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“When we do a search this time, I’m gonna stick my nose in and check.”

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game that was better than anything District 3 has ever seen in a county commission race. He had supporters at every precinct on Election Day. The result was he and his team won with over 70 percent of the vote, and they were able to help Gerald Wingate upset Councilman John Jerralds, who had endorsed May’s opponent.

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charter school won approval of the State Board of Education to remain open. The board granted a waiver from the state rules that would have closed it because it had two consecutive F school grades. The board members praised the school for its impressive turnaround and community support. They were amazed at the lack of support from Superintendent Malcolm Thomas and the school board, according to locals who attended the meeting.

NATE SILVER The Conservative pundits hated this New York Times blogger for daring to predict weeks ago that President Barack Obama would beat Mitt Romney by a large margin in the Electoral College. Using his own statistical model that rejected conventional wisdom and aggregated state level polling data, Silver accurately predicted the results in the states. Sometimes the math geeks really know what they are talking about.

Rosa County Supervisor of Elections had a very bad day on Nov. 6. Normally calm Gulf Breeze had two-hour waits at its one voting precinct. While every other county in Florida was able to report partial results within an hour after the polls closed, Santa Rosa County went silent. Bodenstein blamed software glitches and website issues on the delay.

KARL ROVE The Republican “king maker” raised an estimated $300 million for GOP candidates to help Mitt Romney win the White House and his party take control of the U.S. Senate. Not only did Romney lose, but Democrats won nine of the 10 Senate races in which Rove’s political action committees spent the most money. And to top it off, Rove had a complete meltdown on air when his beloved Fox News declared Barack Obama was the winner. That’s a video clip we’ve saved.

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WHAT’S NEXT Over the next two weeks, two new county commissioners and four city council members will be sworn into office—the most new officials, at the same time, on these bodies in over 30 years. The sextet— Lumon May, Steve Barry, Charles Bare, Jewel Cannada-Wynn, Andy Terhaar and Gerald Wingate—will be tested quickly.

Commissioners May and Barry have to deal with the aftermath of the firing of County Administrator Randy Oliver and the hiring of the Keith Richards of county politics, George Touart, as interim county administrator. People aren’t happy with the heavy-handedness of this backroom version of musical chairs.

The pair also has to deal with the wave of new taxes that the commission has approved and may be considering in the future. Mass transit and public libraries have been woefully underfunded for decades.

The lame duck commission has scheduled a public hearing for a four-cent gas tax to fund the Escambia County Area Transit.

Commissioner Gene Valentino also wants to create another tax to fund the library system.

May and Barry will have to decide whether they support these efforts.

Then there is the estimated $200 million in Restore Act funds, which will be Escambia County’s share of BP fines for the 2010 oil spill. Rumors abound on how these monies

will be spent. The new commissioners will have to fight for their districts and learn how to barter with the others.

On the Pensacola City Council, Bare, Cannada-Wynn, Terhaar and Wingate will first have to vote on the new council president. P.C. Wu has the most seniority and seems the logical choice, but Johnson, Pratt and Spencer could walk away with the position, which runs the council meetings and decides the committee appointments.

The city council has struggled for the past two years with deciding its role. It has spent most of the last year in conflict with Mayor Ashton Hayward.

Councilwoman Sherri Myers sued the mayor.

Johnson has publicly and privately opposed the mayor and attacked his staff. Pratt routinely votes against Hayward’s initiatives.

Will the new council members immediately pick sides? Or will they take time to learn the issues and develop a balanced approach?

There is a way to discuss issues and solve problems without personal attacks. The incoming council members have a chance to build a consensus with Mayor Hayward—one in which everyone may not always get their way, but the city still moves ahead. Will they?

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rants & raves “There were constant rumors of inside deals, although grand juries and the ethics commission always cleared him.”

however, if it’s a newcomer, outsider or whistleblower, there’s really “nothing” they seem able or willing to do but provide time delays, benefitting the accused.

Even with grand juries, Eddins can too easily manipulate the process by choosing what is presented and how that is presented to jurors, who are sworn to secrecy. Therefore, I implore any grand jurors who may have felt state prosecutors showed favoritism in discouraging charges against certain officials or too aggressively pursued charges against others to contact Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office by calling 1-866-966-7226.

Since there is seemingly a question as to whether a state law violation is necessary to pop corrupt officials with federal honest services fraud charges, until we get a new State Attorney, who is willing to appropriately pursue official misconduct charges against public officials and do so in a timely manner, the corruption will continue to eat us alive like a cancer and shed unfavorable light on the downside of what is otherwise the upside of Florida.

—Romi White, Milton, Fla.

“Robertson and Valentino want a yes man, hence their ousting of Bob McLauglin, previously, and now Oliver.”

Arnold L. Seligman

NEW DOWNTOWN ODOR There is

a stench emanating from downtown, not from the former ECUA site, but from the trio of Commissioners [Wilson] Robertson, [Gene] Valentino, and [Kevin] White. These paragons of virtue fired the previous county administrator for a lack of personality and then have the temerity to fire the recent incumbent for the same reason. Then in an irrational rush, they hire Touart who previously resigned amid numerous ethical allegations.

What’s the rush? Newsom, assistant county administrator, should be able to fillin until after Nov. 20, when the new BCC would take over and make its own determination. Was it the fear that the newly inaugurated board would not rubber stamp the Robertson-Valentino-White selection?

Was White’s vote against [County Administrator Randy] Oliver a get-even for not hiring him for a county job—shades of the Equestrian Center fiasco.

Robertson and Valentino want a yes man, hence their ousting of Bob McLauglin, previously, and now Oliver.

Now the taxpayer again must pay for a national search for a replacement, if we can get one with Robertson and Valentino as board members. As an aside, why does Sheriff Morgan accuse anyone that disagrees with him of moral lapse? He did this with both McLaughlin and Oliver over budget disputes.

—Arnold L. Seligman, Cantonment, Fla.

CORRUPTION PROLIFERATES “Oliver Fires Back” (Independent News, Nov. 8) references Touart’s previous stint as,

Thankfully, in the upcoming 2013 session, state legislators are backing ethics reform bills based on Integrity Florida research recommendations, and I praise incoming Florida Senate President Don Gaetz’s efforts toward this end.

Sadly, however, some of the research prompting this reform was conducted in Escambia County and resolving the ineffectiveness of the Ethics Commission only solves part of the problem.

Public corruption has proliferated in the First Judicial Circuit under current State Attorney Bill Eddins, whom I believe favorably employs prosecutorial discretion for some while wrongfully prosecuting others.

There is an ever-growing list of similar cases handled decisively differently by Eddins’ office, and the aforementioned article stinks with cases suspect of political cronyism.

“The corruption will continue to eat us alive like a cancer and shed unfavorable light on the downside of what is otherwise the upside of Florida.”

Romi White It seems that with Eddins the message carries no weight but is rather dependent upon the messenger. Apparently, if an elected official or political insider complains, Eddins reacts with break-neck speed (Ex: Escambia Sheriff candidate John Powell);

Our beaches are one of the best things Pensacola has to offer, so help set an example for others and choose not to litter. Our Earth is not an ashtray.

—Rebecca Fraker, Pensacola, Fla.

MELTING POT AMERICA Stubbornly, America has turned the page from a distance past to an inclusive future. To live in this time period and see the past fading away in the 2012 elections can be compared to that time when America was transitioning from an age of horse-back-riding to the age of automobile. At that time period, there were many horse-back-riders that resisted that coming change to the automobile. However, there were those that accepted a future with automobiles, and knew that horse-back-riding was a fading past.

The 2012 election results should serve as a wake-up-call to many in the Republican Party that the future is about real inclusiveness; and the past, a past that is fading away, has out lived its usefulness. The America that once was, reflected in the crowds Gov. Romney drew on the campaign trail, is a fading America holding on to outdated notions of the past.

With the Obama win, the world has witnessed an America leading the way toward a tent where all ideas are heard and all talents are considered. That America was seen in the crowds President Obama drew on his campaign trail. That America has turned the page from an old way to a new way; that new way will lead the world in tolerance.

The Obama win is about a melting pot, America updating and modernizing its tolerance.

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“The Obama win is about a melting pot, America updating and modernizing its tolerance.”

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NO BUTT BEACH Cigarette butt litter is a major problem on our Pensacola beaches, making them appear less attractive and unsightly. The direct litter of butts on our beaches is only one part of the problem.

Cigarette butts discarded in parking lots, along sidewalks and in street gutters miles from the coast inevitably make their way through storm drains, creeks and rivers to the beach and the ocean.

Over 176,000,000 pounds of cigarette butts are discarded in the United States each year. According to the Ocean Conservancy, on Coastal Cleanup Days cigarette butts were the number one trash item found. Filters and plastic wrap from cigarette packages remain in the environment for long periods of time. Cigarette butts are composed of cellulose acetate, a form of plastic (not cotton, as some believe), which can take decades to degrade. Not only does cigarette litter ruin our once picturesque beaches, but the toxic residue in cigarette filters is damaging to the environment and the wildlife.

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all the political news and gossip fit to print constitutional rights vindicated in court, that unless they drop the appeal filed in the 11th Circuit in the Occupy case, that Mayor Hayward will be seeking attorney's fees and costs against them,” the statement read.

