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26 NEWS OF THE WEIRD 27LAST WORD

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We have so much for which to be thankful this year. Here is our annual “All Winners” edition of Winners & Losers.

DAVID FLAHERTY The Pensacola Director of Parks and Recreation has caught the attention of IN readers for his work to resurface the tennis courts at Bayview Park. As one reader wrote, “Bayview Park is a very popular park used by a lot of our citizens, from playing tennis, to the senior center, boat ramps, and the dog beach and park. I would just like to give a big ‘thank you’ to David Flaherty for following through on what he promised.”

CHERYL MCGRUDER Cheryl was selected from among more than 240 co-workers at Azalea Trace, an active adult retirement community located in Pensacola, to receive top distinction as a 2010 ACTS President’s Award Honoree. The ACTS President’s Award is a company-wide annual award whereby employees and supervisors nominate individuals for exemplary service to residents, concern and support for fellow employees, and overall attitude and work performance.

PRECINCT PARTNERS Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David H. Stafford has applauded seven area organizations that participated in the Precinct Partners Program and in turn earned more than $8,200 for their service. The 42 Precinct Partner participants represented the following organizations in the 2010 Primary and/or General Elections: Alpha Delta Kappa Fidelis Nu, B’Nai Israel Congregation, Cantonment Rotary, Delta Kappa Gamma Alpha Xi, Old River Optimist Club, Seville Rotary Club and Suburban West Rotary Club.

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Through all the turbulence, misfortune and stagnation that we have battled over the past decade, there were many steps, some big and some small, that propelled us in a new direction. Some of the people who led us to take those steps can be so easily forgotten if we aren’t careful.

At the beginning of next year, Ashton Hayward will be sworn in as our first strong mayor. The steps towards that newlyempowered position didn’t begin with Hayward, and it didn’t begin with Crystal Spencer and the Pensacola Charter Review Commission. And though the paper was an early advocate for scrapping the city manager and weak council form of government, the idea didn’t originate with the IN. Ray Russenberger, who had brought his rapidly expanding paging company to Pensacola and renovated the Thiesen Building in downtown Pensacola for its headquarters, began pushing the idea in the late 1990s. He preached that you can’t run a progressive city by committee and with staff that isn’t answerable to the voters. Russenberger knew that no one had ever erected a statue to honor a committee.

When he began pushing the idea, the mayor of Pensacola was selected by a majority vote of the council. Vince Whibbs Sr., Jerry Maygarden and Admiral Charles P. Mason were never elected mayor. Admiral Mason didn’t even live in Pensacola when he was asked to be the mayor. He was retired living in Jacksonville when he was called in 1946 to move here and serve.

Russenberger supported a referendum to make the mayor an elected position. His

hope was that the elected mayor would be more responsive and proactive in dealing with city issues. That referendum passed, and John Fogg became in 2001 Pensacola’s first elected mayor since 1913. Fogg had been first appointed to the position in 1994 and reappointed in 1995, 1997 and 1999. His election changed very little in how the city was run.

After the 2001 election, Russenberger began planting the seeds for a new city charter, realizing that would be the only way to break the malaise that gripped his adopted city. He tried to win a seat on the Pensacola City Council and unsuccessfully ran against Jack Nobles in 2004.

It would take three more years for the City Council to even discuss strong mayor.

That effort was led by John Peacock and Jim Schmitz, who spent a year studying various forms of city governments. In June 2007, Peacock presented the concept to the city council. When he realized that the he didn’t have the council votes for a referendum for strong mayor, Peacock asked for a charter review commission.

The City Council approved the charter commission in November 2007. Two years later, city voters passed the new charter that called for the mayor to be the city’s chief executive officer. Russenberger and The Russenberger Foundation contributed $2,875 to the pro-charter political action committee, Believe in a Better Pensacola.

It was all these steps taken over more than 10 years that led to Hayward’s election. I hope he gives a nod to Ray Russenberger at his inauguration.

THROUGH ALL THE TURBULENCE, MISFORTUNE AND STAGNATION THAT WE HAVE BATTLED OVER THE PAST DECADE, THERE WERE MANY STEPS, SOME BIG AND SOME SMALL, THAT PROPELLED US IN A NEW DIRECTION.

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MYERS WANTS DISTRICT 2 TO GET ITS SLICE OF THE PIE

NEW COUNCIL MEMBER READY TO ADDRESS CITY’S PROBLEMS

BY DUSTIN TONEY

“This district is the economic heart of the city of Pensacola, but the communities around the commercial area are older neighborhoods and many of them are in decline. I want to focus on the things most important to the people that live out here,” Myers continued.

“Our property values are plummeting. We need to promote this area because people should be f locking to it. The housing is affordable and people can literally walk or ride the public transportation to get where they need.”

Myers wants to ensure that the district gets its slice of the pie, as well. “The thing that amazes me is how difficult it is to get the littlest thing corrected unless you live in aff luent neighborhoods, and I am not going to tolerate that. Most of what is in the tree fund comes from the companies that performed clear-cutting in the commercial area in our district. I want that money for reforestation and to beautify our neighborhoods.”

She stated that the mindset around city hall is to use the tree fund to beautify downtown and upscale neighborhoods and that she will fight to get that changed.

“Downtown and District 2 are very distinct communities,” Myers said. “They need to be developed in different ways, but they need to be tied together.”

Myers also wishes to help the businesses in the area expand and improve their properties. “Eighty percent of jobs are created by existing businesses, so we need to come up with an economic development plan that capitalizes on the businesses we

have here and help them have resources to create more jobs. I would like to see a facade program to help small businesses improve how they look outside and upgrade their handicap accessibility,” she added.

director—a position we used to have.”

“The things I am proposing are not really going to break the bank. It could look like a really awesome task, especially when you are dealing with the BP oil spill, but we can start with the things in which we have control over, and using environmentallyfriendly products is something we have control over,” Myers explained.

She also serves on the Escambia County Mass Transit Advisory Committee (MTAC). “We had representatives from NAS tell us that they wanted better bus service so that their young men and women, at least 6,000, many who do not have cars, would have a place to go. ECAT created an express bus route from NAS and Corry Station and it’s always jam-packed,” she said.

Myers has gained quite the reputation in the city from previously working with ECAT. “I am awed and inspired by her tireless advocacy for not just people with disabilities, but for all people. I think she will be an incredible contribution for the city of Pensacola serving as councilwoman,” said Jane Birdwell, an advertising director and co-owner of a local multimedia company who worked with Myers on transit issues within the MTAC. Myers hopes to take on large issues during her term. Will she succeed? Time will tell. Myers, however, remains confident that she will. “I hope there are no obstacles, because I will not tolerate them.”

“DOWNTOWN AND DISTRICT 2 ARE VERY DISTINCT COMMUNITIES. THEY NEED TO BE DEVELOPED IN DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT THEY NEED TO BE TIED TOGETHER.” —SHERRI MYERS

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herri Myers has big plans for uptown Pensacola, and she can’t wait to get started Jan. 11 after she is sworn into office.

“If I can’t be effective on city council, I may as well not be on it,” the recently-elected Pensacola councilwoman for District 2 told the IN. “My goal is to address the many problems that exist in District 2.”

Her ambitions include promoting residential and commercial beautification, getting money back into the district, reorganizing and creating bus routes to simplify transportation from uptown and downtown, creating a roundtable made of citizens and businesses, supporting incentives for annexation of county property into the city and attempting to acquire grant money in order to help people get onto the city sewer system.

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A self-described avid environmentalist, Myers said she has repeated her wishes to attract environmentally-friendly companies to the area. “I have a real problem with AT&T utility poles because they leach No. 2 diesel fuel that has pentachlorophenol on it. I would like to see some changes on what the city allows on its streets. There are a number of companies that produce environmentally-friendly utility poles.”

In fact, Myers brings a small sample of a fiberglass telephone pole and wears it on a bracelet when she goes down to city council meetings “just to remind them of this issue.”

She also hopes to get the city to adopt a green janitorial supply program based on the U.S. Department of the Interior’s model program. “That means eliminating air fresheners in the building. It means eliminating fragrances, sprays and those types of products with harmful chemicals.

Also, it means looking at the reduction of spraying pesticides, herbicides and fungicides on city property—the common grounds. We need an environmental

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Incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos announces the chairman of each of the Senate’s 27 standing committees and subcommittees and one joint legislative committee. Local Greg Evers is named to head Criminal Justice.

Florida Legislature votes to delay implementation of the first statewide septic tank inspection program that they passed this spring.

Despite losing 61 seats in the mid-term elections, House Democrats choose to keep Nancy Pelosi as their party leader.

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Sales tax audit hits local businesses.

ESP SALES PROBLEM Several local businesses are complaining about being hit with bills for sales taxes on statements from Energy Services of Pensacola. The gas utility has a problem that was discovered when the Florida Department of Revenue audited its records for the period from Sept. 1, 2006 through Aug. 31, 2009.

ESP staff incorrectly coded several businesses as “tax-exempt” and failed to collect sales taxes from them. Of 1,800 marked as tax-exempt by ESP, 257 accounts were deemed taxable, resulting in $343,258.15 due in back sales taxes for the period. The 257 accounts break down into 136 active customers owing $317,634.35 and 121 inactive customers owing $25,623.50.

Crown Laundry owes the largest amount in back taxes, $140,781. The list of active customers includes many area restaurants such as Miller’s Ale House ($11,848), Chili’s ($5,364) and King Buffet ($15,132), and the Courtyard by Marriott ($7,647). Industrial customers on the list include APAC-Southeast ($14,533), Block USA ($11,945) and Mocar Oil ($6,630).

On June 1, 2010, the City notified all affected customers of the sales tax audit. Active customers were billed in October for the back sales taxes and have been given 12 to 18 months to pay the deficiency.

City Manager Al Coby notified the City Council in October of the issue. In his memo to the council, Coby wrote, “The City was able to join the State’s amnesty program which forgives all penalties and one-third of the interest. In order to join the amnesty program, the City was required to pay $272,675.23 of the amount due by Sept. 30, 2010. Interest calculations have not been finalized by the FDOR but are estimated to be around $15,000 and will be paid by ESP.” The balance due was paid in October.

Coby told the IN that the City has been working with and has received cooperation from the businesses affected and has been able to work out amicable repayment plans with all.

Not all business owners are happy. One wrote the IN, “We’ve been fortunate to keep our doors open during this very difficult economy, but this mistake by ESP will likely put us out of business and employees out of work.”

MINORITY PARTICIPATION LOW No one on the Pensacola City Council challenged the minority participation report from Maritime Park Development Partners that was given at the council committee meetings on Nov. 15.

