pavilion. arthritis.org. OPEN MIC NIGHT 7 p.m. End of the Line Café, 610 E. Wright St. 429-0336 or eotlcafe.com. LADIES NIGHT AT FISH HOUSE 5 p.m. weekly. Guest performance by Rumor Mill. All drinks $2. 600 S. Barracks St. Free. 470-0003 or goodgrits.com. COMEDY NIGHT AT WOWO BLUE 9 p.m. weekly. Enjoy a late night of laughs with a full bar and daily specials. $5 entrance fee. Savanna Blue Neighborhood Grille, 4238 W. Fairfield Drive. 453-2980 or savannablue.net. COLLEGE NIGHT AT O’RILEY’S 8 p.m. weekly. Domestic bottles, well drinks and beer pong for only $1 each. O’Riley’s Irish Pub, 3728 Creighton Road. 474-0522. TEAM TRIVIA NIGHT 9 p.m. Join the fun with teams of two or more trivia with prizes awarded to the winners. Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen and Taproom, 10 S. Palafox Place. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com. WINE DOWN WEDNESDAY AT JACKSON’S 5 p.m. Every Wednesday evening at Jackson’s Steakhouse, every bottle on their award-winning wine list is half off. 400 S. Palafox St. 469-9898 or jacksons.goodgrits.com. IN MARTINI NIGHT 5-8 p.m. Every Wednesday, join IN Publisher Rick Outzen and get a sneak peak at tomorrow’s issue of the IN. You can pass on any news tips to the publisher himself. Live music. Drink and food specials. The Global Grill, 27 S. Palafox Place. 469-9966.

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GIRLS NIGHT OUT AT DISTINCTIVE KITCHENS 6 p.m. Join Chef Keith Hoffert as he demonstrates how to create an exciting menu of sauces for your holiday dinners. Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox Place. $44.95. 438-4688 or dk4u.com. BUSINESS ON THE BALCONY 5:30-7:30 p.m. weekly. Enjoy $1 Miller Lite and PBR drafts, $4 Grey Goose drinks, free appetizers and dinner specials while you network. Will Call Sports Grille, 22 S. Palafox Place. 912-8644 or willcallsports.com. WIND DOWN WEDNESDAY AT ANGUS 5 p.m. to close weekly. Enjoy $4 select martinis, $4 premium craft beers and half-off appetizers. 1101 Scenic Highway. 432-0539 or anguspensacola.com.

MUSIC: LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 5-9 p.m. weekly. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or goodgrits.com. MUSIC: KARAOKE WITH BECKY 9 p.m. weekly. Sandshaker Lounge, Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 932-2211 or sandshakerlounge.com. MUSIC: OPEN MIC AND LADIES NIGHT 7 p.m. weekly. Paddy O’Leary’s, 49 Via De Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com. MUSIC: DIESELBOY 8 p.m. Join Dieselboy along with Da Choppa, Megan Davis, Lost and Found, and Eddie Gold MC. $13-$16. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox Place. vinylmusichall.com.

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efore you head out to your favorite bar to hear one of the 150 songwriters pour their hearts out at the Frank Brown International Songwriter’s Festival, you need to know one thing: when the songwriter is singing, you better be quiet. “One thing I want the audience to learn is to be quiet,” said songwriter Wayne Carson. “You can’t listen and talk.” Songwriter and producer Larry Butler put it bluntly: “Come in, sit down and shut up,” he said with a laugh. After the set is over you can holler all you’d like, in fact it’s appreciated—but these veterans of music take their jobs seriously. However, it won’t be hard to keep quiet. The songwriters set to perform have been inspired by everything in life and provide you with stories, not just lyrics.

