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winners JIMMY JONES The retired pediatric surgeon was recently named as an outstanding children’s surgeon in the state of Florida by the Children’s Medical Services. The Philip O. Lichtbau Award is given annually by The Florida Pediatric Society to a children’s surgeon who has contributed significantly either regionally or statewide to the CMS program. Dr. Jones was the first pediatric surgeon at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital and served as the only pediatric surgeon in the entire Panhandle for 35 years. He is currently the assistant medical director at Nemours Children’s Clinic.
HANGOUT MUSIC FESTIVAL & GUS BRANDT The Pollstar Awards will be held
in Los Angeles on Feb. 3, 2012. The Hangout Music Festival has been nominated for Music Festival of the Year. Pensacola native Gus Brandt is up for the Road Warrior category for his work with Foo Fighters, who played at Hangout, and Blink-182.
NEWT GINGRICH Last spring, his cam-
paign for the GOP presidential nomination was dead in the water, but then Herman Cain, Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann each selfdestructed. Gingrich topped the latest Public Policy Polling survey, hitting 28 percent. He’s a close second behind Mitt Romney in both the CNN/ORC International poll, which showed him at 22 percent, and the McClatchy-Marist poll, which showed him at 19 percent. Will the former Speaker of the House upset Romney? Don’t bet on it.
losers CAMELOT Last week, it was disclosed
that two teachers at Camelot Academy, the charter school hired by Superintendent Malcolm Thomas to handle alternative education for over 200 middle and high school students, were arrested in September for battery against students. The school and the school district kept the arrests quiet from the school board, media and the public. If it had been A.A. Dixon, would Thomas have handled it differently?
RICK PERRY The Texas governor is coming across as a less sophisticated version of former President George W. Bush, but Bush was a Yale graduate. Perry barely made it out of Texas A&M. His brain fart, in which he couldn’t remember the names of the federal departments he wants to close, at the Nov. 9 debate has sent his presidential hopes spiraling downward. Like Sarah Palin, Perry just isn’t ready for the real world and needs his own reality show, FOX News spot or both.
JOE PATERNO Another football coach-
ing legend has gotten a less than honorable boot from the sport. “Bear” Bryant and Bobby Bowden were allowed to retire when their teams failed to win football games. Paterno’s team was in the hunt for the Big Ten championship when the Penn State board fired him. Failure to report a child molester to law enforcement overshadows any successes on the gridiron.
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ILLEGAL CIVICS SYLLABUS Once upon a time, the most controversial high school subjects were sex education and evolution. The 2011 Florida Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott changed that with House Bill 1355. Now the topic that’s most likely to get a teacher in trouble is civics, especially if it involves helping students register to vote. Dawn Quarles, a government and history teacher at Pace High School, is being fined $1,000 for violating a state law where third party voter registrars have only 48 hours to turn in voter registration cards in their custody. Volusia County teacher Jill Cicciarelli has been notified that she could also be fined for similarly corrupting the state’s future leaders. Quarles and Cicciarelli are part of a cadre of subversive teachers who have committed similar illegal acts. The impressionable young minds in their classrooms might actually participate in the democratic process and possibly vote differently from their parents. Egad, these teachers could be raising–dare I write it?–liberals. The youth (ages 18-29) voter turnout rose to 51 percent in 2008, an increase of two percentage points from the 2004 Presidential election. In the 2008 general election, nationwide, 58.2 percent of African-American youth voted, which is the highest turnout rate of any youth racial/ethnic group since 1972. Experts credited the jump in youth voters to state laws that allowed early voting at convenient loca-
tions, no-excuse absentee voting, and voter registration at state motor vehicle agencies. Well, the Republicans who controlled our state government put an end to that nonsense this past year. For the first time, since the Jim Crow years, state lawmakers made it harder to register to vote and cast a ballot. Besides restricting voter registration drives, HB 1355 reduced early voting from 15 days to eight days and prohibited additional early-voting sites. Voters who have moved or changed their name since the last election, which would include college students and military, can only update their status at the polls if they have moved within the same county. All others must cast provisional ballots, which means a canvassing board must approve the ballot. The real target of these new rules is the younger African-American voters, the ones least likely to vote for Rick Scott and the gang. African-American early voters were younger than their white neighbors. The average age of white voters was 55, while the mean for blacks was 10 years lower, at 45. In the process of suppressing votes that might not be in their favor, the state legislature created an unintended consequence. They turned our teachers into criminals for doing what they have done for decades–encouraging their students to participate in the political process. {in}rick@inweekly.net
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Women Building a Better Pensacola By Jennie McKeon It’s probably safe to say that Andrea Tippett, president of Pensacola’s Junior League has seen “The Help.” “Women wearing white gloves and pearls do not describe us,” said Tippett, a league member since 2004, in an e-mail. While the international organization was founded in 1956 when women rarely had careers, today it’s used to help develop career skills. “The Junior League has changed because women have changed,” Tippett explained. “Our organization is a reflection of this. Over the years Junior League members have sought to solve problems and help others. Not only do they want to do something about it, but they also want to grow and develop into leaders. It is this emphasis on the development and training which sets us apart from other groups.” Members today may have less time, between full-time jobs and kids, but not less passion. 66
“What is the same is that women in our organization are the most caring group of people I have ever had the privilege to be associated with,” Tippett said. “As president, I have met League members from all over. They are burning with a passion to make the world a better place.” Some members were hesitant to join because of their preconceived notions of what the organization is about. Their opinions quickly changed. “I wasn’t one hundred percent sure what it was,” said Theresa Cserep, a member since 2003. “I thought it was more of a social organization. I didn’t know how much networking I would get or how much I would grow personally. It makes a huge impact on the community.” Leagues in different regions choose how they would like to serve their area and, after
some research, the Pensacola Junior League decided to focus on the 3,000 foster children in Santa Rosa and Escambia counties. “Members were moved by the difficulties, which foster care children faced, and felt there was something we could do as a group to make a difference,” Tippett said. “By picking one cause we could also have a greater community impact. This year we have chosen to primarily work with Lakeview Center’s FamiliesFirst Network, PACE Center for Girls, Children’s Home Society and Families Count.” And it’s not just collecting more than 175 pairs of pajamas for the FamiliesFirst Network’s annual Tucking Kids in Safe and Sound event, which the league did. It’s about improving the situation for children.