The MPDP representatives told the council that as of October, they had contracted for $12 million of which about 14.5 percent has been with minority-owned businesses, and 88 percent has been locallyowned businesses. According to the Covenant with the Community, the contractors must reflect the demographics of the community, which would put required minority participation at about 30 percent.

On Aug. 31, George Hawthorne, CEO of Diversity Program Advisors, filed a formal complaint with the CMPA board against MPDP for non-compliance and bad faith dealings in regard to the Contractor’s Academy, its Equal Business Opportunity (EBO)

agreement and the Covenant. He also cited the lack of any mentorship program.

CMPA attorney Ed Fleming was assigned the task of reviewing the complaint and MPDP’s compliance. He found a material breach by the developer in its EBO commitments and in its failing to comply with its contractual requirements relating to the Contractor’s Academy, especially with its commitment to spend $250,000 on the said academy to increase the pool of eligible minority subcontractors.

MPDP replied to Hawthorne’s letter and claimed the requirement for mentorship was only applicable “where economically feasible.” It said that any Diversity Outreach Program is “elective in nature.”

In replying to Fleming’s findings, MPDP wrote that “1) there was no basis for Mr. Fleming’s conclusions, 2) MPDP is in compliance with the terms of the EBO Agreement between the parties, and 3) there is no material breach of obligations

by MPDP.” MPDP asserted in their response that there is “no separate Contractor’s Academy” and not having one doesn’t violate the EBO agreement, any training isn’t required but only elective, and there is no timeline for its funding for the EBO program.

YOUTH VOTES INCREASE The mid-term elections traditionally have a lower voter turnout than years with presidential races.

Comparing the 2006 general election with the most recent 2010 general election, Escambia County saw a 24-percent jump in votes under age 31, the largest percentage increase over 2006 figures for any age group tracked by the Supervisor of Elections.

Over age 61 crowd still dominates the voting in the county, casting over 38 percent of the votes on Nov. 2. The only age group that appears to be shrinking is the age group 41-50, which had a 2.4-percent drop in voters.

The African-American vote also has increased since 2006. The percentage increase for black voters was 34 percent, 4,248 more votes in 2010 than 2006.

COMMISSIONER SWORN Escambia County Commissioners Gene Valentino and Grover Robinson, IV were sworn in on Tuesday, Nov. 16 in BCC chambers packed with elected officials, county employees and citizens. Judge John Simon swore in Valentino, and Judge Bill Stafford handled Robinson.

In his speech after the ceremony, Valentino called his re-election a mandate from the voters. He praised his precinct system and his “Coffee with the Commissioners” for keeping his office transparent. He promised to continue working for the voters.

Robinson pointed to many capital improvements in his district, which includes Pensacola Beach. He thanked the staff for working so hard during the BP crisis, and quoted Winston Churchill: “Never have so many been served by so few.”

As per BCC policy for rotating the chair, the board chairmanship was passed to District 5 Kevin White, with District 1 Wilson Robertson as the vice chair.

MORGAN HELPS TRANSITIONS Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan has been named to Governor-Elect Rick Scott’s Law and Order Transition Team. In his press release, Scott said that he is “sending a seasoned team of law enforcement, corrections and public safety professionals on a fact-finding mission to help him identify ways to reduce the size of government, ensure safer neighborhoods across Florida and transform the manner in which we reduce crime, provide rehabilitation services and incarcerate criminals.”

Morgan has also been named to Attorney General-Elect Pam Bondi’s transition team. He will serve on the Gang Reduction Task Force with Pinellas County Sheriff Jim Coats and Bennie Holder, former Tampa Police Chief.

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Dick Baker, Collier Merrill and Juanita Scott are reappointed to the Community Maritime Park Association board of trustees. All three have served since November 2006.

MSNBC suspends host Joe Scarborough for two days for making campaign contributions to Northwest Florida races, including his own brother’s campaign, without seeking permission from his bosses.

After nearly three weeks in Sacred Heart Hospital, Escambia County Deputy Jeremy Cassady returns home. He was wounded last month in a shootout off Scenic Highway and underwent multiple surgeries.

Two polls show Britons would prefer newly-engaged Prince William and Kate Middleton as the next king and queen instead of his father Prince Charles and wife Camilla. One poll claims 64 percent of people want Prince William to take the throne after Queen Elizabeth.

Ireland announces it will ask for “tens of billions” of Euros from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund to help its crisis-stricken banking system.

Earlier, the Irish government denied such a bailout was necessary.

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THE RETRO LOVER

The Retro Lover frequents thrift stores and bookshops, looking for something unique and old. They appreciate things with character. Make them thankful for the present with something unique, yet timeless.

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details the art of yard saling and offers tips on haggling and hosting your own sale.

USED BOOKS ($5-20) Open Books 4115 Barrancas Ave. 453-6774 Open Books has a really good selection of fiction, non-fiction and classics.

One can easily find a copy of Vonnegut or Twain, or perhaps an illustrated book of folk tales.

A RECORD OR TWO ($2-$20) The Record Shop 4173 Barrancas Ave. Although this record shop doesn’t have a real name or a number, it does have thousands of records. The two men who run the shop have been collecting vinyl for over 25 years, and if they don’t have what you want, they’ll probably know where to get it.

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THE YOUNG BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL

Everything revolves around organization when you’re shopping for a young professional. They probably already have a briefcase, and now they’re going to need something to put in it.

2011 LEATHER BOU ND PLANNER/ ORGANIZER ($20) Barnes and Noble 1200 Airport Blvd.

969-9554 The planner/organizer not only looks nice, it helps keep all your meetings, memos and trips in order, so you can remain calm and collected throughout the day.

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▲WRINKLE-FREE SHIRT ($28) macys.com A wrinkle-free shirt sounds unexciting, but it secretly doubles as another gift; the gift of more sleep. The wearer will no longer have to wake up an extra 20 minutes before work to press a shirt, gaining an average of eight hours of sleep over the course of a month.

THE OFFICE SEASON 7 ON DVD ($32) amazon.com The stress of the work day will disappear as the viewer imagines what it would be like if Michael Scott was their boss.

FLASK ENGR AVING ($10 AND UP) Elebash Jewelers 36 Palafox Place 478-4250 If you’ve already bought the f lask, why not go the extra mile and get it engraved? Elebash Jewelers can engrave whatever personalized message you’d like, starting at $10, with each letter costing around 60 cents. Add some words of wisdom, a joke, or maybe just the f lask owner’s name and address.

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Private Gallery outlets will charge a $3-perticket service charge.

▼SHOT GLASS CHECKERBOARD SET ($28) Bed Bath and Beyond 5450 N. Ninth Ave. 505-0529 This set comes with the board, 13 clear glasses and 13 frosted glasses. You could go out, or you could stay in and play this simple, classy game that involves 26 shots.

Checkers isn’t usually played by more than two people at a time, but in this case it might be necessary.

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WEEKEND HANGOUT FEST PASS AVAILABLE ONLY ON BLACK FRIDAY ($50) The Hangout 101 E. Beach Blvd.

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PADRON 1926 CIGAR ($13) Grand Reserve Cigar and Smoke Shop 210 S. Palafox Place 429-0078 Nothing says “We’re in business” like a pat on the back and an expensive cigar.

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The party animal thrives on nightlife.

Every night of the week might as well be the weekend. Get them something to help them through the night and into the next day, despite their impending headache.

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THE ADVENTURIST

The adventurist loves being outdoors.

They love the thrill of a challenge or the feel of a physically demanding endeavor.

An adrenaline rush is key.

ROCK CLIMBING EXCURSION ($10) Weatherfords 3009 E. Cervantes St. 433-2822

There are few places to rock climb in Florida. For $10, a person can borrow the appropriate gear and climb for two to three hours at Weatherfords’ rock climbing wall, or however long it takes to satisfy the need for adventure.

“1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE” ($24) Barnes and Noble 1200 Airport Blvd.

969-9554 This book leaves out the tourist attractions and focuses on what’s real and truly unforgettable around the world. The road less traveled has been documented and catalogued. ▲THE TIME TELLER BY NIXON ($60) Waterboyz 380 N. Ninth Ave. 433-2929 Nixon’s Time Teller watch was voted “Best Watch for Travel and Leisure” for 2010. It’s made of a polyurethane blend and comes in a variety of colors. A must-have for the punctual adventurist on the go.

KODAK MAX WATER AND SPORT ($8) b&hphotovideo.com This high-quality, one-time-use waterproof camera is the perfect accessory to take on an outdoor trip. It’s disposable but highly durable, so there’s no need to worry about banging up your good camera.

Throw this one in your backpack or your beach bag and hit the road.

An assortment of 19 minis and 8 regulars, catered to whatever flavors you’d like to mix and match out of the 17 or so flavors Oh Snap! bakes daily. Or, if you’re feeling indulgent, splurge on the special holiday assortment, which gives you 48 minis, 16 regulars and one jumbo cupcake for $89.50.

THE GIRLY GIRL

The girly girl likes to spoil herself. She appreciates all things feminine. Nothing is too luxurious or too frivolous.

MANI/PEDI SET ($37) The Nail Lounge 4405 Bayou Blvd.

332-5593 The Nail Lounge is a state-of-the-art facility with all the latest beauty technology. They also have a full bar inside. The girly girl can sip champagne or a cocktail while lounging and getting her nails done. ▲NAHUI OLLIN PURSE ($40-$60) Gibson Girl 816 Gulf Breeze Parkway 932-2647 Nahui Ollin purses are made of recycled candy wrappers. They come big, small and clutch sized, and they make an adorable woven pattern out of brightly colored strips. Trendy and eco-friendly.

FISH HOUSE GIFT CARD ($50) The Fish House 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 The Fish House gift card is great for dinner, but it can also be used on Ladies Night to take out all the girls.

BOX OF GOURMET CUPCAKES ($40) Oh Snap! Cupcakes 707 E. Cervantes St. 387-4777

unique & affordable Join us for Wine Tastings Every Thursday 5-7 p.m.

PINK GLITTER TOMS ($54) toms.com The new pink glitter Toms not only help out a good cause, they look amazing on your feet.

Instead of the usually simple-toned canvas slipons, Toms went the extra mile and added glitter. Add some sparkle to the girly girl’s day. Also available in gold and black.

ress to do what you want her to. The book even details how to tie a bow tie and how to safely land an airplane.

THE DUDE

THE MOM AND DAD

A man’s man indeed. The Dude will help you move or stand up for you in a bar fight. His taste is simple but still refined.

PERSONALIZED STEIN ($22) A&J Mugs 24 N. Palafox St. 434-2203 You can choose from 16 to 24-ouncesized steins with various designs and colors, or you can take advantage of the A&J digital screen printing process and make your own label. The recipient can enjoy a nice cold beer after a long day at work in his very own stein.