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“There is no one place to get inspiration from,” Carson said. “Inspiration is like love; it comes from various places at various times.” Even TV can bring out the poet in a songwriter. “I’m addicted to TV,” said Butler. “Somebody will trigger a thought and I will write it down and turn it into a song. When I was watching Monday Night Football, a sportscaster said ‘Somebody’s gonna lose,’ and that gave me an idea.” “Life’s experiences inspire me,” said Ken Lambert, one of the first musicians to play at the Flora-Bama. “I remember the song I wrote, ‘You Can’t Borrow Back Any Time.’ I wrote it one night after a lonely evening in a hotel in Mobile, Ala. I thought I was getting old. I was only in my thirties. Now I’m 72 and I really know what it’s like.” The songwriters, especially all who knew him, count Frank Brown as an inspiration. As the night watchman for the Flora-Bama, it was his job to protect people. For some, he was a father figure. When Brown passed away in 1988, the festival was named after him and carries on his legacy. “Mr. Frank used to listen to me play before he went to work,” said songwriter J. Hawkins. “I loved him and I miss him. He was a good friend. He was always there with a smile and words of encouragement. When you’re young and hanging around the bars you can get a little wacky. He’d straighten me out.” Many of the songwriters at the festival have had long, successful careers in music. Maybe it’s because they didn’t have the fame like performers do, but they’ve remained humble and when speaking of their

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success they refer to it as luck or a blessing, even though it boils down to raw talent. “I’ve been very blessed,” said Butler, who is the first and only Nashville producer to win a Grammy for Song of the Year. “My job is to entertain and provide the audience with music. The guy that fixes my car or my TV, they are my heroes. They’re doing their job, and I’m doing mine.” Carson, who wrote “Always on My Mind,” went out to win the Grammy for Best Country Song and Song of the Year in 1982. Carson still feels excited about his success, but doesn’t brag. “I feel great,” Carson said of his success. “It’s the only way to feel. Like the guy that invented the Harley, but I’m just a poet.” This humble nature deserves recognition, which is why the Frank Brown International Songwriter’s Festival is a great opportunity to hear songs you already know and love in the purest form. “Most songwriters are not singers,” Butler said. “As bad as our singing may be, you’re still getting the full impact of the emotion behind the songs.” “At the Songwriter’s Festival, you can meet the person who put the words and music together,” said festival coordinator Kathy Melson. “You get to find out what was going on when they wrote the song.” The festival will be held from Thursday, Nov. 11 to Sunday, Nov. 21. The 25 venues cover Pensacola, Perdido Key, Orange Beach, Ala. and Gulf Shores, Ala. The farthest east the festival stretches is Hub Stacey’s in downtown Pensacola. The festivities will begin with the Progressive Locals Kick-Off on Wednesday, Nov. 10. Local songwriters will perform at Tipseas

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A TALE OF TRADITION

BROADWAY IN PENSACOLA SERIES PRESENTS “FIDDLER ON THE ROOF”

BY JENNIE MCKEON

aybe you can’t do the bottle dance or belt out “Tradition,” but you can be a part of “Fiddler on the Roof ”—in the audience, that is. For one night only, the Broadway musical “Fiddler on the Roof ” will be in Pensacola Saturday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. “‘Fiddler on the Roof ’ is a timeless, classic tale that people all over the world

can relate to,” said Kathy Summerlin, marketing director for the Saenger Theatre, in an e-mail interview. “The Broadway performances at the Saenger Theatre are top-notch, quality entertainment.” “Fiddler on the Roof ” comes to Pensacola as part of the Broadway in Pensacola Series. The star of the show is John Preece who plays Tevye. This is Preece’s ninth national tour with “Fiddler on the Roof ”; he has been in the musical over 3,100 times and within more than 1,500 of those performances he has played Tevye. “He’s pretty much fallen into my body,” said Preece about the character Tevye. “I’ve done it enough that he’s become a pretty big part of me. Tevye is the best written role for a male in musical theatre.” Traveling with the show for as long as he has, Preece doesn’t feel pressure about performing in Pensacola for only one night. “It’s consistently a good show,” said Preece. “We do the best we can every night.”