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“We want to advocate for foster care Financial obligations are reasonable, children in our community and bring attentoo. Annual dues are $125, and there is also tion to their many challenges,” Tippett said. a $100 financial obligation. The $100 can “For example, children who ‘age-out’ of the be spent as a tax deductible donation to system leave foster care without the parents Junior League, or to purchase Marketbasyou and I take for granted. Imagine not havket tickets or to purchase the Junior League ing that caring person you can depend upon cookbooks “Some like it South!” and “By to continue to teach you how to be a depenInvitation Only: An Artful Entertaining dent adult at such a young age.” Southern Style.” Funds raised go into the That’s why the Junior League of general pot for the organization. Pensacola developed the Steppin’ Out Marketbasket is one of the league’s program. Last year, over 60 girls, age main events. It will feature over 100 items 10 and older, participated in workshops for holiday shopping, such as jewelry, childesigned for them. Topics such as healthy dren’s clothing, home and garden accents relationships, self-esteem, personal and gourmet foods. The preview gala and finance, exercise and nutrition were just silent auction, featuring signed celebrity some of issues discussed. Think of it as a memorabilia, vacation packages and many crash course in adulthood. other gift ideas, is on Nov. 17. The shopping The choice to support foster children begins Nov. 18, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and was also a personal one for some members. continues the next day, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m. “I feel very strongly about the cause,” to 6 p.m. said Kris Thoma, a member since 2009. “One League members today are leaders day I want to be a foster parent and eventuin the community and not just because ally adopt a child.” of the organization. Tippett is the court Erica Allen, who got involved this past coordinator for Fiesta of Five Flags, on top August, joined because of the organization’s of her presidential league duties. Thoma is current focus. the regional market manager for Bap“Some of my close friends are adopted,” tist Hospital, as well as community vice Allen said. “I wouldn’t have the privilege of president for the League. Allen and Cserep having them in my life if it wasn’t for their work at UWF in the college reach-out proparents taking the initiative.” gram, helping low-income students pursue Helping children in the community was higher education. a no-brainer for Cserep. At her full-time job “We’re awesome women,” Thoma said. with the University of West Florida she is a “We do a lot outside the Junior League. senior training specialist at the College of The League is what ties us together.” Professional Studies. She teaches a course The Junior League of Pensacola’s motto for those that report child abuse cases, makis “Women building better communities,” ing sure they meet the standards for state and it couldn’t be more appropriate. These certification. As a mother of three, Cserep women are building a better Pensacola just feels connected to the cause. because they feel the need to improve their “Within all the children, I could see my community through volunteering. own children,” Cserep said. “Giving back to the community is the She was particularly touched when anmost important thing I do,” Thoma said. “It’s other member donated a twin bed to a foster why I wake up every day. We need to give parent so that siblings would not be sepaback because we’ve been given so much.” rated because of inadequate conditions. And since women play a bigger role in “She took off from work and donated the society, compared to the first league membed,” Cserep said. bers of 1956, their reach is limitless. The league has a diverse group of mem“With our long history, the Junior bers because there are minimal requirements League has deep traditions regarding how to join. Women must be 21-years-old or we do things,” Tippett said. “This year is older, be a resident of the greater Pensacola about a re-examination of ourselves and area for at least six months prior to admission nothing is sacred.” {in} and, of course, be dedicated to volunteering. Once members join they must attend meetings and complete at least 19 hours of community service each year. WHEN: Preview Gala is from 6 to 9 p.m., “The great thing about Junior Thursday, Nov. 17; Marketbasket is from 9 League is that you can be flexible,” a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday, Nov. 18 and from 9 Cserep said. “I’ve been in the league a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 19. with no husband and no kids eating WHERE: Pensacola Civic Center Ramen noodles, to marriage, to DETAILS: juniorleagueofpensacola.org pregnancy and kids. There’s some-
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SUSTAINABILITY TAKES A HOLIDAY A local environmental group
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going to happen with the tents at City Hall? But it’s making for interesting city council meetings. “First of all, what happens at the dead-line hour?” Pensacola City Councilman John Jerralds finally stared down the elephant in the room. “I can’t answer that question at this point,” replied City Administrator Bill Reynolds. For more than two weeks, Occupy Pensacola has camped out at City Hall. During the Nov. 10 council meeting, members of the movement and city officials attempted to get a handle on what might happen when the group’s current permit expired the following morning .
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By the end of the night, Occupy Pensacola’s future wasn’t all that much clearer. Except for that things are probably going to come to a head soon one way or the other. “At some point this has to end,” Reynolds stressed to the Council. “We will see at what point that will be. It’s important to realize there has to be an end game.” The local Occupy sprang up on Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza about a month after Occupy Wall Street began in New York City. The group now expresses their frustration with the status quo on the lawn at City Hall, but the expansive spread of tents has become a contentious issue. After Mayor Ashton Hayward made it known—citing a city ordinance (Sec. 8.1.7)—that he wanted the tents gone, the city council decided to allow the Mayor to basically waive the regulation if he so chose. Hayward essentially did nothing, which had the effect of extending the Occupier’s campout until the next city council meeting. During the meeting’s open forum, people with the Occupy movement argued for their right to keep the tents. The group’s lawyer, Alister McKenzie, equated the tents to a “monument to protest” and said their banishment would amount to restricting freedom of speech. “What’s going on out there is frustrating and beautiful at the same time,” Bill Paul defended the group’s presence. Councilwoman Sherri Myers expressed concern with the ordinance the Mayor had cited. She said she considered the tents to be a freedom of speech issue and drew parallels with Civil Rights-Era suppression, citing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s planning of a tent city in Washington D.C. to lobby for an economic bill of rights. “Dr. King’s message was the same message that Occupy Wall Street has,” Myers said. The Councilwoman went on to say that after some background work, she had
discovered the ordinance was originally adopted by the city in 1968. She theorized as to why the city may have passed it then. “I find it interesting that this ordinance was passed in 1968,” Myers said. “I feel certain that this ordinance was passed to ensure that there was not a replication of Resurrection City in Pensacola.” After much discussion, Myers eventually suggested the Council again allow the Mayor to waive the ordinance. But then, Reynolds clarified that the Mayor no longer intended to use that ordinance, that the group did not have a permit but rather a ‘letter of no objection’ and that the tent issue would ultimately fall into the lap of Neighborhood Services Director Dave Flaherty because the tents were pitched in a city park. Reynolds said the Mayor’s team was currently reviewing the options, but suggested the tents would eventually be booted due to existing city rules. Myers questioned whether the City Hall lawn was actually a park. “I think that’s semantics,” Reynolds said, after clarifying that the lawn was technically slated as a place where events or festivals could occur. “I think the bottom line is that it’s city property.” With that revelation, the Council took a moment to absorb the fact that its previous motion may have been something of a wild goose chase. Jerralds—who withdrew his second of Myers’ motion—suggested the board put an end to the “tennis game,” take no action and see what the Mayor did next. “If we’re going to give him that authority to exercise that authority, let him do it on Monday,” Jerralds said. Councilwoman Megan Pratt said that she was looking forward to getting beyond the tent issue so that the board might explore some of the Occupiers “bigger issues.” “Two weeks ago it wasn’t about tents on city property,” Pratt said. “It was something bigger and different and we need to get to that because those are important questions.” Because the Council took up the issue just before a holiday weekend, Nov. 14 was the first chance to revisit the matter. But the Mayor played it cool. “There were other, more pressing issues that were on our calendar,” said Travis Peterson, the Mayor’s spokesman.
Occupy Pensacola now sits in an undefined limbo. But it seems limbo may be limber. As of press time, City Hall still looked like the hippest campground in town. “I think everybody’s just got other things they’re dealing with right now,” Peterson said. “It’s on a list, but not at the top of the list.”
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Attorney Alison Rodgers visited the Tourist Development Council on Nov. 8 to do a little housekeeping. She recently became concerned that the TDC’s membership was not holding to state statue, which governs the body’s composition. “Under state law, it’s very specific,” Rodgers explained. According to the state statute, TDCs must be comprised of a certain number of elected officials, members of the lodging community and other persons having an interest in tourism. In addition to two city council members and one county commissioner, the body is supposed to have at least three, but not more than four, members of the lodging community who collect a bed-tax and the remaining members—either two or three—are to be people who have a stake in tourism but do not collect the tax, such as someone from the restaurant community. Earlier this year, County Administrator Randy Oliver had the TDC board members fill out forms that detailed their particular designations. “When we took a look at it, I became concerned,” Rodgers said. “Some of the names didn’t seem to be designated to the correct designation.” It seemed the TDC had the correct membership composition, they just needed to shuffle around their designations. Rodgers gave the board’s chairman, Denis McKinnon, as an example; she said that while his company, Coldwell Banker, formerly owned entities which collected a bed tax, that was no longer the case. “The county still has him as a motel/ hotel owner,” she explained. Rodgers said the board was receptive to straightening out the designations. “They took the time out and filled out the form right there,” she said. {in}
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The Impact On Human Health By Jeremy Morrison So far the meeting was going well. Clinically cordial, with deli cold cuts and coffee. But then James “Catfish” Miller decided to make some noise. “Y’all’s study is too late for us!” he yelled. “We’ll be dead in 10 years, maybe five.” Miller stormed out of the community center and into the sticky Biloxi night, where he continued the gruff, growling rant of a desperate man who spent 68 days working in BP’s Vessel of Opportunity program. With brutal bursts of laughter, he recalled having oil burned around November 17, 2011
him, chemical dispersants dumped on top of him and “bleeding out my nose, my ears, my ass—puking!” The fisherman had come to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences forum seeking what he had been unable to find elsewhere. Answers. “I can’t get no help, man,” Miller said. Inside the community center, federal researchers had tried to calm him. Dr. Dale Sandler, head of a federal study examining possible health issues surrounding the 2010 oil spill and clean-up efforts in the Gulf of Mexico, urged the fisherman to share his story with her team.
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“You know how many times I’ve been in the hospital, sweetheart?” Miller barked. “Nine times! We’re not a bunch of guinea pigs—do you understand?” After the meeting, Dr. Sandler slumped into a folding chair in the back of the room. She had just wrapped up the first night in a series of community health meetings along the Gulf Coast. These were contentious waters. “There’s a group of people that come that want people to listen to them,” Sandler said. “As you heard, there is a group that is very angry. They want answers and unfortunately these answers take a long time.”