“THE BIG LEBOWSKI” 10TH ANNIVERSARY ($15) amazon.com Watch Jeff Bridges and John Goodman go through one bizarre circumstance after another. The 10th anniversary edition also offers a look at the making of “The Big Lebowski,” the story behind Lebowski Fest, and several other interviews and commentaries.

ORIGINAL SWISS AR MY KNIFE ($14) swissknifeshop.com Assuming he doesn’t already have one, the Swiss army knife is a must-have for any man, boy or Boy Scout. The original design and model is available online, or you can choose from a variety of hybrid models and styles. The mother of all Swiss army knives is online as well; It costs $999, has over 85 tools built into it, and is called “The Giant.”

“THE MAN’S MANUAL” ($11) uncommongifts.com This book has poker tips, beer folk tales, and pointers on how to get your wait-

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Mom and Dad are always so hard to shop for. Either they have everything they think they want, or they’re extremely picky. Get them something fun, and maybe unexpected.

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▲CUSTOM BOW TIE ($22-$34) Jeni B on etsy.com Jeni Bailey is a local designer who sells her creations on etsy.com. You can create your own bow tie for someone, or you can pick from the fun patterns and colors Jeni has listed on the site. Just in case Dad’s expecting another tie, surprise him a little and make it a bow tie instead.

PERSONALIZED SHOPPING/ GROCERY BAG ($25) Jo-Ann Fabrics & Crafts 6601 N. Davis Highway 473-3926 Depending on how much or how often she shops, you can find the right size and shape bag for her and choose from different colors and fabrics. You can get her name or a phrase or motto embroidered in-store. Jo-Ann’s has many font styles you can choose from so you can create a personalized bag for Mom.

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CELEBRATE SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY!®

KENDALL JACKSON WINE ($50-$75) Richey’s East 900 E. Gregory St. 434-0807 They raised you. They deserve something nice. Choose from the entire Kendall Jackson line at Richey’s and create a combo for both Mom and Dad. Wrap it up in a basket for aesthetics. Pick from Merlot, Chardonnay or Cabernet—Or just get all three and call it a day.

Shop at locally owned businesses and you’ll be doing more than just getting a great deal this Saturday - you’ll be strengthening your local economy!

DIY GIFTS ($10-$30) Supplies from Michael’s 4721 Bayou Blvd.

484-7665 Parents love homemade gifts, which always represent some kind of happiness that money or store-bought gifts just don’t seem to have. Make Mom and Dad a scrapbook, photo album, personalized sign or painting, or funny magnets. Whatever it is, you know they’ll love it.

For every $100 you spend at a locally owned business, $68 stays right here!

THE TECH GEEK

The Tech Geek has to have the latest in all technology, whether it’s the newest model iPod or a daring new piece of equipment barely known to the public.

WI-FI DETECTION SHIRT ($30) thinkgeek.com This shirt has a Wi-Fi logo on the front, with bars that light up when you step into an internet zone. When the signal drops, the bars stop glowing. This shirt allows you to always be informed of where the strong internet connection lies, without having to have your laptop out, searching for a signal.

NEW IPOD NANO MULTI-TOUCH 8 GB ($144) apple.com This new Nano is smaller, square, available in new colors, and employs new multitouch technology. The Nano has a home screen, with various icons that you can rearrange to your liking, as well as a built-in FM radio. The Nano also uses a specialized lithium battery that lasts for 24 hours.

Go to RelyLocalPensacola.com and find out who’s REALLY local and take advantage of FANTASTIC COUPON OFFERS! Businesses like these depend on you just like you depend on them.

▲LEGO CAMER A ($68) urbanoutfitters.com This camera combines the simplicity of Legos with the technology of a digital camera. It has a 1.5’ LCD screen on the back, 4X zoom capability, and a fixed focus. The camera has a rechargeable lithium battery and 128MB of internal memory.

You can even add your own Legos to the camera to make it look like a house, or a boat—or camera made out of Legos. info@inweekly.net

Support Locally Owned, Strengthen Our Local Economy, Get Great Deals

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ONE CUP OF COFFEE BACKPACK CLUB FEEDS AREA CHILDREN

SPECI A L A DV ER T ISING SEC T ION NOV EMBER 2 010

BY ZOE ANDERSON

ends and school vacations when other resources are not available.

While many of these students qualify for free or reduced-price school meals, a child must display the signs of childhood hunger to participate in the program.

These signs include: • Hoarding or stealing food • Asking for multiple helpings of meals, but never seeming to be satisfied • Inability to focus or pay attention • Bloating of the face and/or belly • Chronic fatigue Currently, seven Escambia County schools are participating in the program, but there are dozens of schools whose students could benefit from the program.

At Oakcrest Elementary alone–one of the seven currently participating–more than 20 students and their siblings are on a waiting list to participate in the program.

▶IN BACKPACK CHALLENGE

HOW IT WORKS

THERE ARE WAITING LISTS AT OAKCREST ELEMENTARY, C.A. WEIS ELEMENTARY AND SPENCER BIBBS ELEMENTARY FOR BACKPACKS. WE NEED 100 BACKPACK COMMITMENTS ($110 EACH) TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE CHILDREN FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. MAKE YOUR DONATION ONLINE AT BAYAREAFOODBANK.ORG. PLEASE BE SURE TO SPECIFY THE FLORIDA BACKPACKS FOR KIDS PROGRAM ON YOUR DONATION.

This Thanksgiving weekend, after braving the crowds at the mall for Black Friday deals and saying goodbye to relatives, nothing sounds better than curling up on your couch with a fresh Starbucks latte in one hand, and the IN in the other.

But consider this…

For the price of that one cup of coffee, you could have fed a hungry child for three days—plus extra food for his siblings.

For that one cup of coffee, you could have helped that child alleviate one basic need so that he could actually concentrate on what his teacher was telling him on Monday morning.

For that one cup of coffee, you could have made sure that child had the chance to pay attention to a math problem instead of the pain in his stomach.

The price of that one cup of coffee could help a child win another day’s battle with chronic hunger.

WORRIES FOR THE WEEKEND While in school, we make sure that all of the kids in the state of Florida school system are properly fed through free or reduced-cost breakfasts and lunches.

But what happens to those kids on the weekends?

That’s where the Backpack Club, a program of the Bay Area Food Bank, comes in.

Working with the school system, the goal of the Backpack Club is to meet the needs of chronically hungry children by providing them with nutritious and easyto-prepare food to take home on week-

Each participating school is given student evaluation forms for their teachers to fill out to help identify children who may qualify for the program.

After a child has been identified, the school sends home a permission slip with the child seeking their parent or guardian’s approval to participate in the program.

Once the food bank receives the forms, they partner with area stores like Sam’s Club to purchase enough kid-friendly food for each school for two weeks. Volunteers sort and pack the food into bags and then deliver the bags to the schools for distribution.

Each Friday before school lets out, students who are members of the Backpack Club are called to the front office to pick up their backpack full of food for them and their siblings.

Each bag contains enough food for the weekend, including two breakfasts, two lunches, and two dinners, like macaroni and cheese, oatmeal, tuna and ravioli.

All food is non-perishable and can be prepared by a kindergartner, such as cans with “pop tops” instead of cans requiring a can opener, foods that do not need to be cooked on a stove top or in an oven, and

foods that do not require a knife or other sharp object for food preparation.

The cost for each bag? Only $3.50 per child, per weekend.

The food that goes into each bag costs $2.50, and the food bank adds an additional dollar to each bag of food to account for gas, labor and storage. It only takes $110 to sponsor one child for an entire 32-week school period.

RESULTS YOU CAN SEE

Last year, the Bay Area Food Bank surveyed teachers, parents and students who participated in the Backpack Club to see what, if any, impact the program had in our area.

According to the food bank, the responses were very telling: • Parents reported that one-third of students participating in the program did not eat additional food on the weekends outside of what they received in the backpacks.

• Twenty-one of 42 teachers saw positive changes in the behavior of their students who participated in the program. Their students had increased focus on Mondays and no longer hoarded food throughout the week.

• Students stated that they loved being a part of the backpack program and were proud to bring food home for themselves and their families. info@inweekly.net

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

• Donate Your Money: Online donations can be made through the food bank’s website at bayareafoodbank.org. Please be sure to specify the Florida Backpacks for Kids Program on your donation.

• Donate Your Time: Volunteers are needed to help sort, pack and distribute food to the schools. To volunteer, please contact the food bank at 626-1332 or Whitney Gillis at whunter@ bayareafoodbank.org.

• Donate Your Voice: Spread the word about the Backpack Club. Display brochures at your office, hand out information at meetings, or mention the program in your newsletter.

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health & wellness h&w HEALTH TALK: ALYSON BAYER, DOCTOR OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE, profile COASTAL COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE | SPECIA L ADV ERTISING SEC TION | NOV EMBER 2010

BY IN STAFF

Alyson Bayer / photo by Trista Blouin

This month, the IN spoke with Alyson Bayer of Coastal Community Acupuncture.

She spoke about her professional inspiration, international training and passion for the practice of Acupunture.

IN: You recently received a master’s degree in Oriental Medicine. What exactly does this involve?

BAYER: A Master’s of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine is a four-year degree program, which I completed in Austin, Tex. at the Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin. This program includes Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Tui Na (Chinese massage), Qi Gong, Chinese nutrition, as well as Western medical training. In addition, while in school we complete an exten-

sive student internship program supervised by our Chinese trained professors.

IN: How did you get involved in the field?

BAYER: As an undergraduate at Texas Women’s University, I became interested in studying Oriental Medicine after a professor spoke about his recent Acupuncture experience during class. I decided to go see what he was talking about on a trip to visit friends in Austin. When I saw the Acupuncturist, I had no idea what she could treat and I was extremely nervous.

She alleviated my fears and told me to just tell her my main health issue. I told her I had suffered from weekly, sometimes daily, migraines for years. With one Acupuncture treatment, herbal medicine and dietary changes recommended by my Acupuncturist, I was migraine-free for the first time in over a decade. After that there was no question in my mind as to what I wanted to study.

IN: What types of issues do you usually treat as an Acupuncturist?

BAYER: As an Acupuncturist I would say the main problems we treat have to do with pain management. This type of

medicine is very effective at treating pain of various sorts, from arthritis to fibromyalgia. In addition, Oriental Medicine can treat a wide variety of internal medicine disorders such as digestive complaints and emotional problems and is very effective at treating allergies.

IN: You've traveled around the world studying and learning Acupuncture, Tai Chi, Tui Na and Chinese herbal medicine techniques. How have these international experiences shaped your practice and how you treat patients?