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“You learn about the Jewish people and that period of time,” Preece said of the play. “It’s a great show. You go through every emotion.” Joseph Stein, the Tony award-winning playwright behind “Fiddler on the Roof,” recently passed away at the age of 98. Now, more than ever, the play is a tribute to him and the everlasting story of tradition and family. “If anybody hasn’t seen the show on stage, I encourage them to come out,” Preece said. “It’s going to be an excellent show.” info@inweekly.net

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culture AWARD WINNING WRITER JOSEPH SKIBELL VISITS UWF

A READING AND BOOK SIGNING

BY KATE PETERSON

it. Then author Joyce Carol Oates walked up to me and said. “I won your award, too,” then preceded to introduce me to anyone I wanted. We had a group photo taken; it captured a great moment in my newly formed career. A sweet, sweet day.

oseph Skibell, award winning novelist and director of the prestigious Richard Ellman Lectures in Modern Literature at Emory University in Atlanta, will speak at the University of West Florida on November 15. Currently Associate Professor of Creative Writing and English at Emory, Skibell will read and discuss his latest work, A Curable Romantic. The reading will be followed by a book signing. The author also has a surprise performance in store for all those who attend. IN had a chance to ask him a few questions about his books, his career and his visit to the area. IN: Your first book, A Blessing on the Moon, started your career with considerable acclaim—the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Turner Prize for First Fiction, a Book of the Month Club selection, and many others. Quite a heady start for a young novelist. How did you handle that early recognition? JS: It was a pretty cool thing. When you are invited to the American Academy of Arts and Letters dinner you are filing the seats of those that have come before you, and you are with a group of about two hundred and fifty people who are the best in your field in the country. Cool to be invited to the club. When you walk in, people are talking about your book, they have read about it or heard about

IN: Did it make reception of your later books easier or more difficult? JS: Well, first you say to yourself, can you write a novel? You don’t know; it is terrifying and it is fun. I had done plays and screenplays. If it is terrible—I never made claims I could write. The second book was worse; it was then a question of, can I? Was the first book a fluke? Can I be as good? When you win prizes and awards, it hobbles you, intimidates you. It can also be liberating. By the third book, it was such a large project, it was looser, it became just about the storytelling. I could say, OK, now I am a novelist. Heroic battle to complete, so many pages. IN: Your presentation at UWF will be a reading and a launch for your third book, A Curable Romantic, with elements of history, Jewish mysticism, Sigmund Freud, and the afterlife. Tell us what we can expect. Where else has the book signing taken you so far? JS: I will do a reading from A Curable Romantic, and a book signing. My first book, A Blessing On The Moon, has recently been released in paperback, so I will probably read some of that as well. I am also doing a performance piece that I created to use when I presented to the Jewish Book Counsel. So far, the book tour has taken me to: Seattle, Portland, Milwaukee, Rochester, Philadelphia, Austin, Lubbock, Dallas, D.C., then south Florida. I am happy to be back at UWF, everyone was so sweet and wonderful before. It is a great area. Not everywhere does the dean come out to meet you, along with the chair of the English department. There was such a good showing. Jonathan Fink is doing such a great job bringing these authors to the area. IN: Grants are resources as well as recognitions. What did grants like the National Endowment for the Arts allow you to accomplish?

JS: I was able to take a year off from teaching. It allowed me to complete A Curable Romantic. I had a semester coming to me as well, so I had three off in a row. IN: Being director of Ellmann Lectures has put you in touch with some of the world’s greatest writers: Salman Rushie, Umberto Eco, Mario Vargas Llosa, and recently, Margaret Atwood. Describe the Ellmann Lectures at Emory. JS: Richard Ellmann was the first Robert W. Woodruff Professor at Emory. He was the biographer of James Joyce and Oscar Wilde. The Emory endowment wanted to continue the lectures he gave and raise the level of the university’s program. Every other year, they are delightful affairs with readings, interactive lectures, lunches and chamber music. People come from all over the world to attend the event. This past week was Margaret Atwood, “In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination.” Many attendees, and quite an honor. IN: Describe the development of characters and storylines over your three books. JS: A Blessing On The Moon was a dark subject. The English Disease is a contemporary book, it is lighter and episodic. Then A Curable Romantic is a bigger canvas, three parts: Freudian, Esperanto movement, and, finally, the Warsaw Ghetto. It spans 60 years, with a big cast of characters. My goal? Books powered by storytelling. Jonathan Fink, Assistant Professor and Director of Creative Writing at UWF, had this to say about the author: “Joseph was an excellent speaker/reader in the Writers in the Gallery Series last spring. His work is rich and dynamic in its aesthetics, structure, scope and humor. We were thrilled to invite him back this fall and sponsor a reading for him on his book tour for A Curable Romantic. info@inweekly.net