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Doctors chalked the girl’s problems up to anxiety. But Arnesen said her daughter—who has also recently begun to experience stomach pains—is not an isolated case. “It would be different if she was the only one that’s having chest pains,” the mother said.
problems. And then there are the nosebleeds. And the seizures. “One of my childhood friends had a seizure three weeks ago and fell off the boat and we still haven’t found him,” Arnesen said. “This ain’t no joke.” Farther west, in Terrebonne Parish, people milled about outside a bingo hall and waited to discuss their health concerns with the folks from NIEHS. Maxine Fazzio was worried about her husband, Steve, who worked to clean up the spill. “His nose just started bleeding out of the blue,” she said. Ashleigh Harding was also waiting out the Louisiana sunset prior to the community meeting. Three friends waited with her. They had all worked to clean oiled beaches in the area. “My ear’s bleeding and I cough a lot,” Harding said. “They didn’t give us no masks or nothing. I thought that they should’ve given us Tyvek suits or something.” At the Biloxi meeting, James Hinton said he began getting sick during the initial cleanup work. The Gulfport, Miss., resident described a “do or die” atmosphere that turned a blind eye toward health issues. “I’d never been sick like that before, just went to the doctor and got some medicine and kept on working,” Hinton said. “No one thought anybody was gonna do anything about it cause BP was sweeping everything under the rug. If you spoke up, it was your job.”
“Kids are popping up sick all over the place. It’s crazy.” Kindra Arnesen, Venice, La.
Down in Plaquemines Parish in May 2010, Kindra Arnesen sounded early alarm bells about the possible health effects coastal communities might expect following the oil spill. Her alarm bells have now given way to desperate sirens: “I’m at the end of my rope, dude.” / photo by Jeremy Morrison
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Back in May of 2010, people gathered inside a small church in Port Sulphur, La., to collectively freak out about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. They wondered when the sweet crude might engulf the marshes. They wondered about the chemical dispersant Corexit. They wondered why they were getting headaches. “Let’s be honest,” someone said. “What is it gonna do to us? Do we need to leave?” These were the ignorantly innocent days of the spill. The oil and tar balls hadn’t washed onto the shores. Neither had the beached and bloated dolphins. The dark ooze had not yet painted a latex glove and dripped all over cable television. United States Coast Guard Capt. Edwin Stanton was still suggesting it was perfectly safe to go for a swim at the spill site. “Do you wanna live here? I dunno,” Stanton told the people at the church. “I can’t tell you what to do. If it were me, personally, I probably wouldn’t leave.” A few pews back, a young mother stood to address the collection of government and BP officials. She looked ready to unleash a pack of yellowjackets. “My number one concern—see this right here—this is my number one concern,” said
Kindra Arnesen, pointing to her daughter seated by her side. “My biggest fear is that in 10 years I’m gonna have to look at Aleena and say, ‘The reason you’re in this hospital bed is because I kept you here.’” Once BP announced the well had been capped, Arnesen wanted to believe life could return to normal. She could get back to the family’s barbecue restaurant and her husband could get back to fishing. That would have been nice. “Kids are popping up sick all over the place,” Arnesen said last week from her home in Venice, La. “It’s crazy. Our worst fears are coming true.” Sloshing around the swamps of Plaquemines Parrish, Venice is about as close to the Deepwater Horizon site as you can get without a boat. And Arnesen has the best seats for the worst show in town. “My house is literally the closest house on the closest land mass to the Deepwater Horizon,” she said. Shortly after the spill, Arnesen’s daughter began to get recurring fevers every few weeks. Then the 8-year-old began to have pains in her chest. “I put my hand on her chest and her little heart would just be racing,” Arnesen said. “This just started happening over and over and over again.”
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Arnesen said her community has seen a spike in conditions ranging from symptoms such as her daughter’s, to respiratory problems, skin rashes and neurological issues. She doesn’t think the area’s medical professionals are equipped to deal with the problems. “They don’t know what they’re looking at,” Arnesen said, explaining that she feels people are being misdiagnosed as having illnesses like chickenpox and hand-foot-and-mouth disease. Voicing a common complaint, the Venice resident said she is now wracked with headaches. “I get really, really bad headaches,” Arnesen said. “I ain’t never got headaches like this in my life.” She described how one of her friend’s kids is having severe respiratory and intestinal
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“We want to document what people are experiencing now, but what we feel is really important is seeing what might happen in the future.” Dr. Dale Sandler, NIEHS Dr. Dale Sandler is heading up the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ study into the possible health impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Researchers held community meetings in Mississippi and Louisiana this month, and plan to visit Pensacola in January. / photo by Jeremy Morrison In mid-October, the Alabama Oil Spill Aftermath Coalition set up camp on the beach in Gulf Shores, Ala., at the National Shrimp Festival. They thought the crowds of seafood-hungry festival-goers might make for a good audience. They wanted people to know something is wrong. “To wake up and realize it’s not all peaches and cream,” said organizer Michele Lalker. After much haggling with local officials, the group landed itself a spot on the beach that was nearly visible from the National Shrimp Festival. They lounged under a canopy and discussed the high levels of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in their bodies. Clayton Matherne leaned back in his lawn chair. He used to work on a 220-foot supply boat performing support operations in the Gulf. “The rig blew, all hell broke loose and I’m sick as a dog,” Matherne said, describing an onset of post-spill seizures. “Can’t find a doctor willing to treat you or touch you.” Beside him is John Gooding. The soft-spoken Mississippian sipped a can of Coke and explained how he started having seizures in February. “Got a house in Bay St. Louis that I can’t live at,” Gooding said. “It’s too close to the beach.” He restored the historic house after Hurricane Katrina, but now says his health worsens when he returns home. Two of Gooding’s dogs in Bay St. Louis have died since the spill, the first due to a miscarriage. “Her entire uterus fell out and she died,” he said. “The other died of having seizures. Like me.”
Sandler, chief of the NIEHS’s Epidemiology Branch, is leading the GuLF study, or Gulf Long-Term Follow-Up Study for Oil Spill Clean-Up Workers and Volunteers. It aims to follow spill workers over the next 10 years. “We want to document what people are experiencing now,” she said, “but what we feel is really important is seeing what might happen in the future.” Late this summer, the group held a couple of meetings in Alabama. This month the GuLF study team made its way to Mississippi and Louisiana. In January, they plan to hit Pensacola. They’re hoping to enlist 55,000 people in the study. “Everybody has a story,” said Cynthia
“They basically use seafood as subsistence living,” Overton said. “They eat a third of their catch and sell the rest. They’re plenty worried.” In Biloxi, Thao Vu translated Sandler’s presentation for a group of local fishermen. She came to the meeting on behalf of the Mississippi Coalition for Vietnamese American Fisherfolks and Families. “They would like to be tested right away,” Vu said. “And not wait years from now.” She said some people in the community believed that their health was deteriorating as a result of the spill. Vu said blood tests may help shed light onto possible issues. “Chemicals don’t last in the blood that long,” Sandler told her, stressing that the results of such tests couldn’t be read definitively. “We frankly don’t know what these results mean yet.” And while she stayed safely enough away from specifics, the federal researcher did say her team will be looking for some issues generally thought to be associated with oil spills. In addition to an increased level of VOCs, oil and dispersants could also possibly affect breathing, skin conditions and reproductive processes. “We know we should look at respiratory effects. We know we should look for changes in the blood,” she said. “And we should be concerned if there’s longer term neurological problems.” The GuLF study focuses primarily on people who worked in cleanup efforts. It will also take a look at coastal residents who did not work the spill, as well as volunteers. In Biloxi, Joseph Ferguson told Sandler about how his work mending shrimp nets was bringing him into repeated contact with what he believed to be a mixture of oil and dispersants. “You didn’t see this on the nets before,” Ferguson explained. “She said, ‘We didn’t think about all this.’” “Every time I go to a meeting, I find out about another group of people,” Sandler said. The epidemiologist has heard some mention of prison labor being contracted to clean beaches during the spill, but didn’t foresee that population being factored in to her study. “We’re not allowed to study prisoners,” she said, explaining that historically unethical tests on inmates had taken that area of study off the table. Sandler is careful when she discusses her study. At times, she frames it as a general health analysis of the Gulf Coast. She expects to find some issues, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re due to the spill. “There is a big, unaddressed health care need in this community and it was here before the spill,” Sandler said. That kind of sentiment didn’t play well with the Vietnamese fishing community in Biloxi. Their cool stares became somehow more focused—like ninjas on laser beams— as Sandler’s message was translated. “They feel that their health has been impacted but there is no acknowledgement,” Vu said. “The first step is you have to acknowledge that something is wrong.”