City Spokesman Derek Cosson told the Independent News that city had made a decision to recoup legal fees regardless of Occupy’s decision to appeal. He estimated the fees at $100,000.

“The taxpayers have spent quite a large amount of money defending this case,” Cosson said. “We’re gonna move for recovery of attorney fees one way or the other.”

issued a statement stressing the importance of standardizing Gallery Night schedules.

At its Nov. 6 meeting, the DIB discussed the future of Gallery Night. Perhaps Gallery Night should be split into two different events: one resembling the calmer, art-centered Gallery Night’s of yore, and an alternately scheduled late-night party.

Or maybe bollards should be installed and Palafox shut down every Friday and Saturday night.

Spencer suggested that Gallery Night had become “so big and so expected” that it had grown beyond the scope of the DIB—“our shoulders are only so broad”—and needed to be rethought.

“I think it has matured to become not just a downtown event but a community event,” he said. Spencer then told the group that he would use his discretionary fund to cover the additional cost.

Looking to the future, the DIB decided to have its Special Events Committee approach city officials about contributing to the pot. Spencer said he thought that the city might be more receptive now.

“I think recent publicity has provided,” he said, “much more attention and motivation on the part of the city.”

City Administrator Bill Reynolds was also in attendance at the DIB meeting.

He wasn’t particularly keen on the city contributing to the funding of Gallery Night.

“Our role is to permit it and to provide the services to make it happen,” Reynolds said.

“If we sponsor or do something for one, it’s very difficult for the city to say, ‘No, no, no, you’re a different special event.’” {in}

“I think recent publicity has provided much more attention and motivation on the part of the city.”

Brian Spencer

An overflow crowd of red-shirted library supporters watch a county commission meeting on a monitor in the lobby. / photo by Jeremy Morrison

TAXES KEEP COMING More taxes could

be on the horizon for Escambia County citizens. City of Pensacola and Escambia County officials faced with the challenge of how to fund the West Florida Public Library system are eyeing a Municipal Service Taxing Unit (MSTU).

“We still have a lot of homework to do on it,” City Administrator Bill Reynolds told the Pensacola City Council during a special meeting to discuss library funding and operation.

Local library funding has been hotly debated this budget cycle. Escambia County threw it on the table early when looking to cover its budget shortfall. The county eventually reduced the amount of money it contributed to the library system, which it funds jointly with the city.

The city of Pensacola, which manages the system, responded by reducing hours at the libraries, most dramatically at branches in the county. That action upset the county commissioners, who then further reduced funding and attempted to redirect its monies toward restoring hours at the county branches.

The issue was a contentious one. Terse letters were exchanged. Words like “extortion” were used.

“I’d really like to get away from that and see if we can move forward,” Reynolds told the council.

The administrator relayed a meeting he and Mayor Ashton Hayward had taken with incoming county commission chairman Gene Valentino. The city had found a $355,000 band-aid to restore hours of operation and the officials discussed the local governments levying a MSTU to fund

the entire system, with the county—“the organization that has the most skin in the game, if you will”—taking over operations.

“There seems to be a lot of agreement that this was a workable solution,” Reynolds said.

A few days later, Valentino told the Independent News that the plan was “another example of functional consolidation.” A “game-changer” and “real teamspirited approach.”

“We’re biting off a big one here, but we can do it,” he said.

“We can do it if we just work together.”

“Can the plaintiffs pitch tents and ‘occupy’ a centrally-located piece of public land for an indefinite period of time?”

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THE APPEAL AND THE BILL Joining

the list of losers on Election Day: Occupy Pensacola. That’s the day Judge Roger Vinson handed the local protest group a defeat in its lawsuit against the city of Pensacola.

“Despite the voluminous filings by both parties in this case,” Vinson wrote in his ruling for the United States District Court, Northern District of Florida, “the dispositive question is simple and straightforward: Can the plaintiffs pitch tents and ‘occupy’ a centrally-located piece of public land for an indefinite period of time?”

He ruled that they could not. He cited “a several decades-old ordinance that expressly prevents them from doing so.”

The Occupy suit contended that the protesters were exercising their First Amendment rights by ‘occupying’ the lawn. The tents, they argued, were essential to the act.

A few days later, the Occupy attorney, attorney Alistair McKenzie, released a statement.

“Today, the City of Pensacola informed my clients, regular citizens of Pensacola, who have merely sought to have their

LET THE PARTY EXTEND Palafox Street

will be closed to vehicles until midnight for the Gallery Night on Nov. 16. Partiers can thank Councilman Brian Spencer for offering up $2,500 of his discretionary money— each council member has $10,000 in the budget to use for their pet projects—to pay for the extended hours.

The October Gallery Night ended at 9 p.m. because the Downtown Improvement Board didn’t find sponsors to foot the bill for insurance and security for the additional three hours.

Mayor Ashton Hayward took issue that evening with the way off-duty police working for the DIB were clearing pedestrians from Palafox Street in order to reopen it to vehicular traffic. He thought their tactics were heavy handed—comparing the scene to “Beirut.”

The local police union claimed the mayor used his position to intimidate officers and requested an investigation from the Pensacola City Council. Then Hayward

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BUDDHA AND THE GODFATHER

Incoming Escambia County Commission chairman Gene Valentino speaks during a local rally for presidential candidate Newt Gingrich in January. / photo by Jeremy Morrison

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by Jeremy Morrison Gene Valentino brews a decent espresso.

He serves it up classy, in a cup on a saucer, for guests to sip as they listen to his grand plans for Escambia County.

“We’ve got to be less myopic on how we look at our future,” Valentino said, taking a seat in his downtown office.

This month, Valentino becomes chairman of the Escambia County Commission. He has a determined vision. There is no want for direction and little patience for distractions.

“Without being arrogant or boastful, I’m just tired—after six years on the job I want to win,” the current vice-chairman said. “I want people to trust me. Yeah, I’m a politician, but I want people to trust me.”

Valentino will be chairing a body that recently released the county administrator on a 3-2 vote, is seeing two new members seated, and will most likely be determining how best to spend the county’s RESTORE Act windfall.

The commission, and Valentino specifically, have also drawn fire from the media and the public when former county administrator George Touart was brought back aboard in an interim capacity.

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Leading up to his chairmanship, Valentino sat down for “some mature conversation.” On a bookshelf behind him was a statue of Buddha alongside a grip-and-grin trophy photo of the commissioner winning a stock car race.

Across the room, a framed shot of Marlon Brando featuring a line from “The Godfather”: “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”

“Everyone ought to just cool their jets and take a deep breath,” Valentino began the conversation. “The world’s not coming to an end.”

SWAPPING NEW FOR OLD

After a rocky budget season, and a year shy of his three-year contract, the Escambia County Commission fired former administrator Randy Oliver in October.

Valentino led the charge and bristles at criticism of the move.

“There is much you don’t know about why I chose to fire Randy Oliver,” he said. “I chose not embarrassing him.”

The commissioner said that his relationship with the county administrator was

“intimate, in a professional sense.” That relationship had soured with Oliver. Later, Valentino elaborated.

“The huge issue for me was insubordination,” he said.

Specifically, Valentino is referring to an episode in 2011 when Oliver and then-chairman Kevin White downplayed the commissioner’s complaints to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection regarding tar balls washing up on local beaches. It’s a sore spot, which he cited in his evaluation of the administrator.

“That impuned my character and credibility. He had no right to do that, so it’s personal,” Valentino said. “I don’t expect the citizens to understand that, but I will not be subordinated by the person who works for me in the eyes of state officials.”

With Oliver out, the commissioner successfully brought back Touart. The former administrator resigned in 2007 following media reports on possible conflicts between his side businesses and the county. Shortly thereafter Valentino cooperated with state investigators in a sting operation against him that went nowhere. Touart also ran against Valentino for the District 2 commission seat in 2010.

“I haven’t lost my mind,” Valentino assured. “I’m doing the man thing, the honorable thing, the Christian thing.”

EXPECTATIONS FOR TOUART

There has been speculation that Touart was brought back so that he could incur the time necessary to qualify for Florida Retirement System benefits—“that had nothing to do with it, I’m glad I could help him”—or that he was being installed to better steer RESTORE Act dollars.

“There’s no hidden agenda,” Valentino said. “There’s nothing up my sleeve with George Touart.”

The commissioner dismissed speculation concerning Touart for weeks leading up to the decision to bring the former administrator back. Now he finds himself playing defense, explaining that he’s operating “at the 10,000-foot level” and stressing to people that no one was ever nailed him on ethics violations or convicted him for any crimes.

“I said this to someone the other night,” Valentino relayed, “‘I know you’re frustrated with my decision. Show me one thing that’s illegal and I’ll walk straight to the state attorney’s office.’”

The incoming chairman described Touart as “not a long-term fix” and “on a short-leash, anyway.”

“George’s role is to work aggressively at replacing himself,” Valentino said.

But he has also let his fellow commissioners know that he was in no mood to be rushed in searching for a permanent replacement.

Other commissioners expressed concerns about waiting beyond the spring budget season to hire a new administrator.

“That’s one of the reasons I like George— he knows the budget process of Escambia County,” Valentino said in his office. “I was hoping George would be able to stay with us throughout the budget.”