BAYER: I was fortunate enough while in school to spend time studying Oriental Medicine and Qi Gong in China. This was an amazing experience to see how our medicine is practiced in its home. It showed me the true versatility of Oriental Medicine, which you do not get the opportunity to see in America. One particular instance sticks out in my mind and really gave me the confidence in the ability of this medicine to do almost anything. One of the patients we saw in the inpatient wing of a hospital in Chengdu, China, had fallen off a roof a year before and severed his spinal cord, leaving him a paraplegic.

After a year of Acupuncture treatments and herbal medicine therapy he was able to wiggle his toes and move his feet slightly, and he had regained his ability to feel his legs. This helps me when treating difficult cases to know that when given time, this medicine can truly accomplish amazing things.

IN: What’s the best part of your job?

BAYER: What I love about my job is healing people and educating them on how to stay healthy. It’s very rewarding to see people who have been suffering for years with a particular ailment and to be able to help them in a course of a few treatments. I feel very blessed to be in the profession I’m in.

COASTAL COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE 124 B E. Wright St. 637-1548 coastalcommunityacupuncture. com

A SALUTE TO DIFFERENCE MAKERS

Escambia County Supervisor of Elections David H. Stafford applauded seven area organizations that participated in the Precinct Partners Program and in turn earned more than $8,200 for their service.

The 42 Precinct Partner participants represented the following organizations in the 2010 Primary and/or General Elections: Alpha Delta Kappa Fidelis Nu B’Nai Israel Congregation Cantonment Rotary Delta Kappa Gamma Alpha Xi

Old River Optimist Club Seville Rotary Club Suburban West Rotary Club

For more information on the Precinct Partners Program, please contact EscambiaVotes.com.

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Building a

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Expanding to mEEt your nEEds. Baptist Hospital is integrating a modern design and amenities while honoring our long–standing heritage as the community’s hospital.

An expansive two-story addition will welcome patients, families and visitors and provide easy access to family areas and the Baptist Bistro, new bright and open surgery department. The modern design will extend to waiting areas, the Emergency Department, throughout hallway corridors and restrooms and continue outside to the campus grounds with new landscape, green space and parking.

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12.04

12.02

COLD AND FLU PREVENTION SEMINAR AT ABHAYA YOGA 7:30 p.m.

Join Abhaya instructor Stacey Vann for a free discussion and demonstration on how to protect yourself and your family this cold and flu season using the natural and organic Young Living Thieves Essential Oil products.

YOGA SEMINAR AT ABHAYA YOGA 12:15-2:45 p.m.

Anusara Inspired teacher and Jivamukti Yoga Teacher Michele Baker of Swan River Yoga in New Orleans will be a comprehensive study of Siva and Shakti.

Topics will include Siva, his five acts and his pulsating dance; Shakti and her reflective, triadic power, the embrace of emptiness and the number zero, and the letting go into expansive fullness. These topics will be infused within the asana practice with backbends, hip openers and arm balancing. $40. 439-0350 or abhayayogacenter.com.

MOULDS CHIROPRACTIC RED NOSE RUN, WALK OR ROLL 8 a.m. Proceeds benefit Capstone Academy. Late registration after Nov. 20 $20. Registration closing date Thursday, Dec. 2. Stonebrook Plaza, 5632 Woodbine Road, Pace. For more information contact Jenny Smith at 595-5921 or jsmith@ucpnwfl.org.

GINGERBREAD HOUSE CONTEST TO BENEFIT SACRED HEART CANCER CENTER 9 a.m.-noon. The Ladies of Charity will conduct a Gingerbread House Contest and Silent Auction. Sacred Heart’s Cancer Center will be awarded half of the proceeds, and the Ladies of Charity will use the remainder for projects to support the poor in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

A total of $600 in cash prizes will be awarded during the contest. The event will also feature photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus, a bake sale and door prizes.

Sacred Heart’s Cancer Center on Airport Boulevard.

For more information, call Leslie Lacoy at 416-7116 weekdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

12.05

MONTHLY FREE COMMUNITY YOGA 4:30-5:45 p.m. Open to the public. Donations will be accepted for Favor House, a residential facility for woman and children living

through domestic violence issues. Breathe Yoga Studio, 503 Adams St. 291-5506 or breathepcola.com.

12.09

SACRED HEART FREE FLU VACCINATIONS 9-11:30 a.m.

Sacred Heart Health System will provide free flu vaccinations for the poor, elderly and uninsured. El Bethel Word of Truth Praise & Worship Center, 2310 N. ‘’S’’ St. For more information, call 416-7826.

12.11

BABY AND TOT WEEKEND CLASS AT ABHAYA YOGA 12:15 p.m.

Babies, 1:15 p.m. Tots. $15 includes a CD of all your favorite kids’ yoga music. 415 A N. Tarragona St. 439-0350 or abhayayogacenter.com.

PRA CHRISTMAS DASH 5 p.m. The run follows the route of the Downtown Christmas Parade. Packet pick up is Friday, Dec. 10 from 4-7 p.m. at Running Wild and Saturday, Dec. 11 from 2-4 p.m. at Dog House Deli on Palafox Street in downtown Pensacola.

Participants are encouraged to stay and enjoy the Downtown Christmas Parade. For more information contact Susi Lyon at 434-0212 or dash@pensacolarunners.com.

Have you been affected by the BP Oil Spill?

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill that occurred on April 20 has caused unprecedented effects on the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico. We are here to represent individuals and businesses that have experienced losses because of the oil spill disaster. These losses may include:

• Coastal Property Value • Profits and Earnings • • Revenue • Access to Natural Resources • Rental Income • We may be able to help you recover your losses.

Contact David Lee Sellers or Eric D. Stevenson of Sellers, Skievaski and Stevenson, LLP at gulfcoastrecovery@davidleesellers.com.

850.434.3111 | davidleesellers.com | 919 N. 12th Avenue Pensacola, Florida

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Day Spas STILL WATERS DAY & MEDICAL SPA 20 N. Tarragona St., 432-6772, stillwatersmedspa.com Still Waters Day & Medical Spa offers world class spa treatments and medical aesthetic treatments to enhance the appearance of your skin and body. The spa menu includes a blend of medical aesthetic and laser, skin and body services designed to help you escape from a busy world or greet it with fresh confidence. Still Waters also offers hard-to-find spa gifts and home spa accessories.

Eye Specialists DR. GENE TERREZZA – TERREZZA OPTICAL 113 Palafox Place, 434-2060, terrezzaoptical.com The practice, which includes Dr. Gene Terrezza and Dr. Ruben E. Carlson, offers services in complete family eye care, including routine vision exams, glasses and contact lenses, therapeutic interventions, dry eyes and pre-operative and post-operative management of cataract and refractive surgery patients. Dr. Terrezza also specializes in primary eye care, contact lenses, and specialty fits for keratoconus and bifocals.

Health Care Organizations BAPTIST HEALTH CARE 434-4071, ebaptisthealthcare.org Baptist Health Care is a community-owned, notfor-profit health care organization serving Northwest Florida and South Alabama and is nationally recognized for performance excellence and quality achievement.

Baptist Health Care includes four hospitals, two medical parks, Baptist Manor, Baptist Home Health Care and Durable Medical Equipment, Baptist Leadership Institute, Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine and Lakeview Center.

SACRED HEART HEALTH SYSTEM 416-7000, sacred-heart.org Sacred Heart is a regional leader for high-quality, compassionate health care to children and adults in Northwest Florida. More than 600 primary and specialty physicians practice at Sacred Heart, a not-

for-profit healthcare organization. Its main services include Sacred Heart Medical Group, a network of primary care physicians, a 24-hour Emergency Trauma Center, a Pediatric Trauma Referral Center and centers of excellence specializing in women’s health, cardiac care, orthopedics, cancer care and the care of children.

WEST FLORIDA HEALTHCARE 494-3212, westfloridahospital.com West Florida Healthcare is proud to offer the only local hospital featuring all private rooms. The West Florida campus also offers the area’s only comprehensive rehabilitation hospital and a mental health facility.

Affiliated with HCA, the nation’s leading healthcare provider, West Florida provides services in cardiovascular surgery, oncology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, emergency care, behavioral health, obstetrics and many other medical specialties.

Health Clubs And Weight Management THE CLUB FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX 1230 Crane Cove Blvd., Gulf Breeze, 916-7946, theclubfamilysports.com The Club offers something for everyone, including an Olympic-sized outdoor swimming pool, a 25 yard indoor pool, beautiful rubico tennis courts, a 10,000 sq. ft. fitness center, and much more. Club staff and members develop life-long relationships that support your progress toward health, wellness and a balanced lifestyle.

FIXED ON FITNESS, INC. 554-1648, fixedonfitness.com Fixed on Fitness boot camp provides an ideal combination of personal training, accountability, camaraderie and hard work, which results in a dynamic approach to total fitness. Throughout the six weeks of boot camp, you are introduced to a variety of workout techniques, exercises and challenges. Each workout is different, so campers experience 24 new workouts. In addition, Fixed on Fitness prides itself on the personal touch that each client receives during boot camp.

THE WOMEN’S GROUP 4900 Grand Drive, 476-3696, thewomensgroup.org The Women’s Group physicians and nurse midwife have a combined over 130 years of experience in gynecology and obstetrics. The Women’s Group offers adolescent gynecology, laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, menopausal medicine, urinary incontinence, minimally invasive surgery, hormone replacement therapy and basic infertility. On-site ultrasounds, urodynamics and bone density studies are also available.

Skin Care DR. SCOTT MCMARTIN Medical Center Clinic, Dermatology and Laser Center, 8333 N. Davis Highway, 474-8386 The Dermatology and Laser Center provides treatment of both benign and malignant skin conditions, including broken blood vessels, spider veins of the legs and tattoos. Services for wrinkle reduction and hair removal are also offered. Other cosmetic procedures offered include glycolic and salicylic acid peels, sclerotherapy of spider veins and cosmetic consultations.

The Skin Care Center offers high-end dermatology products, including MD Forte, Obagi, SkinCeuticals, Kinerase, and Jane Iredale cosmetics.

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850-438-5444 5559 N Davis Highway

DR. KEVIN WELCH Pensacola Office: Medical Center Clinic, Dermatology and Laser Center 8333 N. Davis Highway, 474-8386 Gulf Breeze Office: 2874 Gulf Breeze Parkway, 916-9969 kevinwelchmd.com Dr. Kevin Welch offers everything from skin creams to advanced laser and rejuvenation procedures.