“There is a big, unaddressed health care need in this community and it was here before the spill.” Dr. Dale Sandler, NIEHS
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The federal government is beginning to plow into these dark waters. There are currently a couple of different studies examining what health issues may or may not be related to the oil spill. “We’re down here now to make sure people know who we are,” Sandler told those gathered in Biloxi. “To make sure people know we’re legitimate.” November 17, 2011
Klein, who’s helping with the study. “We’re very interested in hearing your story.” Participants in the GuLF study will begin by allowing the government to make a home visit and assess their health. Researchers will need to dive into a subject’s medical history, as well as collect current data. Every couple of years, participants will be asked for an update, some may be asked to undergo additional medical tests. Participants will be given access to any medical information gleaned from the study, as well as information about where they might seek help for any health issues. They will also receive a $50 gift card. “There’s actually been a lot of oil spills over the years and we know very little about the health implications,” Sandler said. In addition to the GuLF study, the NIEHS is also conducting a separate, five-year study on the spill’s health implications for various communities around the Gulf. Portions of the study were divvied up between Tulane University, Louisiana State University, the University of Florida and University of Texas. Academic researchers will be looking at the spill’s effects on entire communities, as well as specific segments, like women or certain ethnic populations. Dr. Ed Overton, an LSU scientist, will be part of the team concentrating on Vietnamese fishing communities.
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Roughly half of the 954 respondents reported some form of health issues they attributed to the spill. “So yeah, it looks like something was up,” said Anne Rolfes, founder of the bucket brigade.
From his vantage point, the doctor believes he has witnessed waves of spill-related health impacts. First, there was the coughing and the headaches and the rashes; they tended to be quick onsets and departures. Now, he’s more worried about neurological effects, long-term fatigue, memory loss and abdominal cramps. “Cajuns are just not people that complain a lot,” Robicheux said. “You pretty much had to dig it out of them, what was going on.” The medical establishment, in his opinion, has been ineffectual in dealing with these issues. “They don’t know what to do because there’s nothing to do, in general,” he said of doctors encountering spill victims. “They’re only too happy to get rid of them.” Outside the Biloxi meeting, Catfish Miller described numerous visits to the doctor. They were never able to help. “These people run me out of the hospital,” he said. “They filled me full of steroids.” Ott believes that problem spans the Gulf States’ coastal communities. “They’re treating them for something they don’t have and they’re not treating them for something they do have,” she said, adding that post-spill, persistent run-of-the-mill issues shouldn’t be ignored. “These colds and flu-like symptoms that have been hanging around, maybe aren’t colds and flus. Maybe it’s something else.” Some people have begun turning to detoxification treatments. They are attempting to cleanse their bodies of contaminants.
“They would like to be tested right away.”
Thao Vu, Mississippi Coalition for Vietnamese American Fisherfolks and Families
Vietnamese fishing communities along the coast were intimately involved during spill clean-up efforts. Thao Vu translated the message coming from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences during a November meeting in Mississippi. / photo by jeremy Morrison
MAD SCIENTISTS AND THE POISIN-PURGE
Shortly after the oil spill occurred, Riki Ott plunked down for a long-term car rental and began driving back and forth across the Gulf states. At community meetings, she would ask if anyone was experiencing recent rashes. “People would raise their hands and people would look around and their faces just dropped,” Ott said.
After living through the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, Ott has become a go-to expert on such disasters. She’s got a Ph.D in marine toxicology and preaches the dangers of oil pollution. “It’s just well established in the medical community that oil causes short and long term health problems,” Ott said. “People should have been evacuated.” The Louisiana Bucket Brigade took a survey of coastal residents following the spill.
Ott said she has seen a number of people turn to Metametrix, an Atlanta-based company that can test blood for the presence of toxins, specifically petro-related toxins in this case. Results have apparently revealed some concerned coastal residents to be in the 95th-percentile. “In other words, they’re at the top,” Ott said. “They’re the extreme.” Dr. Mike Robicheux used to be a Louisiana state senator. He also played defensive end for the LSU Tigers. Now the Raceland, La., physician has an ear, nose and throat practice. “I’m just a dumb-ass doctor who’s a bit of a political activist,” Robicheux said. “I don’t have a dog in this hunt. I’m just taking care of a lot of sick people. I’m just sitting here on the front lines.”
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“It’s one of the necessary steps to regain wellness,” Ott said. “That’s really the only way to do it. Otherwise, the stuff is parked in you until you die.” Robicheux has been assisting people with detoxing on a pro bono basis. “It’s extracurricular, but full-time,” he said, cautioning that the approach should be seen as a “Band-Aid” and not a cure-all. “We’re gonna get ’em better. We’re gonna get ’em better to a degree.” Miller plans to make the drive to Dr. Robicheux’s sometime soon. “I’m on the next scheduled group to get detoxed,” he said through a last-ditch grin.
CAN LIGHT LIVE IN THE SHADOWS?
As Miller vented into the Biloxi darkness, a nice man in a nice shirt stood off to the side listening quietly. Ducking back into the community center, the man expressed concern that the outburst may be distracting from the night’s main message. Earlier, he had expressed concern that a mosquito-swollen pool of standing water in the parking lot might make for better media coverage than the NIEHS meeting. “Just joking,” the man had laughed. Another man at the meeting also sported a nice shirt and a big smile. His name is Todd Ragusa. He works for Deveney Communication and is responsible for managing the federal team’s Gulf Coast visits. Ragusa couldn’t be friendlier. He made sure everyone at the meetings got all the snacks they wanted and shook hands with people as if they were the most exciting person he’d met all week. The men in the nice shirts are textbookswell, but they serve as an illustration as to why the federal health studies are being met with a bit of skepticism. In addition to facilitating the NIEHS’s visits to the gulf region, Deveney is also responsible for boosting regional tourism—an industry in which BP has invested heavily since the spill. On its website, the firm touts its successes in changing the public’s perception about the spill’s negative impacts. A company that deals in perception tends to lend an air of shadows to a project centered on objective scientific research.