When considering the long-term prospects for the county administrator position, Valentino said he plans to be more involved in the search efforts. He doesn’t think Oliver was vetted properly—“he had no speeding tickets is what I was told”— and feels the county’s background check should be more focused on a candidate’s working relationships.

“When we do a search this time,” Valentino said, “I’m gonna stick my nose in and check.”

The commissioner said he wants to find an administrator who is “collaborative” and works well with the individual commissioners—“he should be able to earn my respect”—in addition to being able to “mend the fences in these areas that are less obvious to media and the public.” Valentino also noted that an administrator shouldn’t pursue their own agenda.

“County administrators lose their job when they start acting like county commissioners instead of county administration,” he said.

TSUNAMI FEVER

When the federal government and BP reach an agreement over Clean Water Act fines related to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the RESTORE Act has ensured that Escambia County—and other Gulf Coast communities—will be getting a lot of money. Locally, it could mean around $200 million.

“Single largest financial Tsunami to hit Escambia County, ever,” said Valentino.

The county commission has already begun prep work for the funds. It plans to assemble an advisory board to evaluate projects and to serve as “filters and buffers for sharks that are already swarming.”

“The RESTORE Act never required the county commission to establish an advisory board, but we did at my request,” Valentino said, explaining that the commission wanted to stay pure, be protected from lobbying. “I refuse to put any of the five commissioners, including myself, in that kind of peril.”

“I haven’t lost my mind.

I’m doing the man thing, the honorable thing, the Christian thing.”

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The advisory board will be comprised of “subject experts with no ax to grind.” The commission plans to charge the board with assessing and ranking possible projects worthy of the RESTORE money.

“The best use of the money would be economic development incentives and infrastructure, with a smaller portion going to environment,” Valentino said, noting that federal and state portions of the RESTORE money is allocated for environmental restoration.

The commissioner said the county should consider spending the money on water, sewer and drainage issues, as well as road improvements and beach renourishment. He also wants to purchase land that he says is needed to lure foreign companies to the area, and thinks the county needs to invest in “a modern, high-tech industrial park” for the same reason.

The advisory board will be selected and begin its work soon. As he has during public forums, the incoming chairman clarified that the body could be scrapped at any point.

“Remember, I can get rid of that advisory board as quick as it was created,” Valentino said.

He believes local governments in the region must work in concert, not competition, when it comes to bringing jobs to Northwest Florida.

“There’s an old saying, ‘Pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered,’” Valentino said. “I don’t care if Santa Rosa gets some, Okaloosa too, that’s good for all of us. We have to think regionally now.”

SYMPHONY OF SYNCHRONICITY Valentino is stepping into the chairmanship because it’s his turn. The vicechairman of the commission automatically rotates to the helm. It’s not a process the incoming chairman appreciates.

“I was against rotation of the chairman,” Valentino said. “I believe the chairman should be picked by his peers.”

He pointed out that the recently elected District 3 commissioner— “no disrespect intended to Lumon, as a person”— wouldn’t have as much experience as other commissioners farther back in rotation. He feels the chairman should have “been around the tracks a few times.”

On that note, Valentino plans to take the new commissioners—Lumon May and Steven Barry—under his wing. He’ll explain process and procedure—“I’ll prompt them, I’ll cue them”—and introduce them to the rituals of the body.

“Grab the rookies, the new people on the board,” he said, “and make sure they’re not run roughshod over.”

Valentino has already given Escambia County a peek into his chairmanship. He recently hammered out a deal with the city of Pensacola to work toward a library system fully funded by a Municipal Service Tax Unit. Next, he calmly stifled his enthusiasm as outgoing Commissioner Marie Young threw on the table a gas-tax he has long advocated to fund mass transit.

These initial ripples as the commission nears a Valentino-chairmanship are ultimately aimed at the new leader’s passion: economic development and jobs. They are pieces of a puzzle he hopes to sell to the outside world.

“In the eyes of the businesses looking to bring jobs to town, we look smart doing it this way,” Valentino said, adding that European scouts focus on such aspects of a community.

“Mass transit, art museums on every corner, libraries—they’re really into that stuff.”

In his long-view vision, everything plays into each other. It’s all connected—“any one issue that’s going on right now, it doesn’t sit alone”—the libraries, an industrial park, a gas tax, RESTORE money, everything.

“What does a library system have to do with Airbus subcontractors? At first blush, nothing,” Valentino said, before laying out the puzzle. “There’s a symphony, there’s a synchronicity about how one of these issues affects the others.” {in}

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“In the eyes of the businesses looking to bring jobs to town, we look smart doing it this way.”

Valentino

GIDDY IN THE WHEELHOUSE

Recently, Commission Chairman Wilson Robertson named his successor as the county’s representative when it came to economic development efforts. The commission had already sent him to Germany to talk up Airbus subcontractors, and it was apparent he had interest in the area.

“That’s what I do love,” Valentino said.

On a coffee table in his office is Escambia County’s new promo packet. There’s also a brochure for the First Florida Super Site, an 850-acre site advertised as being 50 miles from the Airbus Aeroplex and able “to accommodate your development and industrial needs.”

“I used it on my trip to Europe,” Valentino said of the material. “This is what we use to sell Escambia County to the rest of the world.”

The vice-chairman was recently successful in securing $250,000 of county funds to use for “incidental expenses” when foreign business delegations visit the area. He invited them here to “kick the tires,” in hopes that they’ll decide to relocate operations and bring the all-coveted jobs to the area.

“I do think we’ll be successful, I’ve put my heart into it,” Valentino said.

Insofar as coordinating economic development efforts by the county, Greater Pensacola Chamber and the city of Pensacola, the commissioner said he’s prepared to “work hand-in-glove with any entity that the county commission endorses.” He said that whatever body handles the efforts, it “must have the ability to negotiate a deal from stem to stern.”

“The entity I proposed three years ago would be able to do it,” Valentino said, describing a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit he’s dubbed the Economic Development Authority.

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by Jeremy Morrison War zones exist on a different plane.

Veterans returning home often encounter a world that doesn't understand them. Even the most basic conversations can be challenging.

“When you get back and someone says, ‘How is it?’ First of all, that’s a really dumb question. Second, they don’t really want to know,” said Dr. Sam Mathews, University of West Florida associate professor and Vietnam War veteran. “You start telling them, about 30 seconds their eyes glaze over— what they want is the elevator speech.”

Mathews will share his insights on Nov. 16 in a panel discussion entitled “Life Issues for Veterans.” The event, A Colloquium on the Health and Well-Being of Military Veterans, is co-hosted by UWF Center on Aging and UWF Military and Veterans Resource Center.

With thousands of veterans returning from tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, the life issues of veterans and their transition back into their lives before war are gaining national attention in the media.

The reality for most of these soldiers is that their return to civilian life can be a jarring experience. Given the benefits offered by the Post 9/11 GI Bill, many choose to pursue an education upon their return home.

Around 1,200 veterans are enrolled locally at the University of West Florida.

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The move from the war zone to campus life comes with challenges. Along with dealing with issues that plague many veterans— such as Posttraumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD), family problems or an alarmingly high suicide rate—these new students must also traverse the usually unfamiliar landscape of academia.

“That’s why we’re here, actually,” said Marc Churchwell, director of UWF’s Military and Veterans Resource Center. The MVRC opened last year. Its mission is to help veterans transitioning from the military to the campus.

From life in wartime, to life afterward.

“It’s very busy,” Churchwell smiled.

Matthews can empathize with challenges facing the veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. He found himself adrift when he came home. There were side trips en route to his Ph.D. “I did what seemed easy and interesting—I got into some drugs,” Mathews said.

Once he began attending college, he found it difficult to relate to other students. They lived on a different planet, existed on a different plane.

“They’re upset when class runs five minutes over,” the professor remembered.

“You’re sitting there thinking it’s nice to have a working bathroom and an air condition.”

Mathews has a family member that recently returned home from Iraq. He’s passed along some advice he’s taken comfort in over the years.

“You’re not crazy,” he relays, “you’re having a normal reaction to a very abnormal event.”

Counsel from someone who can relate carries weight. Mathews said he’s glad to see that kind of counsel now available on campus in the form of the resource center.

“The Veterans Resource Center is a big step forward,” the professor said.

“When you’re idle you’ll focus on regret, instead of focusing on the future.”

Robin Griffiths

WELCOME HOME, STRANGER

Dr. Sam Mathews, Ph.D., a veteran of the U.S. Army, returned home from his three and a half years in Vietnam in 1972.

“I was a cryptologic technician,” he recalled. “We were sort of a ‘mission impossible’ kind of group, which means we were not to be captured. We didn’t wear parachutes. If the plane went down, they’d bomb the wreckage.”

VETS HELPING VETS

Tucked inside Building 38 on UWF’s campus, the Military and Veterans Resource Center is a cozy collection of cubicles and offices. It’s staffed with veterans, there to offer help to other veterans.

Churchwell, the center’s director, sat behind his desk listening to the hustle outside the open office door. Phones ringing, schedules being hammered out, advice being given.

It’s something he’s wanted to see for a while.

“I was working on it about three years to get it open,” Churchwell said.

The director understands that veterans are different from other students. They’re coming from a different place, have different needs.

“Their experience in life is different as opposed to your average 20-year-old student who gets stressed out going to class,” he said. “They’ve been blown up, or seen friends blown up by IEDs.” The resource center offers veterans a source of information and direction. It connects them with services, as well as helping them navigate the education system.