Popular treatments and services at the Dermatology and Laser Center include Thermage, Intense Pulsed Light (IPL), Photofacials, laser hair removal, Microdermabrasion and Silk Peels. The Skin Care Center offers high-end dermatology products, including Obagi products, Kinerase, Jane Iredale cosmetics, Tilley Hats and more. Services are also available at the Skin Care Center in Gulf Breeze.

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hot times THURSDAY 11.25 TURDECKEN PARTY AT FISH HOUSE 7 p.m. Second annual Thanksgiving party with live music by Lucas Crutchfield. Fish House Deck, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

FANTASY FOOTBALL AT PLAY 12 p.m. Win bar tabs, game credit and glory if you come an hour before game time to draft your own fantasy football team. Play, 16 S. Palafox. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

THANKSGIVING NIGHT PARTY 7 p.m. Dance your turkey off. $3 pitchers of beer and $2 drinks until 9 p.m. Phineas Phogg’s inside of Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

WOMEN-ONLY MORNING RUNS AT RUNNING WILD 6 a.m.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, weekly. Meet at Running Wild for a steady-pace run for all levels of runners. 3012 E. Cervantes St. 435-9222 or werunwild.com.

RUSSIAN EXHIBITION: ‘FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE’ 5-9 p.m.

Through Jan. 23. View Jim Rabourn’s extensive collection of silverwork, decorative furnishes and religious icons he collected over thirty years while working and traveling throughout Europe and Russia. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. 432-6247 or pensacolamuseumofart.org.

COLLEGE NIGHT AT SAVANNA BLUE 6 p.m.-2 a.m. weekly. All you can drink domestic draft and well drinks for $10. Enjoy the sounds of ‘40s music as you drink and drown. Savanna Blue Neighborhood Grille, 4238 W. Fairfield Drive. 453-2980 or savannablue.net.

COLLEGE NIGHT WITH D-MIXX 11 p.m. weekly. Dance the night away with the sound mixes of DvDJ D-Mixx. $5 for 21 and up. $10 for 18-20. Phineas Phogg’s inside of Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

BAR BINGO AT PLAY 7 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox. 466-3080 or iplaypensacola.com.

EVENING RUNS AT RUNNING WILD 5:30 p.m. weekly. Meet at Running Wild for a steady-pace run for all levels of runners.

3012 E. Cervantes St. 435-9222 or werunwild.com.

HERB CLASS AT EVER’MAN 5:30 p.m. weekly. Come study different herbs. Enjoy different guest lecturers every Thursday night, and learn techniques recommended by the Cambridge Institute. Free for members, $2 for non-members. Ever’man Natural Foods, 315 W. Garden St. 438-0402 or everman.org.

WINE TASTING AT ARAGON WINE MARKET 5-7 p.m. weekly.

Sample wines to serve with your Thanksgiving Day feast, including the new release of Beaujolais Nouveau. Local artist Lisa Novelle will also be showing her pottery in the store. 27 S. Ninth Ave. 433-9463 or aragonwinemarket.com.

THIRSTY THURSDAY AT THE OAR HOUSE 11 a.m. weekly. Enjoy entrée and drink specials. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd.

549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

college ID. Cookout, drink specials and live music. End O’ the Alley Bar inside Seville Quarter.130 E. Government St. 4346211 or sevillequarter.com.

MUSIC: HOLLY SHELTON 7 p.m. No cover. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

MUSIC: LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 6-10 p.m. The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

FRIDAY 11.26 WINTERFEST: RAGTYME GRILLE ELF PARADE 5 p.m. Santa will lead the parade of elves while a high school marching band accompanies them. The parade will organize behind the T.T. Wentworth Museum, 330 S. Jefferson St., and conclude in front of the new Saenger Theatre entrance on Intendencia Street. Immediately following the parade, elves can refuel with a complimentary cookie at the Saenger just in time for Lighting of the Greens at 5:45 p.m. Children ages 9 and under can become elves and join the Winterfest characters to usher the holiday season into Pensacola. pensacolawinterfest.org.

WINTERFEST: RUDOLPH’S HOLIDAY STROLL One hour tour through Seville with Performance Tour stops, songs, and stories. $9 adults, $5 children 10 and under. Purchase tickets online at pensacolawinterfest.org.

WINTERFEST: CARRIAGE RIDES Twenty-minute romantic ride through Seville. $15 adults, $10 children 10 and under.

Purchase tickets online at pensacolawinterfest.org.

438-4688 or dk4u.com.

LADIES NIGHT AND LIVE BANDS AT SAVANNA BLUE 9 p.m. weekly.

Enjoy drink specials and live music. Savanna Blue Neighborhood Grille, 4238 W. Fairfield Drive. 453-2980 or savannablue.net.

MUSIC: AL MARTIN 7 p.m. weekly. Ragtyme Grille, 201 S. Jefferson St. 429-9655 or ragtyme.net.

PHAT GIRLZ 9:30 a.m. Meet at Running Wild. This is a women’s only, all abilities running group. All abilities 3 to 6 miles through East Pensacola Heights. 3012 E. Cervantes St. 435-9222 or werunwild.com.

MUSIC: BISQUIT MILLER & THE MIX 8 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

MUSIC: REDDOG 9:30 p.m. No cover. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

PENSACOLA SWING 8:30 p.m.-12 a.m. weekly. Lessons from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Open dancing until midnight. American Legion Post 33, 1401 W. Intendencia St. $5. 437-5465 or pensacolaswing.com.

MUSIC: LIVE MUSIC AT THE DECK 6 p.m. The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

FINALLY FRIDAY AT THE OAR HOUSE 11 a.m. weekly. Enjoy entrée and drink specials. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd.

549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

MUSIC: THE MOLLY RINGWALDS AT SEVILLE 8 p.m. doors open, 9:30 p.m. show. The World’s Greatest 80’s Tribute Band is back and will bring audiences back to the days of bubble skirts, big hair and fingerless gloves during this Thanksgiving Weekend show. $10 in advance, $15 day of show. Age 21 and up. Phineas Phogg’s at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

MUSIC: FIRST CITY BLUES BAND 9:30 p.m. No cover. Five Sisters Blues Café, 421 W. Belmont St. 912-4856 or fivesistersbluescafe.com.

MUSIC: HOLLY SHELTON AND DAVID SHELANDER 8 p.m. weekly.

Ragtyme Grille, 201 S. Jefferson St. 429-9655 or ragtyme.net.

SUNDAY 11.28 SUNSET SUNDAY AT THE OAR HOUSE 11 a.m. weekly. Enjoy entrée and drink specials. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd.

549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

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

ZOO LIGHTS 5-9 p.m. Enjoy the beauty of the zoo at night as you admire thousands of sparkling holiday lights. Admission $7. Train rides $2.50. Gulf Breeze Zoo, 5701 Gulf Breeze Parkway. 932-2229 or gulfbreezezoo.org.

TEXAS HOLD’EM 7 p.m. weekly. Paddy O’Leary’s, 49 Via De Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

MUSIC: LUCAS CRUTCHFIELD 2-6 p.m. The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

WINTERFEST: PERFORMANCE TROLLEY TOURS Sixteen performances along a 60-minute trip through downtown Pensacola. $18 adults, $12 children 10 and under. Purchase tickets online at pensacolawinterfest.org.

MUSIC: LIVE MUSIC AT THE DECK 6 p.m. The Fish House, 600 S. Barracks St. 470-0003 or fishhouse.goodgrits.com.

ZOO LIGHTS 5-9 p.m. Enjoy the beauty of the zoo at night as you admire thousands of sparkling holiday lights. Admission $7. Train rides $2.50. Gulf Breeze Zoo, 5701 Gulf Breeze Parkway. 932-2229 or gulfbreezezoo.org.

ZOO LIGHTS 5-9 p.m. Enjoy the beauty of the zoo at night as you admire thousands of sparkling holiday lights. Admission $7. Train rides $2.50. Gulf Breeze Zoo, 5701 Gulf Breeze Parkway. 932-2229 or gulfbreezezoo.org.

SEASON LIGHTS UP-PENSACOLA BEACH 6 p.m. Be on Pensacola Beach as the island comes to life with holiday lights. Islandwide. Refreshments at Pensacola Beach Visitor’s Center, 735 Pensacola Beach Blvd. 932-1500 or visitpensacolabeach.com.

CREEK INDIAN TRIBE ANNUAL POW-WOW 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. through Sunday. Experience Native American customs, intertribal dancing, crafts, food and more. Florida Town Park in Pace, located at the east end of Florida Town Road on Escambia Bay. santarosacountycreekindiantribe.com.

SEVILLE QUARTER MILERS 5:30 p.m. weekly. Meet in front of Seville Quarter and run the downtown streets of Pensacola.

All levels of runners welcome. Free pasta and drink specials in Fast Eddie’s after you run. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

PENSACOLA ICE FLYERS HOCKEY GAME 7:05 p.m. Ice Flyers vs. Louisiana Ice Gators. The Hangar, 201 E. Gregory St. pensacolaiceflyers.com.

THE MUSICIANS ALLIANCE 9 p.m.-1 a.m. weekly. Enjoy live music and a chance to meet and greet other musicians in the community. Lili Marlene’s inside of Seville Quarter, 130 E Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

‘HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS’ RECEPTION AT GALLERY ZARRAGOSSA 5-10 p.m. Through Dec. 20. View the collections of works by acrylic and pastel artist Eleanor Williams and stained glass artist Mary Hallford. Light refreshments will be served.

Gallery Zarragossa, 310 E. Government St., Second Floor. 4698060 or galleryzarragossa.com.

WINE TASTING AT CITY GROCERY 5:15-7:30 p.m. weekly. Sample wines and enjoy live entertainment. Free. 2050 N. 12th Ave. SKEE BALL LEAGUE AT PLAY 8 p.m. Play, 16 S. Palafox. 4663080 or iplaypensacola.com.

SATURDAY 11.27

SALTED RIM SATURDAY AT THE OAR HOUSE 11 a.m. weekly.

Enjoy entrée and drink specials. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

TEXAS HOLD’EM 3 p.m. weekly. Paddy O’Leary’s, 49 Via De Luna, Pensacola Beach. 916-9808 or paddyolearysirishpub.com.

CARIBBEAN NIGHT AT WILL CALL 10 p.m.-close weekly. $5 entrance fee includes one free drink and all the dancing you can stand. 22 S. Palafox St. 912-8644 or willcallsports.com.

WINE TASTING AT SEVILLE QUARTER 5-7 p.m. weekly. All wines available at special pricing. Free. Gift Shoppe at Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com

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

COLLEGE NIGHT COOK-OUT 7-10 p.m. weekly. No cover with

BEER AND WINE TASTING AT DISTINCTIVE KITCHENS 4:30-7 p.m. weekly. Free. Distinctive Kitchens, 29 S. Palafox Place.