Plus, the studies are partially funded by BP. “BP has no involvement in the study,” assured Sandler. The GuLF study’s number two researcher, Dr. Richard Kwok, appeared appalled at the suggestion that the federal study would be anything other than straight. “We’re asking questions and shining a light into this area,” he said after the meeting in Terrebonne Parish. “I can assure you that it’s going to be unbiased.” Kwok mentioned that Robicheux had spoken at the meeting. The researcher seemed pleased that the firecracker-Louisianan doctor had encouraged people to participate in the federal study. “I don’t see where it would hurt anything,” Robicheux conceded later. He was a little gruffer the day before. “The people from the NIH have their heads right up their asses,” Robicheux had said. “Every one of the studies is designed to fail insofar as identifying the source of this. First of all we have to identify that this happened and the oil and gas industry is not going to let that happen.” This is a common thread in some camps along the coast. “You have no idea what we’re up against, I’ve learned so much,” said Arnesen. “It’s corrupt. It’s only about the oil and gas industry. This line of thought is probably due in large part to the federal government’s and BP’s awkward marriage throughout the spill and clean-up. Or, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s bullheaded lowballing of the spill’s early flow-rate. Or, the Environmental Protection Agency’s lockeddown insistence that gulf seafood is safe when conflicting studies continue to emerge. Or, Kenneth Feinberg’s saying he was “dubious” of spill-related health claims. And while federal researchers encounter a somewhat suspect population during their ventures down South, Gulf Coast residents are also getting a tense reception when taking their concerns to Washington D.C. “Need to calm down? Now we got kids sitting at desks with nose bleeds,” said Arnesen, freshly back from visiting with lawmakers. “This isn’t cute. This is as real as it gets.” {in}
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Misfits Bring the Devil’s Rain to Vinyl “Man, I’m happy to have this record record, which is new for a Misfits album. done and out there for our fans to hear,” There are also those tunes that have more said Only “I gotta tell you, I’ve been lisof a 1950s, early rock and roll sound, which tening to this thing for about a year now, has always played into our music. And of and it’s one of those records that you course you have the science fiction and keep finding new things each time you lishorror inspired lyrics. I think the new songs ten to it. A few of the songs were written speak for themselves, and when we are a while back, with ‘Monkey’s Paw’ being out on this tour, the first ten songs we play the oldest. That was originally written for right off the bat are going to be new ones. the ‘Famous Monsters’ album. ‘Twilight of I’m very curious, even a bit jittery to see the Dead’ was also an older tune. We had how they go over, but what better test of about ten or so songs, but only four actuyour new material than to play ten of ‘em ally made it onto the album. We decided in a row to people who may not have heard to start fresh and write new songs for the them yet? It’ll either be accepted, or we’re rest of the album.” gonna have a riot on our hands.” When getting into the meaty conThe last time the Misfits came to versations over which era, Danzig or Graves (with the larger percentage of fans leaning toward the Danzig years), were the Misfits’ golden age, many like to compare the sound of the records released with each front man. On one side, you have the raw, violent Danzig material, which was aggressive and sporadic, with the band members barely knowing how to play their instruments, yet crafting classic tunes that would become sing-along staples at every show the band plays. On the other, you have the refined and structured matePensacola, it was one of the most talked rial from the time with Michael Graves on about concerts in recent memory. This vocals. This demonstrated how years of time, they return, again with label mates toil and time perfecting their craft could Juicehead, to unleash a new fury upon produce solid another capacity crowd. As to when the songwriting and Misfits’ train runs out of track, that isn’t amazing records something we have to worry about any with sharper time soon. production and “I almost feel as if the Misfits have far superior mubeen reborn with this album,” said Only. sicianship. That “It has definitely inspired me to write a debate will rage lot more and keep this thing going. I want on for eternity, to do this for 50 years, and I’m only 14 but where does away from that, but I feel like I can go for ‘The Devil’s another 35. We aren’t going away any time Rain’ fit into that soon. We have a long way to go yet. The picture? Devil‘s Rain is just the beginning in a new “The new chapter of this band.” {in} record, I think, is a good mix of both eras with a little something new here and there,” continues Only. “People are always going to have something to say about this and that and what we do, but we can‘t spend too much time WHAT: Misfits w/ Juicehead, Cockfight worrying about things like that. WHEN: 7:30 p.m., Sunday, November 20 Dez came up with some really WHERE: Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox Pl. cool thrash style tunes which are COST: $20.00-$25.00 really heavy and we’ll probably DETAILS: vinylmusichall.com do more heavy stuff as we go
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It is hard to believe that it has already been over 35 years since the Misfits crept up from the New Jersey underground. In that time, the band has gone on to influence most, if not all, punk rock and heavy metal bands to emerge since, and are adored by some of the most die-hard fans you will ever meet outside of a Slayer concert. Back when I got my first Misfits cassette (that’s right) at around 10 or 11 years old, I knew there was something about this band that would stick with me forever, and they have. Though lineup changes and personal battles within the band have been a big part of the Misfits lore, and has sparked much debate among the legions of fiends (the Misfits’ name for their fans: The Fiend Club) about which era and lineup is best, it all comes down to the music. For the first time in almost a decade,
"The Devil‘s Rain is just the beginning in a new chapter of this band.”
there is a new Misfits album. ‘The Devil’s Rain’ features a three man line-up, with original member and bassist Jerry Only taking up vocal duties, as he has been on tour for many years now, legendary Black Flag guitarist Dez Cadena handling guitar and Eric“Chupacabra”Arce taking care of the thunder. Last year, the Misfits played for a sold-out crowd at Vinyl Music Hall, and they enjoyed it so much, they decided to add Pensacola to their regular tour routing and are on the way back to do it all over again. Jerry Only was excited when he called up for a chat to tell IN all about the new record and tour.
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MICHAEL DEMARIA 5 p.m. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St., 438-0402 or everman.org. DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. DJ MR LAO 8 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. REDDOG 8 p.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St., 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com. CROSSTOWN 8 p.m. The Grand Marlin, 400 Pensacola Beach Blvd., Pensacola Beach, 677-9153 or thegrandmarlin.com. KNEE DEEP 8:30 p.m. Hub Stacey’s 312 E. Government St. 850-469-1001 or hubstaceys.com MARK ELLIS AND FRIENDS 9 p.m. The Deck at The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St., 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.
‘CHICAGO’ THE MUSICAL 7:30 p.m. Ashmore Fine Arts Building, 1000 College Blvd. 484-1847 or pensacolastate.edu/lyceum. FORTUNA GROTTOESQUE 8 p.m. Loblolly Theatre 1010 N. 12th Ave., Suite 211 Venue Phone: $9 439-3010. ‘THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST’ 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday through Nov. 20. UWF Mainstage Theatre of the Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Building 82, 11000 University Pkwy., $10-$16, 857-6285. MEMBERSHIP NIGHT 8 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, $3 Crown and down $2 bottle beer 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com PHINEAS PHOGGETTES 9 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.
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CLASS X 9 p.m. Sandshaker 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 932-2211
BISCUIT MILLER & THE MIX 6 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna, Pensacola Beach, 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.
ADAM HOLT 9 p.m. End O’ The Alley at Seville Quarter 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.
DJ MR LAO 8 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.
CHAINSAW KELLY, AUBRY NICHOLS, BIG JIM BROWN The Handlebar $5 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060
DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.
MAGICAL SUNDAY 6 p.m. Live performance, kids eat for free Melting Pot 418 E. Gregory St. #500 438-4030 or meltingpot.com/Pensacola. TEXAS HOLD ‘EM 7 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub 49 De Luna Dr. Pensacola Beach 916-9808 or enorthshore.com/paddy
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happenings $6 for 21 and up $7 for ages 18-20. 319 N. Tarragona St. 434-9060
BAR BINGO 9 p.m. 9 p.m. Seville Quarter 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.
KARAOKE 9 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub 49 De Luna Dr. Pensacola Beach 916-9808 or enorthshore.com/paddy
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$2 WELL BRAND & .50 OFF ALL BEERS All day, Hub Stacey’s 312 E. Government St. 850-4691001 or hubstaceys.com MARGARITA MONDAY 5 p.m. Margaritaville Beach Hotel, 165 Fort Pickens Rd., Pensacola Beach, 9169755 or margaritavillehotel.com. SEVILLE QUARTER MILERS 5:30 p.m. Fast Eddie’s Seville Quarter 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.
MILITARY AND CIVIL SERVICE APPRECIATION NIGHT 20 percent off with military/civil service ID. Melting Pot 418 E. Gregory St. #500 438-4030 or meltingpot.com/Pensacola. B.A.R.E DRINK SPECIALS 9 p.m. End o’ the Alley Bar, Lilli Marlene’s Seville Quarter 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.
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CLARENCE BELL 11 a.m. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421
W. Belmont St., 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com. KARAOKE WITH KRAZY GEORGE 8 p.m. Lilli Marlene’s Seville Quarter 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. MISFITS, JUICEHEAD, COCKFIGHT 7:30 p.m. Vinyl Music Hall 2 S. Palafox Pl. vinylmusichall.com THE GRAY CES, DRAKE & SOFIA, PIONEERS! O PIONEERS!, THE SPANX The Handlebar
S.I.N. NIGHT 7 p.m. Hopjacks $2 well drinks, $3 vodka infusions, $6 bottomless mimosas 10 S. Palafox Pl. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AND TEXAS HOLD ‘EM 7:30 p.m. Sandshaker 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 932-2211 GAMER NIGHT 8 p.m. Fast Eddie’s Seville Quarter 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.
JAZZ GUMBO 6 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s $7 for JSOP members, $10 for nonmembers, $5 for students with ID and free for military in uniform. Seville Quarter 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. LIVIN THE DREAM 9 p.m. End O’ The Alley Bar Seville Quarter 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.
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happenings KARAOKE 9 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub 49 De Luna Dr. Pensacola Beach 916-9808 or enorthshore.com/paddy
PRIME TIME TUESDAY 5:30 p.m. Jackson’s 400 South Palafox Street 469-9898 or jacksons. goodgrits.com
MUSCIANS ALLIANCE 9 p.m. Lilli Marlene’s Seville Quarter 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.