“They can walk in the door and say, ‘I know I have benefits, but I haven’t got a clue how to use them,’” Churchwell said. “We help them figure out a plan.”

The center also deals with the darker issues confronting veterans. They point them toward the needed services when necessary.

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“We’ve saved a couple,” the director said. “I know for a fact we have. I’ve talked one down myself.”

Outside Churchwell’s office, veterans working at the center are busy taking care of business. Veterans, like Robin Griffiths, have a unique understanding of the issues that are put before them. Griffiths referred to the center as a “one-stop shop for veterans,” and as a general morale booster.

“A lot of times, guys just want to give up,” Griffiths said, explaining that fellow veterans can sometimes help, can sometimes know the right thing to say— “sometimes that might persuade them to continue.”

After a mortar left him with third-degree burns, a fused elbow and nerve damage—“I kept my limbs”—Griffiths got out of the Marines in 2006. A few years later, he enrolled in UWF. The resource center wasn’t yet a reality, and veterans were left to find their own bearings on campus.

“It was almost cold in a sense,” Griffiths recalled. “Now, with the resource center, there’s this sense that you have someone there that’s going to help you out.”

Mathews knows what today’s veterans are talking about when they speak about this feeling. He understands what PTSD feels like. He knows about having a short fuse, about the nightmares and sleepless nights.

A few years after he began teaching at UWF, Mathews was approached about the issue. His issues had become apparent.

“They set down and said, ‘You know Sam, you might want to think about getting some help,’” he remembered.

The professor has learned to deal with his post-war experience—“for example, I don’t do fireworks”— but war will always be a part of him. He still gets a chill sometimes by the airport.

“Every time one of those Hueys fly over, I know it,” Mathews said. “I recognize it.

The hair stands up on the back of my neck.”

And while today’s veterans are receiving a much warmer national homecoming than his generation did, the professor knows that they are grappling with the same issues as the veterans of any war.

“The question I ask is what happens when the parades are over?” Mathews said.

Veterans working at UWF’s resource center are aiming to answer the questions that come after the parades.

Griffiths is hoping he can help some of his fellow veterans figure those questions out.

“This generation is very fortunate, I think society has learned how to treat veterans,” he said, before going on to talk about veteran issues that transcend generations and wars. “I think it’s difficult for them, not only for wounded veterans to assimilate to society, but for society to adopt to the veterans.”

“The question I ask is what happens when the parades are over?”

Dr. Sam Mathews, Ph.D.

LIVING WITH WAR

College life requires an adjustment from all students. For veterans, it’s an entire mentality shift. A rewiring. A different existence.

One difference is time itself.

“In the military, if you’re ever wondering what to do,” explained Lawrence Robbins, a U.S. Army veteran, “someone will tell you.”

Once out of the service, veterans suddenly determine their own schedule. It’s a big change.

“You’re coming from a highly structured environment—there’s a job to be done, you know when you start and you know when you finish,” Mathews said, describing how veterans must adjust to a less regimented existence. “How to do leisure?”

For some veterans, too much time can be a problem.

“When you’re idle,” said Griffiths, “you’ll focus on regret, instead of focusing on the future.”

The Marine is currently studying political science. He’s looking to get his Ph.D. so that he might teach. It has taken effort to get on that focused track.

“Mentally, I was dealing with a lot,” he said. “I had some survivor’s guilt, some PTSD.” Griffiths returned to Texas to a new son. He eventually moved to Florida, and enrolled at UWF. “I would just go to class and come home,” he said. “Just kept to myself.”

After recalibrating for wartime, Griffith explained, it’s difficult for veterans to step back into the normalcy of everyday life—to dial it back.

“They don’t know what to expect,” he said. “They don’t know how to act.”

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“You know the military is going to care for you,” he said. “In the civilian world there’s only one person looking out for you and that’s you.”

Griffiths said working at the Veterans Resource Center has filled some of these voids left upon his return home. It has provided some purpose and connection to others who can relate.

“You feel needed when you’re in combat, a feeling that you are a part of something bigger,” he said. “Work there kind of gives me that sense of feeling needed and camaraderie of being around other veterans.”

Back in his office, Churchwell said that the center’s express purpose is to help veterans transition into this dramatically different existence. He knows they’re facing unique challenges, both on campus and off.

“Coping with just everyday life,” the director explained. “They’re readjusting to family life, which is huge—you’re with the wife and the kids and you’re worried about the washing machine not working. How do you act?”

One of the keys to the resource center—Churchwell calls it “the most powerful thing”—is the veterans working there. They know how to help, and just as importantly, relate.

In this way, the center offers the brotherhood that many veterans find lacking in campus life.

“A lot of them support each other,” he said, motioning out into the center.

“There’s a couple in this office, right next door, and they’re helping each other.”

Out in the main office, Robbins joked about why he decided to work at the center. He’s kidding, but in another way he’s completely serious.

“The benefits package is great, the retirement is better,” Robbins laughed.

“Every war we learn more and more. I think we have grown by leaps and bounds.”

Marc Churchwell

“You know the military is going to care for you. In the civilian world there’s only one person looking out for you and that’s you.”

Lawrence Robbins

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Veteran’s wartime experience leaves them changed participants in history.

Along with the physical scars and battlehardened perspective, veterans are also given a taste of certain purpose and a sense of community.

“There’s a thing in combat—I miss it—the simplicity of it,” explained Griffiths. “All those guys are your brothers. They look after you.”

Whereas the war provided a sort of “simplicity”— “this is who you kill, it’s very cut and dry”—the Marine has found student life to be more complicated.

“Here, it’s not as cut and dry,” he said.

“It’s almost like you have to be careful who you trust.”

Sitting in a cubicle at the resource center, Lawrence Robbins felt the same way.

The colloquium is Nov. 16, from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. It is being facilitated jointly by UWF’s Center on Aging and the Veterans Resource Center. Events such as this are perhaps among the reasons that G.I. Jobs magazine recently listed UWF as one of the top “military friendly” schools.

“After every war, there’s something along these same lines,” Churchwell said of the efforts taken to usher veterans back into society.

“Every war we learn more and more. I think we have grown by leaps and bounds.”

Overseeing the UWF center, its director knows there is more to learn. More growth to be done.

“It’s way better now than it’s ever been,” Churchwell said of America’s newest generation’s homecoming. “Still not great. There are veterans suffering around the country.”

Locally, for veterans attending UWF, some of that suffering is eased at the MVRC. “I wish I had had a veteran’s resource center in 1972,” Mathews said. “It’d sure been nice.” {in}

AFTER EVERY WAR, LEARNING

When he finished his tours in Vietnam, Mathews returned home. He returned, in some ways, to a foreign land.

“Where the world is quite different,” the professor said.

Participating in the university’s “Colloquium on the Health and Well-Being of Military Veterans,” Mathews is hoping to help today’s veterans in their transition back from war.

“Hopefully, we’ll have people in the audience that provide services to veterans, but also people who are students that might be going through some of these things themselves.”

MILITARY AND VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER

11000 University Parkway Building 38 Room 147 WEBSITE: uwf.edu/militaryveterans EMAIL: mvrc@uwf.edu PHONE: 474-2550 HOURS: 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.

The Military and Veterans Resource Center opened at the University of West Florida in 2011. The center is staffed and run by veterans and serves as a networking hub, offering students help in navigating academia and connecting them with other services when needed. Appointments for transition coaches are encouraged, but not necessary. Walk-ins are always welcome.

COLLOQUIUM: LIFE ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR VETERANS OF ALL AGES WHEN: 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16 WHERE: UWF Conference Center, 11000 University Parkway, Building 22 COST: Free DETAILS: uwf.edu/militaryveterans The colloquium includes a panel discussion on Life Issues for Veterans, a presentation from the Mitchell Center on Vietnam-era repatriated POWs, and a discussion about Veterans Affairs. An overview of the university’s services available to returning veterans will also be presented.

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Kraft Bier Festival “The whole day is open to the public, Samples will be provided by a variety of except the beer festival, which will require brewers such as Full Sail, Anchor, Pensacola a ticket to enter,” Yates said. “There really Bay, Dogfish, Blue Point, Abita, McGuire's, is something Sweetwater, for everyone Lazy Magnolia and we just and Red Brick. want people “Mcto come out Guire’s and and enjoy their Pensacola Bay new park and Brewery will the stadium.” be there too, The Kraft so there will Bier Festival be some good will allow peolocal action ple to try as happening,” many beers as Yates said. they like, while mingling with the community “There will also be some hearty, crowdand celebrating the fact that Pensacola’s pleasing, beer-inspired food available Maritime Park is finally a reality. {in} throughout the park.”

Unlimited beer samples will be provided to all guests. In addition to the samples, guests will also be able to watch the first ever Air Force-Navy softball game inside the stadium.

“The Air Force vs. Navy game will start at 1 p.m. and is being played for the First Tee Charity,” Yates said.

The proceeds from the Kraft Beer Festival will also be donated to The First Tee, which is a children’s charity that strives to teach important life lessons through golf, and is partnered with the PGA Tour.

Early in the day, Derek Garner, Roy Jones Jr. and Justin Gatlin will do a “meet and greet” with the crowd, in order to promote educational wellness.