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The antique gothic building in the 1000 block of North 12th Ave. was once a state-ofthe-art medical facility that helped solidify Pensacola’s place as a commercially booming city just after the turn of the century. The concept for the hospital came about in 1913 when a prominent local businessman named M.J. Elkan professed the need for proper medical care in Pensacola. Prior to this time, health facilities in the city were limited to a scattering of clinics in converted houses. People in need of surgery or specialty care were forced to take arduous rail journeys to Mobile or New Orleans. Elkan used the press to make an appeal to the citizens of Pensacola. He asked that 20 individuals or organizations contribute $500 each to a fund of $10,000 to start plans for the hospital. The proposition attracted the attention of Reverend T.H. Kennedy, rector of Sacred Heart church, who referred the Elkan proposal to a Catholic group called the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The organization launched an investigation and found that Pensacola was indeed in great need of a hospital. The Sisters offered their services and a donation of $100,000 to build the new facility. The Sisters commissioned Austrian architect A.O. von Herbulis to design the plans. Once finished, the blueprints for development far exceeded the budget set forth by the Sisters, however they continued on with the project and agreed to a $400,000 contract

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proposed by the Evans Brothers construction company out of Birmingham. The brand new 125-bed facility, named Pensacola Hospital, became the first Catholic hospital in Florida when it opened for business in August 1915. The building was locally referred to as the Pride of West Florida. It was beautifully planned from the exterior of Tudor arches and ornate stonework to the interior of sterilized marble and modern comforts. The hospital provided Pensacola with its first ever surgical, radiological, bacterial and therapeutic facilities. The hospital could not have come at a better time. Just two years after completion of the structure, a flu epidemic struck. Many of the doctors were away in the armed services of World War I. The Sisters and their volunteers cared for an overflow of patients until the deadly flu passed. Civic leaders awarded the Sisters with an official commendation for their efforts. In 1948, following the original wishes of Mother Margaret O’Keefe, Pensacola Hospital’s name was changed to Sacred Heart Hospital of Pensacola. In 1965, the hospital moved its operations to North Ninth Ave. where it remains today. The building that was left behind served as a private school from 1969 to 1978. When it was purchased for private enterprise in 1980, it became known as Tower East. Today the building is still in use as the home of businesses including several restaurants, a theater, offices and a veterinary clinic.

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news of the weird ABOUT 20 PERCENT of Japan’s adult-video

market is now “elder porn” with each production featuring one or more studly seniors and Shigeo Tokuda, 76, among the most popular. He told Toronto’s Globe and Mail in October that he still “performs” physically “without Viagra,” in at least one role a month opposite much younger women. His wife and adult daughter learned only two years ago, by accident, of his late-onset career (which began at age 60 when a filmmaker hired him for his “pervert’s face”). Tokuda figures the “elder porn” genre will grow with Japan’s increasing senior population.

CULTURAL DIVERSITY In Afghanistan, as in many less-developed countries, boy babies are much preferred to girls for economic reasons and social status, but some thus-unlucky Afghan parents have developed a workaround for “excess” girls: simply designate one a boy. All references to her are male, and she dresses as a boy, plays “boy” games and does “boy” chores, at least until puberty, when many parents of the “bocha posh” convert her back. In some tribal areas, according to a September New York Times dispatch, superstition holds that creation of a bocha posh even enhances prospects of the next child’s being a boy. LATEST RELIGIOUS MESSAGES Symbols: (1) Although the dress code at Clayton (N.C.) High School prohibits it, freshman Ariana Iacono demanded in September that she be allowed her nose ring, which she said is “essential” to her practice of religion. Her Church of Body Modification, she said, teaches that “the mind, body and soul are all one entity and that modifying the body can bring the mind and soul into harmony.” (2) Some Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews came under criticism in September during the pre-Yom Kippur Day of Atonement because, unlike most Jews, they shunned the euphemistic twirling of substitute objects over their heads for forgiveness insisting on hard-core expression by twirling sacrificed chickens. IF ONLY THEY HAD BEEN LESS RELIGIOUS ...: (1) Ten people were killed in an October

stampede when a scuffle broke out at a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Bihar where 40,000 had taken their goats to be sacrificed for prosperity. (2) In July in Montcalm County, Mich., four teenagers attending a Bible church camp were killed when lightning struck an umbrella they were huddling under on a field. CHUTZPAH! In June, the Mexican government filed a brief in Arizona challenging the constitutionality of that state’s proposed law that required police to check the immigration status of detainees, which, according to its Foreign Ministry, “violates inalienable human rights.” However, a May USA Today dispatch from Tultitlan, Mexico, noted that Mexico has a similar law (“Article 67” of its immigration code) and that police allegedly harass immigrants from Honduras and other Central American countries. Said one