WINE CLASSES AT ARAGON MARKET Aragon Wine Market 27 South Ninth Avenue Call UWF to register 473-7468
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YOGA WITH BECKY SATHRE 6 p.m. $2 for nonmembers. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St., 438-0402 or everman.org.
FREE SKEE BALL 4 p.m. Play 16 S. Palafox Pl. 4663080 or iplaypensacola.com HALF PRICE SUSHI 5 p.m. Atlas 600 S. Barracks St. 437-1961 or atlas.goodgrits.com
OPEN MIC POETRY 6:30 p.m. Sluggo’s 101 S. Jefferson St. 791-6501 $2 TUESDAY 7 p.m. Sandshaker 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 932-2211 ANCHOR STEPS SWING NIGHT Lessons at 7 p.m. Dance starts at 8 p.m. $5 cover (includes one free drink) Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. DEW & UR FRIENDS 9:30 p.m. Raise food for Manna Lilli Marlene’s 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.
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KARAOKE WITH BECKY 8 p.m. Sandshaker 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 932-2211 MIKE QUINN End O’ The Alley Bar Seville Quarter 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6 p.m. The Fish House 600 S. Barracks St. 4700003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.
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WINE DOWN WEDNESDAYS 5:30 p.m. Jackson’s 400 South Palafox Street 469-9898 or jacksons. goodgrits.com LADIES NIGHT 5 p.m. $2 drinks Sandshaker 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 932-2211 B.A.R.E NIGHT 7 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub 49 De Luna Dr. Pensacola Beach 916-9808 or enorthshore.com/paddy OPEN MIC NIGHT 9 p.m. Paddy O’ Leary’s Irish Pub 49 De Luna Dr. Pensacola Beach 916-9808 or enorthshore.com/paddy TURBULENCE 10 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.
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KARAOKE WITH BECKY 8 p.m. Sandshaker 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 932-2211 DUELING PIANOS AND NICKEL BEER 8 p.m. Rosie O’ Grady’s at Seville Quarter 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.
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happenings KARAOKE WITH KJ WILDO 9 p.m. Hopjacks 10 S. Palafox Pl. 497-6073 or hopjacks.com MIKE QUINN End O’ The Alley Bar Seville Quarter 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. KARAOKE WITH KRAZY GEORGE 8 p.m. Lilli Marlene’s Seville Quarter 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. AL MARTIN 6:30 p.m. Gregory Street Assembly Hall 501 E. Gregory St. 607-8633 TIM MORGAN & TIM SPENCER 7 p.m. Sabine Sandbar 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 934-3141
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T-SHIRT NIGHT 7 p.m. ½ Drinks when you wear your Sandshaker T-shirt 731 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 932-2211
WHITE AND PRE-BLACK FRIDAY BASH 8 p.m. Phineas Phoggs Seville Quarter 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. PHINEAS PHOGGETTES 9 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St., 4346211 or sevillequarter.com. COLLEGE NIGHT 9 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.
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KARAOKE WITH BECKY 7 p.m. Sabine Sandbar 715 Pensacola Beach Blvd 934-3141 or enorthshore.com/sabine DUELING PIANOS 8 p.m. Rosie O’Grady’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.
DJ MR LAO 8 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. KARAOKE WITH KRAZY GEORGE 8 p.m. Lilli Marlene’s Seville Quarter 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com. MIKE MANGO 9 p.m. Seville Quarter 130 E. Government St., 434-6211 or sevillequarter. com.
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Students Receive $300K Suicide Grant, Plan Annual Walk College is tough. Life is tough, and for some college-aged teens and young adults, it’s too tough. According the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15to 24year olds and the second leading cause of death for college students. A student group at the University of West Florida, Students for Suicide Awareness (SSA), will be hosting its second annual “Seeds of Hope” 5k Community Walk on Nov. 19 at the soccer track/ field on campus. “We will help you find the help you need,” said SSA President Shane Kuhlman. “You are not alone, and you do not have to do this by yourself. There are many other people here on campus and around the City of Pensacola that will listen and help you get through this rough time.” Last year’s inaugural walk was the brainchild of SSA students and the group’s advisor, Raela Villanueva, who lost her brother to suicide 14 years ago. “The idea for the local walk came from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) national ‘Out of the Darkness’ overnight walk for survivors (those loved ones left behind by suicide),” said Villanueva. She first learned about the national walk in 2002 and has participated ever since. “Our local survivor group had been talking about organizing a local 5k walk and with the help of SSA, Sigma Chi, and other student organizations, the ‘Seeds of Hope’ 5k Community Walk was started.” According to Villanueva, last year’s event had 165 registered walkers and raised over $2,500 for suicide awareness and education. “Even (professional boxer and Pensacola local) Roy Jones, Jr. came out to support the walk in honor of a friend he had lost to suicide.”
Members of the university’s counseling program have taken notice of SSA’s efforts and after applying for The Campus Suicide Prevention Grant, received the $306,000, to be paid over the next three years. The grant was created by the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHA) and named after a 21-year-old senator’s son from Oregon who committed suicide in 2003. In addition to SAMHA, other funders of the grant program include the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) and are part of a $6.2 million national program that was reauthorized this year though the Senate. “(The grant) will offer much needed research on our campus. Including, but not limited to, a social marketing campaign, suicide prevention research (data specific to the campus), ‘Question, Persuade and Refer’ (QPR) training, which is sort of like CPR (first aid) for suicide, a student organization coalition - SSA, ‘To Write Love on Her Arms’ UWF Chapter, the Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA), and the Student Veterans Association (SVA),” said Kuhlman. He also said the grant will fund suicide prevention conferences “headed by some of the biggest names in suicide prevention research around the nation.” April Glenn, a registered mental health counselor for UWF’s Counseling and Wellness Services, further explains the emphasis of partnerships with the GSA and SVA. “These student organizations receive funding support from our grant to initiate various suicide prevention outreach events on our campus targeting GLBTQ and military affiliated students,” said Dr. Glenn.
“One such event was a chalking event held by GSA this fall in which members used chalk to write messages of hope on campus sidewalks. For our 2012-2013 social marketing campaign, we are seeking feedback from GSA and SVA members in order to develop posters which specifically address GLBTQ, student veteran, and military affiliated populations. Our
and mentors when they need us most,” said Dr. Walch. Aside from organizing the walk, members of SSA are busy year-round with prevention and education activities. They recently placed UWF Counseling Center sponsored posters around campus to reach students to inform them of the center’s services in addition to dispel myths about suicide. Kuhlman also says to look for the signs of suicidal patterns, and the best thing a friend or student can do is actively address these patterns. “Don't be afraid to ask a friend or classmate if they are suicidal. It is more important that you ask and care than if you say something wrong,” he said. “Asking the ‘suicide question’ alone will not make the friend or classmate more suicidal. This is a myth and a stigma that we are trying to erase on the campus. Through the QPR training we hope to have people recognize this myth and then dismiss it.” What is the one thing that could be messaged to students contemplating suicide? “Sorry, I have to say two things,” Dr. Walch replied. “There is hope. There is help.” {in}
"There is hope. There is help." Dr. Susan Walch
four student organizations are actively collaborating in order to work together to address suicide prevention on our campus.” Glenn, along with Rebecca Kennedy, licensed psychologist and director of Health and Counseling Services, and Susan Walch, professor of psychology, penned the grant which will be awarded over the next three years. Dr. Walch believes heavily in the education aspect of what this grant can offer. “We hope that our efforts can help dispel these myths and misinformation, make a dent in the stigma, and arm individuals WHEN: 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 (Registration with the skills and courage to talk deadline 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18) openly with each other about these WHERE: University of West Florida soccer very difficult topics so that we field/track, 11000 University Pkwy. can recognize, acknowledge, and COST: $8 for students, $10 for non-students support the very real needs of our DETAILS: facebook.com/StudentsForSuicidebrothers, sisters, parents, children, Awareness classmates, friends, colleagues,
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by Ashley Hardaway make these damn side dishes in advance and reclaim Thanksgiving for cooks and grandmothers everywhere! The following sides can all be made in advance. The turkey however, well, there’s always Honey Baked Ham.