Later on, there will also be a WHEN: 1 – 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 muscle car show, a fireworks display, WHERE: Pensacola Bayfront Stadium SEC Football played on the jumbo (inside Maritime Park) screen TVs, and an appearance by COST: $35 regular admission, $100 for VIP the Charlie Daniels Band. A convert(Must be 21 to enter, ID required) ible Mercedes 560 SL will also be DETAILS: pcbeer.com raffled off, with the tickets being sold for $1 each, or six for $5.

“There really is something for everyone and we just want people to come out and enjoy their new park and the stadium.”

Yates

Pensacola loves beer, whether it’s hoppy, lite, or infused with some kind of seasonal ingredient. Locals anxiously await the release of their favorite summer beers and then enjoy the hunt around town for vendors that carry them. The recently opened World of Beer on Palafox Street has been overrun with guests, with crowds spilling into the streets just about every other night.

Another thing Pensacola loves is a beer festival. Last year’s Emerald Coast Beer Festival outside of Seville Quarter was booming with patrons,

and by the end of the night, almost every provider was completely out of beer.

The Kraft Bier Festival this year will be held at the new Pensacola Bayfront Stadium and will be part of the Maritime Celebration day. Dozens of brewers will be onsite, handing out samples in a “tasting- size” custom stein that guests will receive upon entering.

“There are a little over 100 different beers that will be offered,” said Shelley Yates, events coordinator for the Blue Wahoos.

“They keep adding a few more every day.”

“There are a little over 100 different beers that will be offered.”

Shelley Yates

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‘MESHUGGAHNUNS!’ 7:30 p.m. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or pensacolalittletheatre.com.

‘INTIMATE APPAREL’ 8 p.m. Free-$16. University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Blvd, Bldg.

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‘PENSACOLA STATE ART FACULTY EXHIBITION’ 7 a.m. through Dec 14. Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Bldg 15, Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd., Bldg. 15.

484-2550 or pensacolastate.edu.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

‘INTEGRATE. REPLICATE. GENERATE’ 10 a.m. through Dec 22. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘BILL MAULDIN: A SELECTION OF PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND PRINTS FROM THR ROWE COLLECTION’ 10 a.m. through Jan 10.University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Blvd, Bldg. 82.

474-3247 or uwf.edu.

‘THE HEART GALLERY PROJECT OF THE GULF COAST’ 10 a.m. through Nov 26. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox, 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

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

JOE OCCHIPINTI JAZZ WINE TASTING 5 p.m.

Aragon Wine Market, 27 S. Ninth Ave. 433-9463 or aragonwinemarket.com.

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

PENSACOLA SENIOR FOLLIES AUDITIONS 5:30 p.m. Bayview Senior Center, 2000 E. Lloyd St. For more information, please call 417-7736.

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

‘GIRLS NIGHT OUT: TASTE OF AMERICA: MID-ATLANTIC FLAVORS’ 6 p.m. $45, registration required. Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox.

438-4688 or dk4u.com.

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

DON & KAREN MCNATT 1 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

LEE GIBSON 5 p.m.

Lulu’s at Homeport Marina, 200 E 25th Ave. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

BILL WHYTE 5 p.m.

Franco’s Italian Restaurant, 25241 Perdido Beach Blvd. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

JOHN LOTT 5:30 p.m.

Tacky Jacks Orange Beach, 27206 Safe Harbor Dr. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

DANNY GRIEGO, RUSTY BUDDE 6 p.m. Lulu’s at Homeport Marina, 200 E 25th Ave. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

LORNA FLOWERS 6 p.m. The Compleat Angler, 4851 Wharf Pkwy. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

CASEY KELLY, LESLIE ELLIS 6 p.m. Tin Top Restaurant and Oyster Bar, 17240 Bon Secour Hwy. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

ANDREW HOOKER 6 p.m. Shipp’s Harbour Grill, 27842 Canal Rd. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

STEPHEN LEE VEAL 6 p.m. Rhythm and Ribs, 2420 E 2nd St. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

CLIFF COLLIER, SHAWN BOWLING 6 p.m. The Oyster Bar Restaurant and Marina, 13700 River Rd. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

DAVE OWENS 6 p.m. Lillian’s Pan Pizza, 14514 Perdido Key Dr. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

JERRY POWELL, JOHN EDD THOMPSON 6 p.m. Ginny Lane Bar and Grill, 4780 Wharf Pkwy.

492-7664 or fbisf.com.

SANDRA & STEVEN YOUNBLOOD 6 p.m. Flora Bama, 17401 Perdido Key Drive. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

J. HAWKINS 6 p.m. The Jellyfish, 13700 Perdido Key Dr. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

BRENT BURNS 6 p.m. Franco’s Italian Restaurant, 25241 Perdido Beach Blvd. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

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

BOB RAY, ARTIE CHILDS 6 p.m. The Fish House, 600 South Barracks St. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

MELISSA BRETHAUER 6:30 p.m. The Oar House on Bayou Chico, 1000 South Pace Blvd.

492-7664 or fbisf.com.

BRITTANY GRIMES, LYNN LANGHAM, KAREN E. REYNOLDS 6:30 p.m. Flora-Bama, 17401 Perdido Key Drive. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

SASSAFRASS, T-BONE MONTGOMERY 6:30 p.m. Tacky Jacks Orange Beach, 27206 Safe Harbor Dr. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

MATT HILL & DEEP FRYED 2 7 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach.

916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

BOBBY KEEL, ED BEAVER, THOM BRESH 7 p.m. Lulu’s at Homeport Marina, 200 E 25th Ave. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

ROBIN RUDDY 7 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Rd. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

DANA & DARWIN NELSON 7 p.m. The Compleat Angler, 4851 Wharf Pkwy. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

CRYSTAL SHAWANDA, DEWAYNE STROBEL 7 p.m. The Fish House, 600 South Barracks St. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

BEVERLY JO SCOTT 7 p.m. Sunset Corkroom, 225 E 16th Ave. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

NICK BRANCH 7 p.m. Shipp’s Harbour Grill, 27842 Canal Rd. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

EG KIGHT, BARBARA CLOYD 7 p.m. Rhythm and Ribs, 2420 E 2nd St. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

MARK SHERRILL, MICKEY SPRINGSTON 7 p.m. The Oyster Bar Restaurant and Marina, 13700 River Rd. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

BOB TOBIN 7 p.m. Lillian’s Pan Pizza, 14514 Perdido Key Dr. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

DALLAS MOORE 7 p.m. The Hangout, 101 W. Beach Blvd. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

ALAN HARTZELL 7 p.m. Ginny Lane Bar and Grill, 4780 Wharf Pkwy. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

RICK WHALEY 7 p.m. Franco’s Italian Restaurant, 25241 Perdido Beach Blvd. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

KNEE DEEP 7 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

KAREN & DON MCNATT, PAT MCCANN 7 p.m. Flipper’s Seafood and Oysters, 5749 Bay La Launch Ave. 251-981-3547.

GREG FRIIA, PETE SALLIS, RILEY WESTON, AHSLEE K. THOMAS, BRINN BLACK, KAREN WALDRUP 7 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

THE BRIGHT LIGHT SOCIAL HOUR 7:30 p.m. $10-$12. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox. 607-6758 or vinylmusichall.com.

CJ WATSON, JEFF GILKINSON 7:30 p.m. Tin Top Restaurant and Oyster Bar, 17240 Bon Secour Hwy. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

KATIE ROGERS 7:30 p.m. Tacky Jacks Orange Beach, 27206 Safe Harbor Dr. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

JIM ST. JAMES, VIC SAUL 7:30 p.m. The Oar House on Bayou Chico, 1000 South Pace Blvd.

492-7664 or fbisf.com.

BRETT JONES 7:30 p.m. The Jellyfish, 13700 Perdido Key Dr. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

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

SWERVE 8 p.m. World of Beer, 200 S. Palafox.

332-7952 or wobusa.com/palafox.

PHILLYBILLY 8 p.m. Hub Stacey’s at the Point, 5851 Galvez Rd. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

MATT HOGGATT, JOHNNY MIRE 8 p.m. The Compleat Angler, 4851 Wharf Pkwy. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

JASON JUSTICE 8 p.m. The Fish House, 600 South Barracks St. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

TIM SPENCER 8 p.m. Sandshaker Lounge, 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach. 9322211 or sandshaker.com.

SAM BROOKER, WILL RAMBEAUX, LIZ SHARPE 8 p.m. Rhythm and Ribs, 2420 E 2nd St. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

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

COWBOY JOHNSON 8 p.m. Flipper’s Seafood and Oysters, 5749 Bay La Launch Ave. 251-981-3547.

DJ MR LAO 8 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

OTTAR JOHANSEN, TORE ANDERSEN, BRENT MOYER, JOE SUN, DONNA SLATER, ELAINE PETTY, KIM CARSON, RHONDA HART 8 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com

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portunities, giving your little ones a chance to draw or paint. Band Mad Happy will be performing original movement-based songs and sing-along material throughout the event, providing a time of song and dance for children of all ages. For more information on the Mad Happy show, visit madhappyland.com

LATE NIGHT JAZZ QUARTET

8 p.m.