MEMBERSHIP NIGHT AT SEVILLE 8 p.m.-12 a.m. weekly. Be the first to receive drink specials, discounts to events and

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much more. Phineas Phogg’s inside of Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

MUSIC: BISQUIT MILLER & THE MIX 3 p.m. Paradise Bar & Grill, 21 Via de Luna. 916-5087 or paradisebar-grill.com.

MUSIC: KARAOKE WITH KRAZY GEORGE 8 p.m.-2:30 a.m. weekly. Lili Marlene’s inside of Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

MONDAY 11.29

GAMER NIGHT AT SEVILLE 8 p.m. weekly. Engage in some gamer fun with some of the best video games and enjoy drink specials around. Fast Eddie’s inside of Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. 434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

MONDAY POKER LEAGUE AT THE OAR HOUSE 5:30 p.m. weekly through Dec. 20. Players and spectators will win bar tabs, t-shirts, gift cards and more. The overall champion will be awarded a spot at the World Poker Tour Amateur Championship at the Tropicana Las Vegas, with a chance to compete for over $160,000 in cash and prizes. The Oar House, 1000 S. Pace Blvd. 549-4444 or the-oar-house.com.

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Fiesta Seafood Cookbook espnaturalgas.com Re-create the true taste of Pensacola in your own kitchen with the best recipes from Pensacola’s top chefs. Collected from the past 14 years of cooking demonstrations at the Pensacola Seafood Festival, the Fiesta Seafood Cookbook offers the best of the Fiesta Seafood Grille—great ingredients, great chefs, the great taste of Pensacola.

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4718 North “W” St., 432-5519 Framing by Design has offered custom framing services to the greater Pensacola area for more than

a decade. With a certified picture framer on staff, Framing by Design can expertly take care of your conservation framing, shadowboxes, specialty mats, needlework, watercolors, photos, prints and more.

▼RESTAURANTS 600 SOUTH

600 S. Palafox, 432-5254 Enjoy Christmas in the Courtyard. Visit the courtyard and enjoy the holiday décor with drink and food specials designed around the holidays. Enjoy Sunday Brunch by new chef Nick Farkas for $19.99, or enjoy cocktails and tapas with friends. Check out their happy hour from 5-10 p.m. on Fridays, with $4 drinks, $4 featured martinis, $2.50 domestic beer and $3.50 premium beer.

THE FISH HOUSE/ATLAS OYSTER HOUSE

600 S. Barracks St., 470-0003, goodgrits.com The Fish House offers fine waterfront dining with daily features ranging from off-the-boat seafood to pasta to veal. About 30 selections from the 300-bottle wine list are available by the glass. The Fish House offers a dining and entertainment experience that’s perfect for just about anyone but the Scrooge on your list.

GENO’S PIZZA & ITALIAN RESTAURANT

9276 N. Davis Highway, 477-2365

Geno’s is proof that nice surprises come in little packages. This family restaurant opened in 1973 as a pizza parlor serving UWF students and the military personnel stationed at Ellyson Field. With its momand-pop atmosphere, friendly service and all your homey Italian favorites, this hidden gem near the UWF campus is well worth the trip for those of us in the South end of the county.

THE GLOBAL GRILL

27 Palafox Place, 469-9966, dineglobalgrill.com Want to impress this holiday season? With an excellent bar and what is perhaps the most distinctive menu in town, Global Grill is the drinks, tapas, dinner or dessert destination for anyone who enjoys an upscale but low-key dining experience. Global also offers one of the most extensive wine lists in the area.

▼RETAIL/APPAREL INTRACOASTAL OUTFITTERS

701 E. Gregory St., 432-8638, intracoastaloutfitters.com Intracoastal Outfitters provides men’s and women’s footwear and apparel for comfort, travel and outdoor adventure, with brands like Patagonia, The North Face, Keen, Merrell, Birkenstock, Vibram Five Fingers and many others. The store also offers accessories such as hats, sunglasses, leather wallets, casual bags and day packs, stainless steel water bottles, jewelry, and body care products. Whether you’re gearing up for hiking, kayaking, or just being outdoors, Intracoastal Outfitters has what you need.

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RUNNING WILD

HOPJACKS PIZZA KITCHEN & TAPROOM

3012 E. Cervantes St., 435-9222, werunwild.com

10 Palafox Place, 497-6073, hopjacks.com

Running Wild offers the latest in athletic shoes, apparel and accessories. Whether you, a friend or family member are an occasional jogger, competitive runner, fitness walker or just want a comfortable pair of shoes, Running Wild’s expert staff is trained to help meet the specific needs of its customers. Holiday gift cards are available, and the store is also offering some beginning running programs starting in January 2010 that also make great gifts.

With more than 150 beers and killer pizza, Hopjacks is a go-to spot for both Happy Hour and meal time. Hopjacks’ motto pretty much sums it up: “Hot pizza. Cold beer. Cool music.” Gift cards are available for both wining and dining.

JACKSON’S STEAKHOUSE

400 S. Palafox St., 469-9898, jacksons. goodgrits.com For decadent dining, fabulous martinis and an extensive wine list, all in a pristine, cosmopolitan atmosphere, Jackson’s is the place to dine for lunch and dinner. The eclectic menu offers innovative dishes with southern charm, as well as some of the best steaks in the region.

PORTABELLO MARKET

400 S. Jefferson St., 439-6545, agourmetoccasion.com Portobello is tucked away inside the Pensacola Cultural Center and caters to the downtown lunch crowd with an array of exceptional entrees. Catering is also available for your holiday parties.

SEVILLE QUARTER

130 E. Government St., 434-6211, sevillequarter.com Seville Quarter isn’t just a place to shake your stuff.

It also offers dining in a New Orleans-style atmosphere with historic features and decor. Seville also offers membership with perks. Choose from a regular Membership Card ($25), Bar & Restaurant Employees Membership Card ($25) or a VIP Membership ($100).

▼RETAIL/JEWELRY ART PRAHA

124 S. Palafox, 602-7052, artpraha.com Art Praha Galerie is Pensacola’s exclusive European gallery and the only international art gallery in northwest Florida. Art Praha specializes in several internationally renowned artists as well as emerging artists of fine art, glass sculptures, photography and artisan jewelry. Art Praha is the perfect holiday shopping destination if you’re trying to find a unique gift with international flair.

SUSAN CAMPBELL JEWELRY

208 S. Alcaniz St., 434-8948, susancampbelljewelry.com Susan Campbell Jewelry offers some of the best handmade, quality, designer jewelry on the Gulf Coast. The store carries both popular designers and gallery favorites like Me&Ro, Saundra Messinger, Heather Moore, Catherine Weitzman, Melissa Joy Manning, Tiffany Peay, Nancy Norton, Magally, Sarah Graham, Priya Himatsingka and Studio Waterfall. Gift certificates and online ordering are available.

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CHRISTMAS PLAYS OFFER HOLIDAY GET-TOGETHERS COMEDIES, SPIRITS AND HOODLUMS DOT THEATRE CALENDARS

BY BARRY SHUCK

“The Herdmans are cool, but mean at the same time,” added cast member Laury Capshaw, age 12. “But these kids will actually touch the audience as they learn about the birth of Jesus.”

The Herdmans steal, smoke cigars and are rude. They take over the pageant and bully everyone—including the director—but the spirit of Christmas takes UWF Department of Theatre’s “A Christmas Carol.” Pictured is Herman over with a festive Johansen as Scrooge and Keegan Stull as Ghost of Christmas Present / message. With few photo by Jerre Brisky adult roles, the PCT he Christmas season is about famicast is chock full lies, old recipes, credit card abuse, of children. The entire script leans toward decorations, that creepy fruit log funny situations and the different ways thingy, traditions, and the birth of people celebrate the holidays. This story was Christ. Usually the household is beadapted into a television movie in 1983 starsieged with out-of-town guests who stay just ring Loretta Swit. long enough to be annoying, create laundry, “A Christmas Carol,” written by Charles think of your house as their annual vacaDickens, is the definitive Christmas story tion, and eat all of your reserve Slim Jims. of greed, holiday traditions, spooks and Thankfully, the Pensacola area has unselfishness. Fortunately for the Florida plenty of things to do this time of year, and Panhandle, this play is also a staple producone event that is sure to please families is tion at the University of West Florida. the various Christmas plays on tap.

“This is a timeless story,” said Kevin P. “In watching a Christmas play, the audiKern, assistant professor of performance at ence and the performers bond in an event,” UWF. “But the story itself goes beyond what stated Rodney Whatley, director of theatre at transcends the Christmas spirit. It reminds Pensacola State College. “So seeing a Christall of us of kindness and the joy of life.” mas play is like watching a Christmas parade, In case you have been in a coma for the only you get to know everyone in the parade past century, the storyline centers upon a and you watch it tell you an inspiring story.” crotchety old man named Ebenezer Scrooge In Pace, Panhandle Community Theatre who is a greedy, uncaring miser, devoid of (PCT) is offering the hilarious play “The Best kindness or compassion. Money is his life’s Christmas Pageant Ever.” The story centers passion. On Christmas Eve, he is visited by upon six hellacious children named the Herd- his deceased business partner Jacob Marley, mans. All six are despised, feared, unavoidwho illustrates Scrooge’s surly ways and warns able and most importantly—delinquents. him to seek immediate change. He then tells “These children actually never heard the Scrooge that three ghosts will pay him a visit story of Jesus’ birth,” said director David in the hopes of achieving his transformation.

Cook. “And when they finally do, their Scrooge’s lone employee is Bob Cratchit, interpretation is unconventional. The end whose youngest son Tiny Tim is dying of an result is to help them find out what Christillness. The only compassion Scrooge ever mas is all about.” shows Cratchit is to remind him that he The Herdmans—the meanest kids in is still employed. He even commands that town, and among the poorest—arrive at the Cratchit work on Christmas Eve. local church after being told it was a place The three ghosts do indeed visit Scrooge that gave away first-rate snacks to anyone in the coming hours and are a delight to see who asked. They are subsequently cast in the through UWF’s proficient costume designs. annual Christmas Pageant. Church members The “Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come” is an protest vehemently about these offspring expertly designed spook of demonic assertion. of Satan amidst the sanctity of the story of Kern acknowledged that “A Christmas Christ’s birth. This creates numerous odd Carol” has been presented every December at and wacky situations which have entertainUWF since 2007. “We want to offer our coming results. munity something that we hope is considered a

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tradition,” he said. “Parents know that this classic story is a place to take the guests who want something special to do during the holidays.”

“The disappointments Scrooge faces are universal,” Whatley added. “He is seduced by the pleasures of this world. We all are redeemed along with him because he represents our weaknesses.”