food news Distinctive Kitchens – Lunch and Learn
The 1st & 3rd Wednesday of every month, Distinctive Kitchens offers a daytime cooking class called “Lunch & Learn” starting at noon.This is a one hour class for those who would like to sit back and be pampered by one of their guest chefs during your lunch break from work. Price is $15. For reservations and upcoming topics, check out their website at dk4u.com. 29 South Palafox Place
Wine and Shine at Jeweler’s Trade Shop
Every Friday throughout November from 3-5 p.m. head to Jeweler’s Trade Shop to enjoy their “Wine and Shine.” Relax with a glass of wine as JTS cleans your jewelry and enjoy live music on the piano. 26 Palafox Place
Gallery Night at Ever’man
On Friday, Nov. 18 don’t forget to stop at Ever’man during Gallery Night to enjoy samples of holiday foods and check out their green holiday gift items. Also local music celebrity, Michael DeMaria, will be in attendance to premier his new CD. 315 West Garden Street
Thanksgiving at Jackson’s
Jackson’s Steakhouse: Thanksgiving Day On Thursday, Nov. 24, Jackson’s will be open from 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., serving a Thanksgiving Plate in addition to their new fall dinner menu. Chef Irv Miller has prepared a traditional Thanksgiving Plate with all of the trimmings; fresh herb-rubbed roasted sliced turkey served alongside country-style green beans, andouillecornbread stuffing, Anjou pear and cranberry relish, maple-whipped sweet potatoes and down-home gravy for $28. For reservations; please call (850) 469-9898. 400 South Palafox Street
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THANKSGIVING: The Make-Ahead Project My first thanksgiving away from home I bought a whole, frozen chicken and threw it in the oven; opened up a bag of instant mashed potatoes, cut up some Hawaiian sweet rolls and called it a day. The chicken was ugly as all get-out. I believe its color would be described as manila, but it wasn’t a complete disaster. After all, I was eighteen. I was alone. Expectations were low. But over the years adulthood has crept in and somehow amidst the massive onslaught of jobs, schedules, extended families and bills
you’re supposed to amass the culinary skill to pull off a classic, six-course (minimum) meal within the time-span of a day: Thanksgiving. When I was younger I appreciated it at its most basic form: a day at grandma’s spent overeating and then napping...and then eating. Now that I’m older I grasp its full, horrifying reality: a dusk till dawn race against the doorbell. But this year I say ‘No!’ I say let’s sleep the night before Thanksgiving. Let’s answer the door without beads of sweat on our brow and nerves shaking our hands. Let’s
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ciate Kansas, these two had to go to Hawaii to realize paradise, was here all along. Adorable right? Kiley finishes telling me her backstory as she presents me with a bowl of white chili. “It was supposed to be a special, but people have been liking it so much it might have to just go on the menu.” I agree as I try it: chunks of chicken breast and garbanzo beans, smoothed out with sour cream. The menu at Magnolia is full of simplistic favorites that are reminiscent of things your mother would make for you: grilled pimento and cheese, chicken salad on Hawaiian sweetbread rolls, pumpkin mousse. The prices too reflect this sensibility: comfort food classics that make this a neighborhood hangout you could quite literally patronize daily. “This might be the best part about my new career path,” Bill says as he cracks open a can of beer. With a background in recording and music technology, and having spent the last ten years in the audio and visual field, you can see how perhaps his personality translates through the building’s remodel. The back wall has been taken out opening up what was the small dining
Neighborhood bars and restaurants: something that we get in concept (after all isn’t that an Applebees slogan?), but something that’s hard to find an authentic version of in, you know, real life. The Magnolia however, is a new cafe/ bar that harkens back to the original notion of neighborhood bars and restaurants: independently owned and operated and influenced by the tastes and experiences of its owners: Kiley Bolster and Bill Manning. “Originally the plan was to move to Hawaii, but then we got there and discovered that it wasn’t our idea of paradise,” Kiley explains and so her and Bill kept traveling. Eventually they made their way back to the mainland and once here they kept moving, discovering micro-breweries and going on wine tours, stopping at dive bars and exploring off-the-beaten path cafes. They crisscrossed the nation with abandon and eventually, all their nonsensical traveling brought them back home: to Pensacola. And like Dorothy who had to run off to Oz to appre-
A true southern classic. I use Jiffy to make the cornbread. If making in advance: assemble in a baking dish, then wrap tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for up to 24 hours before baking. To bake, let the stuffing stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Remove the plastic wrap and proceed to bake as directed in step 3. Ingredients: 1 pound fresh pork sausage, casings removed, crumbled 1 large onion, (about 2 cups), finely chopped 3 celery, finely chopped (1 1/2 cups) Coarse salt and ground pepper 2 pounds prepared cornbread cut into 3/4inch cubes (12 cups) 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh sage 3 large eggs, lightly beaten 1 to 1 /12 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth Directions: 1) Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large nonstick skillet, cook sausage over mediumhigh heat, until browned and cooked through (about 6-8 minutes). Transfer to a large bowl.
area. The dark red paint has been replaced with a calming blue and a sleek wooden bar spanning the length of its side it was built, welcoming new patrons with cushy barstools and some seasonal drafts. “I wish my house had a porch like this that I could drink on,” someone said as they make themselves comfortable on the front stoop’s chairs. As they’re saying this another guy comes in, propping up his bike against the sidewall, not locking it up the way people used to do. And for the first time in a long time the safety freak in me doesn’t fixate on the bike the whole evening looking out for bandits. After all, this is a neighborhood joint I’m in. This is old school America. This is Magnolia. {in}
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Add onion, celery, and 1/4 cup water to the pan. Reduce heat to medium; cook until vegetables are translucent, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add to sausage. Add cornbread, sage, and eggs to sausage and vegetables. Bring broth to a simmer in a small saucepan; pour 1 cup over stuffing, and toss gently (cornbread will break down into smaller pieces). If needed, add up to 1/2 cup more broth, until stuffing feels moist, but not wet. Cover with foil and bake for 25 minutes. Remove the foil and continue to bake until golden, about 30 minutes longer. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.
Cranberry Sauce with Orange and Ginger
This sauce can be made up to a week ahead if refrigerated. Also try fresh rosemary in place of ginger or any other aromatic you think you’d like! So quick and easy you’ll wonder why you ever messed with the can opener. Ingredients: 12 oz. fresh cranberries, picked through and rinsed 1 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup fresh orange juice 2 tsp. chopped crystalized ginger 1/2 tsp. finely grated orange zest Directions: Bring the cranberries, sugar, orange juice, and ginger to a boil in a large saucepan over
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medium-high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer for 1 min. (some berries will pop, others will remain whole). Remove from the heat and stir in the orange zest. Cover and let stand for 10 min. Let the sauce cool to room temperature and then cover and refrigerate.
Health(ier) Sweet Potato Casserole
This recipe uses low-fat milk in the base and whole-wheat flour and orange juice concentrate in the topping (as opposed to just gobs of sugar and butter). If making ahead: Prepare filling in casserole dish and topping in separate bowl. Cover both and refrigerate (up to two days in advance). To bake, let the sweet potato filling and topping sit at room temperature for 30 minutes. Remove the plastic wrap and proceed to bake as directed in step 5. Ingredients: Filling 2 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2-inch chunks 2 large eggs 1 tablespoon canola oil 1 tablespoon honey 1/2 cup 1% milk 2 teaspoons orange zest 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon salt Topping 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
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4 teaspoons frozen orange juice concentrate 1 tablespoon canola oil 1 tablespoon butter, melted 1/2 cup chopped pecans Directions: Place sweet potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Cover and cook over medium heat until tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain well. Mash with a potato masher. Measure out 3 cups. Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare 2 quart casserole dish with cooking spray. Whisk eggs, oil and honey in a medium bowl. Add mashed sweet potato and mix well. Stir in milk, orange zest, vanilla and salt. Spread the mixture in the prepared baking dish. To prepare topping: Mix flour, brown sugar, orange juice concentrate, oil and butter in a small bowl. Blend with a fork or your fingertips until crumbly. Stir in pecans. Sprinkle over the casserole. Bake the casserole until heated through and the top is lightly browned, 35 to 45 minutes.
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This recipe combines everyone’s two favorite holiday desserts: pumpkin pie and cheesecake. If making in advance, wrap well after baking and cooling and freeze. Allow 24 hours to thaw in refrigerator before serving.