Stick around for dinner and drink specials and to catch the big band style music feature of the evening, Joe Occhipinti and Friends. Meanwhile let your kids bite down on a classic favorite from the children’s menu such as a toasted PB & J, or for more adventurous palates—Tiny’s Tofu Bowl. {in}

SLUGGO’S CHILDREN’S ART EVENT 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Ever entertain the idea of bringing your kids along with you to Gallery Night? If so, tomorrow night is the night to do so. Sluggo’s is hosting an art exhibit dedicated entirely to children’s art. Come have your face painted or pose with a cutout of Yo Gabba Gabba! There will also be interactive art op-

SLUGGO’S VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT 101 S. Jefferson 850-791-6501

NOVEMBER GALLERY NIGHT Friday, Nov. 16th

CORDLE, JACKSON, SALLEY TRIO 8:30 p.m. Sunset Corkroom, 225 E 16th Ave. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

SIMMONS BROTHERS 8:30 p.m. The Hangout, 101 W. Beach Blvd. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

JOHN JOINER, DAVE JOHNSON 9 p.m. The Compleat Angler, 4851 Wharf Pkwy. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

KEN HART, BRYAN KENNEDY 9 p.m. Rhythm and Ribs, 2420 E 2nd St. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

COLLEGE DANCE NIGHT 9 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

EXTREME KARAOKE WITH G.C.P.C 10 p.m.

Play, 16 S. Palafox, Suite 100. 466-3080 or gulfcoastpartycrew.com.

LEE YANKIE, RYAN BALTHROP, WES LOPER, CHRISTIAN/DURAND 9:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

BLUE MOTHER TUPELO 10 p.m. The Compleat Angler, 4851 Wharf Parkway. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

KIMBERLY JUNE, JEFFREY EAST, DANNY MYRICK, CRYSTAL SHAWANDA, KATIE ROGERS, SUZI RAGSDALE 10:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com JOHNNY BARBATO, BEVERLY JO SCOTT 11:30 p.m. Florabama, 17401 Perdido Key Dr. 492-0611 or florabama.com.

KACEY JONES 12:30 a.m. Flora-Bama, 17401 Perdido Key Drive. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

WILHELMENA WATSON 1:30 a.m. Flora-Bama, 17401 Perdido Key Drive. 492-7664 or fbisf.com.

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‘PENSACOLA STATE ART FACULTY EXHIBITION’ 8 a.m. through Dec 14. Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Bldg 15, Pensacola State College, 1000 College Blvd., Bldg. 15.

484-2550 or pensacolastate.edu.

‘A ROADTRIP THROUGH FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY’ 10 a.m. DARC, 207 E. Main St. 595-0050, ext. 107 or flpublicarchaeology.org/darc.php.

‘INTEGRATE. REPLICATE. GENERATE’ 10 a.m. through Dec 22. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

‘BILL MAULDIN: A SELECTION OF PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND PRINTS FROM THR ROWE COLLECTION’ 10 a.m. through Jan 10.University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Blvd, Bldg. 82. 474-3247 or uwf.edu.

‘THE HEART GALLERY PROJECT OF THE GULF COAST’ 10 a.m. through Nov 26. Artel Gallery, 223 S. Palafox, 432-3080 or artelgallery.org.

MAHABHUTA YOGA FESTIVAL 12 p.m. Sanders Beach Community Center, 913 S. I St. 572-6562 or mahabhutayogafestival.com.

CHRISTMAS CREATIONS 1 p.m. The Wright Place, 80 E. Wright St. 434-1434.

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

WINE TASTING AT DK 4:30 p.m. Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox. 438-4688 or dk4u.com.

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The Holidays Begin at Alyssa’s

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Be sure to check out Alyssa’s Antique Depot for the Christmas Open House to get into the holiday spirit this weekend.

“During this event we will be showcasing over 25 additional vendors in addition to our wonderful 250-plus current

Schepper is also excited about vendors,” said owner, holiday specific items such as Fall and Alyssa Schepper.

Christmas wreaths and crocheted hats Shoppers can and scarves. expect to get a lot of “Holiday shopping is a great idea at their holiday shopping Alyssa’s because we always offer great done early with items low prices on one of a kind gifts and such as repurposed collectibles,” she said. “And you can put furniture, handcrafted it on layaway.” jewelry, art, sculpted If you miss this event, keep checking hair bows, kids items the Alyssa’s Home Depot website for and clothing. You can more event dates. also dig for collectible “We are planning these Markets all treasures from yard through November and December to sale vendors. help local artisans showcase their mer“Most of the yard chandise,” Schepper said. {in} sale vendors are folks who are currently on our waiting list for booths,” Schepper WHEN: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 explained. “We’ll have folks WHERE: Alyssa’s Home Depot, 4586 Chuinside the store, on the porch muckla Hwy., Pace and even in our ‘outfield’ DETAILS: 994-9114 and 994-9144 , shopwhere there’s lots of space alyssas.com or facebook.com/shopalyssas to walk around and enjoy the scenery.”

CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE

GALLERY NIGHT 5 p.m. Downtown Pensacola, along Palafox from Wright Street all the way down. 434-5371 or downtownpensacola.com.

WINE TASTING AT SEVILLE QUARTER 5 p.m.

Palace Café at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

‘LIMITED DINNER AND HAPPY HOUR AT GREGORY STREET’ 5 p.m. $16-$20. Slow Roasted Prime Rib, Baked Lemon Pepper Grouper, Chicken Cordon Blue. Gregory Street Assembly Hall, 501 E. Gregory St. 607-8633.

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

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

WINE AND GLIDE SEGWAY TOUR 5:30 p.m. $45. Emerald Coast Tours, 701 S. Palafox. 4179292 or emeraldcoasttours.net.

WINE TASTING AT EAST HILL MARKET 5:30 p.m.

1216 N. Ninth Ave. Meter Rentals $5. T.T. Wentworth Museum, 330 S. Jefferson. 595-5985 ext 111.

‘A CONDO TO KILL FOR’ DINNER THEATRE EVENT 6 p.m. $40. Maritime Park, 449 W. Main St. 436-5670 or pensacolacommunitymaritimepark.com.

JOE OCCHIPINTI BIG BAND 6:30 p.m. Gregory Street Assembly Hall, 501 E. Gregory St. 307-8633.

‘MESHUGGAH-NUNS!’ 7:30 p.m. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. 432-2042 or pensacolalittletheatre.com.

‘9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL’ 7:30 p.m. Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, 1000 College Blvd. 484-1847 or lyceum.pensacolastate.edu.

‘INTIMATE APPAREL’ 8 p.m. Free-$16. University of West Florida Center for Fine and Performing Arts, 11000 University Blvd, Bldg. 82. 474-3247 or uwf.edu.

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Beating Hearts Make Loud Noise

The Window by Kate Hilburn Kate Sartor Hilburn and Terrie Queen Autrey didn’t intend on creating an art exhibit raising awareness about domestic violence, but now almost 14 years later, “Beating Hearts: Stories of Domestic Violence” continues to travel across the country to tell the stories of victims and survivors of domestic violence.

“It’s very personal to me,” Autrey said of the exhibit.

Both Hilburn and Autrey have been dedicated to domestic violence prevention and education for several years. Autrey, a native of Pensacola, helped conduct the research that started Favor House. When she moved to Louisiana, she founded the Domestic Abuse Resistance Team (DART) in Ruston, La. where Hilburn served on the board.

When Hilburn, a photo artist, and Autrey, a writer, met, it was the joining of two talented and passionate forces. They began interviewing victims and survivors, which would inspire each work.

“Almost everybody was ready to tell their story,” Autrey said.

The exhibit is comprised of photos and some sort of framing that represents a home—whether it be a window, door or picture frame.

“I wanted to build each one a set of framework—home,” Hilburn said. “They remind us of home windows, doors holding us in and keeping us safe, but also imprisoning us.”

Accompanying the pieces are the stories, which Autrey wrote based on her interviews. One side is a snippet of the victim’s account of their domestic violence and the other side is the ending. It’s not always a happy one.

“We are giving the victims that we know a voice, their power was taken from them,” Autrey said. “Some of these women are not alive anymore, some never got help, but this presents a chance to tell their stories.”

is being abused and not seeking help can be As the victim’s and surfrustrating at the very least. vivor’s voices are used for “You can’t get mad, you have to suppress the exhibit, their physical it,” she said. “You have to have patience for as appearance is not. many times as it takes. In most cases it takes “We made a decision about eight times before they leave for good.” early on that we didn’t Some pieces aren’t just stories, but inwant to photograph actual clude facts about why women stay, the root of victims,” Hilburn said. “We domestic violence and myth vs. reality. felt that would’ve been vicAs the exhibit raised awareness, it has also timization and make them helped some women come forward with their an object.” own story.

Some women, how“It raises awareness that they’re not ever, felt strongly enough about the exhibit that they alone,” Autrey said. “I’ve met people who were insisted to use their own trying to get out of relationships and said ‘I photographs. In one piece want to be one of your stories.’” titled “He Said, She Said,” a With their newfound strength, some woman shared photos taken become advocates. For instance, the woman in the emergency room after behind the piece “Carried in the Arms of she was raped and beaten Angels.” by her boyfriend.