Dickens’ story is one of the single greatest influences in rejuvenating the old Christmas traditions in the United States and Europe. Fifteen films have been made of this classic tale with the first produced in 1908 as a silent movie. One of the most famous film adaptations is “Mickey’s Christmas Carol,” a 24-minute animated short by Walt Disney. In addition, “A Christmas Carol: The Musical” ran on Broadway for many years.

Pensacola Little Theatre also has a tradition in that every season a Christmas production is included in their lineup. This year is no exception with the musical play “Madeline’s Christmas.”

“Going to a holiday show together can be a special occasion and become part of family holiday memories,” said Dr. Stephen C. Lott, chair of Treehouse Theatre at PLT. “They come to our shows every year because they feel that it puts them in the right Christmas spirit.”

This memorable story is set in Paris where 12 young girls live in an old house covered with vines. The main character, Madeline, is a precocious French lass who turns the city upside down with her lovable exploits.

“Madeline is very nice and caring, but she is also more adventurous and matterof-fact than the other girls,” explained Kylie Branch, age 13, who plays the part of Madeline. “Most of the audience has grown up reading the book. Seeing the story on stage will bring the book to life.”

The story unfolds with Christmas Day approaching, and suddenly 11 of the little girls become ill with the flu—all except for Madeline. Then on Christmas Eve, a mysterious merchant delivers a dozen rugs. The merchant decrees that Christmas is the time of miracles, and that his delivery is not just ordinary rugs. Soon everyone wakes up feeling healthy and revived, and it is revealed that the mats are magic rugs capable of flight that can take each child home in time for the holidays.

“I believe that this sort of show will be quite different for many people. It is a very fast musical with lots of energy,” stated director Johnnie Odoms. “All 12 little girls are onstage for virtually the entire play.

Hopefully the result will be a very seamless experience that evokes wonder and joy.”

One of the wonderful aspects of this play is that the part of Madeline is not the only significant role. There are a lot of terrific parts for young female performers.

The show is filled with magnificent songs

and dances and it should be interesting to see the actors soar around the stage on flying carpets. There is a lot of heart in this simple story and a fair amount of Christmas enchantment as well.

Other cast members include Megan Shoultz, Trinity Aaker, Marian Hamilton, Danielle Nye, Kathleen Hicks, Caroline Bond, Lydie Hamilton, Lucy Waters, Eliza Eligio, Kalyn Patterson, Nami Talbot, Allison Bauder, Eva Ernst, Sophia Slobodian, Bianca Phillips and Victoria Allen.

“Often, children delight in creating theatre magic without any true obstacles,” offered Lott.

“And they are enthusiastic hard workers. With Treehouse Theatre at PLT, we have found that family classics are the best received.”

“These plays make everyone who watches glad to be alive, and best of all, makes all of us want to go out and enjoy the best parts of Christmas,” Whatley concluded. info@inweekly.net

PANHANDLE COMMUNITY THEATRE PRESENTS “THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER” WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, December 3-5, and 10-12 WHERE: Storage Masters Center, 4636 Woodbine Road, Pace COST: $12 DETAILS: panhandlecommunitytheatre.com, or 221-7599

UWF DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE PRESENTS “A CHRISTMAS CAROL”

WHEN: 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, December 2-5, and 9-12 WHERE: UWF Mainstage Theatre, 11000 University Parkway, Building 82 COST: $16 adults, $12 seniors and active military, $10 non-UWF college students, $5 other students, UWF students free DETAILS: uwf.edu/theatre/backstage, or 857-6285

PENSACOLA LITTLE THEATRE PRESENTS “MADELINE’S CHRISTMAS”

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, December 10-12, and 17-19 WHERE: Pensacola Cultural Center, 400 S. Jefferson St. COST: $10-$20 DETAILS: pensacolalittletheatre.com, or 432-2042

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f you know nothing else about Joe Bonamassa, know this: he is a bluesman. You can hear it in his note choice and growling vocals. You can see it in the way he struts on stage. You can hear it when he speaks about the deep impact the blues has had on him. This is a man who was born to do this—literally.

The son of a New York guitar shop owner, Bonamassa was in a musically-nurturing environment throughout his childhood. By age four, he knew what he wanted to do with the rest of his life.

Despite the child prodigy label often placed on young players, Bonamassa was never pressured into something he was uninterested in. “I was never forced to practice,” Bonamassa recently explained to the IN. “Guitar was something I took to like ducks take to water.”

As a kid, it was the heavy hitters of British blues rock—most notably Cream, Jeff Beck, and Zeppelin—that resonated the most for Bonamassa.

“It’s all subject to taste, but when you listen to Cream’s version of ‘Crossroads’ as opposed to Robert Johnson’s, to an eight-year-old kid, that sound is a lot more exciting. Ultimately, I ended up addressing the subtleties and rediscovering the original stuff later, but as a kid, it was exciting listening to those British interpretations.”

After a couple of major record label deals early in his career, Bonamassa made a conscious decision to build his career independently. He has no qualms when comparing the way he does things with the current state of popular music. “Necessity is the mother of invention. When you’re talking about this type of music, major labels don’t want to get involved. They want big singles with videos and exploding things on stage.”

Bonamassa is proud of his career and the work it has taken to achieve the things he has. With nine records under his belt, it’s easy to see how such a rabid fan base has grown over time. It is this committed audience that he plays for, not his critics. “I don’t base my career on what people think or whether they respect it or not. I base my career on smiling faces and happy fans.”

What he calls the “brick by brick” approach to his career was a gamble at first, but it has proven hugely beneficial.

All this hard work came to a head at a May 2009 sold-out performance at London’s famous Royal Albert Hall that Bonamassa calls “a culmination of 20 years of hard work.” He was also joined by one

of his boyhood idols for a song—none other than Eric Clapton. The call and response section of Clapton’s original “Further on Up the Road” is something that music fans have to admire.

When asked whether it was overwhelming to be sharing the stage with Clapton on his home turf, Bonamassa was gracious and conciliatory. “The whole thing was surreal. How could I ever repay Eric for that?”

Collaborations are nothing new for Bonamassa, however. At the age of 33, it’s mind-boggling to consider the names he has played with: artists as diverse as blues master B.B. King and legendary bluegrass picker Sam Bush.

Bonamassa’s most recent project, Black Country Communion, is a supergroup of sorts. Joining Bonamassa are Jason Bonham (son of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham), Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes and keyboardist Derek Sherinian. This combination is a brute force of American and British rock.

Although Bonamassa has proven to be a workhorse in the studio, the stage is where his gifts become most obvious. His presence is undeniable, and he has the unique ability to combine raw, unadulterated electric blues with more delicate turns of guitar phrase. It is this total package that promises to give Pensacola’s beautiful Saenger Theatre and its patrons the show it deserves.

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www.GeneMitchellAttor ney.com Dear Max, I’m a student at Pensacola State College. I like catching your column between classes.

Can you tell the history of the school?

-Andrew Z.

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In 1947, the state of Florida passed legislation promoting public junior colleges—Pensacola Junior College was the first institution to result. Upon inception, it was the only available higher education in Pensacola.

The school opened its doors on Sept. 8, 1948 in a stately old home on the corner of Cervantes and Palafox streets. The turn of the century residence was built by a ship captain and willed to his daughter, Elizabeth Aiken. Aiken rented the home to the school boards of both Santa Rosa and Escambia counties for use by the new college. A local businessman named James Allen paid the rent for the upstart school for the first few years. The liberal arts building was subsequently named after him.

The school successfully enrolled 128 students for the first term. The original staff consisted of six full-time and four part-time teachers. The enrollment doubled in 1949 with the addition of evening classes.

BY MAXWELL CHASE

In 1953, the college outgrew its humble facilities and moved one block south into a building formerly occupied by Pensacola High School. One year later, Dr. Henry L. Ashmore was named the first president of the college. Following accreditation in 1956, the college moved once more to its current Pensacola Campus on the corner of Ninth Avenue and College Boulevard. The land was provided by the city of Pensacola and the Baars Estate.

On July 1, 1968, PJC was separated from the Escambia County Board of Public Instruction. The PJC District was created, which included both Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, and the PJC Advisory Committee was redesigned as the district’s Board of Trustees.

In the early 1970s, the school expanded with two additional campuses. First, the Milton Campus was created in 1971, followed by the Warrington Campus in 1975. The Warrington Campus came as a result of a U.S. Government donation of 165 acres of land off Highway 98.

With a little help from the community and the city, the college has grown to an institution that services over 30,000 people annually.

Along with satellite campuses downtown and at NAS, PSC currently operates five college campuses in northwest Florida. Most recently, the school began offering fouryear programs that prompted a name change. Pensacola Junior College became Pensacola State College with the extended curriculum.

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY, THE COLLEGE HAS GROWN TO AN INSTITUTION THAT SERVICES OVER 30,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY.

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Leadership Pensacola: Producing Commit ted Leaders

LEADERSHIP PENSACOLA CLASS AIMS TO HELP CHILDREN THROUGH FIT KIDS BY NICOLE WEBB

For more than a dozen years, the Leadership Pensacola Class has produced outstanding projects that have impacted the community in a major way. For example, locals might not realize it was the LeaP class who was responsible for the Hawkshaw Memorial on Bayfront Parkway or that LeaP’s Live Green Escambia program in 2008 gave the area the momentum it needed to start a curbside recycling program. Whether it’s mentoring children or developing an economic development strategy, the LeaP class comes up with effective community projects year after year.

This year’s class is no different. In fact, the class has already begun planning its project “Fit Kids.” Led

by Andre Hall of Covenant Hospice and Shawn Hutcherson of Aerotek, Inc., the class plans to educate kids and their parents on how to eat and play right so they are more healthy and fit. To accomplish that mission, the class will create school gardens.

“I am honored to be the co-chairman of this year’s class project,” said Hall. “Our LeaP class came up with a lot of good ideas, but I think the project we selected really stands out. It will have a powerful and positive impact on the local community.”

All good plans start with sound research. In its initial planning, the Leadership Pensacola class discovered some alarming statistics: 37 percent of children in Escambia County are considered to be overweight, a rate much higher than the national average; the total health care cost for issues related to obesity in America is $17.2 billion; children watch television an average of 24 hours per week and exercise less and less.

“By planting gardens in local schools, children will be healthier,” said Hall. “Most children in this day and age think vegetables come from a can. We want to teach them they can grow their own food. As an added benefit, there’s the physical fitness aspect as the children work outdoors to tend their garden.”

In its research, the class discovered that when presented with opportunities for participation in engaging in outdoor activities such as gardening, kids become more active. And, when kids witness the fruits of their labor and learn how to prepare garden-grown foods, they tend to eat healthier, too.