Ingredients: Crust 1 1/4 cups graham-cracker crumbs 1/4 cup sugar 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted Filling 32 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 1 1/4 cups sugar 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 cup canned pumpkin puree 2 tablespoons pumpkin-pie spice 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon salt 4 large eggs, room temperature Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, mix graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and melted butter until moistened; press firmly into bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake until golden around edges, 10 to 12 minutes. In an electric mixer, beat softened cream cheese and sugar on low speed until smooth; mix in flour. Add pumpkin puree, pie spice, vanilla, and salt; mixing just until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, mixing until each is incorporated. Pour filling into springform, and gently smooth top. Reduce oven heat to 300 degrees and bake 45 minutes. Turn off oven; let cheesecake stay in oven 2 hours more (do not open the door). Remove from oven; cool completely. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate until firm, at least 4 hours before serving. {in}
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AT PRESS TIME, Melinda Arnold, 34, was waiting to hear whether her mother would be accepted as an organ donor for her daughter—with the organ being the mom’s womb. Melinda (a nurse from Melbourne, Australia) was born without one (though with healthy ovaries and eggs), and if the transplant by Swedish surgeon Mats Brannstrom of Gothenburg University is successful, and Melinda later conceives, her baby will be nurtured in the very same uterus in which Melinda, herself, was nurtured. (Womb transplants have been performed in rats and, with limited success, from a deceased human donor.) GOVERNMENT IN ACTION A British manufacturer, BCB International, is flourishing, buoyed by sales of its Kevlar underwear, at $65 a pair, to U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq. However, soldiers and Marines must buy them directly; the “Bomb Boxers” are not supplied by the Pentagon even though nearly 10 percent of battlefield explosive-device injuries result in sometimes-catastrophic genital and rectal damage. According to an October report in Talking Points Memo, the Pentagon’s currently issued protection is inferior to BCB’s but is less expensive. (Although the Pentagon fully funds post-injury prostheses and colostomies, it could purchase about 7,700 Bomb Boxers for the price of a single Tomahawk missile.) GREAT ART! It was haute couture meeting haute cuisine at the Communication Museum in Berlin in November, as prominent German chef Roland Trettl introduced his fashions (displayed on live models) made from food, including a tunic of octopus, a miniskirt of seaweed, a trouser suit made with lean bacon, a scarf of squid ink pasta, and a hat woven from lettuce. The museum director (presumably without irony) said the items were “provocative” and “raise(d) questions.” • Veteran New York City performance artist Marni Kotak, 36, gave birth to her first child, Ajax, on Oct. 25—and that was her “art,” as the birth took place at the Microscope Gallery in Brooklyn, N.Y., after Kotak had moved into the space two weeks earlier to interact with visitors. Previously, Kotak had “re-enacted,” as her “art,” both her own birth and the loss of her virginity in the back seat of a car. (A New York Times report suggested that Kotak may not be the most extreme performer in her family. Her artist-husband, Jason Martin, makes videos in which he dresses as a wolf or dog and “conducts seance-like rituals intended to contact the half-animal, half-human creatures that visited him in dreams as a child.”)
by Chuck Shepherd
POLICE REPORT Cutting-Edge Policing: Officials in Prince George’s County, Md., reported that crime had fallen as much as 23 percent during the first nine months of 2011—the result, they said, of holding meetings with 67 of the most likely recidivist offenders in five neighborhoods and sweettalking them. The 67 were offered help in applying for various government and volunteer programs, but were told they would be watched more closely by patrols. THE ARISTOCRATS! (1) Owen Kato, 23, was arrested following a police report in Port Charlotte, Fla., of a man grossing out customers by standing beside the entrance to a McDonald’s for about 10 minutes, popping his pimples with his fingers. (2) A man unnamed in a news story was charged on July 24 with resisting arrest (for trespassing) by failing to put his hands behind his back. According to the Destin, Fla., police report, the man explained, “I can’t put my hands behind my back because I’m making a bowel movement (in my pants).” (According to the report, that was true.) LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS Brent Morgan, 20, was arrested in Prince George, British Columbia, in October on three counts related to the attempted theft of a Corvette. Morgan had seen the car in a driveway, jumped in and locked the doors. However, the owner had been in the process of charging the battery, which was still too weak for the car to start and for the door locks to continue working. Feeling trapped and sensing that the owner had called the police, Morgan panicked and began using any available tool inside the car to smash the window. According to the police report, officers arrived just as Morgan had broken open the driver’s side window, but too late for Morgan to realize that he could have exited the car by manually lifting the door lock with his fingers. RECENT ALARMING HEADLINES “Maine Woman Loses Lawsuit Over Removal of Husband’s Brain.” “Condoms Rushed to Thai Flood Victims.” “Killer Sharks Invade Golf Course in Australia.” “Lingerie Football League Wants to Start a Youth League.” “Man Uncooperative After Being Stabbed in Scrotum With Hypodermic Needle.”
From Universal Press Syndicate Chuck Shepherd’s News Of The Weird © 2011 Chuck Shepherd
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November 17, 2011
my pensacola Chelsea Powell
Day Job: Office Specialist in the Provost’s Office at UWF
Pensacola Resident Since: Birth, although I had
a brief stint in Tallahassee (and subsequently realized that attending a party school my first year of college wasn’t the best decision).
Good Eats:
The Elbow Room is, hands down, my favorite place in Pensacola. There’s nothing else quite like red lighting, Otis Redding on the jukebox, drinking a Sham Wow, and eating the best pasta salad I’ve ever tasted. Not to mention, Melanie is the cutest damn waitress around.
Retail Therapy:
On the Saturday mornings that I don’t sleep in, I make a trip down to Palafox Market. My usual purchases include fresh, local produce, homemade hot sauce and organic peanut butter treats for my pup. It’s always fun to walk around and look at the art, listen to the violinist and get some free samples.
Watering Holes:
The Wiz (aka Wisteria)—I fell in love with this tiny bar when I discovered that they carry Harpoon 100 barrel series. I tend to encounter the most interesting characters there and any bar that has the restroom located outside (tip: watch out for the uneven steps on the way out) is ok in my book. My friends Shelsie and Jake bartend there on Wednesday and Thursday nights; visit them for good beer and pleasant conversation. Pensacola Bay Brewery—There’s something so satisfying about drinking a beer that was produced in the same spot. This dogfriendly bar is quaint and welcoming, plus you’ll always leave with a pint glass or mug.
Nightlife:
Nightlife for me isn’t about where I am, it’s who I’m with. Whether it’s getting owned in foosball at Play, getting saucy after one stiff drink at The Azalea, doing Flaming Dr. Pepper shots at End of the Alley, or just driving around town with the windows down blasting NOLA bounce music; my nighttime shenanigans are expectedly entertaining because of my friends.
Outdoors:
I always joked about how smug residents of East Hill are until I moved to the ‘hood.
Now I’m as smug as can be, but with good reason: the area is gorgeous. I love going on runs so I can admire the eccentric houses overflowing with yard art or the multi-story Neoclassical homes. I try to take my Chihuahua to Bayview Park as often as possible so she can heckle and out run all of the big dogs. The playground at Bayview has this little gyroscope thingy (I’m willing to bet that’s not the technical name for it) that may make you vomit, but at least you’ll have a blast doing so.
Arts & Culture:
Culture Club—My evenings on the first Thursday of each month are spent at the Pensacola Museum of Art’s Culture Club. Different artists are featured each month and it’s a great opportunity to meet other young professionals while enjoying complimentary beer, wine, and hors d’oeuvres. I’m slightly bitter because I never win, but the raffles they have include some rad prizes and purchasing tickets is a great way to support the PMA. Tag UWF—The Art Gallery at UWF is located in the beautiful Center for Fine and Performing Arts building. Not only do students get a chance to display their art in a professional atmosphere, but faculty and visiting artists are also featured there. The gallery is always free and the exhibition receptions offer snacks and a decent selection of beer and wine.
Never Miss Events/Festivals:
I never miss a Gallery Night. Palafox turns into a miniature Bourbon Street and fills with thousands of people having a great time. I never know who I’ll run in to or what kind of craziness the night will entail. Gallery Night is arguably the best thing to happen to downtown Pensacola and I’m hoping the trial extended hours are here to stay. After my recent weekend at Deluna Fest, you can mark my words that I will always be an attendee. I had one of the best weekends of my life singing and dancing along to some of my favorite bands with my closest friends on my hometown beach. What a ruckus! {in}
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