“She told her husband she needed some “That’s my god-daughter,” Autrey said space and he moved out,” explained Autrey. pointing to the piece. “I can hardly tell you “He came over to the house and shot her six what that felt like. She was unrecognizable.” times with a .38 pistol. She should’ve died, but Domestic abuse is closer to you than you she said that two angels held her. Today, she think. One of the stories was taken from a speaks out as an advocate.” victim that stayed at Favor House. According The back of her head and the wicker chair to the National Coalition Against Domestic she was shot in are pictured in the piece.

Violence, one in every four women will expeWhile “Beating Hearts” is an exhibit for rience domestic violence in her lifetime. everybody, Hilburn does hope to reach two “So often it’s not talked about,” Autrey certain audiences. said. “But in every community there’s “The survivor,” she said. “She’s the person someone being abused who doesn’t tell you hope will come and see the exhibit their story.” and feel not so alone, feel not so isolated.

Hilburn and Autrey point out that doAnother person I want to reach is someone mestic violence occurs in more homes than that doesn’t know that much about domestic you’d think. violence so that they can be of assistance and “Domestic violence affects every kind have awareness.” of person no matter their economic status, And hopefully, it will help more women gender or race,” Hilburn said. “It’s the most come forward. equal opportunity crime.”

“If you are in that situation or know some“It’s not about alcohol, anger or drugs,” one who is, there is help out there,” Autrey Autrey said. “It’s about control.” said.

In one work, “Gucci Loafers,” a woman After years of volunteering, founding talks about her successful husband. When he DART and 30 years of speaking to the public, became rich, he got mean. He was verbally Autrey counts “Beating Hearts” as her “absoabusive to her in front of his friends, but she lutely proudest moment.” held her head high.

“The visual image with text hits people “A lady doesn’t lower herself,” she said. viscerally—it hits you two ways,” she said. “As “She told me living with him was like a writer and advocate this blends the two bigwalking on eggshells,” Autrey said. “One day gest passions in my life.” {in} she bought the wrong kind of peanut butter and he it smeared it all over her face.”

The woman did eventually leave her husband, but married another man who is exactly the same.

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 12 “You want the women to be saved, to 5 p.m. Saturday but they have to be ready, domestic WHERE: Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. violence organizations don’t call you,” Jefferson St. Autrey said. “That’s why I stopped COST: Free to $5 working at shelters and became an DETAILS: pensacolamuseumofart.org or advocate.” beatinghearts.net Autrey points out that even as

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Generations of Veterans It is reasonable to say that Pensacola has been a “military town” since it was founded. Since Florida became a territory of the U.S. over 190 years ago, large segments of Northwest Florida’s history, economy, and population have been linked to the U.S. military, and, increasingly, retired military.

For every Ted Williams (who trained at NAS during World War II) and Hunter S. Thompson (stationed at Eglin Air Force Base in the late 1950s, where he wrote for the base newspaper), there are thousands of men and women who trained and/or served in the Panhandle who never made headlines. Many of those service members return to the Panhandle upon retiring, and make up one of the largest veteran’s populations in the U.S. Veterans Day is celebrated annually on November 11. The holiday was first observed in 1919 to mark the one-year anniversary of Armistice Day, the beginning of the end of World War I. Armistice Day became a legal holiday in the U.S. in 1938; the name was changed to Veterans Day in 1954 to honor all American veterans in light of the new generations of veterans that served in World War II and the Korean War. With the establishment of Armistice Day, a national movement to support American veterans took off. Before that, veterans gathered in small local groups to serve as support systems for one another before the establishment of any federal veterans services.

One such group formed in Pensacola in 1916. A group of Spanish American War veterans met as the Colonel W.F. Williams Camp 9, named after a commander in a Pensacola training camp. By 1960, only four of the original 200 members were still living and carrying on with the group’s monthly meetings. Those men served under officers who had fought in the Civil War, the last veteran of which died in 1956.

The first national veteran’s organization to establish a chapter in Pensacola was the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). The VFW had its roots in the Spanish American War also, with early incarnations of the organization dating to 1899. The VFW was named such in 1914 and was incorporated by Congress in 1936. Pensacola’s first VFW post was founded in 1921, and along with subsequent chapters supported not only veterans, but numerous community activities as well.

The American Legion was established nationally in 1919. The group serves as an advocate for veteran’s services and benefits, and its efforts led to the formation of the Veteran’s Bureau in 1921, which later became the Veteran’s Administration.

American Legion Post 33, named for Frank Marston, the first Pensacolian killed in World War I, was established in 1924 and still operates today in its original building on Barrancas Avenue. In the 1930s, a group of World War I veterans established a local branch of the 40 and 8 Chevaux Society, a division of the American Legion. The “40 and 8” refers to the cargo capacity stamp on French railroad cars that transported American soldiers during World War I. By 1968, the group had dwindled to four survivors, signaling the fading away of that generation of veterans.

On Garden Street, the World War I memorial, which was relocated to Veteran’s Memorial Park in the 1980s, was erected. The memorial was located near the main USO Building on South Spring Street, and the VFW building on the 200 block of Garden Street, constructed in 1959. The World War I memorial was also close to the former Veterans Day parade routes along Palafox and Garden streets. The parade routes, along with the World War I memorial, have been shifted south to Main Street. {in}

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180 pounds, WALL-E is used on every call to make the first entrance into the building.

Leadership Pensacola:

Producing Committed Leaders

Leadership Pensacola and the Framework of Our Community

By Jennifer Allen McFarren, Programs and Events Manager, Greater Pensacola Chamber The second tier in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs clearly indicates that following fulfillment of physiological needs, humans rely on safety and security. A community’s components of safety and security are ones that we most often take for granted. The Leadership Pensacola Class of 2013 had the opportunity to explore the infrastructure that is the foundation for this community and walked away with a greater understanding of that groundwork.

“Hurricane LeaP” made landfall at 8 a.m. on Thursday, November 8 at Escambia County’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Class members had just one hour to work within their respective emergency service functions to emulate how our EOC would operate before, during and after a disaster such as a hurricane. Those functions were facilitated by volunteers from Florida DOT, City of Pensacola Fire & Rescue, Gulf Power Company, Food & Water, BRACE, Escambia County Department of Health and the Red Cross. The exercise was led by John Dosh, Emergency Manager.

Following an assessment of their performance, the class gained insight on

another major aspect of disaster operations: how our local media prepare for and operate during a hurricane. Moderated by Brent Lane with Cat Country 98.7, the media panel consisted of Bob Solarski and Kyle Brinkman from WEAR 3, Tom Ninestine from the Pensacola News Journal, Dave Dunwoody from WUWF 88.1 and Don Parker from WCOA. Dissemination of correct and useful information before, during and after a storm is vital to a community’s recovery.

Focusing on daily operations of our community, the Escambia County Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services and Baptist Health Care Life Flight consolidated in demonstrating a wreck exercise. Escambia County Fire Rescue articulately narrated what happens after a life threatening car accident. There are many elements and organizations that play a vital role in the safety of our citizens.

trends/directions. They will learn how our com¬munity is affected by ongoing local, state or nationwide economic development Towards the end of the day, the class was efforts. connected with local leaders to provide an update of what is occurring in the Greater March 14, 2013 Quality of Life Pensacola Area. Class members were The class will examine the positive and challenged and engaged in meaningful negative aspects of our community’s quality conversations with Sheriff David Morgan of life. They will discuss the meaning of and the City of Pensacola Chief of Staff, John quality of life for the various socio-economic Asmar. groups in Northwest Florida while exploring the importance of cultural organizations and The day was planned and led by activities in the life of the community.

Leadership Pensacola Alumni Don Hanto (09), Ted Roy (12), Holly Smith (12) and Mike April 3-4, 2013 Legislative Trip to Tallahassee Dollen (12).

The Tallahassee trip will focus on how the legislative process impacts how we live, work and play in Northwest Florida and how the LeaP Class of 2013 lobbying process differs in session and out of Barrie Arnold, Nikki Morette Bell, Robert Bender, Johan C. Boelig IV, Geoff Brodersen, session. The class will have the opportunity to speak with area legislators regarding the Mark Everett Canada, Donya C. Charles, issues that are important to them.

Nina Clark, Theresa Cserep, Matthew Davis, Gregory P. Fayard, Keith Fell, Richard Fulford, April 11, 2013 Leadership & Ethics Thomas Greek, Tristan K. Harper, Jennifer The class will discuss interrelationships Harrison, Danial Hemme, Chip Henderson, among leaders in the community. They will Jon Hill, Laura Hill, Emily Homan, Michelle James, Doug Jolly, Steve Kalkman, Stephanie identify the risks, rewards and challenges of leadership and the bond between leadership E. Knight, Stacey Kostevicki, Kevin Krieger, and ethics.

Liz Kuehn, Robin Larrieu, Brooke Layton, Leon Ledbetter, Kim McDaniel, Jonathan B. May 10, 2013 Closing Retreat Minchin, Will Nelson, Sharon Nobles, CDR The class will reflect on the LeaP curriculum Sean O’Brien, John O’Connor, Liz Pelt, Chris and explore lessons learned during the past Phillips, Kelly Reeser, William H. Reynolds, year. They will explore new individual and Christa G. Ruber, Reid Rushing, Natasha team challenges at the high ropes course at Sluder, Natalie Smith, Kevin F. Spellman, Adventures Unlimited and are encouraged to Jonathan E. Thompson, Ryan Tilley, JoAnn apply the LeaP experience to a future course Vanfleteren of action.