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QUESTIONABLE JUDGMENTS Awkward: (1) The charity Brain Injury New Zealand, organizing a community benefit in the town of Rotorua, decided in October to stage—of all things—a “zombie walk,” inviting townspeople to shuffle around in support. The TV station TVNZ reported numerous complaints alleging BINZ’s insensitivity. (2) The city government in Seoul, South Korea, warned in October that the local delicacy “octopus head” contains toxic amounts of cadmium and recommended a two-head-per-week maximum. Fishermen and restaurateurs, as well as those who eat octopus head for its supposed libido-enhancement, protested. MORE REDNECK CHRONICLES (1) In October in Seminole, Fla., near Tampa, two men, ages 36 and 52, sitting on a porch, drew the attention of two passersby, who made derisive comments and eventually beat up the porch-sitters, who were in costumes as beer bottles. (2) In Portage, Ind., in July, Michael Perez, 36, and brother Eric, 28, got into a fistfight, then ran outside, jumped into their respective pickup trucks, and commenced to ram each other. Multiple charges were filed against both after Eric accidentally crashed into a mobile home.

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LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS Two men robbing a Waffle Shop in Akron, Ohio, in October ushered customers and employees into the back and had them give up their cell phones, which were collected in a bag, with the plan to lock the phones in a supply room, retrievable only long after the robbers had fled. However, one robber walked out the restaurant’s front door, which automatically locked behind him, and when the other robber walked into the supply room to drop off the bag, an alert hostage locked him inside (and resisted when the robber began “demand(ing)” to be let out). RECURRING THEMES (1) A 55-year-old woman was seriously injured in October near Defuniak Springs, Fla., when -- and alcohol was involved -- she fell from a motor home traveling on Interstate 10. She had walked to the back to use the rest room, discovered that the door was stuck, and pushed against it -- to learn too late that it was the exit. (2) A 75-year-old man in Levis, Quebec, became the latest person to fall victim to his own protective booby trap. He had apparently forgotten the exact location of the trip wire he had connected to a shotgun to deal with trespassers, and he was killed. Send your Weird News to Chuck Shepherd, P.O. Box 18737, Tampa, Fla., 33679 or weirdnews@earthlink.net, or go to www.NewsoftheWeird.com. FROM UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE CHUCK SHEPHERD’S NEWS OF THE WEIRD by Chuck Shepherd COPYRIGHT 2010 CHUCK SHEPHERD

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community outreach SENIOR GIFT REQUESTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS HOLIDAY AS ECONOMIC SLUMP CONTINUES Be a Santa to a Senior®, the popular campaign that has delivered 1.2 million gifts to needy seniors throughout North America in the past six years, is gearing up again this holiday season during a time when seniors may need more of the bare necessities to survive. The Home Instead Senior Care® office serving Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties has joined local health care partners (see below for complete list) and area Walmart stores to provide presents to seniors who otherwise might not receive a gift this holiday season. Program sponsors expect gift requests to be up this year as the economic downturn continues and Social Security benefits fail to keep pace with daily living expenses. “Most people aren’t aware that there are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of seniors in every community who have no family and are alone,” said Carlette Howell, owner of the Home Instead Senior Care office serving the Pensacola area. “What’s more, this holiday season finds many older adults struggling to make ends meet.” Prior to the holiday season, the participating local non-profit organizations will identify needy and isolated seniors in the community and provide those names to Home Instead Senior Care. Christmas trees, which will go upon Nov. 1 at the Walmart stores below, feature ornaments with the first names only of the seniors and their respective gift requests. Participating Walmart locations: • 8970 Pensacola Blvd. in Pensacola • 4965 Highway 90 in Pace