The LeaP class plans to partner with six area schools in 2011 to build a community garden. Gardens

will be approximately 12 feet by 4 feet. Currently, project coordinators are assessing the needs at local schools and obtaining sponsorships and funding sources.

For more information on the project or to track the progress, go to www.firststepspeds.com

LEAP CLASS PROJECTS THROUGH THE YEARS

2010 Fit Kids 2009 Choose Pensacola 2008 Live Green Escambia 2007 LeaP into Books 2006 Take Pride in Pensacola 2005 Partnership 4 Parks 2004 Project SwimSAFE 2003 Pensacola Junior College Endowed Scholarship 2002 Front Porch Health and Wellness Fair 2001 Brownsville Middle School - Mentoring,

Career Fair, 8th Grade Prom, Parking Lot Repavement 2000 Hawkshaw Lagoon Memorial

Park Sculpture 1999 Mentoring Session and Refurbishing of the

Ronald McDonald House 1998 Hawkshaw Lagoon Memorial

Park Sculpture 1997 Habitat For Humanity 1996 Starbase Atlantis

LEAP CLASS 2011

Liz Adams, David Allen, Lauren Anzaldo, Ken Ashley, Ross Atherton, Buffi Barrineau Bailey, Ryan Barnett, Carissa Bergosh, Heidi Blair, Ellis W. Bullock IV, Michael Capps, Ashley Coggin, Sonya Davis, Stefanie Emery Hoffman, Daniel Ewert, Cory M. Fogarty, Charmere N. Gatson, Andre C. Hall, Brooke Hicks, Matthew C. Hoffman, Shawn B. Hutcherson, Jennifer Knisbell, Rebekah Ann Lee, Russell F. Lentz, Sonia L. Lott, Susan Lovelady, John Lund, Doug Lurton, Melissa Martin, Trip Maygarden, Leah McCreary, Ruth McKinon, Nasya McSwain, Kara R. Melendez, Scott Moore, Kevin D. Nelson, Todd O’Brien, Karen T. Pope, Amie Remington, Kismet J. Rideau, Renee J. Rieder, Ryan Ross, Hans Sholley, Sandy Sims, Mark Taylor, Kris Thoma, Greg Thomas, Scot Thomas, Hong Tran, Beth Varhalla, Frank White and Audrey S. Young

UPCOMING EVENTS

Florida and how the lobbying process differs in session and out of session. The class will have the opportunity to speak with their legislators and staffs regarding the issues that are important to them.

Dec. 9, 2010 Intangible Support The class will explore and identify the components, specifically health care and education, that make up the support structure and how the aspects of the support structure interconnect within a community. Chairs: Sean Quigley, Greg Clay, Cat Outzen

Jan. 13, 2011 Present Economics The LeaP Class will develop an understanding of our present economic base and explore the fundamentals of our region’s economy and how fiscal policy (and the leaders that shape it) influence our lives. Chairs: Debi Panyko, Ashley Spikes, Jerry Feagles

Feb. 10, 2011 Future Economics Members of the class will explore different economic development strategies and future trends/directions. They will learn how our community is affected by ongoing local, state or nationwide economic development efforts.

Chairs: Cheryl Kirby, Patrick Rooney, Paula Roe Turner, David Sansing

March 10, 2011 Quality of Life The class will examine and explore the positive and negative aspects of our community’s quality of life. They will discuss the meaning of quality of life for the various socio-economic groups in Northwest Florida while exploring the importance of cultural organizations and activities in the life of the community. Chairs: Leslie Keck, Jackie Barclay, Angela Neumann, Jerold Hall

March 30-31, 2011 Tallahassee Trip The Tallahassee trip will focus on how the legislative process impacts how we live, work and play in Northwest

April 14, 2011 Leadership & Ethics During Leadership and Ethics day, the class will discuss the interrelationships among leaders in the community.

They will identify the risks, rewards and challenges of leadership and the bond between leadership and ethics.

Chairs: Marina Holley, Ted Gorder, Jeff Nall

May 13, 2011 Closing Retreat The class will reflect on the LeaP curriculum and explore lessons learned during the past nine months. They will explore new individual and team challenges at the high ropes course at Adventures Unlimited and are encouraged to apply the LeaP experience to a future course of action.

Chairs: Melissa Chapman, Sparkie Folkers, Brett Berg

The History of Leadership Pensacola A task force was established by the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce on Dec. 18, 1981 to establish Leadership Escambia and Pensacola. The original members of the steering committee were Dick Appleyard, Earle Bowden, Rick Dye, Isabella Grimes, Ed Hartsell, Donald Jones and Ginger Bass. The Junior League of Pensacola was an original source of funding for the program. The program began in the fall of 1982 and graduated its first class in 1983.

For more information on Leadership Pensacola or to inquire about applying for the class of 2012, call Nicole Webb at (850) 438-4081 or click www.pensacolachamber.com/LeaP

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Experience Our Difference.

news of the weird LIBRARIAN GRAHAM BARKER, 45, of Perth, Australia, casually revealed to a reporter in October that his hobby of 26 years—harvesting his own navel lint daily, just before he showers—has now won acclaim in the Guinness Book of World Records. His threejar collection (a fourth is in progress) has been sold to a local museum. His pastime, he told London’s Daily Mail in October, “costs nothing and takes almost no time or effort so there is no compelling reason to stop.” Barker, who also collects McDonald’s tray liners, said he once did a “navel lint survey,” and “a handful of respondents” “confessed” to the hobby.

“One guy might have persisted, but he got married, and his wife ordered him to stop.”

The Area’s Only Accredited

Chest Pain Center West Florida Hospital is the only hospital in the region to earn Chest Pain Center accreditation by the prestigious Society of Chest Pain Centers, an international professional organization focused on improving care for patients with acute coronary symptoms and other related conditions. The accreditation followed a stringent and comprehensive review of the expertise of our operating systems and the compassionate care we provide our chest pain patients.

As an Accredited Chest Pain Center, West Florida Hospital ensures that patients who come to our Emergency Room complaining of chest pain or discomfort are given the immediate treatment necessary to avoid as much heart damage as possible.

Protocol-based procedures developed by leading experts in cardiac care to reduce time to treatment in the critical early stages of a heart attack are part of our overall cardiac care service.

And, should you need to be admitted, West Florida Hospital is the only hospital in the area that can guarantee your own private room during your stay.

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

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THE CONTINUING CRISISBolivia’s president Evo Morales, the former union leader and coca farmer known for hard-nosed political combat, is also a fanatical soccer player and drew worldwide video attention in October for an incident during a supposedly friendly match between his pals and a team headed by the mayor of La Paz. After absorbing a vicious foul five minutes into the contest (resulting in a leg gash), President Morales confronted the offender and kneed him in his (as local media described it) “testicular zone,” leaving the player curled on the ground. Afterward, Morales’ bodyguards briefly threatened the gasher with arrest.

FATHERS OF THE YEAR: (1) Real Father: In September, a judge in Kent County, Mich., finally ordered Howard Veal, 44, to prison to serve at least two years for failure to pay child support. He is more than $500,000 behind in payments to 14 mothers for the 23 children he has fathered. Authorities suspect there are even more. (2) Fake Father: French officials arrested a 54-year-old immigrant in September on suspicion of welfare fraud. They had recently begun to notice the man applying for government benefits for 55 children by 55 different mothers. (He may have fathered none at all.)

LIFE IMITATES 100 SCI-FI MOVIES: At a conference in Vancouver in October, University of California, San Francisco researcher Charles Chiu disclosed that a never-beforedetected virus that partially wiped out a monkey colony in a lab in Davis, Calif., recently appeared to have “jumped” from its species onto a human scientist at the facility.

However, Chiu and his research team said there is “no cause for alarm at this time.”

SMOOTH REACTION: Centuries ago, women who devoted themselves to the Hindu goddess Devadasi were priestesses from upper castes, but over time, the temples began to use “Devadasis” merely as prostitutes to raise money, according to a new British documentary by Sarah Harris, who was interviewed in September by London’s The Independent.

As before, girls are offered to the temples by their parents by age 3 and perform chores, but nowadays, at puberty, the temple begins to cash in on them. India made this practice

BY CHUCK SHEPPARD illegal in 1988, but it endures, largely because the “Devadasis” (now, almost exclusively from lower castes) have, as career alternatives, only farm labor and latrine-cleaning.

• Incoming University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley told reporters in September of encountering one unexpected problem: staph infections caused by “the worst shower discipline of any team I’ve ever been around.” He said he had recently run a clinic on “application of soap to the rag” and “making sure you hit all your body.”

LATEST RESEARCH Formulas: (1) In July, researchers at University of Manchester devised a mathematical formula for the perfect handshake. Said psychology professor Geoffrey Beattie, “(U)ntil now there has not been a guide showing people how they should shake hands.” Professor Beattie’s work incorporates 12 key measures, including cool, dry palms; firm wrists; strong grips; eye contact; and using “three shakes.” (2) Researchers from the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Canada and the University of Portsmouth in England, in a journal article released in May, “proved” by “flotation dynamics” and “rotation dynamics,” altered for “external surface area,” that giraffes can swim -- although they are probably terrible at it because of their odd shape.

LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINALS JudgmentChallenged: (1) Tommy Riser of Blaine, Wash., had a rough Sept. 13. After a bout of drinking, he crashed a truck into a utility pole, and a few minutes later, crashed his wife’s car into a guardrail trying to drive away.

Later, he retrieved his personal tow truck and drove it back to the scene, intending to tow the two crashed vehicles home. However, a sheriff ’s deputy was on hand and, noting that Riser was still tipsy, charged him with three separate DUIs. (2) Theodore Davenport Jr., 53, who was wanted for robbing the same PNC Bank branch in Harrisburg, Pa., twice in the previous month, was arrested in November when he approached a teller at that bank to inquire about the balance in his own account.

A NEWS OF THE WEIRD CLASSIC (FEBRUARY 1992) Bedford, Pa., district judge Charles O.

Guyer was charged in August (1991) with improperly favoring a defendant in his courtroom. Police said Guyer privately offered a lenient sentence to a 21-year-old man on the condition that the man would allow Guyer to shampoo his hair. The defendant reported the offer to authorities, and two undercover police officers, claiming to be friends of the defendant, allowed Guyer to wash their hair to gather evidence. (Guyer went on to resign in May 1992 after apologizing for his conduct and agreeing to forfeit his pension benefits.)

Send your Weird News to Chuck Shepherd, P.O. Box 18737, Tampa, Fla., 33679 or weirdnews@earthlink.net, or go to www.NewsoftheWeird.com.

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