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Later in the day, class members arrived at the main jail for Escambia County and took an inside look at our local process.

Immediately following, the SWAT Team gave a special presentation on the equipment that they use during operations. Instantly impressed with the Ford F650 Bear Cat vehicle the team uses during standoffs, the experience further gained momentum with a demonstration from WALL-E. As the newest member of the SWAT Team, this ICOR Caliber Robot was funded by a grant from the Department of Homeland Security. Weighing

Dec. 13, 2012 Education, Health Care & Technology The class will explore and identify components that make up our community’s support structure and how those aspects interconnect within the Pensacola Bay Area.

Jan. 10, 2013 Military The class will explore the command posts of our area and the encompassing impact that the military has on our community.

Feb. 14, 2013 Regional Economics Members of the class will explore different economic development strategies and future

More Information

For more information on Leadership Pensacola, please contact Jennifer Allen McFarren at 850.438.4081 or visit www.pensacolachamber.com/LeaP.

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news of the weird FINE POINTS OF FLORIDA GAMBLING LAW In October, state alcohol agents, assisted by local police in full riot gear, pointing their weapons, raided a bar in Largo, Fla., to shut down the latest gathering of the venerable Nutz Poker League, even though its players do not wager. (They meet at bars and restaurants, where management gives winners token gifts in exchange for the increased business.) A prosecutor told the Tampa Bay Times that Florida law defines illegal “gambling” as any game that permits players to win something—even if they don’t have to “ante up.” The raid (during which players were ordered to keep their hands where the officers could see them) came after a months-long undercover investigation.

RECURRING THEMES Among the most creative illegal behaviors are those of clever smugglers—or immigrants trying to enter a country illegally. In September, two Moroccans tried to smuggle a Guinean man into Spain at the Melilla border in north Morocco by disguising him as a Renault car seat. One Moroccan drove, with the passenger perched on a seat in which the foam had been removed to make room for the Guinean. A police spokesman called the attempt “novel.”

• India’s notorious bureaucracy records deaths particularly ineptly, to the advantage of men seeking an alternative to divorce. They find it easier merely to swear out a death certificate on one wife so they can marry another, but that means the first wife will face years, and maybe decades, of campaigning to convince officials that she is not dead. BBC News chronicled the plight of Ms. Asharfi Devi, now 64, in September as she was finally declared “alive” after being deserted by her husband at age 23 and ruled dead at age 40. After Devi finally earned a hearing and brought relatives and evidence to the village council, deliberations took eight more months. Notwithstanding the ruling, the husband stuck to his story.

• Puzzingly, adults continue to accidentally ingest improbable objects, often seemingly unaware of what they did. Lee Gardner, 40, of Barnsley, England, swallowed a plastic fork 10 years ago, but said he “forgot” about it until violent stomach pains forced him to the hospital in August. And British student Georgie Smith, 19, became the latest person to accidentally swallow a regular-sized toothbrush (though the first doctor she consulted told her he couldn’t spot any “toothbrush” on an X-ray). (With kids, the phenomenon is more understandable. Sinus-suffering Isaak Lasson, 6, of Salt Lake City was finally diagnosed in August to have accidentally stuck a Lego piece up his nose three years ago, and Hector Flores Jr., 7, of New York City, was found in October to have swallowed the whistle mechanism of a plastic duck, causing him to tweet when he laughed.)

• Again this year, a serial drowning made the news (where one jumps in to rescue another, and a third is needed to rescue the

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first two, and a fourth, and none survives.) In Ulster, Northern Ireland, in September, rugby player Nevin Spence, along with his brother and father, died in a slurry tank on the family’s farm, and their sister, who also attempted a rescue, was hospitalized. Officials said they could not determine the order in which the men entered the pit until the sister was well enough to talk.

• Darren Hieber, 33, became the most recent person to choose drastic means to reconcile with an ex. Twice Hieber, of Onawa, Iowa, arranged to have himself shot in order to win his ex-wife’s sympathy. The first hit man shot Hieber in the leg, but the wife still ignored him, and a second job was arranged in March, with two different shooters, but that failed, also. Adding to his frustration, Hieber was sentenced to 10 years in prison in August because it is illegal in Iowa to have yourself shot.

PEOPLE DIFFERENT FROM US Update: Briton Stephen Gough’s rap sheet includes 18 convictions for failure to wear clothes in public. He has spent the last six years almost continuously in prison because, usually, each time he is released, he immediately shucks his clothes as he walks out the gate (and whenever arrested, he strips during court appearances). He was released in October from his most recent incarceration, in Edinburgh, Scotland, and authorities were puzzled how to proceed since Gough (aka “the naked rambler”) appears maniacally committed to the clothes-free lifestyle. A BBC News profile suggests that Scotland may simply send him back to England and hope he stays.

LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS Recurring Themes: (1) Jamel Wilson, 18, in Knoxville, Tenn., became the most recent hapless carjacker forced to abort his gunpoint heist after discovering the car was a stick shift, which he could not drive. He fled on foot but was arrested minutes later. (2) David Weber, 53, was arrested in Miami Beach in September, minutes after allegedly stealing items from a locked car, including a credit card. Police were called when Weber tried to use the card at a nearby bar and learned to his dismay that the card belonged to the bartender.

READERS’ CHOICE (1) Maria Pestrikoff, whose home is on a 60-foot cliff near Kodiak, Alaska, was rescued in September after she accidentally fell off while textmessaging a friend. (2) The remains of a 70-year-old hog farmer were found on his property near Riverton, Ore., in September, and authorities said, based on the condition of his body, that his hogs had gotten to him before he got to them. {in} From Universal Press Syndicate Chuck Shepherd’s News Of The Weird © 2012 Chuck Shepherd

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my pensacola John Fifer

Day Job: Commercial Real Estate Advisor at Beck Property Company Pensacola Resident Since: 1985. Left for some college, came back. Left for some adventures, came back. Left for some jobs, came back. I just can’t seem to get the beaches out of my system, so this time I’ll be here for a very long time and I’m completely happy to be back where my family and closest friends are!

Good Eats:

Carmen’s Lunch Bar has some great BBQ. My buddy Daniel at The Wine Bar can cook up some mean duck. Cactus Flower has the most addictive cheese sauce in the world. Deli Case near Cordova Mall is the best place for a sandwich; because where else can you take your niece to get a Princess sandwich and you can get a Dark Knight sandwich? Oh, and you have to go find the End of the Line Cafe as it’s a hidden gem with fantastic food.

Watering Holes:

The Leisure Club or Maximilian Coffee for cool and hip caffeine consumption while reading the Independent News, of course. New York Nick’s for football and crying when FSU loses to NC State every year. The Fish House Deck for the lovely ladies. Gallery Night for bulk wine tastings and police crowd enforcement disasters. The Oar House for sunsets and wishing I was “on a boat” feat. T. Pain.

Nightlife:

Camping under the stars pretty much anywhere. Blue Wahoos baseball night or day, but the fireworks are the best—how does a recovering Boy Scout pyromaniac get a job exploding stuff every Saturday night? Gallery Night is like a huge family reunion every month. Rich McDuff at McGuire’s is a longtime favorite along with hilariously inappropriate lyrics.

Outdoors: I’m a serial backpacker and love to hit the wilderness as often as possible. Canoeing or kayaking is a close second. Surprisingly, there are tons of hiking trails and wild rivers all around Pensacola. When I’ve been sitting in the office too long, I start daydreaming about hiking the Florida Trail, which starts in Ft. Pickens and ends 1,100 miles later in the Everglades.

Never Miss Events/Festivals:

Gallery Night. Blue Angels. McGuire’s St. Patrick’s Day Run. Our annual “Turkey Bowl,” going on 17 years, where some long

time friends get together and play football on Thanksgiving. As the years have gone by and our bellies have gotten bigger, our games have gotten shorter and our breaks longer. I think the only thing we did last year was show up, sit on the sidelines and reminisce about how awesome we used to be. Good times, good times!

Retail Therapy: Intracoastal Outfitters and Weatherford’s. Wes and Dave are the best and helped outfit me for my long distance hiking trips along the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail. Palafox Market on Saturday mornings has grown on me. While I’m not a jewelry person, Meghan McMillan’s jewelry is awesome and the CSA farms with natural food stuffs are so much better tasting than Wal-Mart.

Arts & Culture: When you get involved, things are really hopping in Pensacola. Being a movie buff, I loved the Saenger Theatre classic movie nights this summer. Even though my personal artistic talents rarely exceed stick figure comic strips, I never get tired of the GulfCoast Arts Festival. I’m a huge history dork, so I’m the guy that actually reads those little brass plaques on the side of buildings. Phrases spoken often include: “Where did John go?” “Oh, he’s over there staring at the side of that building...” And of course, the MESS Hall kids science fun place where you get to blow stuff up is awesome, too!

Exercise Therapy:

As you’ve previously read my interests in food, drink, and lack of “weekend warrior” fitness, my exercise regimen falls squarely on the shoulders of Chad at Cross Fit Five Flags. After my first workout of mostly pull-ups and trying to keep up with my Cross Fit buff little sister, I could barely move my crippled TRex arms. But due the methods of Cross Fit and the persistence of Chad, my belly is retracting and it looks like I have a shot at this year’s Turkey Bowl MVP award.

Chad, you da man! {in}

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