• 3767 Gulf Breeze Parkway in Gulf Breeze • 2951 South Blue Angel Parkway in Pensacola • 2650 Creighton Road in Pensacola Holiday shoppers can pick up an ornament, buy items on the list and return them unwrapped to the store, along with the ornament attached. Volunteers will then collect, wrap and deliver the gifts to area seniors. “Be a Santa to a Senior is a way to show our gratitude to those older adults who have contributed so much to our community,” Howell said. “We hope to reach out to many with this gesture of holiday cheer and goodwill.” The program runs from Nov. 1 through Dec. 15. Important dates of note are as follows: Nov. 1: Trees go up in area stores and businesses Dec. 15: Community gift wrapping party – the general public is invited to come and help! Dec. 15: Delivery of gifts to seniors in the community For more information about the program, call 850477-1947 or log on to beasantatoasenior.com. “DANCING IN THE DARK” WITH THE PENSACOLA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Board of Directors of the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra invites you to join us for “Dancing in the Dark,” the 15th annual Symphony Ball on Saturday, November 13th at Pensacola Country Club. As a new twist this year, co-chairs Teri Levin, Robert Turner, and Betty Roberts have crafted an enchanted evening full of mystery and disguise. Make sure to wear your masks! Events begin at 6PM and will feature cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, a fantastic dinner, silent and live auctions, and music and dancing with Brooks

Hubbert. Violinist Brooks Wood Smith will also be on hand to serenade you at your table. As Pensacola Symphony Orchestra’s major annual fundraiser, proceeds from the Ball will benefit all artistic and educational programs. “All of our education programs benefit from the Ball,” says Executive Director Bret Barrow. “With every ‘Dancing in the Dark’ seat sold, we’re that much closer to bringing all 5th grade students from Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties to the Saenger to hear the orchestra for free, or bringing one of our world-class guest artists to teach area high school students. Of course, it will also be a really fun evening out!” Seats are $150 and are on sale now. Call the PSO office at (850) 435-2533 or order online at pensacolasymphony.com Dancing in the Dark is sponsored by Avalex Technologies, Centennial Imports, Bank of America, Bud Light Lime, Mark Lee – Resort Realty, Gulf Coast Community Bank, Morgan-Keegan, Wells Fargo, and O’Sullivan Creel Wealth Advisors, and Friends of the Ball include Raisa OverstreetMerrill Lynch, Brad and Betty Roberts, Robert and Gloria Turner, Teri Levin, and Antonio and Bentina Terry. GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL SEASHORE HOSTS SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH In commemoration of Native American Heritage Month, Gulf Islands National Seashore will host anthropologist Dr. Ramie Gougeon from the University of West Florida for a special one-hour program, “Native Americans Cultures of the Southeast and Pensacola Area.” The talk will be held at the Naval Live Oaks Visitor Center Auditorium in

Gulf Breeze on Wednesday, November 18 at 5:30 p.m. Dr. Gougeon will share his interest and research that includes late prehistory of American Indians living in the southeast and spotlights the sources and expressions of social and political power in middle-range, chiefdom societies. Gulf Islands National Seashore Superintendent Brown invites the public to attend our Native American Heritage Month presentation. The program is free. For additional information about this program or other programs offered at the Seashore, call the Naval Live Oaks Visitor Center at (850) 934-2600 or visit our website at nps.gov/guis. THE 3RD ANNUAL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT The Greater Pensacola Tuskegee Alumni Club will be hosting the 3rd Annual Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament (in memory of Joe Morris Jr.) at Osceola Golf Course on Saturday, November 13. Registration is at 7:30am, shotgun start is at 8:30 am, and the awards presentation is at 1:30 pm, with lunch immediately after. The tournament entry fee is $140 per 2-men team or $70 per person and includes lunch, green fees, cart rental, goodie bags, and door prizes. Platinum sponsorship is $1,000 and includes 2-2 men teams, sponsor, 2-tee box sign at designated holes, and recognition at event and media outlets. Gold sponsorship is $750 and includes 2-2 men teams, and 2-tee box signs at designated holes. Silver sponsorship is $500 and includes 2 men teams, and 1-tee box sign at designated holes. Bronze sponsorship is $300 and includes 1-tee box sign, and no players.

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